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	The chief drawback of Incantations is that they have uniformly awful range and a strict casting order, so you have to plan ahead and put the right characters in the right place, which can in turn make your play very predictable. You also have only so many to go around, an entire army that needs their support to get shit done, and some of them will be Dispelled because you're bound to roll low on them. What this means, in short, is that you'll probably have to pick one or two units and sink all your efforts for each turn into forcing through the desired Incantations on those. Tomb Kings do not lend themselves to a bitty or Multiple Small Units playstyle where most of the army ends up unsupported and whittled away. Go big or go home: it's what Nigel Stillman would have done.		The chief drawback of Incantations is that they have uniformly awful range and a strict casting order, so you have to plan ahead and put the right characters in the right place, which can in turn make your play very predictable. You also have only so many to go around, an entire army that needs their support to get shit done, and some of them will be Dispelled because you're bound to roll low on them. What this means, in short, is that you'll probably have to pick one or two units and sink all your efforts for each turn into forcing through the desired Incantations on those. Tomb Kings do not lend themselves to a bitty or Multiple Small Units playstyle where most of the army ends up unsupported and whittled away. Go big or go home: it's what Nigel Stillman would have done.

	==Magic Items ~~Companion~~==		==Magic Items==

	Rather than go through the entire section and explain exactly what sucks about each individual gimmick, we're going to present a selection of "ackshuwally semi competitive" builds for various characters and break down what makes them tick.		Rather than go through the entire section and explain exactly what sucks about each individual gimmick, we're going to present a selection of "ackshuwally semi competitive" builds for various characters and break down what makes them tick.

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Why play Tomb Kings?

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	==Why play Tomb Kings?==		==Why play Tomb Kings?==

	Tomb Kings are relentless, remorseless, and resilient... for a given value of resilient. For all that they're an army of walking corpses with magically animated statue brosephs backing them up, the core of the army plays suspiciously like an ancient-period historical force, with light infantry, archers and a few chariots and cavalry working together to bring down the foe through superior and surprising tactics. No monstrous mounts, no 5" template doom spells, just solid play... and you're gonna need it.		[[Tomb Kings]] are relentless, remorseless, and resilient... for a given value of resilient. For all that they're an army of walking corpses with magically animated statue brosephs backing them up, the core of the army plays suspiciously like an ancient-period historical force, with light infantry, archers and a few chariots and cavalry working together to bring down the foe through superior and surprising tactics. No monstrous mounts, no 5" template doom spells, just solid play... and you're gonna need it.

	Make no mistake: on a stat for stat basis Tomb Kings are mediocre. Skeletons, arguably the worst line units around (even Goblins get to march and flee!) do not inspire confidence, 1+ armour saves are conspicuous by their absence, and even your heroes skew toward "take your hits like a champ", with Toughness and Wounds as their standout stats. Unlike their Vampiric Counterparts, the Kings of Nehekhera won't be springing new units out of the ground like daisies or banishing a whole unit with a single top-end spell.		Make no mistake: on a stat for stat basis Tomb Kings are mediocre. Skeletons, arguably the worst line units around (even Goblins get to march and flee!) do not inspire confidence, 1+ armour saves are conspicuous by their absence, and even your heroes skew toward "take your hits like a champ", with Toughness and Wounds as their standout stats. Unlike their Vampiric Counterparts, the Kings of Nehekhera won't be springing new units out of the ground like daisies or banishing a whole unit with a single top-end spell.

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Magic Items Companion

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	'''2 Fast 2 Furious''': Tomb Prince in Chariot with ''Icon of Rulership, Chariot of Fire'', plus armour/weapons to taste. Essentially, this fella is a proper chariot: d6+1 hits, Unit Strength 5, but still moving like fast cavalry. Charge flanks, break ranks, revel in insane mobility, use his Incantation to get him where he needs to go.		'''2 Fast 2 Furious''': Tomb Prince in Chariot with ''Icon of Rulership, Chariot of Fire'', plus armour/weapons to taste. Essentially, this fella is a proper chariot: d6+1 hits, Unit Strength 5, but still moving like fast cavalry. Charge flanks, break ranks, revel in insane mobility, use his Incantation to get him where he needs to go.

