So for this 3000 point tournament I thought I'd try something a little different than my usual and give the CoB a go. I think it may be worthwhile in a large army, especially if the army is designed to take full advantage of it. I also decided to make use of the mounted character in infantry unit id...

Looks pretty good. My only thought is to drop the shade champ in favor of a musician for the COK. The +1 BS isn't going to do much, while the musician could change the battle in the case of a draw.

It looks like a pretty solid list. A couple of things jump out at me. First of all, your setup on the mage is illegal. You can only have one magical item of each type on a given character. So move one of them to the other mage. Drop the champions and standards on the dark riders. The champions are n...

I think you have spent too many points on characters for a 1500 point list. Personally, I'd drop the sorceress. With just 4 PD, the best you are going to get is two small spells a turn. And one of those will probably be dispelled via their base two dispel dice. Not worth it in my opinion. Use the po...

I don't think the beastmaster on cold one in a unit of BG is really viable. With lower WS and only +1 AS, the beastmaster is no harder to wound than the black guard. A smart opponent will direct attacks against him, removing your fear immunity in short order. And he still costs nearly as much as the...

I'd swap out the sorceress for a noble on a cold one. At such low point values the two free dispel dice are too much to overcome, making magic inefficient. You are better off with shooting or close combat. I think you will find your best use of points would be a unit of 10 warriors with crossbows an...

I like the idea as well. Though I wouldn't let the unit turn if the flanking unit was less than half their maximum charge distance away. There just wouldn't be enough time. It wouldn't be too overpowering because you would still take away their rank bonus unless the unit was at least 25 strong, whic...

If the extra attacks or re-rolls only apply in challenges they would. Since the assassin can be deployed anywhere in the unit the btb restriction isn't much, but would avoid silly things like forcing a damsel to come to the front of the unit of knights. This is jumping out and suprising the enemy, n...

The problem with challenge only abilities is the challenge can be refused, negating the abilities. Assassins would thus need to be able to force someone in btb to accept a challenge. Assassins should be all about suprise. They aren't about fighting a long duel. If they don't kill their target in the...

I hadn't really thought about the lores much. For the Daemon Prince, Fire is tempting for Flaming Sword. Death also seems nice, with a spell to gain wounds and Doom and Darkness to make good use of his Terror. For the Shaman, probably beasts, though it will very much depend on the opponent. I don't ...

Definitely no on the Dark Steed mounted knights. Why would the CoS get them when the normal list doesn't? I think both should have them, but the normal list must have them before they can be included in a variant list. Besides, the Steed of Slaanesh mounted knights is much more colorful. I'm thinkin...

I agree with Maldor on the CoK. Chariots are fine, as they don't have to use the saliva to numb themselves. I'd put the chariots as special and add knights on steeds of slaanesh as a rare choice. They would only have a 3+ AS, but with M10 I could certainly live with that. I'd move around the choices...

Thanks for the advice. I think I will drop the bestigors. Too slow and vulnerable, besides being expensive $$ wise. I like giants, but they seem more like something that would be worshiped than being a worshiper, so no. So the new list: Daemon Prince; Undivided, lvl 4, Unliving Idol, Blade of Ether,...

I really like the idea of a beast list lead by an undivided Daemon Prince so I thought I'd give a beast list a try. It just has that evil cult of worshipper feel. That said, the Daemon Prince and his shaman must stay in the list, and everything but the Prince must be BoC. Daemon Prince; Undivided, l...

What are your ideas for Huanchi's Totem? Seems to me like you will be recieving the charge with or without it. Just not worth it in my book. I'd give him a magic weapon instead.

They look awesome. I love how the hands are actually holding the reins. I would make the cloaks shorter though. I don't think you would want that much fabric while riding a horse. Too easy to get caught in it.

No it doesn't. A highborn or high sorceress on a manticore takes up just a lord choice.

I can't believe no one has mentioned Orc Error Boys. Not as bad as the skink cohort, but still completely useless. Tomb King light cavalry are pretty crap too. Can't kill anything with shooting, can't make use of the marching and shooting or rallying and shooting rules. They can't kill anything in c...

Sporific musk doesn't do anything to chariots. Two chariots should be able to see them off after you've knocked off a rank through shooting.

Another good use of Doom and Darkness is to cast it on a stubborn unit. Stubborn doesn't look so good on ld 6. It will also be nice on Undead. Another option for the terror is Walking Death, cast on a chariot or knights. Though relying on two 9+ spells isn't the best. Shadow magic is also tempting n...

So to celebrate the release of 7th ed my local battle bunker is having a bunch of events, one of which is a 3000 point tourney. I don't expect to face any WAACy lists, but may see a good number of competitive ones. Here is the list I'm considering taking: Highborn on Black Dragon; Gauntlet of Power,...

Yes, you can get the benefit of multiple magic banners at the same time.

As long as the number of hands used to weild it is correct, you could model the Gauntlet of Power or the Draich of Dark Power as a giant rubber chicken. So feel free to use spear blades. Just be aware that if you have warriors with spears in your army and don't heavily modify the spear, it won't loo...

I played against the list, or at least the beta of it last week. Was fun to play against, even though my dice were horrific. One important thing he didn't mention (it may have been taken out between the beta and final) is a unit that squabbles when a WAAAGH! is called takes damage. I think it was d6...

Can we get this thread stickied or added to the Hall of Fame? I'm sure many of us will want to reference it once the 7th ed book comes out.

Thanks for the idea Scactha! This will give my harpies something to do against those damnable undead and ogres.