Editing War Wagon (section)

===Magical Artillery===
So we've talked about the reasonable War Wagon, now lets talk about the retarded battle alters. Added in 8th edition (because most of the stuff like this was added around this time) the Empire received two new magical pieces of machinery built by the colleges of magic. The First one was the Luminark of Hysh, which is basically a magical [[Lascannon]]. Powered by an Orb of Sorcery which is an extremely rare gift from [[Teclis]] when the colleges were founded, the machine gathers magic from the wind of Hysh and then releases it, with magi being focused through the optics of the machine and fired out as massive kill-laser that can vaporise giants, trolls, ogres and what ever else it hits. On the table tope this was a S8 flaming attack, magic missile that acted like a Bolt Thrower and that armour saves could not be taken against. The Luminark also gave all units with 6" a 6+ ward save as the magic radiated out and protects those near by, while also adding one die to the controlling players dispel pool.

The second battle alter is the Celestial Hurricanum, which is a portable weather machine. The device channels the wind of Azyr and forms a magical storm over the machine, which is then directed by a battle wizard towards the enemy unit that has particularly pissed him off that day. The machine is less reliable the Luminark as the storm can be anything from a localised rain shower to an Orbital strike. This is represented on the table top by the Hurricanum using a scatter die and having a randomised range of effects it can use on the enemy. Also like the Luminark it buffs nearby units giving them +1 to hit in combat and adding 1 die to the controlling players power pool during the magical phase. Time hasn't treated these units and models well as they are another example pointed to by Fantasy players as 8th edition fucking up the updates and giving armies stupid looking units that weren't really needed by the army they were given to, and while no where near ridiculed as much as the skycutter chariot, the battle alters are no Empire players favourite unit.