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'One might suspect that the lower forms of the servants of darkness would be less blessed by the powers they serve than their more noble counterparts, but this is not the case. The Marks of the Dark Gods are as evident amongst these foul creatures as in any horde of debased Men. Perhaps even more so, for these Beastmen, as they are known, seem to be embraced by their gods just as parents might their children. Spawned by the very darkness that enwraps them, they are closer to the heart of Chaos than any other creatures and are to be greatly feared because of it.' From the Liber Chaotica, penned by Richter Kless, Priest of Sigmar, declared insane. Warhammer Army Book - Wikipedia A face that even mothers can't force themselves to love.
Where the Warriors are Chaos tanks and Daemons are Chaos cheese, the Beastmen are the true Chaos horde. The Beastmen call themselves the children of Chaos, descended from outcast mutants hurled into the cursed woods of the Drakwald. They are considered a mere nuisance by the Empire and the Bretonnians, but the Wood Elves know how dangerous they truly are. The favorite activities of most Beastmen include toppling waystones, erecting herdstones, kidnapping/raping/eating humans, and, of course, plain old smashing shit! They hate absolutely anything built or anything that is pure and make it a priority to destroy and defile that which the civilized races cherish.
In short, they're a bunch of drunken anarchist fucktards that hang out in the woods, surfacing only to pillage and defile - which is actually kinda awesome if you're into that sort of thing! In M2 on Terra, similar aberrations were known as the 'Rainbow Family,' avid worshippers of Slaanesh, even though Slaanesh didn't exist yet, but no doubt they had some slight pull with She Who Thirsts through some kind of warp fuckery even before the Aeldari murder fucked him into existence.
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The Beastmen weren't always 'the Beastmen' as we know them today. For the longest time, they were actually part of a unified Chaos army, but due to the fact that people seemed to like to roll with either all beast, mortal or daemon army lists, Games Workshop in their infinite wisdom decided to gradually split off the armies. Despite getting split off into an army of their own, they still always play second fiddle to every other villainous faction in the setting. Skaven used to be under them. Runequest [ edit ] Behold, the first Broo Beastmen models.
In the early to mid 1980's, Games Workshop still produced miniatures for other games, including some they didn't even sell (similar to Reaper Miniatures today), and among them was the line of Broo for the Runequest game of the Glorantha setting.
Broo were the proto-Beastmen. Most of the visual style of modern Beastmen, particularly Ungors, is present in the Broo minis. Broo are specifically very similar to Beastmen, although most notably is their lecherous nature and their hyper-fertility to the point they can literally impregnate anything they jizz into, including other males (usually not of their own race), trees, rocks, even just dirt.
Games Workshop lost the rights to most of the third party IPs in the early 80's, since the contracts had run out and the IP owners had discovered there was alternatives (early GW had managed to sell itself on the idea it was the primary distributor of tabletop in The Old World Europe despite it originally being three young men in an apartment and later on about twenty of them in a small office). This left them with a fair amount of unsold inventory that they couldn't actually sell anymore, so they repurposed it all (with dubious legality) as other things and gave Brian Ansell the thumbs up to make his own game that they'd all have rules in..hence, Warhammer was born. Since Broo were generic enough, Games Workshop repurposed the existing miniatures as a set of models for the game, with very little actually changed aside from all the grey morality removed. Hordes of Chaos [ edit ]
Way back when, they were just part of the single Chaos army where they fulfilled the role of chaff; they were squishier and quicker than other Mortal units and they were good at setting up charges, which Daemons couldn't really do. There were also a couple of special and rare units that were 'beastly,' but nothing much. Beasts of Chaos [ edit ]
In 6th edition the Chaos army was split, making Beastmen their own army.. sort of. They were pretty bad in this edition, essentially being the bitch of Chaos. Indeed, they had almost no redeeming qualities of their own, but to get into why we'll need to split apart the book and look at it in detail.
For starters, there's nothing the Beasts can do that Mortals or Daemons can't do better. At first this might seem odd since their Special and Rare choices could both be very powerful, however the Chaos books were rather unique in that Beasts, Daemons and Mortals could all be used alongside each other, and so each could take everyone else's Special and Rare choices. The main difference was in what counted as your Core, and a Chaos Core was divided into a Mortal, Beast and Daemon Core. Whichever of the three types happened to be your General was the type that counted as your Core, while the other two counted as Special choices.
Suffice to say, outside of a few options/builds the Beast Generals were lacking compared to Mortal Generals and Greater Daemons, and so were their Core. Sure if you found a way to get Morghur in the middle of the enemy he could stop at least half an army on his own while Khazrak was hands down one of, (if not the best) monster killers in the game. He was able to get up to S10 and each successful wounding attack, before saves, generated a new attack (yes, even the new attacks did this) and the Beast's ambush rule was pretty cool, but those are the exceptions.
The Beast Core consisted of units that mixed low Toughness and low Leadership; they had lightly armoured Ungors with spears and tough, brawny brawlers in the form of Gors, alongside skirmishers that could scout. The only alternatives (if you wanted a full unit) was to supplement with Warhounds, who can't take a hit and didn't count towards your mandatory Core slots, or take a bunch of tough, strong Bestigors, who were overpriced and much slower than everybody else. If you wanted a Beasts General and mostly wanted to make use of your Special and Rare choices, then you'd probably get a few Tuskgor Chariots to fill your mandatory Core slots. They were significantly cheaper than their Mortal counterparts, did not do that much less damage and were also the only option that could consistently make their points back.
This is because when they were split from the Hordes of Chaos, the Core was nothing more than an unruly band of meat shields. In fact, because they could move faster, it was preferable to field a few beast packs to soak up arrow fire and act as distractions while fast-moving daemons got the flanks and warriors hammered the front ranks.
This does not make a competent, full army. Now if you were paying attention you might be wondering how they'd perform if had a Mortal or Daemon General and so could avoid a shitty Core, and that's where things get good. A Chaos army often had to skip out on important upgrades to certain units (specifically Warriors) because they wouldn't have enough to get a good General, a good frontline, and a good few heavy hitters that you'd normally need to collapse the enemy's formation. They were pricy, and so Beasts gave you the option of having a cheap Core and suddenly you had far more points to spend on units of Warriors and Knights.
Now to get into the cool Special and Rare choices, the Beasts gave Chaos the Chaos Trolls and Ogres, Dragon Ogres and Shaggoths, etc. Combined with the Warriors (and saving points using Chariots or Ungor screens for Core) it made for a fairly strong United force, one that could hit like a truck and take solid hits in return.
Almost makes you wonder why they were ever split in the first place, since the only time the Chaos armies of 6th Ed were scary was when they had a united front (just like in the lore). Beastmen [ edit ] Warrior goats with Ogre-style gutplates
Sometimes referred to as 'the WEAK chaos army,' or the 'Powerful ChaosSkaven' it more or less resembles a normal horde style army in Warhammer Fantasy Battle with cheap, expendable troops, average leaderships and little immunity to psychology. The things they otherwise don't have are anything resembling armor or any kind relevant shooting, but they try to make up for it with Primal Fury which gives them hatred on a passed leadership test each round of combat on many of their units. The Herdstone magic item allows Beastmen wizards to score extra power dice for their spells, allowing Beastmen to pull off a little extra spell support to augment the cheap core units. They also excel in cheap chaff and redirectors in the form of Ungor Raiders, Razorgors, and Harpies, and fielding fairly costed chariots in core.
Unfortunately they also got fucked in pretty much every other area. Marks were taken away for no good reason, prices went up on models that already cost too much, models were introduced that made your own army worse, the Beastmen were given a piss-poor magic lore (compared to every other lore) in exchange for the other lores that could be occasionally useful, they swapped out mostly decent magic items for mostly shitty ones, or ones that made no sense (like a magic banner that could only be given to a unit who had heavy armour, and it took away their heavy armour without refunding the cost), the list goes on. All in all it made them one of if not the worst army in the game. It was still possible to win, but it would always be an uphill battle as their biggest advantages, like their heaviest hitters and ability to be combined with the other Chaos armies as one big force, were completely removed (with the one exception being Minotaurs who are overcosted compared to other models anyway). Real world Inspiration [ edit ]
The standard way of creating a fantasy race or culture is to take one real world culture and base everything off of that. The Empire is early Renaissance Germany, Bretonnia is Medieval French fused with English Arthurian myth giving them a strong British feel as well. Dwarfs and Elves have their own sort of base line culture based on Tolkien and with a large part of Warhammer fantasy in it nowadays as well.
The Beastmen, however, are based on the popular conception of the barbarians who tore Rome down. First they have no interests other than smashing civilization apart for the sake of smashing it apart. They have in their background that they pay homage to large 'herd stones' which are similar to the Celtic shrines (think Stonehenge, although it is not actually a Celtic shrine). Lastly, they are Beastmen and satyrs are associated with paganism. Ever wonder why the Devil has cloven legs? Early Christians used the old Greek god Pan (the original satyr), as the devil because he was a god of sex (and shepherds) and Christians are against recreational sex outside marriage due to the Bible's stipulation that God intends it for married couples, meaning Pan was a good framework for the devil and all that has really changed since then was turning him red and giving him a trident.
Tactically the Beastmen also fit the Barbarian origin: many light troops that rely on ambush and surprise (more than one Roman legion was lost by this kind of ambush), chariots which the Britons used against the Romans and lastly they are like the Barbarians in that they are focused on skirmishing and raiding. Once upon a time all Beastmen were skirmishers, which while effective against isolated villages is less effective against armies, which is why it was changed.
So the Beastmen have some pretty interesting roots once you 'pop the hood' on their design. Occupy Drakwald [ edit ]
The thing that pisses the Beastmen off is that something like 1 of life in Middenheim controls 99 of the land! There are so many freaky beasts living in the chaos woods, combined with big Empire pushing around the people of the woods and ruining the environment for their own economic interests. And so the Beastmen have taken to their eternal campout against the Empire and it's regional castellan pretty boy, Elector Count Boris Todbringer. Download age of empires definitive edition full crack.
Another thing that really pisses them off is that it's stated in the Orcs and Goblins codex that Forest Goblins on their spiders tend to murder herds wandering in the woods. Technically this is because the Forest Goblins are the original occupants of Drakwald that have been trying to keep the Empire, Beastmen (born of Empire), and other greenskins out since the dawn of..well, the Old Ones creating all the races, but fuck those fucking fucks! They have fancier hats and more land, so they gotta go too!
And that's not where the similarities end. The Beastmen are a bunch of lazy, shiftless, filthy degenerates that eat babies - no literally! The Beastmen want nothing better than to just drink looted booze, eat/fuck other races and tear down everything that everyone has ever built - ever! (cough cough Chakats.) Origins [ edit ]
The Beastmen's origins seem to be something of a composite piece (and changes from edition to edition). On one account, they are descended from the myriad creatures that inhabited the Northern Wastes and migrated downward, accepting more stable forms from their reduced exposure from the polar fluxes of chaos and interbreeding with more magic resistant creatures. Another myth pins the Beastmen's origins as the mutated descendants of humans cast into the wild for being born a hideous half-man, half-beast creature (Now why the humans decide to throw all their mutant babies into the surrounding forest known to be populated with sadistic and vengeful goatmen born as mutants to humans and cast-off themselves is a bit of a mystery). The 6th ed Beasts of Chaos book says that when the polar gates collapsed, the Beastmen were made from animals mutating to be more human-like and humans mutating to be more bestial while the 7th ed Beastmen book says that when Chaos was first released to the world the 'primitives' at the time went mad, fucked some animals, generations later their descendants are the Beastmen. Wood Elves seem to have less of a problem with mutants, either because they resist chaos more/better or they kill such offspring immediately and never talk about it again, but that's just like, you know, a cultural difference.
