Storm of Magic
Ancient walls crumble,
old hearts despait.
Inthe Boleful light of Morrsie' eerie glow,
the bewitching gale of eldritch power
‘makes froil mockery of earthly stone and briek-buile rampart.
‘Centuries old bastion and iron fort, long assumed impregnable,
‘are broken and smashed asundes,
rendered unto dust by the tempest.
A
A great conflagration of twisting, swirling magick rise up,
engulfing the city na deadly fountain
of coustc faeries.
‘The flames lurid hues leap and swirl frantily.
First slick red of Blood, then cold mysterious Blue,
oes way to the ghastiest of greens.
Atonce fetid Brown filled with death and decay,
becomes a soulless Blah laced with blinding white.
An endless cascade of colowr-splashed insanity.
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The firestorm strips bare the cobbled streets and lofty balconies,
cand lifts tls from olden roofs, scattering debris allover
The crackling and roaring of the arcane winds,
is drowned by an almighty crash asthe very shy is ripped apart.
From realm of daemon pours forth the horde,
of dread nightmares made lsh,
A &gibSering capering caterwauling howling menace,
the inhuman tide brooks no resistance,
all defenders are swept to oblivion.
Such isthe fte of things,
tohen the bad moon rises too close for comfort
Time forgotten magicks ore now easily recalled,
cenerable magic items are charged with burgeoning energies,
dusty parchments give up ancient secrets anew.
Wizords, warlocks and witches are twisted by fresh anbition,
_yearning to wield che supernatural forces unleashed.
ta Places of power are exposed by the gusting weirdness,
is and the world is shaken by the wrath of the storm.
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| CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ee CATACLYSM SPELLS
Spells of the Lite Weaugh!
STORMS OF MAGIC . $ The Lore of Tzeente!
A TEMPEST LIKE NO OTHER ....... ocasesesell ‘The Lore of Nurgle
Legends and Legacies. a 8 "The Lore of Shanesh
‘The Horrors of the Arden Forest rarest ‘The Weath of Khorne
Slaughter at che Six Spikes E wl Spells of Plague
Spells of Ruin
‘THE TIMES OF GREAT MAGIC wea Brotonnin
Wood Elves
BENEATH UNNATURAL SKIES 23 Lizardmen
‘THE RULES... Pa
Storm of Magic Seenario 25 ANCESTOR RUNES.
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Cantrips « Cs a0) BATTLES BEYOND REASON
INTO THE STORM!
CATACLYSM SPELLS... 2 he Mad Mage ofthe Drekwald Downs
‘The Lore of Fire 4 Reign of Magic
‘The Lore of Beasts 35
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ffiendly Wizard. Any units that cannot be
placed enter play following the rules for
reinforcements, arriving dusing the first turn
in which there i sufficient space.
FIRSTTURN:
Roll off after deployment to see which player
takes the frst turn. The player that finshed
deploying his army first adds +1 tothe rll.
CAME LENCTH
‘The battle will last for se game turns, or until a
time limit agreed by the players is reached,
whichever comes first
VICTORY CONDITIONS
At the end of the game, the player who controls
the most Arcane Fulerums wins the battle! If
both players control the same number of Arcane
Fulcrums, use Victory Points (as descried in the
Warhammer rulebook) to break the ti,
SCENARIO SPECIAL RULES:
Magical Flux, Arcane Fulerums, Wild Magic,
Cantrips, Cataclysm spells.
DIFFERENT SIZED GAMES
‘The battlefield setup rules presented earlier
assume that you're fighting over a battlefield
between 51x 3" and 6x4’ in size
‘You can easily play games of Storm of Magic on
larger or smaller playing areas. In fact, doing so
‘opens up all kinds of strategies, challenges and
‘opportunities to vanquish your foe.
