I turned 22 on November the first.

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Ghrond is just a city in the north of Naggaroth. The main temple of Khaine is situated there, as is one of the Cauldrons of Blood, but that doesn't make Ghrond the 'city of Khaine' or something similar. The temple just happens to be situated there. Also in Ghrond is a tower where sorcerers - the so-...

Hi, and thanks for posting here. When I first heard of the list, I was quite excited. A second DE list, and probably official as well! That sounded just great. When I had the chance to mull over what was in there though, I was disappointed, and to this day I must admit that I haven't played with the...

With Lev 2's, manage the power dice in a similar fashion as Baron DeSade described, and if you use a Lev 4, always give her a soulstone. You don't want to miscast with that many points spent on magic. That's all there is to it really, if you do that and still mascast a lot, simply blame your luck (o...

Oh, come on guys. Dark elves have nothing to do with slaanesh! All reference there is is a brief hint at Morathi worshipping slaanesh, but that doesn't mean all sorceresses are slaaneshi, and it certainly doesn't mean DE should be able to field daemons... Remember, many societies have individuals wo...

It's a good idea at the core, but the result will be that no one will ever let their black guard use their nice ceremonial halberds anymore. The unit is just a lot better with a 3+ armour save and S3 than with a 5+ armour save and S4. Of course you could always take away their hand weapons so the sh...

Hi there!

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Welcome! That's a lot of dark riders you have there.

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That's odd - I don't remember dark riders skirmishing. I do miss the 'fire and flee' though... Oh, and witches were even nastier than they are now! And corsairs, with their repeaters and 5+ save that could not be modified...

6th is a lot better than 5th though.

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Actually, Matras , that's exactly what I did, although of course only within my (small) playing group. I'm happily playing with my own list, and I really don't care if GW agrees to it or not. I can play with whatever rules I want under my own roof. So, by all means, go ahead and do it! -Metallurgist

I don't like Strength of Giants, but I guess everyone knew that already! It should certainly not be an amulet, those are for protection only!

Isn't Amber Amulet a bit cheap?

I vote for Dark Heart #2 as well.

I love the Insignia!

Cheers,
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Thumbs up overall. One comment - the Obsidian Crystal shouldn't grant a 4+ save, make it a 5+ one.

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DA: I think the whole idea was a +2S one-handed magic weapon... The name was probably chosen afterwards. Chill blade and Dark sword are still worthless. If you want these to be taken, change them around entirely. I think the Blade of Dark Mastery is too expensive. We don't need the additional WS and...

I don't think the Hydra Banner needs to be 5pts cheaper, and the Dread Banner should be 60pts IMO. I know chaos have it, but the troopers that can take the mark of Nurgle are much more expensive than elves. I agree that 75pts is a bit much. Make the anti-missile banner a 5+ ward, 4+ would be over th...

The Hand: I'm not sure about cost effectiveness, but I would probably never use it. Singularity Stone: cool. Wand of Darkness: too cheap! O&G have the same item for the same price - but it's one use only... Spellcall Familiar: nice! Sphere of Corruption: well, I personally don't care for 1 shot ...

I think you are wasting your writing talents Happy Slave. There is no hope for the GW forums. By the way, your username on the GW forums actually made me laugh out loud! For the many non-Dutch speaking folks, it means 'small paper hat' - it refers to a children's song too. Cheers, -Metallurgist

About four years now.

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For me, a lot of this boils down to one question: does COK fear offset their stupidity? The answer: No way!! Can they be effective (devastating, even) if they can pass all their stupidity tests? Sure. Can failing even a single test ruin your entire battle plan, loose you the game, or just generally...

I found the DE BSB on a games fair here in Belgium for 10€ (=10$). It was actually 15€, but I managed to get it for 10.

me --> lucky bastard

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Very impressive Airickjay , and that's from a guy who swears by pencil & paper! One thing though: I'd like to be able to edit a unit. That way, you can change a unit to remove/add some things in order to get the points right. Or did I miss something? Good job, when is chaos and vampire counts co...

Cold Blooded for Cold Ones makes no sense, since they are testing on the riders Ld, who is hardly Cold Blooded (maybe Cold Hearted ). As a banner (like the one I have in my list), it would be good, tho. Shades and poison is a big no-no. Makes absolutely no sense fluff-wise and they do not need anyt...

My mistake, I confused the cold blooded rule with another rule. Ignore this post.

Glade Guard are invaluable to the WE not because of the move through woods thing (their entire army can do that) but because it's the only ranked up infantry unit! Without glade guard, they don't get any rank bonus at all! DE have corsairs and all the other stuff, and they are all better than the sp...

I don't think shades have anything to do with assassins besides being dark elves. The assassin is trained at the Temple of Khaine in Ghrond, the shades are part of the Shadow Brotherhood situated in the Blackspine Mountains. Poison - I am not in favour of including poison in the Grand Petition as I ...

A few comments: - drop the reversed hydra breath, not really necessary and too controversial. - start a poll on poison for crossbowelves, aparantly I am not the only one who doesn't like it! I thought the majority counted here? - I think that every thing wrong in the list should be addressed in the ...