All or Nothing: There is absolutely no retreating during a battle for the Vampire Coast: They must either win or die.Adaptation Expansion: The original Vampire Coast army list from White Dwarf #306 has been massively expanded with the addition of the Mourngul and Necrofex Collossus from the Monstrous Arcanum supplement for Storm of Magic an undead version of the Promethean from Man O War to fill the place of the Rotting Leviathan nautical versions of the Vampire Counts' Fell Bats and Terrorgheist a host of original units and three additional Legendary Lords, two of which are from Dreadfleet while the third is an original creation.Furthermore they have a lot more tools than they did in the tabletop: the Zombie Pirates army list was considered fun but very noncompetitive, while here they have massively expanded army options and their own unique lore of magic. In the Total War game? They're a major player in their own right, and a global threat to all. They were a serious threat to be sure in the original lore, but it's specifically noted they're a completely local problem around Lustria (as Luthor Harkon had no aspiration to expand and be a major power), and the only ones who fear them are the Lizardmen, the faction that gets the brunt of the Vampire Coast's attacks. Adaptational Badass: Meta and setting wise.Luckily, they can be easily countered with ranged units, and are a risky unit to bring, as killing one triggers its detonation, which, if there's friendly units around, can deal a horrifying amount of friendly fire. To put it in perspective, these things are extremely cheap, and can essentially erase a unit or five of elite infantry in a single instant (depending on how clumped up the enemy is), making them extremely dangerous. Action Bomb: Bloated Corpses their sole purpose is to charge into the enemy ranks and violently explode.Any melee horde or monsters that can make it through all the bullets and shells intact can generally dominate the Vampire Coast in close combat. In a similar vein, the Vampire Coast places so much emphasis on guns and artillery that their melee options are limited and/or outright inferior to the other factions' melee units, excepting the Coast's highest tier monsters.And then they also have the same weakness the Vampire Counts have against fire, light and unbreakable enemies. While it is true that very few factions can sport as much gunpowder and artillery as the Vampire Coast, they tend to take a lot of damage when anyone decides to shoot back with anything that has longer range. there are other pirate lords who command dreadfleets of their own, packed to the gunwales with crews press-ganged into eternal service. But the insane Arch-Commodore Harkon is not the only unliving admiral who takes to the seas with pistol-armed crews of zombies, vampiric depth guard, syreens and mournguls. Ever since, it has been a domain where the dead stir, leading expeditions into the jungle interior or setting sail across the Great Ocean to commit wanton acts of piracy. West of the delta lies the ruins of the City of Axlotl, empty and despoiled by Luthor Harkon's undead hordes.

At the southern end of the Coast, east of the delta of the River Lambada, one finds the Volcanic Islands. Near the shoreline, the reawakened City of Huatl of the Lizardmen dominates the treeline while Tlax, the City of Ghosts, remains shrouded within the jungle. To the north, a jungle-filled peninsula separates the Vampire Coast from the Tarantula Coast. Bordered to the east by the Great Ocean (also known as the 'World Pond') and to the west by the steaming jungle, the Vampire Coast remains fairly wild. It was the undying lord Luthor Harkon that laid claim to a stretch of Lustria's east coast.

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