	'''Standard Issue Hierophant''': Liche Priest with ''Cloak of the Dunes, Hieratic Jar''. If it's a High Priest, add the ''Golden Ankhra'' (if you're boring) or ''Staff of Ravening'' (if you want a magic missile that actually does something). The best way to keep your Hierophant alive is to catapult him 20" away from any potential threat at the drop of a hat; the Jar will let you force through an extra Incantation on a crucial turn.		'''Standard Issue Hierophant''': Liche Priest with ''Cloak of the Dunes, Hieratic Jar''. If it's a High Priest, add the ''Golden Ankhra'' (if you're boring) or ''Staff of Ravening'' (if you want a magic missile that actually does something [unfortunately you can't take two arcane items]). The best way to keep your Hierophant alive is to catapult him 20" away from any potential threat at the drop of a hat; the Jar will let you force through an extra Incantation on a crucial turn.

			Also worth of considering is Neferra's Plaques of Mighty Incantations. Possibility to re-roll ALL those 3D6 rolls for your incanctations (assuming you have a High Priest) is fucking awesome. 4+ ward and fly on top of that makes your hierophant an extremely nasty character.

	Notes on magic standards will appear in the relevant unit entries.		Notes on magic standards will appear in the relevant unit entries.

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Rare Units

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	As with magic items, life is much too short to review all the possibilities, so this anon will be sticking to the cheesemonger-in-chief's options.		As with magic items, life is much too short to review all the possibilities, so this anon will be sticking to the cheesemonger-in-chief's options.

	First up: Dark Emissaries. One Hero, one Rare, and about 250 points down the crapper, but what you get for your trouble is a whole additional magic phase. Bring a Fenbeast or two in your other Rare slot and suddenly you've got aggressive options you didn't have before~~, four-dicing a Dark Emissary spell and then using the rest to heal your Beasts~~. Pair with a Liche High Priest for absolute nonsense. If anyone gives you grief, whip out your map of Nehekhera and point to the marshes. Totally 100% justified. Honest.		First up: Dark Emissaries and Truthsayers. One Hero, one Rare, and about 250 points down the crapper, but what you get for your trouble is a whole additional magic phase. The Truthsayer synergises well with the Casket of Souls to control enemy casting, while the Dark Emissary offers you raw aggressive output in an army not famed for its magic missiles and hexes. Bring a Fenbeast or two in your other Rare slot and suddenly you've got aggressive options you didn't have before. Pair with a Liche High Priest for absolute nonsense. If anyone gives you grief, whip out your map of Nehekhera and point to the marshes. Totally 100% justified. Honest.

	== Tactics ==		== Tactics ==

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Rare Units

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	'''Screaming Skull Catapult''': At 110 points this thing is dramatically underpriced. And yes, it's 110. Skulls of the Foe should be considered a mandatory upgrade which you can cut if you absolutely need to shave points off the list somehow. The highest S attack in the army, and a direct hit will almost certainly induce a panic test on whatever you targeted. Two of these will tie your Liche Priests down and make your army predictable (and don't kid yourself, you will want to fire them twice every turn), but one of these at the heart of a defensive build can win games all by itself.		'''Screaming Skull Catapult''': At 110 points this thing is dramatically underpriced. And yes, it's 110. Skulls of the Foe should be considered a mandatory upgrade which you can cut if you absolutely need to shave points off the list somehow. The highest S attack in the army, and a direct hit will almost certainly induce a panic test on whatever you targeted. Two of these will tie your Liche Priests down and make your army predictable (and don't kid yourself, you will want to fire them twice every turn), but one of these at the heart of a defensive build can win games all by itself.

