Grand Cathay 1.5 out now!

Updated to 1.52:

• Removed remnants of Celestial Blades.
• Close Support does not allow the model to stand and shoot.
• Multiples of the Stinging Scorpion Stratagem on the same unit have no additional effect.
• Multiples of the All-seeing Eagle Stratagem have no additional effect.
• Multiples of Impregnable Tortoise Stratagem on the same unit have no additional effect.
• Hua Gongzhu costs 195 pts.
• Zhuge Yi can now take mounts like a Lord Strategists. He can take up to 75 pts of Stratagems.
• Boosted version of Talons of Night is 15+ to cast.
• Imperial Captain is now called Celestial Captain.
• Onyx Crowmen have the Scouts special rule.
  

 

This update changes the following:

• Repeater Crossbows ignore To Hit penalties from firing Multiple Shots.
• Longma Riders have WS5, S4, A2. Cost 45 pts.
• Added back Zhao Bei, he is now called Liu Yun. Does not have Warhorse by default, cost 190 pts.
• Renamed Mangonel to Traction Catapult, since Mangonel is already used in the Bretonnia book.
• Removed Siege Crossbow, Stormhurler Crossbows can now choose to fire single or multiple bolts. Costs 40 pts.
• Guan Bu renamed to Guan Fei.
• Onyx Crowmen have the Yin special rule.
• Fire Rain Rocket fires Artillery Dice x3 shots, costs 100 pts.
• Renamed Peasant Bowmen to Peasant Archers.
• Renamed Peasant Infantry to Peasant Militia.
• Renamed Jade Bowmen to Jade Archers.
• Celestial Generals have WS6, S4, T4, I6, A4, Ld9. Cost 95 pts.
• Sky Lanterns have 5 crew, costs 60 pts. Sky Lanterns have a Unit Strength of 5. Magistrates only replace one of the crew.
• Iron Hail Guns fire Multiple Shots (3).
• Three-eyed guns are Move or Fire. Can only be taken by Iron Hail Gunners.
• Iron Hail Gunners are Unit Size 10+.
• Fixed bug with Monkey Warriors having A3 and costing 3 pts, they have A2 and cost 6 pts.
• Removed Fire Lances from Jade Horsemen.
• Celestial Dragon Lancers may take flails.
• Removed Celestial Blades.
• Celestial Dragon Guard can replace polearms with great weapons.
• Increased cost of weapon choices for Dragon Descendant.
• Ancestor's Courage is cast on a 5+.
• Fixed bug with Jade Shield making the unit immune to targeted spells.
• Ancestral Warriors have the Ethereal, Fear and Unstable special rules. They do not have any equipment.
• Guardian Lions have S5, T6,m W5, A4. Cost 200 pts.
• Missile Mirror: Attacks that uses templates are not affected.
• Zhangu War Drum has Yin & Yang.
• Dragon Crossbows have range 30, Strength 4, Move or Fire, Multiple Shots (2). Costs 15 pts.
• Phoenix renamed to Vermillion Warbird, is a MB with S4, T4, W3, A3, Ld7. Has Fly (9). Emberstorm has a 12" range and Strength 4. Does not have Fiery Rebirth. Cost 100 pts.
• Jade Archers have light armour by default, cost 7 pts.
• Imperial Captains can choose normal War Chariots by default.
• War Chariots may replace spears with polearms and/or crossbows for 5 pts. Make take scythes for 5 pts.
• Fixed bug with Astromancer missing Lore of Light.
• Removed War Wagon.
• Removed Shadowblades.

Grand Cathay 1.5 (beta) out now!

Well that update sure took a while longer than planned! It ended up being nearly 50 pages long with a ton of stuff being redone more or less from scratch, so it ended up a bigger project than both the Kislev and Estalia updates, but I think the end result is pretty good (albeit a bit buggy at present I'm sure). The new version contains everything from Grand Cathay in Total War: Warhammer III (and yes, they are apparently called Grand Cathay now officially), as well as a slew of historical units and options as before, giving Cathay a very large roster overall and a ton of options!

I need to go through and proofread everything a few times, but figured you guys want to have a crack at the beta rules as quickly as possible, so here is the list of patch notes in their entirety (a video going over the changes will be out in maybe a week or so once most bugs are fixed). Hope you enjoy it!

