Okay guys, a few questions before I sit down and make a armylist or two. Not decided yet if I should make one army for both battles or come with different setup.
Johnny-Crass are we gonna go with my 2637 points or should we go lower or higher.
Both of you on wood elves. And I can play with different rules, if you guys have differing views, or your dices rolled differently. Im not out to make a discussion, just want a few things clarified before beginning. So can play with what ever rules you prefer on the following subjects, if your in doubt we will just roll a dice. So to the questions.
Do we allow BSB to buy equipment, following the rules that we can see in the new 8th edition armybooks released? So forexample it is possible to buy a shield and great weapon for the BSB.
Eternal kindred for characters, gives the character a 5+ armour save and counts as using 2 hand weapons in close combat, if he is in base contact with the enemy, count as armed with a spear in other regards. These rules are lost if armed or armoured with magical weapon or armour. But the question is, does the 5+ armour save counts as a kind of scaly skin, that can be improved by the addition of other equipment, like light armour, shield and riding a horse/eagle. There is no clear defined answer on this question, there is two camps in the debate on this subject, some say yes some say no. And GW aren't that clear in there faq. They just answer yes to the question, does the model count as having the eternal guard fighting style nomatter how the model is armed or armoured. Which is the source of the divide, some meaning that the character would also benefit from additional equipment bought, others again means the rule overrides what ever equipment that you have wasted points on. I believe ETC allows equipment to add to the armour save, but that is probably mostly on the basis to give the wood elf every edge they can have in the combetitive enviroment. Even heard arguments that the character should be given an additional attack with his great weapon, because of eternal guard rule, but that part didn't make sense to me.
But to recap, does eternal guard armour save stack with additional bought armour, yes, no or roll a dice. A yes doesn't necessarily mean Ill bring one, but just wouldn't want to start a discussion half way through a battle report, because I assumed one thing and you guys assumed something else.
Are we rolling for a mission before we start the battle, or we just doing a ordinary pitched battle thing.