Age of Sigmar is more vague about the Beastmen's origins, stating that they were present in the Mortal Realms before Sigmar arrived (which is a enigma in itself, since all other forms of Chaos only arrived in the Age of Chaos). Three in-universe theories are presented; the standard 'animals and men mutated by Chaos energy', one claiming that they're all descended from a primogenitor beast called the Gor-Father, and another saying that they're the product of miscegenation between races. Since several Beastmen tribes appear to worship the Gor-Father, while there are other accounts of humans being mutated into Beastmen, its possible that all these theories have elements of truth to them.
Regardless, today's Beastman is more likely either the product of gangrape, spawned by a brief and unholy union from victorious Beastman raiders that managed to bring home some captive females from other races, usually humans, and it never ends well for the woman (tying into the inspiration for Beastmen, the Broo, though this was used in a Warhammer race called the Fimir. However this idea was never canon and only inferred by an error of omission in the lore, and the Fimir only magically impregnated random women; you know something's nasty when Games 'In the GRIM DARKness of the far future..' Workshop says it's too much), or they were spawned when a Beastman really loves a Beastwoman. We're not too sure how Beastmen 'love' one another, but the fluff seems to imply that the Beastmen have to get really fucking hammered before hand with giant orgiastic feasts at their encampments around Beastmen Herdstones. However, as of Total War: Warhammer: Call of the Beastman, it is possible to recruit a female Beastman, or Doe,to your warband. Types [ edit ]
Beastmen come in many varieties, usually denoted by a suffix and a prefix, making a chaotic race that hates organization and civilization into an easily organized and tidy group. In Oldhammer, mutants were included as Beastmen in advertising. After the Tony Ackland legal troubles when most mutants and the more creative types of Spawn were squatted, Beastmen remained pure beast men. Devoted [ edit ]
Beastmen particularly devoted to specific Chaos Gods, usually because of mutations at their birth, being enslaved by devotees of a particular god, or blessing, are given the name of their god in their designation. Its worth noting that the armor of the godly Beastmen are more ornate, implying they are far less antagonistic to the idea of making things intentionally. Note that devoted is our word for organizing them. They were also out of the picture until VERY recently because Phil Kelly removed them from the 7th edition Beastmen book and retconned the fluff to destroy any and all traces of Beastmen that were devoted/enslaved/blessed by a single god, to the point where they couldn't even be given marks on both the tabletop and lore.
Tzaangor are Beastmen of Tzeentch. Have white, yellow, and blue features usually as well as mutations giving them spindly limbs, extra arms, and an emphasis on bird and moon appearances.
Slaangor are Slaanesh's Beastmen. The least described and depicted of all the Beastmen groups. Their mutations obviously trend more towards the lewd, with extra pectorals and nipples, and are known for being mostly albino with pastel skin. Their eyes are like those of Daemonettes, being large and either green or black. Their species are animals that are lithe or symbolically sensual, but with a large amount of them being non-Minotaur bovines (a Bovigor can be a Slaangor, not all Slaangor are Bovigor).
Khorngor are Khorne's. Their fur is shiny and almost metallic, their eyes are white with red pupils, they always have canine heads and the most favored have their horns naturally grow in the shape of Khorne's skull symbol. They wear far more armor than most other Beastmen species.
Pestigor are Nurgle's, breaking the prefix naming scheme of the others. Aside from being heavily diseased, something they don't really have exclusive among Beastmen, they have only one horn, their hide is particularly tough, and they wear far more armor than any other variety. Wisely, they were not named Nurggors. Herd Society [ edit ]
Beastmen society is organized around herds and ruled by a system of might makes right. In other words, what the biggest, strongest Beastman says, goes. One would be forgiven in thinking that this automatically means that minotaurs would end up running the show since they are by far the biggest and strongest, but they're not the brightest thing on two hooves. Minotaurs specialize in wholesale slaughter, but aren't too keen on things like where to find food, who should keep watch or how to fix their shitty chariots. Lo, the Beastlord has his task cut out for him.
Beastlords: the Beastmen in charge, the Alpha Male, they run the show for the other Beastmen with a combination of dastardly cunning and brute strength. They often delegate more benign tasks to their immediate inferiors, the Wargors.
Wargors: the 'trusted' (as far as Beastman loyalty goes) lieutenants of Beastlord, Wargors are pretty kickass leaders and fighters themselves. Often seen carrying battle standards or leading Bestigor herds, or both.
Bestigors: quite literally the best Gors, a ha ha /sarcastic laugh. Strong, tough, heavily armed and armoured, the Wargors and Beastlords often arise from their ranks. They used to be the Chaos Undivided of the Beastmen, complete with the Mark (with the option of becoming Khorngors, Tzaangors, Slaangors or Pestigors) but then some asshole took away their marks and unique types.
Bray-Shaman and Great Bray-Shaman: tribal elders and spiritual leaders of the Beastmen, they interpret the will of Chaos and determine the best course of action for the herd. They are also the herd's wizards.
Gors: the rank and file of the beast herd. Your average Gor is bigger, tougher and far nastier than your average human, and also far more stupid which explains why they haven't ovverun everything. He's also an unguloid with furry legs and a face that's a blend of bestial and human features. ALL Gors also feature prominent horns and/or antlers on their heads.
Ungors: the untouchables even in beast herds. They are pretty close in size to humans, yet still feature particularly bestial features such as furry unguloid legs with hooves, a semi-bestial face and two small horn buds. Sometimes band together in scouting parties of Ungor Raiders when not used as slave labour to fix all the shitty Beastmen gear.
Brays: Beastmen with no horns, the lowest of the low in Beastman society. In a society where life is short, brutish and nasty, their lives are by far the nastiest, most brutal and most especially shortest.
Beastmen are wild and crude creatures embodying all the negative aspects of animals combined with human-level intelligence. They are truly repugnant to behold, let alone to smell, for they are a twisted reflection of the base and barbaric aspects of nature. Beastmen are Neutral Evil to the core, the only thing stopping them from being Chaotic Evil is their reverence of Bray-Shamans and the Chaos Gods. The carnage and despair they spread across the land is a malevolent and deliberate attempt to wreck anything beautiful or stable for the lulz. Bitterness and spite simmers in the heart of every Beastman; it takes little more than a few well-chosen words to spur a Gor into a frenzy of unrestrained rage. The sounds of distant battle will cause a Beastman to prick up his tufted ears in an instant; a fight or duel upon a woodland path will invariably bring dozens of Beastmen from all about in a very short space of time. Even when gathered in their torrid encampments the Beastmen spend their time fighting, fucking or feasting. The only time they don't is when a particularly strong Beastman knocks a sense of purpose into them (sometimes literally) or a Bray-Shaman calls on the Chaos Gods.
Beastmen have forms perfectly suited to their horrid nature. They have long, ridged horns with which to gore their foes, and the legs of cattle and goats with which to trample the bodies of their victims. Their matted hair is encrusted with blood and dung, for hygiene is one of those stable and beautiful concepts that Beastmen feel compelled to ruin. They're not even house trained and mark their territory whenever they feel like it even if it's on an enemy's corpse. Their drool-filled mouths are filled with sharp, wolf-like fangs for tearing the flesh of their prey, and their muscular, sweat-slicked bodies are ideally suited to the murderous desires that gleam in their blood-red eyes.
Above all, though, it is the trappings of progress and civilization that fan the embers of hatred burning within each Beastman's breast. A mere glimpse of bright colours, especially the colour red, will often be enough to get a Beastman's pulse racing with bloodlust. The sight of a proud flag or coat of arms, a pristine uniform or a magnificent statue elicits a powerful reaction in the Beastmen, for the things of order are anathema to the Children of Chaos. All caution is put aside in a desperate attempt to tear down and befoul the offending article, to stomp it into the mud, smear it with dung or rip it to pieces and chew on the remains. Woe betide those who take pride in such symbols of authority and order, for their end will invariably be messy, painful and humiliating. Though Beastmen find it far easier to destroy than to create they can be terribly inventive in the punishments they inflict upon their captives, and they have a sick and ribald sense of humor that leads to truly stomach-churning atrocities enacted upon those they can catch.
No Beastman is truly content unless visiting some manner of violence upon a hapless victim. The only tools they use are the tools of war, and even then they aren't too fussy. In the last edition of Fantasy they armed themselves with crude blades and axes that they call 'man-cleavers,' mostly cobbled together from the spoils of war, because Phil Kelly thought it would be a great idea to change the Beastmen so that they're unable to make their own equipment. He also altered them so that the warherds lack the resplendent weapons and baroque armour of the human servants of the Chaos Gods, saying that since the Beastmen already belong to the Ruinous Powers the gods have no need to bargain such trinkets in exchange for their souls, completely ignoring the fact that the gods are supposed to be petty, meaning even if their souls already belonged to Chaos, they'd still get marks to show which god they belonged to. This might have been a part of his plan to make the army the worst army in all of Fantasy, as the marks and armour also help the armies of Chaos win the fights they get into, so it should be no surprise that after Phil changed their lore, they don't do shit aside from being a punching bag for all the other races. He decided to leave in how they're great at raiding (though the actual rules for raiding were an entirely different story), pillaging and corpse-robbing even when they are not marching to war. Because of this they are never short of battered weapons and ragged suits of armor, albeit ones encrusted with clotted gore and riddled with rust. Such lack of quality is only a minor setback to the Beastmen, who compensate with sheer brute strength and determination.
The robust constitution of the Cloven Ones allows them to live upon the most meagre or unpleasant of diets. They prefer great chunks of meat above all but, unlike their larger Minotaur brethren, they do not care if it is fresh or if it is infested and maggot-ridden. Beastmen are cannibals who gorge themselves upon the corpses of their own kind without hesitation, entrails, hair, horns, hooves and all, and believe that to do so is to inherit the strength of the victim. This diet of dead meat is supplemented with grubs, hairy-legged spiders, poisonous centipedes, plump blowflies, and other vermin, as well as the occasional lost child or lone woodsman. It could be said that Beastmen are hunter-gatherers, though they mainly gather the body parts strewn around the place after a particularly vicious hunt. Human flesh is a delicacy to Beastmen, and rivals have been known to fight to the death over a single human arm or leg.
Of all the creatures of Chaos, Beastmen have an especially close relationship with Morrslieb, the Chaos Moon. Whenever Morrslieb is fullest in the sky the Beastmen will hold night-long, sprawling orgies where they indulge every base lust and bloodthirsty deed they can think of. Much blood is shed, much captured wine and beer is drunk, and many new beast-spawn are conceived, ensuring the cycle of twisted and unholy life is perpetuated. Though it is rumored that the witches and heretics of the Old World join the Beastmen in these frightening and confusing bacchanals, none have ever been able to say for certain, for to stumble upon a camp of blood-drunk Beastmen celebrating under the unclean light of Morrslieb is to plunge into hell itself. Beastwomen [ edit ] Thanks to Blood Bowl, specifically Spike! Magazine, we now have a canon piece of artwork of a female Beastman (which is ironically less beastly than a lot of the fan-art)..albeit from the same game where the greenskins still have women and children. One drawfag's interpretation of what happens when a Chaos Champion kills a beastlord. Fan-art of a hypothetical female beastlord.
