Mandrakes are only a bizarre unit.  They are steeped in attention-grabbing lore however someway their guidelines simply don’t match.  They are a large number of concepts that aren’t almost as cool as they ought to be.

I went to the GW website to look a the mannequin and guess what – you’ll be able to’t even purchase Mandrakes anymore.  That is fairly irritating as a brand new participant so it makes it much more of a Hot Mess.  They are one of many extra distinctive wanting designs within the Dark Eldar line with a really attention-grabbing Anime affect.  They are presupposed to be some form of Daemon concept that lives within the shadows. Are they former Dark Eldar ghosts that didn’t get eaten by Slaanesh?  Are they a wholly bizarre race of Aeldari that everybody have forgotten about?  Do they’ve Body Pillows with Vect’s face on them to sleep through each evening?

I’ve bought quite a lot of ideas on these guys as whereas I’m not a fan of the Dark Eldar military as a complete (an excessive amount of PTSD of getting flamed by Wracks, touched poorly by Incubi, and made to bounce by the Wytches) the Mandrakes are a kind of items which have a comfortable spot in my black coronary heart by simply being a kinda cool wanting set of fashions.  Let’s make them cool once more and possibly GW will throw out some plastic variations sooner or later.

Make Mandrakes Scary

First let’s get to the fundamental stuff – these guys are presupposed to come out of the shadows and assault.  They are additionally presupposed to be scary too and even the Dark Eldar are afraid of them.  With that allow’s simply give a pleasant -1 to management Aura when they’re round and a enjoyable thought – they’ll choose a goal enemy unit they usually get one other -1 to Leadership firstly of the battle.  This thought of Marking an enemy is one thing I need to go into in a bit and will make for a extremely creepy unit.

Since they’re Daemons – Make Them Have Some Daemon Stuff!

You know the way Daemons have that Manifestation factor – why not give one thing like that to those guys?  They can present up nearer primarily based in your Leadership worth.  Heck, make it the place in the event that they present up and cost a unit that has a decrease management worth they get bonus’s to hit, harm, and further assaults.  These are the fellows designed to come out and drag the enemy into the shadows like some creepy horror film monster.

Let Mandrakes Mark Things With Their Shooting

Here is a thought – we received’t make their spirit capturing assault higher however let it have some cool talents like marking the unit they hit with some form of debuff possibility.  Dropping their Leadership extra, making them get hit simpler, and get wounded simpler as this foul mark shines brightly to the pain-hungry Dark Eldar.  Let them grow to be a form of bizarre debuff unit that isn’t nearly exhibiting up and getting goal or zone.

Give us Back the Special Character!

Do you do not forget that man referred to as Kheradruakh aka the Decapitator?  The bizarre shadow Phoenix Lord like factor that was the monarch of the Mandrakes?  Why not deliver that man again as a cool-looking little elite selection that doesn’t take a slot when you’ve got a unit of Mandrakes.  He could possibly be an amped up model of the stuff above with some form of loopy assault potential as he comes out and will get to swinging.  Give him a tally-like possibility as he kills enemy items he begins to get higher and higher.  Let the mannequin be this insane-looking anime-like evil batman hanging out on an outcropping/constructing able to strike!

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Make Mandrakes Scary Again!

Halloween is correct across the nook and wouldn’t it’s superior to have some scary boogie monsters able to take all of your sweet?  Bring these fashions again with a cool new design to let folks get afraid of inexperienced glowing, samurai pants carrying, and emotional shadow daemons able to bounce in your soul.

Let us know the way you’d repair the unit, down within the feedback! 

Thomas Reidy, aka Goatboy, the ever-evil member of BoLS. I do arts, play 40k, and even paint quite a lot of stuff. I’ve been enjoying Warhammer 40K for the reason that Nineties, and have received a number of nationwide occasions together with Adepticon and GW GTs. I’ve been writing for BoLS for 15 years. Look at my Instagram to see what I’m engaged on – or engaged on for somebody. I’m all the time doing one thing pastime associated.

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