Huan-Loqi, the Blood-Drunk.

[Uthanak]

HUAN-LOQI, THE BLOOD-DRUNK

Extract of the libraries of Harkon, account of the exploration of a
temple by prince Alexandru in 878 of the imperial calendar,
temple where his father Vladimir 1st had lost his life 1 year earlier.

" … Two days later, the storm burst. It was of a violence such as that
even the most courageous among the blood knights felt a faintness.
They descended the staircases which carried out underground and
entered a complex of which part of the underground tunnels had crumbled…

The background was destruction and desolation: corpses dislocated
with the bones sometimes reduced in dust, objects crashed to pieces,
everything was reduced to crumbs…

Then, they arrived at a room even more devastated where the floor was
completely littered with broken bones… In its center drew
up a deformed Lizardmen with the insane glare and the malevolent grin which roared like if hell unchained all its cries…

Only a thin circle of blood separated them… Then the
troop charged the creature with quarrelsome cries: "For Luthor!"
Only some blows were needed and the prince was alone
facing the creature, resisting hopelessly, trying to find an opening.
However, the rage of the Lizardmen was uncontrollable, a fury such
that no mortal could imagine… The hand of the tired prince let
escape his sword… The death-blow seemed to want to cut him down at this moment when a powerful arm withdrew the prince of the circle of blood and, advancing in the blood, the Vampire looked at the creature
while saying:

" Look infamous creature, I came to put an end to your own sufferings. Before joining him,
say to your Master that the one he hates more than any other came to
return its pawn to him." ..."

On this, the Vampire revealed a scintillating sword to his fist and fought the creature… The creature charged, mad, giving a flurry of blows that the Vampire, with concentration, parried one after another.
However only one sleight of hand was needed which thwarted the creature, blinded by its desire to shred… And turning to the
prince, the Vampire handed his sword to him while saying: " Go Prince. You have nothing to do in this place. Your father is avenged. Your resistance was heroic, but leave before all this is not any more… "


Huan-Loqi was a Saurus warrior spawned at the time of the Vampire coasts, which spawning corresponded with the blessings
of the great one Sotek and Quetlz. Strangely, he was the only one of his spawning and the waters turned to blood at the
moment of his emergence. The priest of the temple of Xapati, which was located on the coast of Lustria which is now called
the Vampire coast, believed him to be a failed experiment of the Old Ones. The Saurus was more mutant than lizard, having
a misshapen body, with heavy bony protrusions, larger than a saurus, almost Kroxigor like.

He was believed to be mad, unable to communicate and often dissapearing in the jungle for days, returning covered in dry blood. The monster was addicted to blood and hunted mercilessly for it. One day he returned with a strange talisman bound to his neck, incrusted in his bony protrusion and skin, the talisman could not be removed. The priest labeled him the cursed and let him live deep below the temple, trying to forget about him.

Few months after this event, the Vampire invasion began and the small temple was easily overrun and ransacked. but the
Vampires found something else deep below the temple. The creature was slain and believed dead, the vampire leaving the
ransacked temple behind forever after these events, believing it a cursed place.

[Uthanak]

Little did they know, the creature was far from dead and came back every night of a full moon in Lustria to hunt them.
Accounts of vampires emptied from their blood from then on were not rare, and the Lizardmen that went to battle against
the armies of the Vampire Coast were often joined by what they could only describe as a monstrous mutation of a saurus,
mad and drunk in blood, slaughtering Vampires after Vampires and surviving the most grievous wounds.

M WS BS S T W I A Ld

5 5 0 5 5 2 3 4 8

Taking Huan-Loqi counts as taking a Hero unit.

Huan-Loqi must be fielded as presented here and no extra equipment or magic items can be bought for him.

Points: 270

Weapons: Tooth and Nails.

Armour: Mutant Scaly skin.


SPECIAL RULES

Cold-Blooded
Huan-Loqi is cold-blooded as detailed on page 41.