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• Harmony: Grand Cathay's units are divided into two categories, Yin and Yang. When a Yin unit is within 3" of non-fleeing Yang units with a combined Unit Strength 10 or more, they may re-roll 1's To Hit with missile weapons. When a Yang unit is within 3" of non-fleeing Yin units with a combined Unit Strength 10 or more, the Yang unit may re-roll 1's To Wound in close combat.
• Mastery of the Elemental Winds: Models with this special rule gain +1 to cast spells if there is one or more friendly non-fleeing models with this special rule within 12".
• Repeater Crossbows have S2. Adjusted points cost accordingly.
• New Magic Lore: Lore of Yin
• New Magic Lore: Lore of Yang
• Added dozens of magic items from Total War. Removed old magic items.
• Repeater crossbows have S2, cost 3 pts instead of 5.
  
• Generals renamed to Celestial Generals, have increased stats.
• New Lord: Dragon Descendant
• New Lord: Lord Magistrate. Strategist renamed to Magistrate.
• Wu Jen Lord renamed to Dragon-blooded Shugengan. These use the Lore of Yin or Yang and have increased stats.
• Wu Jen split into Alchemists and Astromancers. They use either Lore of Metal, Fire, Heavens or Light.
• Qilin renamed to Jade Longma.
• New Mount: Sky Lantern.
• New Mount: Wu Xing War Compass.
• New Special Unit: Iron Hail Gunners.
• New Special Unit: Crane Gunners.
• Wu Xia has Dodge (5+), costs 120 points. May wear light armour. May not be the army general.
• Imperial Levy renamed to Peasant Infantry.
• Imperial Levy Bowmen renamed to Peasant Bowmen.
• Imperial Infantry renamed to Jade Warriors.
• Imperial Bowmen renamed to Jade Bowmen.
• Imperial Cavalry renamed to Jade Horsemen. Can take medium armour, spears, shields, flails, polearms.
• Peasant units are Expendable and have BS3.
• Peasant Bowmen cannot take javelins.
• New Core Unit: Peasant Horsemen.
• New Core Unit: Peasant Horse Archers.
• New Core Unit: Peasant Javelinmen.
• New Core Unit: Jade Horse Archers.
• Dragon Cavalry renamed to Celestial Dragon Lancers, is now a Special Unit with Stubborn and different weapon options.
• Removed Steppe Nomads.
• Hill Tribesmen do not have shields by default.
• Monkey Warriors may take additional hand weapons.
• Imperial Guard renamed to Celestial Dragon Guard. May take shields and upgrade to heavy armour. May replace polearms with celestial blades.
• Removed Dragonblades.
• New Special Unit: Celestial Dragon Crossbowmen.
• New Special Unit: Onyx Crowmen.
• New Special Unit. Sky Lantern.
• Celestial Dragon Monks may take additional hand weapons or polearms.
• Mercenary Ogres may take bucklers.
• Elite War Chariot renamed to Heavy War Chariot.
• Temple Dogs & Terracotta Warriors do not have Immunity (Flaming Attacks) or Magic Resistance.
• Terracotta Warriors cost 3 pts. Are unit size 20+.
• Temple Dogs have Impact Hits (1).
• Field Engineers are unit size 5-10. Have either fire bombs or sky rockets. Do not have the Close Support special rule.
• Dragon's Breath renamed to Flamethrower. Is a stand-alone unit. Have W2, A2.
• Hand Mortar is a stand-alone unit. Have W2, A2.
• War Machine crew have no armour by default, can upgrade to light or medium armour.
• Catapult renamed to Mangonel.
• Dragon Cannons are now Special Units. Do not fire exploding ammunition.
• Fire Rockets renamed to Fire Rain Rockets.
• Brass Titan renamed to Terracotta Sentinel. Does not have Magic Resistance or Clean Sweep. Has heavy armour and polearm. Costs 200 pts.
• New Rare Unit: Longma Riders
• New Rare Unit: Sky-junk
• New Rare Unit: Zhangu War Drum (replaces the War Drum Platform)
• New Rare Unit: Jet/Jade Lion
• Removed Celestial Dragon.
• New Special Character: Miao Ying
• New Special Character: Zhao Ming
• New Special Character: Yuan Bo
• Removed Pu-Yi.
• Removed Zhao Bei.
• Removed Dalan-Tai
• Guan Bu must be accompanied by a unit of Celestial Dragon Guard or Celestial Dragon Lancers.