While it has been confirmed that beastmen are not all male very little canon information has ever been revealed about the female half of the beasts of chaos. What little lore there is describes them as 'calmer' than their male counterparts, with one female Chaos Champion in the novels describing how she was saved from death and nursed back to health by a cluster of these 'gor-does', which ultimately led to her becoming a Chaos Champion. Naturally, some Chaos fans on /tg/ have speculated quite intensely about the possibility of beastwomen/'gor-doe' waifus, particularly given old lore of human Chaos worshippers partaking in the bacchanalian feasting rutting of beastmen tribes.
Despite being calmer and more rational than their menfolk, gor-does are still equipped to become warriors, much like the women from the human tribes of the north; the Gotrek Felix novels have mentioned the duo encountering beastwomen warriors during their battles.
Total War: Warhammer stuck its own oar in, claiming that gor-does are relatively rare among the Beastmen and as such the males will fight for the right to mate with one whenever it's breeding season. Meaning only the strongest members of a herd will get to mate with a pure female beastmen. Whether this is actually canon or not is unclear, so it's left to fans to decide for themselves how they prefer it.. which of course leads to the usual arguments.
Other older lore has implied both that harpies act as females for beastmen, and that, much like the Fimir, beastmen have been known to abduct human (or elf) women as corrupted breeding slaves they call 'Beastmothers'. For fairly obvious reasons, the Beastmother lore is rarely outright stated to happen anymore, instead leaving it to just the occasional unsettling implication.
Given the beastmen's origins as rip-offs of the Broo, some fans also assume that many Beastmen reproduce by impregnating female livestock. The Bulls [ edit ]
Nobody really knows why, but the Beastmen seem to be accompanied by a race of ferocious Minotaurs, not that they're complaining. When the Minotaurs aren't rampaging through the hardest parts of an enemy army, eating knights, drinking blood and shitting victory, they're often seen guarding caches of magic treasures deep in the Drakwald. They aren't a very bright group but their uncanny resilience, rape-tastic strength and general piss-your-pants scariness gets shit done for the Beastmen. There are also mutant varieties of the bulls that have long ago traded their sanity for fuck-off hugeness and other random shit.
Doombulls and Gorebulls: The closest thing the Minotaurs have to leaders, with the Doombulls being the larger, stronger and generally more daunting of the two.
Minotaurs: Giant, bull-headed monsters that fuck near can't be stopped once they get to smashing shit.
Cygors: 50 ft. tall, one-eyed Minotaur mutant that can only see magic things. Likes to collect gigantic pieces of magic rock (more commonly known as temple columns) and eating the souls of mages.. unless those tricksy wee things are causing him trouble, whereupon he'll just throw one of his gigantic rocks at it!
Ghorgon: minotaurs that get a flair for cannibalism turn into giant-sized, four-armed killing machines with two of their four arms ending in scythe hands. They also have a penchant swallowing things whole and magically reknitting any wounds they may have had. Other Critters [ edit ] A centigor, centaur in grimdark.
Being that the Beastmen are all a bunch of horrible monsters, they have a pretty high tolerance for other horrible monsters. Along with the minotaurs, the Beastmen's ranks are supplemented by other creatures used for various tasks from beasts of burden to cavalry to shock troops to cannon fodder.
Warhounds: just like the ones starved and taunted by the warriors of chaos, but instead starved and taunted by Beastmen. Used for a fast and cheap screen
Tuskgors: what essentially look like warthogs, they're most often used to pull the herd's shitty chariots.
Razorgors: bigger, nastier, mutant tuskgors. They are either loosed in packs or used to pull chariots. Why the Beastmen use pigs as pack animals and eat horses instead of the other way around is a bit bizarre, but might have to do with how flighty horses can get around large, carnivorous animals and that pigs occasionally indulge in carnivorism and predation.
Centigors: The torso of a Gor fused onto the body of a horse with three hooves per foot, by the looks of it. Totally ungainly and butt-hurt over it, they take to stealing beer, wine and spirits brewed and distilled by other races and getting shit-faced daily to forget that fact. They act as cavalry to the Beastmen.
Harpies: identical to Dark Elf harpies, may or may not be the Beastwomen with which the Beastmen procreate. Used primarily as flying shock troops.
Chaos Spawn: not sure if either heavily mutated Beastmen or just normal spawn, that which must not be named are goaded into battle.. somehow. But this is chaos, so really anything can become a chFGHFGTYHAAAD *BLAM*
Jabberslythe: arguably the ugliest thing in all of WHFB. Said that not even the clearest pools will reflect its image, or maybe they just don't stay clear for very long. Either way, this is yet another giant powerhouse of a monster using its ugliness as a shock weapon to get the Beastmen's enemies to kill themselves.
Giant: the warhammer giant is at the beast's disposal to jump up and down, yell at people and stuff them into its pants.
There is a tribe of beastmen in Ind that have tiger heads. Local humans worship them as holy spirits and as such said locals prostrate themselves, even as they get killed by the 'holy spirits'. Notable Beastmen [ edit ]
Taurox the Brass Bull : Violent bull-freak made of Brass after eating one of Khorne's daemons.
Morghur the Master of Skulls :The closest thing to a central leader the Beastmen have. This guy not only corrupts and mutates anything in his path, every time he's killed, he simply resurrects and starts all over again. He's considered the greatest enemy of the Wood Elves and the chosen prophet and champion of the Chaos Gods to his people. In Age of Sigmar gets his own faction called the Gavespawn that pretty much worships him as a minor Chaos God.
Malagor the Dark Omen : The Bray Shaman of all Bray Shaman, this Beastmen is not only a powerful sorcerer and a cunning manipulator he also has a pair of black raven wings that enable him to fly. He greatly resembles an old representation of old Nick called Baphomet.
Gorthor the Beastlord - The greatest Beastlord to ever live, he united all the Beastmen of the Middle Mountains, pioneered the use of chariots, brought down two provinces of the Empire and in addition to his fighting skills was a tactical and strategic thinker.
Ghorros Warhoof, the Sire of a Thousand Young - Ancient Centigor that is constantly fighting, drinking, or fucking. Claims to have fathered the Centigor race. In 40k [ edit ]
See Beastmen (40k) Warhammer: Age of Sigmar [ edit ]
In Age of Sigmar, they're back, as the Beasts Of Chaos. Non-Warhammer Beastmen [ edit ]
Although the Warhammer Fantasy version of Beastmen is probably the most iconic use of the term on /tg/, it has surfaced in some other /tg/ settings as well, owing to the rather generic name. Even with Age of Sigmar's copyright-friendly rename-a-palooza, their name (Brayherds/Warherds) turns out rather generic in comparison to other names (e.g. Aelves, Orruks, Ogors)
In Glorantha, the Broo are a race of Chaos-aligned/spawned monstrous humanoids who appear as haphazard amalgamations of human and animal traits, all further wracked by diseases and/or mutations. This race actually created the Warhammer Beastmen (long story short; Games Workshop had a deal to produce miniatures for RuneQuest Broo models, it fell through, and they decided to recoup their losses by reworking the models into a new Chaos species for their own game).
In Dungeons Dragons, the obscure Greyhawk setting has (or had, at least, during the days of Advanced Dungeons Dragons) a race called the Beastmen. These were basically really hairy humanoids with vaguely feline faces who lived in forests and were Stone Age hunters with a Neutral Good alignment. The race has been pretty much forgotten about.
Beastmen is also used in many settings as a collective term (analogous to demihumans and humanoids) to the various, well, furry races: things like lupins, minotaurs, gnolls, catfolk, ratfolk, etc. Sometimes any 'animal-based' race, like lizardfolk, dragonborn, araneas, chitines, aarakocras, etc, will also be lumped in. To avoid confusion, /tg/ tends to prefer the blanket term Beastfolk.
In Kings of War you get the Herd, which is Warhammer Beastmen with a few extra steps, such as adding werewolves and giant eagles, but losing the chariots and some of the GW-exclusive monsters. From a fluff perspective they are completely different though, being a neutral army created by a benevolent god called Kyron and related to the orcs (who were created by Kyron's malevolent half), and are thus their chaotic good counterpart. As such they are maybe closer to the idea behind the beastmen army as a force of nature rather than a servant of the dark gods. Also dem werewolves (lycans) are one of the top three units in KoW. Playable Factions in Warhammer Fantasy Battle Human Kingdoms: The Empire of Man - Bretonnia Elves: High Elves - Dark Elves - Wood Elves Dwarven: Dwarfs - Chaos Dwarfs Undead: Tomb Kings - Vampire Counts Heirs of the Old Ones: Lizardmen Greenskins Orcs - Goblins Ogrekind Ogre Kingdoms Servants of Chaos Warriors of Chaos - Daemons of Chaos - Beastmen Skavenkind Skaven Retrieved from 'https://1d4chan.org/index.php?title=Beastmenoldid=725416'
The following is a list of Army Books and Supplements for the various armies released for the Games Workshop Warhammer Fantasy Battle game.
An Army Book in the Warhammer Fantasy tabletop wargame, is a rules supplement containing information concerning a particular army, environment, or worldwide campaign.Army Books for particular armies were introduced for the fourth edition of the game (prior to that all armies were included in the main rulebook). The sixth edition rendered these obsolete. Until superseded by newer versions, the 6th edition and later books remain valid for the newer editions of Warhammer.
Games Workshop has also released various expansions over the years, including a siege rules supplement and campaign expansions. Expansions and Supplements may or may not be valid over multiple editions, though generally they cycle similarly to the Army Books.
An Army Book normally contains:
Background - Information about the race and its place in the Warhammer world. This includes artwork, short stories, maps, timelines and copies of fictional documents.
Bestiary - A list of the units, characters and war machines that can be chosen for use in a battle. This includes their characteristic values, information on their weapon options, and any limitations on their use, as well as background information on each unit. An Army's special magic lore (if applicable) and special magic items are listed here.
Hobby section - Information on collecting, building and painting an army from the army book. This features outstanding example models painted by the Games Workshop 'Eavy Metal Team as well as Games Workshop's Army Painters and veteran hobbyists.
