Games Workshop Expansion Blackstone Fortress: Escalation (English)

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We’ll also have more Warhammer 40,000 Combat Patrols and a new Flight Plan for Aeronautica Imperialis. Unreliable accounts state that that Blackstone Fortress was destroyed or driven off, while the Will of Eternity, the remaining Blackstone Fortress in Abaddon's hands at Cadia, was hurled down onto its surface, destroying that Fortress World and winning access to the Cadian Gate for the forces of Chaos. These new explorers offer additional opportunities to work together and enhance the entire team, including the original adventurers. Usually, we’d just suggest going and killing the Guardian Drone before it has an opportunity to spawn any Hover Drones, but with 18 wounds, that’s not going to be straightforward!

This Blackstone Fortress was attacked by Aeldari and Imperial battlefleets, but both took heavy losses from the Chaos warfleet guarding the structure. Among those individuals currently on Precipice seeking their own destinies within the fortress are such notables as the Rogue Trader Janus Draik, the Navigator Agent Espern Locarno, the Ecclesiarchy Priest Taddeus the Purifier, the Aeldari Ranger Amallyn Shadowguide, the Kroot mercenary Dahyak Grekh, the ancient Man of Iron UR-025, the Chaos Lord Obsidius Mallex and the Ork Freebooter Skarburn Zapdakka. Other Imperial scholars disagree, estimating them to be far older, dating back to the early years of sentient life in the galaxy many millions of Terran years ago. Both captured fortresses would prove devastating during the early engagements of the 13th Black Crusade -- one traded away by the Warmaster of Chaos to secure the services of the legendary Renegade Huron Blackheart, while the other was eventually hurled into the surface of Cadia, resulting in Warp Storms and physical devastation that utterly obliterated the planet.The Blackstone Fortresses possessed some form of innate artificial intelligence and an arcane sensor system.

After any exploration that was a combat, each explorer rolls the Blackstone dice and whoever rolls lowest has to take an affliction card. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Anyone who’s ventured into the Blackstone Fortress will know how deadly Spindle Drones can be, especially when their threat level rises! Each was a vast installation whose mass was larger than even the mightiest Imperial starforts and Segmentum Fortresses. Located close to the fortress is a small void station known as Precipice, created from the hulls of ruined starships and inhabited by a ragtag population of explorers and scavengers from across the galaxy that consists of individuals drawn from many different starfaring races.Something deep inside is awakening – power systems are coming to life, creating a gravitational pull that has started to draw Precipice towards the fortress. In the ruins of an ancient wraithbone city littered with skeletons, the sorcerer led the Warmaster of Chaos to a room where a tapestry of flayed skin covered the walls from floor to ceiling. Using a system of procedural generation, no two adventures will be the same, with new layouts, enemies and more in every play through. Retinue characters were first introduced in the Blackstone Fortress: Escalation expansion when our explorers discovered the battle servitor X-101 deep within the fortress.

Either the station’s devastating weapons systems destroy any ships that attempt to escape, or they are helplessly dragged into the ancient megastructure. To do so, they must evade esoteric traps and fend off those that dwell within, all the while seeking clues to the vault’s location. It was later attacked by a Necron fleet, which was attempting to destroy the greatest weapon of their ancient enemies, the Old Ones.In the first expansion to Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress, The Dreaded Ambull, you'll discover more challenges, more insight into these mysterious structures, and of course, more enemies for your intrepid adventurers to discover and take on. According to some Imperial scholars, the Blackstone Fortresses were constructed and first used during the war between the Old Ones and the Necrons remembered in Aeldari legend as the War in Heaven. In fact, with its Eviscerating Blows and Hulking Creature special rules, it can happily tear its way through your entire exploration party by itself!