	'''Bone Giant''': In the book as originally released, these are decent. One more point of S wouldn't go amiss, nor would a little WS, but with an Incantation of Righteous Smiting to back them up these things can wail through enemy units and potentially strip the back ranks right off them, with a little luck. They also have the only native 3+ save in the army. Now: they are in the same slot as the Casket of Souls and the Screaming Skull Catapult, which to this anon's mind means they belong in smaller games, as the solo Rare choice. Locking your army down to the position of an artillery piece? Bad. Keeping your army aggressive, flexible and mobile? Good.		'''Bone Giant''': These are in the same slot as the Casket of Souls and the Screaming Skull Catapult, which to this anon's mind means they belong in smaller games, as the solo Rare choice. Locking your army down to the position of an artillery piece? Bad. Keeping your army aggressive, flexible and mobile? Good.

	In the 2004 Warhammer Chronicles, ~~these immense necrolummoxes~~ pick up weapon options: a chariot-smashing knight-bruising great weapon; a shield for - whisper it - a 1+ save in melee, in THIS army; and a move-and-fire bolt thrower that comes with the same "always hits on 5s" rule as the rest of the army's archers. Don't take this the wrong way, but once the bolt thrower option became apparent, anon stopped listening to the rest. Either of the other options is technically better and gives the Giant a specific job to do, but the one-size-fits-all Rare selection that shoots, stomps and spreads terror before it has a certain appeal in a single-slot-type situation.		In the book as originally released, Bone Giants are decent. One more point of S wouldn't go amiss, nor would a little WS, but with a little luck and the charge they can do a lot of damage, and they also have the only native 3+ save in the army.

			In the 2004 Warhammer Chronicles, they pick up weapon options: a chariot-smashing knight-bruising great weapon; a shield for - whisper it - a 1+ save in melee, in THIS army; and a move-and-fire bolt thrower that comes with the same "always hits on 5s" rule as the rest of the army's archers. Don't take this the wrong way, but once the bolt thrower option became apparent, anon stopped listening to the rest. Either of the other options is technically better and gives the Giant a specific job to do, but the one-size-fits-all Rare selection that shoots, stomps and spreads terror before it has a certain appeal in a single-slot-type situation.

	'''Casket of Souls''': this thing takes up a Rare slot and occupies the same sort of expensive opportunity cost niche that a Dragon might do in another army. The difference is that a Dragon can't potentially hurt an entire enemy army on the same turn.		'''Casket of Souls''': this thing takes up a Rare slot and occupies the same sort of expensive opportunity cost niche that a Dragon might do in another army. The difference is that a Dragon can't potentially hurt an entire enemy army on the same turn.

	Seasoned Vampire Counts players know that the Banshee's scream is overrated, and unless you've been able to drop the target's Ld through spells or abilities you're often not looking at more than a wound or two. The Casket has exactly the same rule, with exactly the same odds of not doing anything significant. Its chief value is as a deterrent. Its mere presence, and the potential that one of those inverse Ld tests will come up boxcars, will ensure that most opponents save their Dispel Scrolls or a couple of dice for the end of the magic phase, and they will need to save scrolls or multiple dice because this thing will come up sevens or better a little over half the time. Its disruptive effect on enemy magic (a global -1 malus to casting) is not to be forgotten, ~~but ultimately a fringe benefit~~.		Seasoned Vampire Counts players know that the Banshee's scream is overrated, and unless you've been able to drop the target's Ld through spells or abilities you're often not looking at more than a wound or two. The Casket has exactly the same rule, with exactly the same odds of not doing anything significant. Its chief value is as a deterrent. Its mere presence, and the potential that one of those inverse Ld tests will come up boxcars, will ensure that most opponents save their Dispel Scrolls or a couple of dice for the end of the magic phase, and they will need to save scrolls or multiple dice because this thing will come up sevens or better a little over half the time. Its disruptive effect on enemy magic (a global -1 malus to casting) is not to be forgotten. Neither is the effective 3+ Ward save it gives to the attached Priest (in that two thirds of incoming fire will hit the Casket, and the Casket is indestructible).