Sacred Spawning of Xapati
This gives Huan-Loqi the Cause fear and Unbreakable trait.

Mutant scaly skin:This gives Huan-Loqi a 2+ Scaly Skin save, and has +1 Toughness.


Regeneration
Huan-Loqi has Regeneration as detailed on page 96 of the Warhammer rules.

Hatred for Vampire Counts
Huan-Loqi has hatred for Vampire Counts as detailed on page 53 of the
Warhammer Rules.

I stand Alone
Huan-Loqi cannot join or be joined by any units.

Immortal march
The presence of enemy units within 8" does not stop Huan-Loqi from marching.





MAGIC ITEMS

Cursed Talisman of the Old One god Xapati

This Talisman is shaped in the likeness of the Old One god Xapati, a
crescent moon dripping with blood, and is frequently bathed in offerings
of blood in honor of Xapati. It is said the Talisman drinks
the blood offerings, having a penchant for the blood of Vampires
especially. The priest of the now routed temple of Xapati believed the
artifact to be cursed, and once put around a neck, encrusted itself in
the wearer's skin and bones, never to be removed like a curse.

It makes the wearer subject to Blood-Frenzy as described on page 59.
Also, he adds +3 movement, +2 Strength, and +1 Toughness to his characteristics for as long as he his in frenzy.


My first attempt at a homemade character and his fluff, opinions greatly appreciated, as well as balancing hints if possible. thank you in advance, looking forwards to your comments.

[Wolf]

Bound spell on power 11?
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"Their wrath is beyond imagining. Any who pass with evil intent will be struck down from afar." - Inscription on the Guardians, Temple-City of Tlaxtlan

[Uthanak]

Is power level 11 too much? I didn't want to make it too low as to not make it completely useless.

[Histeria]

Nice... I really like the background you came up with. He's different, but not in a chaos way.

I like it. A lot.

[ScalySkin]

A nice background and very handy abilities, but Huan-Loqi is really overpowered for the points. I think you either need to nerf the abilities or make the character a Lord.

If you are making Huan-Loqi Unbreakable, you really should give him the fights alone rule, this would fit in nicely with the fluff as other lizardmen would not want to be too close to him. (With Huan-Loqi being a single model and therefore having the skirmish ability, it will make for many frenzy driven charge options)

Huan-Loqi has a potential to 8 STR 7 attacks when blood frenzied, gets the charge and in Were-lizard mode. That is over powered, only a lord should have that many attacks.

Why not replace the blood frenzy and bound spell (power lvl 11 is over the top) with a transforming frenzy that occurs when the first wound is inflicted giving the blood frenzy rule, but also transforming him into the were-saurus with +1 T +2 S +3 M? Give Huan-Loqi the rule that he can always march as he has no regard to the combat threat posed by enemies.

Maybe you could increase Huan-Loqi's movement to 5 as his size is half way between the saurus and the kroxigors. With AS 2+ T 6 and regeneration, Huan-Loqi should be able to get into combat quite easily and once he is in combat, the inner beast will be released to chew through the ranks of your enemies. I think that with these modifications Huan-Loqi would not be over priced and would still be quite useful and fun.

A great concept and some really nice rules and items, but too overpowered if you ever want to be able to field this character.

[Uthanak]

Thank you for the kind replies, I have updated Huan-Loqi to be more in line with the 7th edition codex. I got rid of both unfluffy blessed spawnings I gave him. Got rid of the cold one hide armour and replaced it by the blessing of Xapati. I reworked the talisman to what you suggested. Created a no march blocked and a stand alone rule. I did not find any stand alone rule in my rulebook, so I decided to make my own, perhaps point me to this rule in the rulebook, or suggest a better wording? thank you for your great comments.

Edit: Got rid of the stupidity rule, reworked the lessing and added the mutant scaly skin rule. Brought back the unbreakable trait, and got rid of the +3 attacks in favor of +3 movement in frenzy.