‘Small Battlefields (less than 5'x 3")
‘On playing areas of less than 5" x3 only two
Arcane Fulerums are used, Divide the battlefield
in two by drawing an imaginary line between the
centr of the two shortest board edges (or any
two opposite edges if you"re playing on a square
board). One Arcane Fulcrum must be placed in
‘each half of the board. In games ofthis size, the
falerams must be at least 9" part, and 3” away
from the battlefield edge,
Large Battlefields (lager than 6! x 4°)
IF playing on a larger battlefield, more fileruras
are used. To work out the number of filerums
‘you need ro set up, look up the length of the
longest battlefield edge on the table below:
Length Fulerums
‘More than 6' and up (0 8! 6
‘More than 8" and up to 10" 8
‘More than 10' and up to 12! 10
More than 12! and up to 14! 2
Each additional 2" +2
Obviously, with so many fuleruns, you'll have
to place more than one in some of the table
quarters. When playing a large-scale game, you
cannot place more than one fulerum ina single
table quarter until there is atleast one fulcrum
in all four table quarters. You then cannot place
a third fulcrum in a table quarter until all Four
quarters bave at east two fulerums, and so on.
Furthermore, each long-edged half ofthe table
‘must have an equal number of Arcane Fulcrums
Init once they have all been placed
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‘When a storm of magic sweeps the
Warhammer world, the Winds of
Magic become more unpredictable
than ever. They will be wrathful and
strong one moment, only to fade
almost to nothingness within
seconds. Such unpredictability can
be a wizard’s greatest enemy and
ally both ~ if he can time his spells
correctly, he can harness the rage of
an ascendant wind to unleash
unbelievably powerful spells.
RESOLVING
MAGICAL FLUX
“Magical Flux is resolved at the start of each
Magic phase, before any other actions. To
resolve Magical Flux, use the Wheel of Magic
spinner found inside the back cover ofthis book.
The Wheel of Magic is divided into eight equal
seginents. Fach segment represents one ofthe
ight Battle Magic lores, a8 well s either
Dark Magic or High Maxie, and two other
Jess common (or ‘secondary’ spell ores — you'll
find a key tothe various symbols next to the
Wheel of Magi isl.
You use the Wheel of Magic at the start ofeach
cof your Magic phases, place it on a flat surface
and give the spinner a good hard flick soit spins
around the dal several times. When it comes to
rest, look to see which segment the spinner points
to all spell lores inthis segment are ascendant
ASCENDANT LORES
If a spell lore is ascendant, Wizards receive a
‘onus to cast spells from that lore, though the
bonus varies depending on the type of spell lore.
Wizards receive:
+ A +5 bonus to cast spells from an ascendant
Battle Magic lore.
+ A.+4 bonus to cas spells from any ascendant
secondary lore (this excludes Dark and High
Magic - se below).
+ A.-+3 bonus to cast spells from ascendant
‘Dark Magic or ascendant High Magic
AGICAL FLUX
‘These bonuses last until the end of the Magie
phase. You'll notice when looking at the Wheel
of Magic that secondary lores are always tied to
two Battle Magic lores so, although they receive
less benefit from ascendancy, they have a greater
chance of being ascendant. Similarly, regardless
of which Battle Magic lore is ascendant, either
Dark or High Magie will always be ascendant.
For example: The Wheel of Magic shows the Lore of
Mega 1 be ascendant, Spells from the Lore of Metal
thetefore receive +5 to cast. Spells from the atber
love im that segment (High Magi, the Lare of
Tzeentch and the Lae ofthe Vampires also vee
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MANIPULATING
MAGICAL FLUX
If your side controls one or more Arcane
Fallerums, your Wizards can tap into
the eldritch energies of the awesome edifices
and thus influence the Magical Flux. You may
declare thar you're going to manipulate the
Magical Flux directly after using the Wheel of
Magic spinner; declare a direction — either
clockwise or anti-clockwise, Then roll a D3,
and move the spinner that many segments on
the dial in the direction you have nominated.