Army List - Each entry from the bestiary is arranged by type (Lord, Hero, Core, Special, Rare) and given a points value, with more powerful units costing more points, so that battles are fought between balanced armies. Options and costs are listed here. Current Books [ edit ]
No Warhammer Fantasy Army books are considered current as Warhammer: Fantasy Battles game was discontinued by Games Workshop and was replaced with Warhammer: Age of Sigmar game in 2015. Army Books [ edit ]
The final version of Warhammer army books was the 8th Edition. The last 8th edition army book was printed in 2014 for Wood Elves, the first army book for The Empire was printed for 4th edition rules in 1993 spanning some 21 years of printing of Warhammer army books for The Game of Fantasy Battles (formerly known as Warhammer Fantasy Battle). The original Warhammer World was destroyed in a Warhammer Fantasy novels/in-game event called End Times in 2015. 8th Edition [ edit ]
8th Edition Army Books are hardcover and full color. 8th Edition was released July 2010. Army ISBN Release Date Wood Elves ISBN978-1782532873 May 2014 Dwarfs ISBN978-1-78253-239-2 February 2014 Dark Elves ISBN978-1782530947 October 2013 Lizardmen ISBN978-1782530534 August 2013 High Elves ISBN978-1782530084 May 2013 Daemons of Chaos ISBN978-1908872838 March 2013 Warriors of Chaos ISBN978-1908872647 February 2013 The Empire ISBN978-1907964688 April 2012 Vampire Counts ISBN978-1907964275 January 2012 Ogre Kingdoms ISBN978-1-907964-11-4 September 2011 Tomb Kings ISBN978-1841549965 May 2011 Orcs Goblins ISBN978-1841549866 March 2011 Supplements [ edit ] 8th Edition [ edit ] Expansions [ edit ]
Games Workshop and Warhammer Forge (the fantasy division of Forge World, a subsidiary of Games Workshop) have released expansions to the 8th edition game. Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date The End Times: Archaon Volume 5 of the End Times Expansion, contains the grand legion of the everchosen list TBA March 2015 The End Times: Thanquol Volume 4 of the End Times Expansion TBA January 2015 The End Times: Khaine Volume 3 of the End Times Expansion, contains the combined Elves army lists TBA November 2014 The End Times: Glottkin Volume 2 of the End Times Expansion, contains the Legions of Chaos army list TBA October 2014 The End Times: Nagash Volume 1 of the End Times Expansion, contains the Undead Legions army list TBA August 2014 Warhammer Battlefields: The Underway Campaign Expansion Digital Release February 2014 Sigmar's Blood Campaign Expansion ISBN978-1782531470 December 2013 Scrolls of Binding Compendium Monster Expansion for Storm of Magic Digital Release December 2013 Blood in the Snow Seasonal Scenario Digital Release December 2013 Vanguard Clash Linked Battles Scenario Digital Release December 2013 Triumph and Treachery Multiplayer Games Expansion ISBN978-1782530756 November 2013 Warhammer Battlefields: Northern Wastes Campaign Expansion Digital Release October 2013 Warhammer Battlefields: Border Wars Campaign Expansion Digital Release August 2013 Warhammer Battlefields: Lustria Campaign Expansion Digital Release August 2013 Civil War White Dwarf rules for battles between forces from the same Army Book, also released Digitally N/A JuneAugust 2012 Monstrous Arcanum Monsters and Campaign Expansion by Warhammer Forge ISBN978-1907964916 April 2012 Blood in the Badlands Campaign Expansion, Siege rule ISBN978-1907964466 December 2011 Tamurkhan: Throne of Chaos Campaign Expansion by Warhammer Forge; Contains the Chaos Dwarf army list ISBN978-1907964657 October 2011 Storm of Magic Magic and Monsters Expansion ISBN978-1907964077 July 2011 Battlescrolls [ edit ]
Games Workshop and the Black Library (the Publishing arm of GW) have released Battlescrolls for Warhammer Fantasy. They are digitally released and expand the options available to players, as well as contain background on their subject. Most are formations that can be added to any army as a unit outside of the normal army organization. Some (noted below) are additions to specific army lists and are taken following the normal rules for their unit type. Supplement Notes Release Date Crypt Scavengers Ghoul Themed Formation December 2013 Creatures of the Chaos Wastes Chaos Monster Themed Formation December 2013 The Restless Dead Skeleton Themed Formation December 2013 Be'lakor, The Dark Master Lord unit for Daemons and Warriors of Chaos December 2013 Previous Edition Warhammer Army Books [ edit ]
Starting with the 4th edition rules, individual Army books were published for various races and realms of the Warhammer world that had coinciding miniatures armies to play the Warhammer Fantasy Battles tabletop game. Earlier versions of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle Game did not have individual Army books. 7th Edition [ edit ]
7th edition was released in September 2006. Army ISBN Release Date Replaced By Beastmen ISBN978-1-84154-956-9 February 2010 7th Edition was the final edition published Skaven ISBN978-1-84154-943-9 November 2009 7th Edition was the final edition published Lizardmen ISBN978-1-84154-918-7 February 2009 8th Edition Lizardmen Army Book Warriors of Chaos ISBN978-1-84154-898-2 November 2008 8th Edition Warriors of Chaos Army Book Dark Elves ISBN978-1-84154-850-0 August 2008 8th Edition Dark Elves Army Book Vampire Counts ISBN978-1-84154-863-0 March 2008 8th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book Daemons of Chaos ISBN978-1-84154-883-8 May 2008 8th Edition Daemons of Chaos Army Book High Elves ISBN978-1-84154-846-3 November 2007 8th Edition High Elves Army Book The Empire ISBN978-1-84154-799-2 January 2007 8th Edition The Empire Army Book Orcs Goblins ISBN978-1-84154-785-5 October 2006 8th Edition Orcs Goblins Army Book Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date Legendary Battles Large Army Campaign Expansion from White Dwarf ISBN N/A 2008 Mighty Empires Campaign Expansion ISBN N/A 2007 6th Edition [ edit ]
6th Edition was released in October 2000. All army books were initially replaced by a get-by list in Ravening Hordes, distributed for free. Army ISBN Release Date Replaced By Dwarfs ISBN1-84154-690-9 January 2006 8th Edition Dwarfs Army Book Wood Elves ISBN1-84154-680-1 September 2005 8th Edition Wood Elves Army Book Ogre Kingdoms ISBN1-84154-531-7 January 2005 8th Edition Ogre Kingdoms Army Book Bretonnia ISBN1-84154-450-7 February 2004 6th Edition was the final edition published Beasts of Chaos ISBN1-84154-387-X August 2003 7th Edition Beastmen Army Book Lizardmen ISBN1-84154-356-X May 2003 7th Edition Lizardmen Army Book Tomb Kings ISBN1-84154-336-5 January 2003 8th Edition Tomb Kings Army Book Hordes of Chaos ISBN1-84154-222-9 June 2002 7th Edition Warriors of Chaos and Daemons of Chaos Army Books Skaven ISBN1-84154-185-0 March 2002 7th Edition Skaven Army Book High Elves ISBN1-84154-175-3 January 2002 7th Edition High Elves Army Book Dark Elves ISBN1-84154-083-8 June 2001 7th Edition Dark Elves Army Book Vampire Counts ISBN1-84154-080-3 April 2001 7th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book Dwarfs ISBN1-84154-066-8 January 2001 Second 6th Edition Dwarfs Army Book Orcs Goblins ISBN1-84154-060-9 November 2000 7th Edition Orcs Goblins Army Book The Empire ISBN1-84154-059-5 October 2000 7th Edition The Empire Army Book Ravening Hordes ISBN1-84154-063-3 October 2000 Each Army's 6th edition army book15 'Get You By' Army Lists for Warhammer - the Game of Fantasy Battles
In White dwarf magazines 'Warhammer chronicles' there came preview army lists for Lizardmen (wd 256, April 2001), Bretonnia (wd261, September 2001), Wood elves (wd269, May 2002), and Beast of chaos (wd275, November 2002), that replaced their Ravening hordes list, and was replaced by their army books later in the 6th edition. Dogs of war got their main list and Regiments of renown -list in back to back issues (wd 251 and 252) that were never replaced. Daemon horde got same sort of preview army list in Annual 2002 (November 2001). The preview lists can be found in Annual 2002 and Chronicles 2003 in addition to White dwarf magazines. 5th Edition [ edit ]
5th Edition was released in October 1996. Army ISBN Release Date Replaced By Vampire Counts ISBN1-869893-75-1 June 1999 Ravening Hordes Dogs of War ISBN1-872372-02-3 September 1998 Regiments of Renown, then Discontinued Champions of Chaos (Chaos Special Characters) ISBN1-872372-29-5 May 1998 Ravening Hordes Realm of Chaos ISBN1-872372-60-0 (2nd Edition) ISBN1-869893-90-5 (1st Edition) January 1998 Ravening Hordes High Elves ISBN978-1-872372-21-1 May 1997 Ravening Hordes Lizardmen ISBN1-872372-56-2 February 1997 Ravening Hordes Bretonnia ISBN1-872372-59-7 November 1996, 1999 Ravening Hordes 4th Edition [ edit ] Beastmen 7th Edition Dungeons And Dragons
4th Edition was released in October 1992. It was the first edition to feature individual army books. See Full List On 1d4chan.org Army ISBN Release Date Replaced By Wood Elves ISBN1-872372-45-7 May 1996 Ravening Hordes Dark Elves ISBN1-872372-88-0 July 1995 Ravening Hordes White Dwarf Presents: Chaos Dwarfs ISBN1-872372-80-5 December 1994 Ravening Hordes, then Discontinued, then Tamurkhan: Throne of Chaos from Warhammer Forge Chaos No ISBN came as a boxed set August 1994 5th Edition Realm of Chaos Box Undead ISBN1-872372-67-8 May 1994 5th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book and Ravening Hordes for Tomb Kings Skaven ISBN1-872372-69-4 December 1993 Ravening Hordes Dwarfs ISBN1-872372-66-X June 1993 Ravening Hordes Orcs Goblins ISBN1-872372-64-3 April 1993 Ravening Hordes High Elves ISBN1-872372-63-5 February 1993 5th Edition High Elves Army Book The Empire ISBN1-87237235-X January 1993 Ravening Hordes Supplements [ edit ] 6th edition [ edit ] Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date Conquest of the New World Campaign Expansion ISBN978-1841545929 2005 Lustria Campaign Expansion ISBN1-84154-644-5 May 2005 Storm of Chaos Campaign Expansion ISBN1-84154-460-4 June 2004 Warhammer Chronicles 2004 QA, Errata, etc. ISBN1-84154-422-1 2003 The General's Compendium Campaigns, Scenarios More ISBN1-84154-436-1 2003 Warhammer Chronicles 2003 QA, Errata, etc. ISBN1-84154-296-2 2003 Warhammer Skirmish Skirmish Scenarios ISBN978-8374600125 2002 Dark Shadows Campaign Expansion ISBN978-1-84154-198-3 August 2001 Warhammer Annual 2002 QA, Errata, etc. ISBN1-84154-165-6 2001 5th edition [ edit ] Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date Warhammer Siege Siege Warfare Expansion ISBN1-869893-44-1 August 1998 Tears of Isha Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1998 Perilous Quest Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1997 Circle of Blood Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1997 Idol of Gork Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1997 The Grudge of Drong Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1997 Warhammer Magic 5th Edition Magic rules and cards ISBN1-872372-09-0 December 1996 4th edition [ edit ] Ogryn Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date Chronicles of War (White Dwarf Presents) Articles from White Dwarf Magazine, Paper buildings ISBN978-1872372914 December 1995 Arcane Magic Magic Expansion for 4th Edition unknown February 1995 Battle Magic Magic rules and cards for 4th Edition unknown December 1992 Beastman - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum References [ edit ] Cached Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warhammer_Army_Bookoldid=991451222'
7th Edition Beastmen Army Book Lizardmen: ISBN 1-84154-356-X: May 2003: 7th Edition Lizardmen Army Book Tomb Kings: ISBN 1-84154-336-5: January 2003: 8th Edition Tomb Kings Army Book Hordes of Chaos: ISBN 1-84154-222-9: June 2002: 7th Edition Warriors of Chaos and Daemons of Chaos Army Books Skaven: ISBN 1-84154-185-0: March 2002: 7th Edition. Dec 06, 2018 As with some other older edition army books (Skaven and Bretonnian), Beastmen have some of the BRB magic items listed in their army book and this is both an advantage and disadvantage as the points costs do not match the BRB listing in many cases. For example, the War banner is cheaper but the Enchanted Shield costs more. Here you can download beastmen army book pdf 8th shared files: Book Brazilian Jazz Real warhammer 7th edition. Find great deals for Warhammer Fantasy 7th Edition Beastmen Army Book. Shop with confidence on eBay! This book is in Excellent condition by the grading scale below. Excellent An item with very minor, if any, shelfwear.
