Terkael Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Hello folks, I have a question for my fellow Word Bearers today. Dark apostles, great fluff but lackluster crunch. Do any people out there proxy a different HQ choice as their dark apostle? I myself like to use sorcerers, sometimes Biomancy to represent the chaos gods investing power into a member of the faith. Other times I roll with daemonology to get some of the dark powers minions on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Asvaldir Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Sorcerer seems like the option that makes the most sense, even though the Word Bearers hate sorcerers you can just say he's using powers granted to him by the Gods. You could also use a lord and just say your dark apostle is more combat skills oriented. As for my word bearers force, it's lead by a corypheous which is basically a chaos lord, so no need to proxy. My reasoning is the dark apostle is just off the battlefield busy with dark rituals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Drake Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Lord or Sorcerer both work tbh. If you don't mind running Black Legion then The Hand of Darkness is one way to run a Dark Apostle - He loses all attacks (no big deal) for 1x attack at Sx2, AP1, Armourbane, Fleshbane, & Instant Death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiringchaoschampion Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Where does it say the word bearers hate sorcerors ss ive never heard that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Asvaldir Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 It's mentioned in the Word Bearers omnibus, dark creed to be specific I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totgeboren Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 "Hate" is a bit of a strong term. As I remember it, they regard Sorcerers as sort of 'cheating' the denizen of the Warp. Gaining the powers of the warp should be done in accordance with the teachings of Lorgar, not just syphoning it willy-nilly. However, since our Dark Apostles are basically copy-paste Chaplains, they don't have any powers of the warp to begin with, so a Sorcerer works just as well if not better to represent them. However, then you have a Dark Apostle who is not a Zealot, which is rather odd. But that's what we have to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspiringchaoschampion Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Bleh :p silly bearers of the word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terkael Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Glad to hear lots of people feel the same way. It's really to bad the the dark apostles are so limited on there upgrades. Would love to have one running in a LR with some termies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornestar Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Dark Apostle of Khorne on a juggernaut would have been my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strazhakov Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Dark Apostle and Warpsmith should just be turned into Upgrades you can purchase for your Chaos Lord imho. Makes no sense an Apostle can't wear Termi armour or a Smith can't ride a bike. Also 2 Wound HQ suck in general. I never feel save when I field them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevlarshark Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I would use both much more regularly if they had bike,jump pack,termi armour options... Never understood why the dark apostle at least didn't have all 3. There is the argument that the warpsmith doesn't need termi armour, and has too many tentacles for a jumppack, but come on...a bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliGn Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 I regularly flesh put all three to a points value and then work out which I can for into the list I am writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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