Fer example: Jervis has spun the sper on the
Wheel of Magic — she Lare of Beasts (and therfore
the Lore of the Great Maca, High Magic and the
Lae ofthe Wild) are in ascendancy. Ho
Jervis daces't have any spells frm any of tase lores,
bout he does harve spell ams the Lore of Light
Hoaspily, Jervis controls two Arcane Fiderams, and
declares he wishes to manipulate the flux elckevise
He rolls a D3 and score I, and has ty move the
spinner 1 segment clockwise onthe dial. The Lore of
Light is nove ascendant inctead ofthe Lave of Beast!
‘With Magical Flux established, you can now
proceed with the rest of the Magic phase
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‘To represent the heightened flow of sorcerous
energy, roll 4D6 to determine the Winds of
Magic, rather than the usual 2D6 ~ the casting
player receives the sum of all the scores as power
dc, the dispelling player receives the sum of the
‘tio highest scores as dispel dice.
Furthermore, because Wild Magic saturates the
ground itself, Wizards can use the hedrock of the
battlefield asa magic battery, vastly increasing the
power they can draw upon, Asa result, the limit
fn the number of dice allowed in the power ancl
spel dice pools is increased to 24
ARCANE FULCRUMS
For the Wizards of the Warhammer
world, Arcane Fulerums are terrible,
complex and eldritch monoliths
whose nature and funetion have
puzzled the finest minds for
nillennia. Happily for us, their rules
are a lot more straightforward.
[Any piece of suitable-looking sorcerous terrain
ccan be an Arcane Fulerum, so long as there’s
space to place a model atop it. Agree with your
‘opponent which pieces of terrain in your
collection will be used to represent them, before
you set up the battlefield. By default, i’s best to
ignore any special rules those terrain pieces
ondinarily have, assuming them to be replaced
by the Arcane Fulcrum rules instead. However,
feel free to use both sets of rules if you wish!
‘An Arcane Falerur is treated asa building,
with the following exceptions and additions
© Only one model can occupy an Arcane
Falerum, and that model must be a Wizard
(ora Runesmith or Runelord). Ifa model
‘occupies the falcrum, place him on top of iy
Unlike other buildings, a model of any troop
type, or with any type of mount, ean occupy
the Arcane Fulcrum, provided he can fit on
top. Whilst the model occupies the falerum he
is considered to ‘contro? it
“The Arcane Fulcrum is protected by powerful
cenchantments. Except where explicitly stated,
fulerum can never be destroyed. Furthermore,
2 model occupying an Arcane Fulerum
hrenefits from the same protections as the
fulerum itself: Accordingly, he receives a
3-+ ward save and has the Stubborn and
Immune to Paychology special rules, and is
immune to the Multiple Wounds special rule,
The model receives additional protection too,
as described in the buildings rules in the
Warhammer rulebook.
* Ifthe Arcane Fulcrum is charged, the
‘occupying model must fight. Flowever, due to
the raging sorceries and protective wards of
the fulerum, only one model (of any troop
type) from the attacking unit ean fight.
+ A model who controls an Arcane Fulerum
annot be targeted by Stomps or
‘Thunderstomps (he's too high up to be
easly trod upon!)
+ A Wizard who miscasts whilst controlling an
Arcane Fulerum is tempting fate in a very
serious way indeed. As result, he must not
only roll on the standard Miscast table in the
Warhammer rulebook but, after he has done
must also roll on the Arcane Fulceum
Miscast table (page 31). Other Wizards use
the standard Miscast table as normal
If the Wizard dies as part of the spell’ effect,
yout do not rol on the Miscast table. Similarly,
if the Wizard dies as a sult ofthe frst
‘Miscast result, you do not rl on the Arcane
Falerum Miscast table
+ A Runesmith or Runelord on an Arcane
Falerum counts as a Wizard for the purposes
of resolving results on the Arcane Fulerum
Miscast table.
