Arcane Items of Nagash's Legion
The Books of Nagash
These tombs of ancient power possess the knowledge of the Great Necromancer himself. Re-written after his resurrection, a copy is given to each Neophyte when he joins the ranks of the Legion. As he progresses up through the ranks, he gains access to the more powerful and rare books. The ninth book is reserved for the Dark Lord himself, as he guards his most devastating magics closely.
All magic users must choose one book and only one book. Duplicate copies of a book cannot be taken until all available books have been chosen, after which you may take copies. e.g. If you have 3 Level 1 casters, then books 1 & 2 must taken, while the third caster has a choice between a duplicate of book 1 or book 2.
The books are limited by caster level as follows:
Lvl 1 - may choose between books 1-2
Lvl 2 - may choose between books 1-4
Lvl 3 - may choose between books 1-6
Lvl 4 - may choose between books 1-8
The book does not count towards the character's magic item allowance, nor can it be negated by any means (e.g. Law of Gold, Vaul's Unmaking, etc).
Book 1 - The Book of Summoning - 25pts
Once per magic phase the bearer may re-roll all dice when casting a summoning / healing spell to see how many models / wounds are raised or healed. If re-rolled, you must abide by the second result.
Book 2 - The Book of Binding - 25pts
If a unit containing the bearer suffers wounds due to CR, this book will negate D3 such wounds to the unit itself. The book has no effect against CR wounds inflicted upon the bearer.
Book 3 - The Book of Control - 40pts
At the start of each combat phase, the bearer may select any unit with the Undead rule within 24". The target unit gains +3 WS and +1 I during that combat phase.
Book 4 - The Book of Fear - 40pts
All enemy troops within 6" of the bearer suffer -1 to their shooting and close combat rolls to hit.
Book 5 - The Book of Everlasting - 60pts
The bearer adds D6 to his unit's CR at the end of combat. This has no effect if the bearer is not within a unit.
Book 6 - The Book of Undermining - 60pts
This book automatically adds an additional dispel dice to each dispel attempt made.
Book 7 - The Book of Power - 75pts
Each magic phase the bearer may decide to add an additional power die to each spell cast. This decision can be made after rolling the initial power dice for the spell, but cannot negate IF or miscast.
What do you mean by "cannot negate IF or miscast"? Do you mean that the additional die cannot negate IF or cause a miscast? o_o
Book 8 - The Book of Knowledge - 75 pts
The bearer knows all spells from the Lore of Nagash and may choose another four spells from the Lore of Death, Shadows (and Dread if it is voted through). The bearer may choose spells from multiple Lores.
Power Stone - 20 pts
As described in the Warhammer rulebook.
Dispel Scroll - 20 pts (cheaper due to the heavy magic item nature of this army)
As described in the Warhammer rulebook.
. The logic behind it being that the books are unique, so no army should have more than one. On top of that, as Voltaire mentioned, having such a priceless item fall into enemy hands would be a severe loss to the Legion - and hence the arcane equivalent of a BSB.
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