Warhammer - Zombie Pirates 1.5 (beta) out now!

Took quite a while longer than I had planned (I blame the winter darkness of January for my lack of energy), but hopefully you'll find it worth the wait! I had initially planned to just make this a quick transfer into the new format, but it ended up a lot bigger than that. There are new Vampiric Powers, new spells for Lore of the Deep, new heroes and new Special Characters - as well as several new upgrades available to multiple units.

Several magic items currently in the Sartosa book has been moved here, where they originally belonged (back when I had no plans to make a Zombie Pirate book). No need to fret though as Sartosa will be receiving new items to compensate for it in their upcoming update. Other than that one major change is that the Zombie Pirate rule has been removed - instead the Zombies have been given BS2 to make up for it. In addition, they are now around three times less likely to shoot themselves which had shown to be a bit of an issue.

Anyway, hope you'll enjoy this update, and a huge thanks as always to my Patreons for your continued support! Next up will be Pirates of Sartosa, which should also be a fairly big overhaul. Expect it before the end of February at least!

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Patch Notes:

• Removed Zombie Pirate rule. Zombies have BS2.
• Waterlogged Weapons: Models with this special rule must roll a D6 for every To Hit roll of 1 with missile weapons that they make. On a 1-2, resolve the Hit against the model itself. Artillery weapons deduct 1 from the result rolled on the Blackpowder Misfire Chart.
• Reworked Lore of the Deep, adding 6 additional spells and rebalancing the old spells.
• Added multiple new Magic Items.
• Added multiple new Vampiric Powers.
• Swivel Guns and Volley Guns are Ponderous. Volley Guns have Rapid Fire.
• Syreens are Heroes.
• Syreen's Call: At the beginning of each enemy Movement phase, all enemy units that are within 12" and have Line of Sight to the Syreen must pass a Leadership test or move directly towards her using the Random Movement (2D6) this turn, as well as suffer -1 to their Leadership until the start of their next Movement phase.
• New Hero: Pirate Warlock. A Pirate Warlock is a Wizard who uses spells from the Lore of Fire, Metal, Heavens, Shadows, Death, Necromancy or Deep.
• Deckhands and Gunners may take Magic Standards up top 25 pts.
• Deckhands cost 3,5 pts. Polearms for Deckhands cost 1.5 pts.
• Scurvy Dogs are Unit Size 10+.
• Deck Droppers may take a brace of pistols. Cost 17 pts.
• Added 4 different upgrades to Animated Hulks.
• Gunner Mob upgrade costs 10 pts.
• Carronades and Mortars may take additional crew.
• Queen Bess is no longer Cumbersome.
• Necrofex Colossus may take the same upgrades as in the Vampire Counts book.
• Luthor Harkon may take Magic Items up to a total of 25 pts. Has Curse of the Revenant, Transfix, Unbending Willpower and Hornswaggle Powers. Costs 320 pts.
• Reworked Luthor's Split Personality table. Luthor Harkon must be the Army General.
• Count Noctilus may take Magic Items up to a total of 75 pts. Has Fear Incarnate. Has the The Stone of Schwartzhafen magic item. Costs 315 pts.
• The Bloody Reaver Deck Guard: If Count Noctilus is your Army General, you may upgrade one unit of Depth Guard to The Bloody Reaver Deck Guard for a cost of +2 points per model. This unit has the Hatred special rule.
• Count Noctilus may not take Depth Guard as a Special Unit.
• Cylostra Direfin is a Lord choice. Is a Lvl 3 Wizard. Costs 260 pts.
• Song of Enthrallment: At the beginning of each enemy Movement phase, all enemy units that are within 18" and have Line of Sight to Cylostra Direfin must pass a Leadership test or move directly towards her using the Random Movement (2D6) this turn, as well as suffer -2 to their Leadership until the start of their next Movement phase.
• The Bordeleaux Flabellum: Arcane Item. This item allows Cylostra to roll one additional dice when channelling Power and Dispel dice. In addition, if Cylostra rolls a Miscast, she may re-roll the result on the Miscast table.
• Ghosts of the Past: If Cylostra Direfin is in your army, you may include an Infantry (Undead) unit of 10+ Damned Knights as a Special Unit. This unit has the Ethereal and Undead special rule, and are armed with hand weapon, shield and heavy armour.
• Vangheist has the Terror special rule. Has The Traitor's Shot, Von Zeich's Last Ingot and The Liber Malefic Nautica magic items. Costs 170 pts.
• Skretch Half-Dead has the Warp-cage Heart magic item. Cost 85 pts.
• New Special Character: The Brine Wife
• New Special Character: Captain Drekla
• New Special Character: Black Jens