'One might suspect that the lower forms of the servants of darkness would be less blessed by the powers they serve than their more noble counterparts, but this is not the case. The Marks of the Dark Gods are as evident amongst these foul creatures as in any horde of debased Men. Perhaps even more so, for these Beastmen, as they are known, seem to be embraced by their gods just as parents might their children. Spawned by the very darkness that enwraps them, they are closer to the heart of Chaos than any other creatures and are to be greatly feared because of it.' From the Liber Chaotica, penned by Richter Kless, Priest of Sigmar, declared insane. Warhammer Army Book - Wikipedia A face that even mothers can't force themselves to love.
Where the Warriors are Chaos tanks and Daemons are Chaos cheese, the Beastmen are the true Chaos horde. The Beastmen call themselves the children of Chaos, descended from outcast mutants hurled into the cursed woods of the Drakwald. They are considered a mere nuisance by the Empire and the Bretonnians, but the Wood Elves know how dangerous they truly are. The favorite activities of most Beastmen include toppling waystones, erecting herdstones, kidnapping/raping/eating humans, and, of course, plain old smashing shit! They hate absolutely anything built or anything that is pure and make it a priority to destroy and defile that which the civilized races cherish.
In short, they're a bunch of drunken anarchist fucktards that hang out in the woods, surfacing only to pillage and defile - which is actually kinda awesome if you're into that sort of thing! In M2 on Terra, similar aberrations were known as the 'Rainbow Family,' avid worshippers of Slaanesh, even though Slaanesh didn't exist yet, but no doubt they had some slight pull with She Who Thirsts through some kind of warp fuckery even before the Aeldari murder fucked him into existence.
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The Beastmen weren't always 'the Beastmen' as we know them today. For the longest time, they were actually part of a unified Chaos army, but due to the fact that people seemed to like to roll with either all beast, mortal or daemon army lists, Games Workshop in their infinite wisdom decided to gradually split off the armies. Despite getting split off into an army of their own, they still always play second fiddle to every other villainous faction in the setting. Skaven used to be under them. Runequest [ edit ] Behold, the first Broo Beastmen models.
In the early to mid 1980's, Games Workshop still produced miniatures for other games, including some they didn't even sell (similar to Reaper Miniatures today), and among them was the line of Broo for the Runequest game of the Glorantha setting.
Broo were the proto-Beastmen. Most of the visual style of modern Beastmen, particularly Ungors, is present in the Broo minis. Broo are specifically very similar to Beastmen, although most notably is their lecherous nature and their hyper-fertility to the point they can literally impregnate anything they jizz into, including other males (usually not of their own race), trees, rocks, even just dirt.
Games Workshop lost the rights to most of the third party IPs in the early 80's, since the contracts had run out and the IP owners had discovered there was alternatives (early GW had managed to sell itself on the idea it was the primary distributor of tabletop in The Old World Europe despite it originally being three young men in an apartment and later on about twenty of them in a small office). This left them with a fair amount of unsold inventory that they couldn't actually sell anymore, so they repurposed it all (with dubious legality) as other things and gave Brian Ansell the thumbs up to make his own game that they'd all have rules in..hence, Warhammer was born. Since Broo were generic enough, Games Workshop repurposed the existing miniatures as a set of models for the game, with very little actually changed aside from all the grey morality removed. Hordes of Chaos [ edit ]
Way back when, they were just part of the single Chaos army where they fulfilled the role of chaff; they were squishier and quicker than other Mortal units and they were good at setting up charges, which Daemons couldn't really do. There were also a couple of special and rare units that were 'beastly,' but nothing much. Beasts of Chaos [ edit ]
In 6th edition the Chaos army was split, making Beastmen their own army.. sort of. They were pretty bad in this edition, essentially being the bitch of Chaos. Indeed, they had almost no redeeming qualities of their own, but to get into why we'll need to split apart the book and look at it in detail.
For starters, there's nothing the Beasts can do that Mortals or Daemons can't do better. At first this might seem odd since their Special and Rare choices could both be very powerful, however the Chaos books were rather unique in that Beasts, Daemons and Mortals could all be used alongside each other, and so each could take everyone else's Special and Rare choices. The main difference was in what counted as your Core, and a Chaos Core was divided into a Mortal, Beast and Daemon Core. Whichever of the three types happened to be your General was the type that counted as your Core, while the other two counted as Special choices.
Suffice to say, outside of a few options/builds the Beast Generals were lacking compared to Mortal Generals and Greater Daemons, and so were their Core. Sure if you found a way to get Morghur in the middle of the enemy he could stop at least half an army on his own while Khazrak was hands down one of, (if not the best) monster killers in the game. He was able to get up to S10 and each successful wounding attack, before saves, generated a new attack (yes, even the new attacks did this) and the Beast's ambush rule was pretty cool, but those are the exceptions.
The Beast Core consisted of units that mixed low Toughness and low Leadership; they had lightly armoured Ungors with spears and tough, brawny brawlers in the form of Gors, alongside skirmishers that could scout. The only alternatives (if you wanted a full unit) was to supplement with Warhounds, who can't take a hit and didn't count towards your mandatory Core slots, or take a bunch of tough, strong Bestigors, who were overpriced and much slower than everybody else. If you wanted a Beasts General and mostly wanted to make use of your Special and Rare choices, then you'd probably get a few Tuskgor Chariots to fill your mandatory Core slots. They were significantly cheaper than their Mortal counterparts, did not do that much less damage and were also the only option that could consistently make their points back.
This is because when they were split from the Hordes of Chaos, the Core was nothing more than an unruly band of meat shields. In fact, because they could move faster, it was preferable to field a few beast packs to soak up arrow fire and act as distractions while fast-moving daemons got the flanks and warriors hammered the front ranks.
This does not make a competent, full army. Now if you were paying attention you might be wondering how they'd perform if had a Mortal or Daemon General and so could avoid a shitty Core, and that's where things get good. A Chaos army often had to skip out on important upgrades to certain units (specifically Warriors) because they wouldn't have enough to get a good General, a good frontline, and a good few heavy hitters that you'd normally need to collapse the enemy's formation. They were pricy, and so Beasts gave you the option of having a cheap Core and suddenly you had far more points to spend on units of Warriors and Knights.
Now to get into the cool Special and Rare choices, the Beasts gave Chaos the Chaos Trolls and Ogres, Dragon Ogres and Shaggoths, etc. Combined with the Warriors (and saving points using Chariots or Ungor screens for Core) it made for a fairly strong United force, one that could hit like a truck and take solid hits in return.
Almost makes you wonder why they were ever split in the first place, since the only time the Chaos armies of 6th Ed were scary was when they had a united front (just like in the lore). Beastmen [ edit ] Warrior goats with Ogre-style gutplates
Sometimes referred to as 'the WEAK chaos army,' or the 'Powerful ChaosSkaven' it more or less resembles a normal horde style army in Warhammer Fantasy Battle with cheap, expendable troops, average leaderships and little immunity to psychology. The things they otherwise don't have are anything resembling armor or any kind relevant shooting, but they try to make up for it with Primal Fury which gives them hatred on a passed leadership test each round of combat on many of their units. The Herdstone magic item allows Beastmen wizards to score extra power dice for their spells, allowing Beastmen to pull off a little extra spell support to augment the cheap core units. They also excel in cheap chaff and redirectors in the form of Ungor Raiders, Razorgors, and Harpies, and fielding fairly costed chariots in core.
Unfortunately they also got fucked in pretty much every other area. Marks were taken away for no good reason, prices went up on models that already cost too much, models were introduced that made your own army worse, the Beastmen were given a piss-poor magic lore (compared to every other lore) in exchange for the other lores that could be occasionally useful, they swapped out mostly decent magic items for mostly shitty ones, or ones that made no sense (like a magic banner that could only be given to a unit who had heavy armour, and it took away their heavy armour without refunding the cost), the list goes on. All in all it made them one of if not the worst army in the game. It was still possible to win, but it would always be an uphill battle as their biggest advantages, like their heaviest hitters and ability to be combined with the other Chaos armies as one big force, were completely removed (with the one exception being Minotaurs who are overcosted compared to other models anyway). Real world Inspiration [ edit ]
The standard way of creating a fantasy race or culture is to take one real world culture and base everything off of that. The Empire is early Renaissance Germany, Bretonnia is Medieval French fused with English Arthurian myth giving them a strong British feel as well. Dwarfs and Elves have their own sort of base line culture based on Tolkien and with a large part of Warhammer fantasy in it nowadays as well.
The Beastmen, however, are based on the popular conception of the barbarians who tore Rome down. First they have no interests other than smashing civilization apart for the sake of smashing it apart. They have in their background that they pay homage to large 'herd stones' which are similar to the Celtic shrines (think Stonehenge, although it is not actually a Celtic shrine). Lastly, they are Beastmen and satyrs are associated with paganism. Ever wonder why the Devil has cloven legs? Early Christians used the old Greek god Pan (the original satyr), as the devil because he was a god of sex (and shepherds) and Christians are against recreational sex outside marriage due to the Bible's stipulation that God intends it for married couples, meaning Pan was a good framework for the devil and all that has really changed since then was turning him red and giving him a trident.
Tactically the Beastmen also fit the Barbarian origin: many light troops that rely on ambush and surprise (more than one Roman legion was lost by this kind of ambush), chariots which the Britons used against the Romans and lastly they are like the Barbarians in that they are focused on skirmishing and raiding. Once upon a time all Beastmen were skirmishers, which while effective against isolated villages is less effective against armies, which is why it was changed.
So the Beastmen have some pretty interesting roots once you 'pop the hood' on their design. Occupy Drakwald [ edit ]
The thing that pisses the Beastmen off is that something like 1 of life in Middenheim controls 99 of the land! There are so many freaky beasts living in the chaos woods, combined with big Empire pushing around the people of the woods and ruining the environment for their own economic interests. And so the Beastmen have taken to their eternal campout against the Empire and it's regional castellan pretty boy, Elector Count Boris Todbringer. Download age of empires definitive edition full crack.
Another thing that really pisses them off is that it's stated in the Orcs and Goblins codex that Forest Goblins on their spiders tend to murder herds wandering in the woods. Technically this is because the Forest Goblins are the original occupants of Drakwald that have been trying to keep the Empire, Beastmen (born of Empire), and other greenskins out since the dawn of..well, the Old Ones creating all the races, but fuck those fucking fucks! They have fancier hats and more land, so they gotta go too!
