They may be teetering on the edge of extinction, but the Aeldari aren’t going down without a fight – the craftworlds are locked in constant struggles for survival such as the one found in Eldritch Omens,* which is available to pre-order tomorrow. Faced with such insurmountable odds, Asuryani seers stack the deck by weaving the Strands of Fate – to claim victory, you’ll need to scry destinies, twist fortunes, and keep hot dice.
As with the Battle Focus ability we previewed yesterday, Strands of Fate is explored in the upcoming Codex: Aeldari – but the datasheets in the Eldritch Omens booklet list it too, so you can start using it right away.
Forewarned is forearmed, and Strands of Fate gives you a vital weapon in the eternal war against bad rolls. This powerful mechanic allows you to exert a measure of control over your luck at critical moments – provided the future is kind enough to show you the outcomes you desire.
Your manipulations of fate begin at the start of each battle round, so you can access the Farseers’ meddling** throughout every turn. Choose wisely when picking which dice to retain, but don’t hesitate to use them – the future is always changing, and any leftover dice won’t carry over to the next battle round.
Unlike the Adepta Sororitas, who use their faith in the Emperor to store rolled dice for later use, the Aeldari’s delicate mastery over fate allows them to maximise the result of any dice – as long as you’ve foreseen that specific type of roll. And as you can choose which results to retain in each battle round, you’ll have plenty of options for avoiding a critical failure in even the smallest games.
Perhaps you need your new Shroud Runners to snipe a crucial mortal wound onto an enemy leader, or your Howling Banshees are about to launch a pivotal charge? Since the manipulated dice counts as an unmodified 6, your visions will even allow you to activate certain abilities – like your beefed-up Shuriken weapons – as if you rolled the result naturally.
Eldritch Omens will be your first chance to use Strands of Fate in your games – perhaps to narrowly avoid damage from a worrying thunder hammer-meets-Autarch situation. It goes on pre-order tomorrow, with the full Codex: Aeldari following in the not-so-distant future.
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* Some might say that invading the Chaos-infected world of a sadistic Warpsmith is bad for your health.
** Not content to let others steal their prophetic thunder, each Farseer also allows you to re-roll one of the dice.