Skaven Army List
Skaven forces as of eighth edition, are currently composed of the following units (for the standard army list)
- Lords and Heroes
- Grey Seer
The representatives of the Council of Thirteen, these grey-furred wizards can cast spells from both the Lore of Ruin and the Lore of Plague, as well as cast the Dreaded Thirteenth spell, which turns enemy soldiers into Clanrats. If need be, they can summon a Vermin Lord, though they only do this in times of dire need.
- Warlord
Warlords are the leaders of Warlord Clans, and as such usually carry the most powerful items they can carry. They are fearsome warriors, having risen through the ranks via backstabbing, petty politicking and in some rare cases duelling, and usually the only thing they need to worry about is if one of their lieutenants decide to attempt to claim the title of Warlord for themselves.
- Chieftain
Second-in-command to the Warlord Clans, the Chieftains are a treacherous lot, betraying and backstabbing one another endlessly in the hope of becoming Warlord of their Clan.Their relative prestige means they have access to some powerful items.
- Assassin (Clan Eshin)
Assassins are the most powerful of the ninja-like warriors of Clan Eshin, who hire their services out to Warlords, Chieftains and the like. These services range from killing off a rival, to stealing a valuable item to poisoning the water supply of an Imperial village. They wear thick black cloaks, and carry all sorts of killing implements drenched in poisons.
- Warlock Engineer (Clan Skryre)
Warlock Engineers are the driving force behind Clan Skryre's inventions. Thanks to warpstone tokens, along with their insane inventions, these maniacal scientists can cast spells from the Lore of Ruin, such as shooting bolts of lightning out of their fingertips to cracking the ground in front of them, sending enemy soldiers plummeting to their doom.
- Plague Priest (Clan Pestilens)
- Vermin Lord (Greater Daemon-esque Character)
- Core Units
- Clanrats
- Skavenslaves
- Giant Rats (Clan Moulder)
- Night Runners (Clan Eshin)
- Rat Swarms
- Stormvermin
- Special Units
- Gutter Runners (Clan Eshin)
- Plague Monks (Clan Pestilens)
- Plague Censer Bearers (Clan Pestilens)
- Rat Ogres (Clan Moulder)
- Warplock Jezzails (Clan Skryre)
- Poisoned Wind Globadiers (Clan Skryre)
- Rare Units
- Warp-Lightning Cannon (Clan Skryre)
- Doomwheel (Clan Skryre)
- Plagueclaw Catapult (Clan Pestilens)
- Hell Pit Abomination (Clan Moulder)
- Special Characters
- Grey Seer Thanquol & Boneripper
- Throt the Unclean
- Warlord Queek Head-Taker
- Deathmaster Snikch
- Ikit Claw
- Tretch Craventail
- Skweel Gnawtooth
- Lord Skrolk
Most of the available choices reflect the four clans mentioned above, and some of the Special Characters are mentioned at length in the Army book as major powers in the Skaven world. These clan designations do not affect the playing of the army, though players are free to 'theme' an army around a particular clan, and alternate lists for each major clan exist, emphasizing 'their' troops.
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