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Also, the diff between the 3 main special infantry (sm, pg & WL) is it really just personal choice? or is it more im missing something and theres the unit i shouldnt be missing. It is partly personal choice and partly what you need the unit to do. Swordmasters excel at dealing a LOT of damage t...

Just making sure I understand the rules in the right way. Lets say your mage fails to dispel the first spell cast by the enemy wizard. Now your mage is unable to attempt further dispels in the magic phase.... So you may either choose another wizard to dispel, or just dispel without a wizard if you ...

i'm sure an empire player would use their cannon or hellblaster instead, mortars arn't their only warmachines.. Cleverly positioned, a cannon shot should be nigh impossible. The rules disallow making a cannon shot that could potentially strike a friendly model, so if there is a friendly Empire mode...

2) To my understanding, the cities Dalamar listed pretty much ARE fortresses. Think of Gondor from the Lord of the Rings, a city on most days but when the need is there the entire thing is functionally one massive fortress. For another fortress, Tiranoc also has the Eagle Gate on its borders in the ...

Swapping spells (e.g. shield of saphery). (actually i'm not sure about this one off the top of my head now that I think about it...) All these allow duplicates, either with someone randomly generating or with another non-random method. Swappable and/or Signature Spells are included in allowing dupl...

Page 79, the same page as Skaven Spells of Plague. It is in its own little box on the page, even though it isn't part of that lore.

I think you are confused. The Page 41 Waaagh! is not the Orcs Waagh! ability (which is on Page 17), but rather the Waaagh! spell (which is on Page 41). The Waagh! spell used to say that Orc and Goblin units will strike first and re-roll misses when that spell went off, they just updated it so that t...

I have read the rest of it. That seems to come into play if the opponent is shooting at the unit, not the hero himself but I can't seem to get my head completely around this rule. Your opponent can't choose to single out your characters even if they are different types from the unit they are in. Th...

For placing a hero on an eagle in a unit to protect it; shooting attacks that use the firer's Ballistic Skill - cannot hit a character in a combined unit if there are five or more ranked models of the same troop type p99 under shooting So no protection will be provided for the hero on an eagle unle...

Stormie wrote:No on turn 1, as you start more than 24" from your enemy...

Not if your Vampire took the Ghoul-kin Vampiric Power (which Ptolemy was suggesting). It lets Ghouls make a free march move after deployment, but before the first turn. So you're starting 16" from the enemy on turn 1.

Teldoran wrote:Hmm yes indeed yeah, what if you both have ASF but only one has a higher Initiative?

All attacks are simultaneous, nobody gets ASF re-rolls.

He can't cast anything because I own the magic phase. I bring a defensive magic army with a lot of infantry vs him. He can cast 1 spell a turn if hes lucky. And without spells 25 spears would beat 40 ghouls in any formation. How do you figure that? With the Ghouls having a Helm of Commandment vamp ...

I have been experimenting with the following unit: Noble 120 Great Weapon Shield Shadow Armor 5 Shadow Warriors 80 At 200 points, I am still not sure if I can justify it. When I kill 2-3 warmachines I am happy, sometimes they just die though (stupid grapeshot). In 7th edition, the Noble had the cho...

Ranks of 5 or more models count for combat. If the unit is 5 wide, you need the whole rank there. If the unit is 10 wide you only need half for the rank bonus.

I like most of what you're saying Tethlis, but I've got a problem with this: One important concept I find with Skaven is to make good use of your Core choices. Skaven are really an opponent where our Core choices excel; even archers can hold up Slaves and Clanrats with ease, yielding little VP and r...

I'm just not that sure about the comet. In 7th I managed to cast it once and it did nothing impressive. In 8th, I prefer other Lores to Heavens. It looks like a really interesting spell that has a lot of "fluff" potential but I struggle to apply it tactically and it seems too random and s...

If I have Teclis: Teclis takes shadow. I also take 1-3 combat geared characters (depending on points value), spread out into different units. If teclis' current unit is looking like it might get charged, or might need to charge, i cast a spell and swap him out. Doesn't the Lore Attribute state he m...

I have thought of this at times, but then a level 4 would generate an extra die on a 2+ and that just seems excessive to me. My thought for a mechanic to reflect the superior channeling of higher level wizards was a (slightly) less powerful 'caster level check'. So a level 1 caster could channel on ...

*shrug* learn something new every day.

There would never be a look out sir. If he had 5 trolls in the unit though the bolt would automatically fall amongst the trolls first. Actually, a bolt would be treated the same as a 'normal' shooting attack. And a 'normal' shooting attack can pick a character out of a unit (be there 2 or 20 models...

Anyway, thanks for you input. Light certainly caught my attention. It was only when I realized that my ally won't count as friendly that I wasn't sold on Birona's Timewarp. It is still interesting. Time it with your ally's Waaaagh!! (or the Waaaagh!! spell) and you'll get the same impact as if you ...

1. What happens if dwellers is cast on a Screaming Bell? Who has to take a strength test, and can the bell move if certain models die? The Screaming Bell and it's rider form a multi-part model, so they both test at the best Strength available (which is the disturbing S 6 of the Bell itself.) 2. I'm...

The English is clear, each player rolls at the start of his turn. Nothing says the first turn or only once, so that would be the start of each turn.

are WL still affected by the mysterious woods rules, that can shred units up, if they have the strider rule? J The ones that say 'units in the woods take d6 hits' or what have you, yes they are still affected. The Venom Thicket forces Dangerous Terrain tests, and Lions are immune to dangerous terra...

Spells are one of the better ways of dealing with the ratmen, and for some reason they seem extra annoyed by fire based ones. If you know you are fighting skaven you may want to try flaming cage from the lore of fire as it really screws up their movement phase. At S4 not even plague monks will want...

I'd go for the foot prince. The Dragon Prince build means you're spending a heap of points to prevent a character from EVER being wounded, but then you're wasting some of the utility of the fact that the Gem+Life means the Prince can survive taking 1 wound per turn almost indefinitely. For a REALLY ...

As to whether it counts as a spell for the purpose of BoTWD ignoring the effects/using magic resistance, I'd say to follow the trend set in the 7th Edition FAQ until GW says different. I say barring any changes to the underlying rules following an out-dated FAQ is better than pretending there never ...

Adding to what Tethlis said I'm pretty sure Greatswords are allowed to take detachments just like most other Empire Infantry. If true, that means you don't just have to worry about the Greatswords, you also need to consider that they could easily a) get a stand and shoot reaction from a detachment o...

Skaven Lore of Ruin spell Crack's Call will destroy a building touched by the line on a 5+. The 'Deafening Peals' (11-12) roll on the Bell Ringing chart will collapse a building on a 5+, affecting every building within 18" and the 'Wall of Unholy Sound' (14-16) will collapse a building on a 4+,...

Theoretically, it could be used. Realistically, I doubt most players will be willing to divert their Deathstar, so they'll do a Leadership Test to Restrain Pursuit. It being a Deathstar it's probably got a General and BSB either in range or in the unit. So most of the time, the enemy won't actually ...