And that's not where the similarities end. The Beastmen are a bunch of lazy, shiftless, filthy degenerates that eat babies - no literally! The Beastmen want nothing better than to just drink looted booze, eat/fuck other races and tear down everything that everyone has ever built - ever! (cough cough Chakats.) Origins [ edit ]
The Beastmen's origins seem to be something of a composite piece (and changes from edition to edition). On one account, they are descended from the myriad creatures that inhabited the Northern Wastes and migrated downward, accepting more stable forms from their reduced exposure from the polar fluxes of chaos and interbreeding with more magic resistant creatures. Another myth pins the Beastmen's origins as the mutated descendants of humans cast into the wild for being born a hideous half-man, half-beast creature (Now why the humans decide to throw all their mutant babies into the surrounding forest known to be populated with sadistic and vengeful goatmen born as mutants to humans and cast-off themselves is a bit of a mystery). The 6th ed Beasts of Chaos book says that when the polar gates collapsed, the Beastmen were made from animals mutating to be more human-like and humans mutating to be more bestial while the 7th ed Beastmen book says that when Chaos was first released to the world the 'primitives' at the time went mad, fucked some animals, generations later their descendants are the Beastmen. Wood Elves seem to have less of a problem with mutants, either because they resist chaos more/better or they kill such offspring immediately and never talk about it again, but that's just like, you know, a cultural difference.
Age of Sigmar is more vague about the Beastmen's origins, stating that they were present in the Mortal Realms before Sigmar arrived (which is a enigma in itself, since all other forms of Chaos only arrived in the Age of Chaos). Three in-universe theories are presented; the standard 'animals and men mutated by Chaos energy', one claiming that they're all descended from a primogenitor beast called the Gor-Father, and another saying that they're the product of miscegenation between races. Since several Beastmen tribes appear to worship the Gor-Father, while there are other accounts of humans being mutated into Beastmen, its possible that all these theories have elements of truth to them.
Regardless, today's Beastman is more likely either the product of gangrape, spawned by a brief and unholy union from victorious Beastman raiders that managed to bring home some captive females from other races, usually humans, and it never ends well for the woman (tying into the inspiration for Beastmen, the Broo, though this was used in a Warhammer race called the Fimir. However this idea was never canon and only inferred by an error of omission in the lore, and the Fimir only magically impregnated random women; you know something's nasty when Games 'In the GRIM DARKness of the far future..' Workshop says it's too much), or they were spawned when a Beastman really loves a Beastwoman. We're not too sure how Beastmen 'love' one another, but the fluff seems to imply that the Beastmen have to get really fucking hammered before hand with giant orgiastic feasts at their encampments around Beastmen Herdstones. However, as of Total War: Warhammer: Call of the Beastman, it is possible to recruit a female Beastman, or Doe,to your warband. Types [ edit ]
Beastmen come in many varieties, usually denoted by a suffix and a prefix, making a chaotic race that hates organization and civilization into an easily organized and tidy group. In Oldhammer, mutants were included as Beastmen in advertising. After the Tony Ackland legal troubles when most mutants and the more creative types of Spawn were squatted, Beastmen remained pure beast men. Devoted [ edit ]
Beastmen particularly devoted to specific Chaos Gods, usually because of mutations at their birth, being enslaved by devotees of a particular god, or blessing, are given the name of their god in their designation. Its worth noting that the armor of the godly Beastmen are more ornate, implying they are far less antagonistic to the idea of making things intentionally. Note that devoted is our word for organizing them. They were also out of the picture until VERY recently because Phil Kelly removed them from the 7th edition Beastmen book and retconned the fluff to destroy any and all traces of Beastmen that were devoted/enslaved/blessed by a single god, to the point where they couldn't even be given marks on both the tabletop and lore.
Tzaangor are Beastmen of Tzeentch. Have white, yellow, and blue features usually as well as mutations giving them spindly limbs, extra arms, and an emphasis on bird and moon appearances.
Slaangor are Slaanesh's Beastmen. The least described and depicted of all the Beastmen groups. Their mutations obviously trend more towards the lewd, with extra pectorals and nipples, and are known for being mostly albino with pastel skin. Their eyes are like those of Daemonettes, being large and either green or black. Their species are animals that are lithe or symbolically sensual, but with a large amount of them being non-Minotaur bovines (a Bovigor can be a Slaangor, not all Slaangor are Bovigor).
Khorngor are Khorne's. Their fur is shiny and almost metallic, their eyes are white with red pupils, they always have canine heads and the most favored have their horns naturally grow in the shape of Khorne's skull symbol. They wear far more armor than most other Beastmen species.
Pestigor are Nurgle's, breaking the prefix naming scheme of the others. Aside from being heavily diseased, something they don't really have exclusive among Beastmen, they have only one horn, their hide is particularly tough, and they wear far more armor than any other variety. Wisely, they were not named Nurggors. Herd Society [ edit ]
Beastmen society is organized around herds and ruled by a system of might makes right. In other words, what the biggest, strongest Beastman says, goes. One would be forgiven in thinking that this automatically means that minotaurs would end up running the show since they are by far the biggest and strongest, but they're not the brightest thing on two hooves. Minotaurs specialize in wholesale slaughter, but aren't too keen on things like where to find food, who should keep watch or how to fix their shitty chariots. Lo, the Beastlord has his task cut out for him.
Beastlords: the Beastmen in charge, the Alpha Male, they run the show for the other Beastmen with a combination of dastardly cunning and brute strength. They often delegate more benign tasks to their immediate inferiors, the Wargors.
Wargors: the 'trusted' (as far as Beastman loyalty goes) lieutenants of Beastlord, Wargors are pretty kickass leaders and fighters themselves. Often seen carrying battle standards or leading Bestigor herds, or both.
Bestigors: quite literally the best Gors, a ha ha /sarcastic laugh. Strong, tough, heavily armed and armoured, the Wargors and Beastlords often arise from their ranks. They used to be the Chaos Undivided of the Beastmen, complete with the Mark (with the option of becoming Khorngors, Tzaangors, Slaangors or Pestigors) but then some asshole took away their marks and unique types.
Bray-Shaman and Great Bray-Shaman: tribal elders and spiritual leaders of the Beastmen, they interpret the will of Chaos and determine the best course of action for the herd. They are also the herd's wizards.
Gors: the rank and file of the beast herd. Your average Gor is bigger, tougher and far nastier than your average human, and also far more stupid which explains why they haven't ovverun everything. He's also an unguloid with furry legs and a face that's a blend of bestial and human features. ALL Gors also feature prominent horns and/or antlers on their heads.
Ungors: the untouchables even in beast herds. They are pretty close in size to humans, yet still feature particularly bestial features such as furry unguloid legs with hooves, a semi-bestial face and two small horn buds. Sometimes band together in scouting parties of Ungor Raiders when not used as slave labour to fix all the shitty Beastmen gear.
Brays: Beastmen with no horns, the lowest of the low in Beastman society. In a society where life is short, brutish and nasty, their lives are by far the nastiest, most brutal and most especially shortest.
Beastmen are wild and crude creatures embodying all the negative aspects of animals combined with human-level intelligence. They are truly repugnant to behold, let alone to smell, for they are a twisted reflection of the base and barbaric aspects of nature. Beastmen are Neutral Evil to the core, the only thing stopping them from being Chaotic Evil is their reverence of Bray-Shamans and the Chaos Gods. The carnage and despair they spread across the land is a malevolent and deliberate attempt to wreck anything beautiful or stable for the lulz. Bitterness and spite simmers in the heart of every Beastman; it takes little more than a few well-chosen words to spur a Gor into a frenzy of unrestrained rage. The sounds of distant battle will cause a Beastman to prick up his tufted ears in an instant; a fight or duel upon a woodland path will invariably bring dozens of Beastmen from all about in a very short space of time. Even when gathered in their torrid encampments the Beastmen spend their time fighting, fucking or feasting. The only time they don't is when a particularly strong Beastman knocks a sense of purpose into them (sometimes literally) or a Bray-Shaman calls on the Chaos Gods.
Beastmen have forms perfectly suited to their horrid nature. They have long, ridged horns with which to gore their foes, and the legs of cattle and goats with which to trample the bodies of their victims. Their matted hair is encrusted with blood and dung, for hygiene is one of those stable and beautiful concepts that Beastmen feel compelled to ruin. They're not even house trained and mark their territory whenever they feel like it even if it's on an enemy's corpse. Their drool-filled mouths are filled with sharp, wolf-like fangs for tearing the flesh of their prey, and their muscular, sweat-slicked bodies are ideally suited to the murderous desires that gleam in their blood-red eyes.
Above all, though, it is the trappings of progress and civilization that fan the embers of hatred burning within each Beastman's breast. A mere glimpse of bright colours, especially the colour red, will often be enough to get a Beastman's pulse racing with bloodlust. The sight of a proud flag or coat of arms, a pristine uniform or a magnificent statue elicits a powerful reaction in the Beastmen, for the things of order are anathema to the Children of Chaos. All caution is put aside in a desperate attempt to tear down and befoul the offending article, to stomp it into the mud, smear it with dung or rip it to pieces and chew on the remains. Woe betide those who take pride in such symbols of authority and order, for their end will invariably be messy, painful and humiliating. Though Beastmen find it far easier to destroy than to create they can be terribly inventive in the punishments they inflict upon their captives, and they have a sick and ribald sense of humor that leads to truly stomach-churning atrocities enacted upon those they can catch.
No Beastman is truly content unless visiting some manner of violence upon a hapless victim. The only tools they use are the tools of war, and even then they aren't too fussy. In the last edition of Fantasy they armed themselves with crude blades and axes that they call 'man-cleavers,' mostly cobbled together from the spoils of war, because Phil Kelly thought it would be a great idea to change the Beastmen so that they're unable to make their own equipment. He also altered them so that the warherds lack the resplendent weapons and baroque armour of the human servants of the Chaos Gods, saying that since the Beastmen already belong to the Ruinous Powers the gods have no need to bargain such trinkets in exchange for their souls, completely ignoring the fact that the gods are supposed to be petty, meaning even if their souls already belonged to Chaos, they'd still get marks to show which god they belonged to. This might have been a part of his plan to make the army the worst army in all of Fantasy, as the marks and armour also help the armies of Chaos win the fights they get into, so it should be no surprise that after Phil changed their lore, they don't do shit aside from being a punching bag for all the other races. He decided to leave in how they're great at raiding (though the actual rules for raiding were an entirely different story), pillaging and corpse-robbing even when they are not marching to war. Because of this they are never short of battered weapons and ragged suits of armor, albeit ones encrusted with clotted gore and riddled with rust. Such lack of quality is only a minor setback to the Beastmen, who compensate with sheer brute strength and determination.
The robust constitution of the Cloven Ones allows them to live upon the most meagre or unpleasant of diets. They prefer great chunks of meat above all but, unlike their larger Minotaur brethren, they do not care if it is fresh or if it is infested and maggot-ridden. Beastmen are cannibals who gorge themselves upon the corpses of their own kind without hesitation, entrails, hair, horns, hooves and all, and believe that to do so is to inherit the strength of the victim. This diet of dead meat is supplemented with grubs, hairy-legged spiders, poisonous centipedes, plump blowflies, and other vermin, as well as the occasional lost child or lone woodsman. It could be said that Beastmen are hunter-gatherers, though they mainly gather the body parts strewn around the place after a particularly vicious hunt. Human flesh is a delicacy to Beastmen, and rivals have been known to fight to the death over a single human arm or leg.