* Finally control of Arcane Fulerums empowers
Cataclysm spells and certain Mythic Artefiets,
dramatically increasing their effectiveness (see
pages 32 and 52) “Over the centuries, wizards have learned the
_ importance of Arcane Fulerums and so have
perfected spells that can only be employed in
their presence.
Every wizard knows intrinsically that Arcane Fulcrums hold the
Jeeys to true magical domination, If magic isa fickle mistress in
‘Once a wizard has claimed a fuleram, he can command
spreeries of such terrible potency that the very earth shakes at
cach syllable of bis invocation. Etheric entities whisper subtle
‘words of encourigement in his ear, goading him to ever greater
Feats of sorcery or distracting him with dark promises. For if
his spell goes awry the consequences will be dire indeed, and
the wizard’s very soul could be forfeit, So iti that Arcane
Falcrums are all at once a great prize a fuel forthe mightiest
sorceries, and a curse for the unwary
\ USING CANTRIPS
All Wizards ina game of Storm of Magic know the following
spell, ot ‘Cantrips’. Unlike regular spells, Cantrips can never
| be forgotten or destroyed for any reason
Magical Duel Cast on 3+
“Ths eoixardd engages his foe in a magical duck, hoping to drive him
fiom the fant of poser.
‘Magica! Duel isa direet damage spel. It targets an enerny
Wizard occupying an Arcane Falerum within 24", Both caster
ad target roll 206 and add their own unmodified Leadership
vyaluc, The Wizard with the highest Wiard level adds +1 t0
“his total. A Runesmith or Runelord counts his level as 0, Ifthe
fer has the highest score, or the scores are drawn, the target
ust immediately abandon his Areane Fulcrum, as described
[for eaving buildings, then suffers a single Strength 10 hit.
| Aciditonally, ifthe caster has the highest score, he can
‘immediately occupy the now vacant Arcane Fulcrum (as long as
he its!) Ifthe target has the highest score, nothing happens.
Transagar's Transportation Cast on 3+
Tntoning rr sors of edeporaton the ecard vanishes frm the
Batlel,reanpearing to steal a frum fram Dewath the fe ese
“Trancagor’s Trportation is an augment spel that can only be
ast by a Wizard occupying an Arcane Fulerum and can only
act himself, Remove the Wizard from the battlefield and
replice him on any unoceupied Arcane Fulerum. IFthis effeet
“causes a anit to now be assaulting an empty falerum, simply
‘Unbind Monster
Binding spells are porcerfid and complicated things, but a student of
the arcane can disrupt hem 0i0h camrips of is orem.
Unbind Monster isa hex spell that tang
‘monster or unit of bound monsters within 24" (see pages
$485 for more information on bound monsters). Rell a D6
fn the following table to see how the target reacts
Cast on 3+
s asingle bound
now ice to eee remainder of
the battle.
Gtimmerings of Awareness. To thot dan qui break
fre, but becomes asware that the creatures it previously thought
4 ond: probaly aro’ ansthing of the sore. The target
cannot benefit From Inspiring Presence or Hold Your
Groundl for the rest of the game.
“This Not Nog's Home! Nog Go Home Novy, Ze tant
sakes ome look atthe carnage around it and decides to leave thi
Lite tovolerged things o their osm devices and go fame.
[Remove the target from play as casualty.
Maddened and Berserk. The target descends into a state
lof, lashvg out at eversone near’. The target gains the
‘Fron’; Havred and. Unbreakable special rules. Also,
for the reminder of the game, the target has the Random
Movement (216) special rule ~ models with
the Swiftstride special rule instead have Random
‘Movement (3D6) special rule
Furthermore, the target always moves towards the closest
tunit (Briend or foe), IF it moves into contact with a unit, it
‘counts as charging, as described for Random Movement in
‘the Warhammer rulebook, and will fight the unit in close
‘combat. I the other unit breaks from combat the target
will alsays pursue, Both sides now treat the target as an
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