Corpse Cart Idea/Thought

[Sanai]

I was thinking and I had a thought about corpse carts and zombies. I think it might be interesting if corpse carts and zombies were one choice instead of seperate.
I.E a unit of zombies would consist of one corpse cart with zombies ranked up around it (like a screaming bell)
The corpse cart would then have some kind of special rule that enables its unit of zombies to self raise (wounds inflicted on enemy have a chance to raise a fresh zombie to the unit) as long as the corpse cart driving the zombie unit is alive. Sounds cooler to have it amongst a shambling horde that it directs along than sitting behind your battleline being useless.

 

[Questioner]

And dying quickly.

 

[Jubilex]

yea I like that idea, but the cart is too low to the ground to make it visually pleasing the basket would have to be higher. How about a stone edifice from a grave yard with a flat top, so it can a mount for a necromancer, and a muscualr undead to pick up dead eneimes and place them in our ranks.
Necro could be allowed to cast in combat like the Slann, and maybe it could raise one zombie per turn auto. IMO

 

[Lynks]

Thats actually a pretty good idea. I would probably make It thought at the corpse cart can sit in the second rank, make it tougher or that attacks cant be specifically directed to It though.

 

[Sanai]

Probably just make it tougher, making it sit in the second rank would make your zombie unit have to be even bigger to avoid it sticking out the back. (A unit of zombies would have to be 5 ranks deep already)

 

[Jubilex]

Yea 25 is a good number, holds up to Grail Knight charge for a turn or two.
Couldit have a Necromancer or not, since the zombies can't have character s. Hell a spell imbued zombie would be cool, to raise more as it goes along for an upgrade would nice.

 

[Daw]

Hi everyone.
That will be very good idea except the one fact. Corpse Cart's base frontsize is bigger than zombies bases... Corpse Cart have 2x25mm (chariot base on front) and Zombie have 20mm. Corpse Cart must be nearly into unit of zombie.
Page 98 on RB.

 

[Lynks]

this is all hypothetical here Daw ;P

 

[Daw]

this is all hypothetical here Daw ;P

Oh... sorry - i see

 

[Sanai]

It is basically what I would do with corpse carts if I wrote the 8th ed VC army book.
Of course, I won't be writing the 8th ed VC army book. Chances are cruddance will and we will get a giant monster.

 

[Count Darvaleth]

And dying quickly.

And stealing your power dice when you barely have enough as it is.

Damn you winds of magic!

 

[Questioner]

Stupid thing. All I ask is that my 2 dice give me 25 power dice and the opponent 1 dispel... IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK????