I definately handed the game away when I charged the furnace when it only had 1 wound on it. Had I just not tried to shoot at his flankers and had them go down shooting at the furnace till the end, I would have done enough damage that my charge would have killed it.. and I wouldn't have suffered all...

2500 vs Skaven. General: Unkillable foot-dreadlord w Ogre Blade instead of Crown of Command (mistake #1) BSB: Crimson Death & 1+ AS armor Supreme Sorceress: Lvl 4 death lore, 4+ WS & Focus familiar Sorceress #1: Lvl2 shadow lore, Dispell Scroll Sorceress #2: Lvl2 shadow lore, Earthing rod (o...

2500 vs Skaven. General: Unkillable foot-dreadlord w Ogre Blade instead of Crown of Command (mistake #1) BSB: Crimson Death & 1+ AS armor Supreme Sorceress: Lvl 4 death lore, 4+ WS & Focus familiar Sorceress #1: Lvl2 shadow lore, Dispell Scroll Sorceress #2: Lvl2 shadow lore, Earthing rod (o...

I wouldn't overly worry about taking out the Casket. Definately take ths shot if some harpies or such have the chance... but I wouldn't make it a high priority on the strategic plan. Reason I say this is you can almost always dispel the casket's attack.. In 3 games I've had vs new TK codex I've yet ...

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Shadow lore is amazing vs TK due to their low init. Be very cautious with skirmishers and harpies. TK shooting never suffers modifiers. So if they've moved, have your scouts at long range, and in cover.. they still hit on 5+. (sometimes 4+) Also have a plan to deal with T8 war statuary.. but Witch E...

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Never mind, missed it in the FAQ after first reading. They are in fact not power dice

Clearly you didn't get the memo...

2012 is the end of the world.. IN REAL LIFE! hence the theme and points ceiling for the tourney

Hrm.. I've noticed the Death signature spell. Anyone know if the skaven book provides an out for protection against this? Seems that I can A: Target the Bell/Furnace directly B: In so doing, target the Bell's/Furnace's nonexistant leadership stat C: Do a massive amount of damage.. roughly My LD in w...

There comes enough times when the answer to what one seeks is located in a place you wouldn't have thought to look in, that you find it easier to just come to the forums rather than flip thru every friggin' page in the BRB just on the off chance what you're looking for is just on the next one... For...

In brevity's sake, I left out the devil's advocacy questions. For example, for #1 it could also be said that the loremaster rule never exempts the 'no duplicates except signature spells' rule. Whether by design (the devil's argument) or omission (my argument- GW writing sucks), it clearly isn't ther...

I wish that GW would take a cue from some other game developers and do some actual non-interpretive writing of rules... or at least upgrading all factions at the same time when a new ruleset comes out. but I digress. #1: Loremaster & assigning spells when there are other wizards with same lore i...

hmm thanks for the thoughts guys. I was really hoping for a magic bullet besides.. well.. magic. 90% of the time I go magic-heavy I regret it.. but yeah don't see any alternative. I was thinking Fire instead of Dark lores (damage output, plus ability to do regen-ignoring hits on aboms) with of cours...

I have an upcoming game against skaven, and I'm looking for some help. The metagame info: The player is our LGS' league leader and is unlikely to be very much fail. Furthermore, I'm fairly sure his general army makeup will be: horde with Screaming bell (with a lvl 4 wizard) horde with plague furnace...

Hrm, thanks. Can't beleive I missed that... but I'm kind of relieved. Seemed kinda wonky otherwise, of course!

Thanks again for setting me straight

I've been running a similar list (but at 2500 pts). Dragon + Spearelf Horde. I put a hydra on either side of the horde and let 2 units of DRs (retaining fast cav) to stir things up sufficiently to prevent getting outflanked. All that should still fit in 2400, letting you choose between a troubleshoo...

I thought I remembered that too.. but can't find any reference to that in the 8th ed book. Near as I can tell, monsters have no special rules at all when it comes to movement. Being able to fly and face any direction you want when you land is going to only be covered by the fly rules themselves, it ...

I'm not sure I'm reading the rules for flyers right, and am looking for some opinions on what exactly GW means. A UNIT of more than one flyers work like skirmishers.. aka free reforms at will except during charges. This seems clear. Among many other things, this means a unit of flyers (say, harpies)...

Spoiler: No, I'm not posting to whine. I'm in fact rather a fan of the new goblin 'assassin'. So I saw the writeup for Nasty Skulkers in the new O&G book, and found myself thinking what a great deal they are. Aside from statline, more or less the same thing as our Assassins. With the same life e...

Agreed. Plus, well done for making it all the way over to the war machines with your Hydra. Unless it was a cauldron, I imagine it would be a very rare occurence. And don't forget you don't get stomp/thinderstomps against war machines. Actually I though stomp/thunderstomp can't be used on war machi...

First of all, thanks all for the replies. But at risk of devolving into a pointless argument over a tangent that's irrelevant to the op... No the manticore example is NOT a parralel It'd be a parrelel ONLY if someone made a bunch of 'nonallocated' attacks on the rider/manticore unit. Which you clear...

Well, the list is built around the idea of delivering execs into close combat, and trying to keep them alive thu their Always Strike Last. Getting them IN to combat doesn't seem to be an issue- between speedybanner and a plethora of available screens, they'll get there. It's just a matter of whether...

Well the master/manticore example isn't quite a parrallel, since you're killing the character first rather than being the last model standing with wounds left over.. and you always have to specify your attacks anyway vs a ridden monster. But the example aside, noone's contradicted you so I assume th...

Lore of Metal: Experimental- Looking for the glittering robes, yes, but I also like the augment/hex in that lore. Soulrender: More of a 'pick something that fits my existing models'. I've only got one non-sorceress on a DP.. and he's got a giant spear/lance thing with no shield.. so I picked a magic...

General: Lvl 4 Supreme Sorceress w Cold One mount, 4+ talisman save, Staff of Channeling, Lore of Metal BSB: Death Hag w Cauldron Hero: Master with Dark Pegasus, Pendant of Khaeleth, Soulrender, HA+SDC 25 Spearelves w full CMD 10 RxB w shields 10 RxB w shields 10 RxB w shields 8 Dark Riders w Banner...