	The Casket costs an awful lot for something that may have a purely psychological impact on a game, but if you're going for a defensive approach anyway and forcing the enemy to come towards you, this thing plus the ''Banner of the Shifting Sands'' will make them suffer for it every step of the way.		The Casket costs an awful lot for something that may have a purely psychological impact on a game, but if you're going for a defensive approach anyway and forcing the enemy to come towards you, this thing plus the ''Banner of the Shifting Sands'' will make them suffer for it every step of the way.

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Incantations: the 'magic lore' of Nehekhera

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	'''So what do these dang incantations actually do?'''		'''So what do these dang incantations actually do?'''

	* Horekha's Incantation of Righteous Smiting: 12" range, friendly target takes a ~~Shooting~~ or ~~Close Combat phase~~ out of sequence: opponents are unable to fight back, and there is no combat resolution, but you can cause a Panic test if you do very well. Doesn't stack.		* Horekha's Incantation of Righteous Smiting: 12" range, friendly target unit takes a single shot or makes a single close combat attack out of sequence: opponents are unable to fight back, and there is no combat resolution, but you can cause a Panic test if you do very well. Doesn't stack.
	* Mankara's Incantation of Urgency: 12" range, friendly target takes a Movement phase out of sequence: they can charge if they want to, all normal rules apply. Also doesn't stack.		* Mankara's Incantation of Urgency: 12" range, friendly target takes a Movement phase out of sequence: they can charge if they want to, all normal rules apply. Also doesn't stack.
	* Sekhubi's Incantation of Vengeance: 18", d6 S4 hits magic missile, included in case your Priest has nothing better to do or urgently needs to blast a Banshee out of the way.		* Sekhubi's Incantation of Vengeance: 18", d6 S4 hits magic missile, included in case your Priest has nothing better to do or urgently needs to blast a Banshee out of the way.

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Core Units

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	'''Skeleton Warriors''': the kit they come with is all they really need, a simple hand weapon and bow. They're slow, they're brittle, and their combat kit nudges them into distinctly overpriced territory. But if they can start chucking S3 hits out from their first turn - surprisingly accurate ones over time, because they always always always hit on fives - and they never need to march, they can end up performing. There are worse things to use your Core slots on than twenty of these.		'''Skeleton Warriors''': the kit they come with is all they really need, a simple hand weapon and bow. They're slow, they're brittle, and their combat kit nudges them into distinctly overpriced territory. But if they can start chucking S3 hits out from their first turn - surprisingly accurate ones over time, because they always always always hit on fives - and they never need to march, they can end up performing. There are worse things to use your Core slots on than twenty of these.

	If your General is a Tomb King, one unit may wave a magic standard around. ~~A unit with spears (to get the most mileage out of Smiting) and~~ the Banner of the Undying Legion ~~(to get the most mileage out of Summoning) is~~ not terrible. Some people will argue that they should have swords and boards for the extra pip of armour save, but if you want sword and board infantry in this army, ~~take~~ Tomb Guard.		If your General is a Tomb King, one unit may wave a magic standard around. Give them the Banner of the Undying Legion for an extra d6 wounds restored every turn and they're not terrible. Some people will argue that they should have swords and boards for the extra pip of armour save, but if you want sword and board infantry in this army, Tomb Guard exist. Spears are fine on a unit that's probably going to be charged anyway, and you shouldn't be wasting Urgency on these unless they're going for a clutch charge.

	'''Skeleton Light Horsemen''': exactly the same but six points dearer and riding a horse. Fast Cavalry who can't march or flee are of dubious usefulness but they still benefit from endless reforms and a generous line of sight requirement. They're too expensive to use as throwaway pieces and too slow to make good bait, but they do make excellent wound counters for a mounted Liche Priest (and mounting up a Liche Priest is a good idea given the short range of those Incantations).		'''Skeleton Light Horsemen''': exactly the same but six points dearer and riding a horse. Fast Cavalry who can't march or flee are of dubious usefulness but they still benefit from endless reforms and a generous line of sight requirement. They're too expensive to use as throwaway pieces and too slow to make good bait, but they do make excellent wound counters for a mounted Liche Priest (and mounting up a Liche Priest is a good idea given the short range of those Incantations).