Thanks, Zeth!

Just a note - your BG +1A WS> column is the same as the BG WS> column - looks like you forgot to update it. The BG 1+ AS columns are all out of whack, too.

@Saedron: I hope to field him this weekend and I'll report back on how it goes. I figure with the 12" that the BSB provides I may still get some benefit, but really I'm going to try not to lose combat @Mordru: If I can get a flank charge off, it's minimum 3CR and sort of 2-3 more since he break...

We really need more hints at the rules, but... I think if you have 300 points to kill a block + assassin with, a character is NOT your best bet. You're relying only on ACR then, when SCR is cheaper/more reliable. And some of the things mentioned would be pretty sturdy against, but probably fail a sa...

Standard of Hag Graef on COK? Waste IMO. Give them armor piercing or war banner or +d3 CR and nothing will survive a charge by them. Yes getting charged is no fun, just make sure you're real careful and it shouldn't happen.

As for losing hw/shield bonus coz you wanna attack to the side...utter tosh mate!! Here is the BRB quote on HW&Shield, I didn't have it in front of me before, but I think this makes it UNEQUIVOCALLY clear that they will not get the bonus (emphasis mine): If a warrior on foot fights with a hand ...

Back to the 2nd question raised, I am in the camp that they should NOT get hw & shield bonus for BW, though I hadn't thought of it previously (thanks for bringing it up). Here's why: HW&Sh is only for CC attacks made from the front of the model. Now either: I) BW attacks are made from all ar...

Yes, but that negates the point of the extra CR that I'm hoping will let me break ranked units with a flank charge

I'm toying with two lists, trying to decide what to play against a Bret friend when I take a visit home next week. In one of them I want to try this, but I'm curious first if anyone has tried it (and to what success) or just the reactions it gets. Master on Manticore, BSB, full mundane kit (which th...

Nice job! Glad to see the 2nd model wasn't an amputee at the end of the process

Your end results really do look like greater than the sum of their parts, fabulous looking unit in what must have been no time at all, relative to my slow painting.

"5 Cold one knights -full command -standard of slaughter -Null Shard " This unit is inferior IMO to 6 CoKs with the same standard (its acutally a few points cheaper and 6 models is just better than five. You lose the talisman but gain an extra knight. Also, consider 7 knights with warbann...

I'd try Law of Gold with two dice. ... If it's on a champion, I'd try bladewind. Did you think much about this? Yes, it can work, but the point of this is basically how to remove the item which causes miscasts. If your method of removing it carries that same risk, while potentially for the greater ...

Locally the beers have far too much hops for my taste, so I try to avoid Pacific Northwest beers. My favorites are usually European (gee, I wonder why? Say 500+ years practice with many of them?) Konig Ludwig, Warsteiner, Paulaner, Guinness, most tripels. For beers from the new world, though... Abit...

Consider this situation. You have a BSB with the banner. At some point the corsairs lost a round of combat but passed their LD to hold. On the enemies turn they fight again and defeat the enemy. On their next turn the BSB leaves the unit and later rejoins the unit. Do the Corsairs gain Frenzy? Or c...

I believe Lokhir is a hero choice, though not positive, but he's certainly a very good character. In fact he may be my favorite < lord named char now (including the champion-level Kouran and Tullaris who I wish hadn't been nerfed so They were so much cooler before.) He's expensive, but he's regenera...

Have you considered having one unit of 20+ for a big block of SCR (15 is leaving a rank bonus on the table and after some deaths won't even outnumber many units) and then sometimes using 10 naked ones as sacrificial casting material for a sorceress with the dagger? And yes, I'd say they're worth it....

Another interesting little trick I was thinking about last night: Emergency Heat Seeking RBTs: Equip a character with The Guiding Eye. when the time is right, have him run and RBT and join the crew! You can Re-Roll your missed RBT shot(s)!... If you really need that single shot to hit those blasted...

I was also not aware of the new addition to his armor, that's great news! Looks like the bossman will be more worth his points b/w the spellshield and KB immunity, yaaay! @Azure - I was pointing out it would be an inconsistency with the CR and KB, was all. I feel like they'd be logically contradicto...

@izirath: Because unless explicitly stated you can't use a mundane weapon while using a magical weapon, either together with or instead of, according to BRB. Bretonnians can by specific wording, and perhaps the Dagger of Hotek can by specific wording (2 more days for book), but "counts as HW&qu...

OMG, I'm sorry, I thought you meant the magic one..
I don't have the book yet, but I didn't think it showed until now.

Sorry, masterofdarkness and others!

EDIT: This post was wrong! Saturday (Aug 2, the book, you know) can't come soon enough..

@masterofdarkness: The Common Magic Items get their full description from the BRB, the only thing that matters about them in the AB is the points cost. The one-line rules summary is just that, a reminder of what item it is, not its official rules set.

Um, what's the inverse? Adding MR dice to pool dice? I see that as the same situation.
Or I'm horribly not understanding what you're saying right now...

Awesome post, sir. Please no recall notices, however?

Right, sorry for the confusion Mordru, I was first answering masterofdarkness's concern, hence the p106 reference, that the staff will help all attempts using pool dice so long as the wizard with the staff isn't fleeing (in which case he's not even generating dice, IIRC). As for the MR bit I still d...

In playtesting I have done the following. Exec axe, Blood armour. Used steed of shadows to charge the Dreadlord into a Stardragon and his poncy prince. Allocated 3 attacks vs dragon, 1 vs prince. Hit with all 4 due to hatred (love that rule). Rolled 7 wounds with the three that hit the dragon (igno...