Of all the creatures of Chaos, Beastmen have an especially close relationship with Morrslieb, the Chaos Moon. Whenever Morrslieb is fullest in the sky the Beastmen will hold night-long, sprawling orgies where they indulge every base lust and bloodthirsty deed they can think of. Much blood is shed, much captured wine and beer is drunk, and many new beast-spawn are conceived, ensuring the cycle of twisted and unholy life is perpetuated. Though it is rumored that the witches and heretics of the Old World join the Beastmen in these frightening and confusing bacchanals, none have ever been able to say for certain, for to stumble upon a camp of blood-drunk Beastmen celebrating under the unclean light of Morrslieb is to plunge into hell itself. Beastwomen [ edit ] Thanks to Blood Bowl, specifically Spike! Magazine, we now have a canon piece of artwork of a female Beastman (which is ironically less beastly than a lot of the fan-art)..albeit from the same game where the greenskins still have women and children. One drawfag's interpretation of what happens when a Chaos Champion kills a beastlord. Fan-art of a hypothetical female beastlord.
While it has been confirmed that beastmen are not all male very little canon information has ever been revealed about the female half of the beasts of chaos. What little lore there is describes them as 'calmer' than their male counterparts, with one female Chaos Champion in the novels describing how she was saved from death and nursed back to health by a cluster of these 'gor-does', which ultimately led to her becoming a Chaos Champion. Naturally, some Chaos fans on /tg/ have speculated quite intensely about the possibility of beastwomen/'gor-doe' waifus, particularly given old lore of human Chaos worshippers partaking in the bacchanalian feasting rutting of beastmen tribes.
Despite being calmer and more rational than their menfolk, gor-does are still equipped to become warriors, much like the women from the human tribes of the north; the Gotrek Felix novels have mentioned the duo encountering beastwomen warriors during their battles.
Total War: Warhammer stuck its own oar in, claiming that gor-does are relatively rare among the Beastmen and as such the males will fight for the right to mate with one whenever it's breeding season. Meaning only the strongest members of a herd will get to mate with a pure female beastmen. Whether this is actually canon or not is unclear, so it's left to fans to decide for themselves how they prefer it.. which of course leads to the usual arguments.
Other older lore has implied both that harpies act as females for beastmen, and that, much like the Fimir, beastmen have been known to abduct human (or elf) women as corrupted breeding slaves they call 'Beastmothers'. For fairly obvious reasons, the Beastmother lore is rarely outright stated to happen anymore, instead leaving it to just the occasional unsettling implication.
Given the beastmen's origins as rip-offs of the Broo, some fans also assume that many Beastmen reproduce by impregnating female livestock. The Bulls [ edit ]
Nobody really knows why, but the Beastmen seem to be accompanied by a race of ferocious Minotaurs, not that they're complaining. When the Minotaurs aren't rampaging through the hardest parts of an enemy army, eating knights, drinking blood and shitting victory, they're often seen guarding caches of magic treasures deep in the Drakwald. They aren't a very bright group but their uncanny resilience, rape-tastic strength and general piss-your-pants scariness gets shit done for the Beastmen. There are also mutant varieties of the bulls that have long ago traded their sanity for fuck-off hugeness and other random shit.
Doombulls and Gorebulls: The closest thing the Minotaurs have to leaders, with the Doombulls being the larger, stronger and generally more daunting of the two.
Minotaurs: Giant, bull-headed monsters that fuck near can't be stopped once they get to smashing shit.
Cygors: 50 ft. tall, one-eyed Minotaur mutant that can only see magic things. Likes to collect gigantic pieces of magic rock (more commonly known as temple columns) and eating the souls of mages.. unless those tricksy wee things are causing him trouble, whereupon he'll just throw one of his gigantic rocks at it!
Ghorgon: minotaurs that get a flair for cannibalism turn into giant-sized, four-armed killing machines with two of their four arms ending in scythe hands. They also have a penchant swallowing things whole and magically reknitting any wounds they may have had. Other Critters [ edit ] A centigor, centaur in grimdark.
Being that the Beastmen are all a bunch of horrible monsters, they have a pretty high tolerance for other horrible monsters. Along with the minotaurs, the Beastmen's ranks are supplemented by other creatures used for various tasks from beasts of burden to cavalry to shock troops to cannon fodder.
Warhounds: just like the ones starved and taunted by the warriors of chaos, but instead starved and taunted by Beastmen. Used for a fast and cheap screen
Tuskgors: what essentially look like warthogs, they're most often used to pull the herd's shitty chariots.
Razorgors: bigger, nastier, mutant tuskgors. They are either loosed in packs or used to pull chariots. Why the Beastmen use pigs as pack animals and eat horses instead of the other way around is a bit bizarre, but might have to do with how flighty horses can get around large, carnivorous animals and that pigs occasionally indulge in carnivorism and predation.
Centigors: The torso of a Gor fused onto the body of a horse with three hooves per foot, by the looks of it. Totally ungainly and butt-hurt over it, they take to stealing beer, wine and spirits brewed and distilled by other races and getting shit-faced daily to forget that fact. They act as cavalry to the Beastmen.
Harpies: identical to Dark Elf harpies, may or may not be the Beastwomen with which the Beastmen procreate. Used primarily as flying shock troops.
Chaos Spawn: not sure if either heavily mutated Beastmen or just normal spawn, that which must not be named are goaded into battle.. somehow. But this is chaos, so really anything can become a chFGHFGTYHAAAD *BLAM*
Jabberslythe: arguably the ugliest thing in all of WHFB. Said that not even the clearest pools will reflect its image, or maybe they just don't stay clear for very long. Either way, this is yet another giant powerhouse of a monster using its ugliness as a shock weapon to get the Beastmen's enemies to kill themselves.
Giant: the warhammer giant is at the beast's disposal to jump up and down, yell at people and stuff them into its pants.
There is a tribe of beastmen in Ind that have tiger heads. Local humans worship them as holy spirits and as such said locals prostrate themselves, even as they get killed by the 'holy spirits'. Notable Beastmen [ edit ]
Taurox the Brass Bull : Violent bull-freak made of Brass after eating one of Khorne's daemons.
Morghur the Master of Skulls :The closest thing to a central leader the Beastmen have. This guy not only corrupts and mutates anything in his path, every time he's killed, he simply resurrects and starts all over again. He's considered the greatest enemy of the Wood Elves and the chosen prophet and champion of the Chaos Gods to his people. In Age of Sigmar gets his own faction called the Gavespawn that pretty much worships him as a minor Chaos God.
Malagor the Dark Omen : The Bray Shaman of all Bray Shaman, this Beastmen is not only a powerful sorcerer and a cunning manipulator he also has a pair of black raven wings that enable him to fly. He greatly resembles an old representation of old Nick called Baphomet.
Gorthor the Beastlord - The greatest Beastlord to ever live, he united all the Beastmen of the Middle Mountains, pioneered the use of chariots, brought down two provinces of the Empire and in addition to his fighting skills was a tactical and strategic thinker.
Ghorros Warhoof, the Sire of a Thousand Young - Ancient Centigor that is constantly fighting, drinking, or fucking. Claims to have fathered the Centigor race. In 40k [ edit ]
See Beastmen (40k) Warhammer: Age of Sigmar [ edit ]
In Age of Sigmar, they're back, as the Beasts Of Chaos. Non-Warhammer Beastmen [ edit ]
Although the Warhammer Fantasy version of Beastmen is probably the most iconic use of the term on /tg/, it has surfaced in some other /tg/ settings as well, owing to the rather generic name. Even with Age of Sigmar's copyright-friendly rename-a-palooza, their name (Brayherds/Warherds) turns out rather generic in comparison to other names (e.g. Aelves, Orruks, Ogors)
In Glorantha, the Broo are a race of Chaos-aligned/spawned monstrous humanoids who appear as haphazard amalgamations of human and animal traits, all further wracked by diseases and/or mutations. This race actually created the Warhammer Beastmen (long story short; Games Workshop had a deal to produce miniatures for RuneQuest Broo models, it fell through, and they decided to recoup their losses by reworking the models into a new Chaos species for their own game).
In Dungeons Dragons, the obscure Greyhawk setting has (or had, at least, during the days of Advanced Dungeons Dragons) a race called the Beastmen. These were basically really hairy humanoids with vaguely feline faces who lived in forests and were Stone Age hunters with a Neutral Good alignment. The race has been pretty much forgotten about.
Beastmen is also used in many settings as a collective term (analogous to demihumans and humanoids) to the various, well, furry races: things like lupins, minotaurs, gnolls, catfolk, ratfolk, etc. Sometimes any 'animal-based' race, like lizardfolk, dragonborn, araneas, chitines, aarakocras, etc, will also be lumped in. To avoid confusion, /tg/ tends to prefer the blanket term Beastfolk.
In Kings of War you get the Herd, which is Warhammer Beastmen with a few extra steps, such as adding werewolves and giant eagles, but losing the chariots and some of the GW-exclusive monsters. From a fluff perspective they are completely different though, being a neutral army created by a benevolent god called Kyron and related to the orcs (who were created by Kyron's malevolent half), and are thus their chaotic good counterpart. As such they are maybe closer to the idea behind the beastmen army as a force of nature rather than a servant of the dark gods. Also dem werewolves (lycans) are one of the top three units in KoW. Playable Factions in Warhammer Fantasy Battle Human Kingdoms: The Empire of Man - Bretonnia Elves: High Elves - Dark Elves - Wood Elves Dwarven: Dwarfs - Chaos Dwarfs Undead: Tomb Kings - Vampire Counts Heirs of the Old Ones: Lizardmen Greenskins Orcs - Goblins Ogrekind Ogre Kingdoms Servants of Chaos Warriors of Chaos - Daemons of Chaos - Beastmen Skavenkind Skaven Retrieved from 'https://1d4chan.org/index.php?title=Beastmenoldid=725416'
The following is a list of Army Books and Supplements for the various armies released for the Games Workshop Warhammer Fantasy Battle game.
An Army Book in the Warhammer Fantasy tabletop wargame, is a rules supplement containing information concerning a particular army, environment, or worldwide campaign.Army Books for particular armies were introduced for the fourth edition of the game (prior to that all armies were included in the main rulebook). The sixth edition rendered these obsolete. Until superseded by newer versions, the 6th edition and later books remain valid for the newer editions of Warhammer.
Games Workshop has also released various expansions over the years, including a siege rules supplement and campaign expansions. Expansions and Supplements may or may not be valid over multiple editions, though generally they cycle similarly to the Army Books.
An Army Book normally contains:
Background - Information about the race and its place in the Warhammer world. This includes artwork, short stories, maps, timelines and copies of fictional documents.
Bestiary - A list of the units, characters and war machines that can be chosen for use in a battle. This includes their characteristic values, information on their weapon options, and any limitations on their use, as well as background information on each unit. An Army's special magic lore (if applicable) and special magic items are listed here.
Hobby section - Information on collecting, building and painting an army from the army book. This features outstanding example models painted by the Games Workshop 'Eavy Metal Team as well as Games Workshop's Army Painters and veteran hobbyists.
Army List - Each entry from the bestiary is arranged by type (Lord, Hero, Core, Special, Rare) and given a points value, with more powerful units costing more points, so that battles are fought between balanced armies. Options and costs are listed here. Current Books [ edit ]
No Warhammer Fantasy Army books are considered current as Warhammer: Fantasy Battles game was discontinued by Games Workshop and was replaced with Warhammer: Age of Sigmar game in 2015. Army Books [ edit ]
The final version of Warhammer army books was the 8th Edition. The last 8th edition army book was printed in 2014 for Wood Elves, the first army book for The Empire was printed for 4th edition rules in 1993 spanning some 21 years of printing of Warhammer army books for The Game of Fantasy Battles (formerly known as Warhammer Fantasy Battle). The original Warhammer World was destroyed in a Warhammer Fantasy novels/in-game event called End Times in 2015. 8th Edition [ edit ]
8th Edition Army Books are hardcover and full color. 8th Edition was released July 2010. Army ISBN Release Date Wood Elves ISBN978-1782532873 May 2014 Dwarfs ISBN978-1-78253-239-2 February 2014 Dark Elves ISBN978-1782530947 October 2013 Lizardmen ISBN978-1782530534 August 2013 High Elves ISBN978-1782530084 May 2013 Daemons of Chaos ISBN978-1908872838 March 2013 Warriors of Chaos ISBN978-1908872647 February 2013 The Empire ISBN978-1907964688 April 2012 Vampire Counts ISBN978-1907964275 January 2012 Ogre Kingdoms ISBN978-1-907964-11-4 September 2011 Tomb Kings ISBN978-1841549965 May 2011 Orcs Goblins ISBN978-1841549866 March 2011 Supplements [ edit ] 8th Edition [ edit ] Expansions [ edit ]
Games Workshop and Warhammer Forge (the fantasy division of Forge World, a subsidiary of Games Workshop) have released expansions to the 8th edition game. Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date The End Times: Archaon Volume 5 of the End Times Expansion, contains the grand legion of the everchosen list TBA March 2015 The End Times: Thanquol Volume 4 of the End Times Expansion TBA January 2015 The End Times: Khaine Volume 3 of the End Times Expansion, contains the combined Elves army lists TBA November 2014 The End Times: Glottkin Volume 2 of the End Times Expansion, contains the Legions of Chaos army list TBA October 2014 The End Times: Nagash Volume 1 of the End Times Expansion, contains the Undead Legions army list TBA August 2014 Warhammer Battlefields: The Underway Campaign Expansion Digital Release February 2014 Sigmar's Blood Campaign Expansion ISBN978-1782531470 December 2013 Scrolls of Binding Compendium Monster Expansion for Storm of Magic Digital Release December 2013 Blood in the Snow Seasonal Scenario Digital Release December 2013 Vanguard Clash Linked Battles Scenario Digital Release December 2013 Triumph and Treachery Multiplayer Games Expansion ISBN978-1782530756 November 2013 Warhammer Battlefields: Northern Wastes Campaign Expansion Digital Release October 2013 Warhammer Battlefields: Border Wars Campaign Expansion Digital Release August 2013 Warhammer Battlefields: Lustria Campaign Expansion Digital Release August 2013 Civil War White Dwarf rules for battles between forces from the same Army Book, also released Digitally N/A JuneAugust 2012 Monstrous Arcanum Monsters and Campaign Expansion by Warhammer Forge ISBN978-1907964916 April 2012 Blood in the Badlands Campaign Expansion, Siege rule ISBN978-1907964466 December 2011 Tamurkhan: Throne of Chaos Campaign Expansion by Warhammer Forge; Contains the Chaos Dwarf army list ISBN978-1907964657 October 2011 Storm of Magic Magic and Monsters Expansion ISBN978-1907964077 July 2011 Battlescrolls [ edit ]
Games Workshop and the Black Library (the Publishing arm of GW) have released Battlescrolls for Warhammer Fantasy. They are digitally released and expand the options available to players, as well as contain background on their subject. Most are formations that can be added to any army as a unit outside of the normal army organization. Some (noted below) are additions to specific army lists and are taken following the normal rules for their unit type. Supplement Notes Release Date Crypt Scavengers Ghoul Themed Formation December 2013 Creatures of the Chaos Wastes Chaos Monster Themed Formation December 2013 The Restless Dead Skeleton Themed Formation December 2013 Be'lakor, The Dark Master Lord unit for Daemons and Warriors of Chaos December 2013 Previous Edition Warhammer Army Books [ edit ]
Starting with the 4th edition rules, individual Army books were published for various races and realms of the Warhammer world that had coinciding miniatures armies to play the Warhammer Fantasy Battles tabletop game. Earlier versions of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle Game did not have individual Army books. 7th Edition [ edit ]
7th edition was released in September 2006. Army ISBN Release Date Replaced By Beastmen ISBN978-1-84154-956-9 February 2010 7th Edition was the final edition published Skaven ISBN978-1-84154-943-9 November 2009 7th Edition was the final edition published Lizardmen ISBN978-1-84154-918-7 February 2009 8th Edition Lizardmen Army Book Warriors of Chaos ISBN978-1-84154-898-2 November 2008 8th Edition Warriors of Chaos Army Book Dark Elves ISBN978-1-84154-850-0 August 2008 8th Edition Dark Elves Army Book Vampire Counts ISBN978-1-84154-863-0 March 2008 8th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book Daemons of Chaos ISBN978-1-84154-883-8 May 2008 8th Edition Daemons of Chaos Army Book High Elves ISBN978-1-84154-846-3 November 2007 8th Edition High Elves Army Book The Empire ISBN978-1-84154-799-2 January 2007 8th Edition The Empire Army Book Orcs Goblins ISBN978-1-84154-785-5 October 2006 8th Edition Orcs Goblins Army Book Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date Legendary Battles Large Army Campaign Expansion from White Dwarf ISBN N/A 2008 Mighty Empires Campaign Expansion ISBN N/A 2007 6th Edition [ edit ]
6th Edition was released in October 2000. All army books were initially replaced by a get-by list in Ravening Hordes, distributed for free. Army ISBN Release Date Replaced By Dwarfs ISBN1-84154-690-9 January 2006 8th Edition Dwarfs Army Book Wood Elves ISBN1-84154-680-1 September 2005 8th Edition Wood Elves Army Book Ogre Kingdoms ISBN1-84154-531-7 January 2005 8th Edition Ogre Kingdoms Army Book Bretonnia ISBN1-84154-450-7 February 2004 6th Edition was the final edition published Beasts of Chaos ISBN1-84154-387-X August 2003 7th Edition Beastmen Army Book Lizardmen ISBN1-84154-356-X May 2003 7th Edition Lizardmen Army Book Tomb Kings ISBN1-84154-336-5 January 2003 8th Edition Tomb Kings Army Book Hordes of Chaos ISBN1-84154-222-9 June 2002 7th Edition Warriors of Chaos and Daemons of Chaos Army Books Skaven ISBN1-84154-185-0 March 2002 7th Edition Skaven Army Book High Elves ISBN1-84154-175-3 January 2002 7th Edition High Elves Army Book Dark Elves ISBN1-84154-083-8 June 2001 7th Edition Dark Elves Army Book Vampire Counts ISBN1-84154-080-3 April 2001 7th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book Dwarfs ISBN1-84154-066-8 January 2001 Second 6th Edition Dwarfs Army Book Orcs Goblins ISBN1-84154-060-9 November 2000 7th Edition Orcs Goblins Army Book The Empire ISBN1-84154-059-5 October 2000 7th Edition The Empire Army Book Ravening Hordes ISBN1-84154-063-3 October 2000 Each Army's 6th edition army book15 'Get You By' Army Lists for Warhammer - the Game of Fantasy Battles
In White dwarf magazines 'Warhammer chronicles' there came preview army lists for Lizardmen (wd 256, April 2001), Bretonnia (wd261, September 2001), Wood elves (wd269, May 2002), and Beast of chaos (wd275, November 2002), that replaced their Ravening hordes list, and was replaced by their army books later in the 6th edition. Dogs of war got their main list and Regiments of renown -list in back to back issues (wd 251 and 252) that were never replaced. Daemon horde got same sort of preview army list in Annual 2002 (November 2001). The preview lists can be found in Annual 2002 and Chronicles 2003 in addition to White dwarf magazines. 5th Edition [ edit ]
5th Edition was released in October 1996. Army ISBN Release Date Replaced By Vampire Counts ISBN1-869893-75-1 June 1999 Ravening Hordes Dogs of War ISBN1-872372-02-3 September 1998 Regiments of Renown, then Discontinued Champions of Chaos (Chaos Special Characters) ISBN1-872372-29-5 May 1998 Ravening Hordes Realm of Chaos ISBN1-872372-60-0 (2nd Edition) ISBN1-869893-90-5 (1st Edition) January 1998 Ravening Hordes High Elves ISBN978-1-872372-21-1 May 1997 Ravening Hordes Lizardmen ISBN1-872372-56-2 February 1997 Ravening Hordes Bretonnia ISBN1-872372-59-7 November 1996, 1999 Ravening Hordes 4th Edition [ edit ] Beastmen 7th Edition Dungeons And Dragons
4th Edition was released in October 1992. It was the first edition to feature individual army books. See Full List On 1d4chan.org Army ISBN Release Date Replaced By Wood Elves ISBN1-872372-45-7 May 1996 Ravening Hordes Dark Elves ISBN1-872372-88-0 July 1995 Ravening Hordes White Dwarf Presents: Chaos Dwarfs ISBN1-872372-80-5 December 1994 Ravening Hordes, then Discontinued, then Tamurkhan: Throne of Chaos from Warhammer Forge Chaos No ISBN came as a boxed set August 1994 5th Edition Realm of Chaos Box Undead ISBN1-872372-67-8 May 1994 5th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book and Ravening Hordes for Tomb Kings Skaven ISBN1-872372-69-4 December 1993 Ravening Hordes Dwarfs ISBN1-872372-66-X June 1993 Ravening Hordes Orcs Goblins ISBN1-872372-64-3 April 1993 Ravening Hordes High Elves ISBN1-872372-63-5 February 1993 5th Edition High Elves Army Book The Empire ISBN1-87237235-X January 1993 Ravening Hordes Supplements [ edit ] 6th edition [ edit ] Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date Conquest of the New World Campaign Expansion ISBN978-1841545929 2005 Lustria Campaign Expansion ISBN1-84154-644-5 May 2005 Storm of Chaos Campaign Expansion ISBN1-84154-460-4 June 2004 Warhammer Chronicles 2004 QA, Errata, etc. ISBN1-84154-422-1 2003 The General's Compendium Campaigns, Scenarios More ISBN1-84154-436-1 2003 Warhammer Chronicles 2003 QA, Errata, etc. ISBN1-84154-296-2 2003 Warhammer Skirmish Skirmish Scenarios ISBN978-8374600125 2002 Dark Shadows Campaign Expansion ISBN978-1-84154-198-3 August 2001 Warhammer Annual 2002 QA, Errata, etc. ISBN1-84154-165-6 2001 5th edition [ edit ] Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date Warhammer Siege Siege Warfare Expansion ISBN1-869893-44-1 August 1998 Tears of Isha Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1998 Perilous Quest Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1997 Circle of Blood Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1997 Idol of Gork Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1997 The Grudge of Drong Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings unknown 1997 Warhammer Magic 5th Edition Magic rules and cards ISBN1-872372-09-0 December 1996 4th edition [ edit ] Ogryn Supplement Notes ISBN Release Date Chronicles of War (White Dwarf Presents) Articles from White Dwarf Magazine, Paper buildings ISBN978-1872372914 December 1995 Arcane Magic Magic Expansion for 4th Edition unknown February 1995 Battle Magic Magic rules and cards for 4th Edition unknown December 1992 Beastman - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum References [ edit ] Cached Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warhammer_Army_Bookoldid=991451222'
