Greetings fellow bloodsuckers!
I have come to relate to you the epic (somewhat) tale of my first victory under the banner of the dead legions!
This was a casual game of roughly 1200 points where I was pitted against s much more experienced Skaven player. He chose to field this:
A grey seer
He was a level four wizard, but that is all I know about him!
A chieftain
A plague monk hero with a plague censer
A BSB carrying rat
Two units of 25 clan rats
17 plague monks with the hero within their ranks.
Two rat ogres with handlers
A unit of two eat swarms
6 giant rats
The list I chose to field consisted of 3 units and two characters, in contrast to his 6 units and 4 characters!
Vampire lord
Red fury
Avatar of death
Infinite hatred
Ogre blade
Crown of the damned
Extra level
Wight king
Bsb
Sword of kings
Dragon helm
30 grave guard
Great weapons
Full command
King is in here
Two units of twenty skeletons
Full command
Spears
Lord is in one of these units
We deployed across a table from one another and rolled off for the first turn.
I rolled a 6, he rolled a 5. That was the start of my good fortunes, because i skipped the movement phase and went straight for magic where I rolled a total of 11. With such a large pool I decided to cast some hitty spells first (I'd randomly gotten Vanhel's summon undead horde and wind of undeath). I cast wind of undeath with five dice and rolled around a 23, after explaining to my opponent the effects of the spell he threw all of his dice at it and promptly dispelled it.
I was a little miffed at this at first, but then realized I could cast with impunity, so I did and cast undead horde to boost the both of my skeleton units up to 26 models and ended my turn.
His first turn was pretty predictable, he moved up cautiously and manouvered his rat swarms and giant rats in the direction of the grave guard, hoping to keep them out of the battle for as long as possible. His plague monks closed in on my lords unit, which i didn't understand because he should have known how deadly my vampire would be, he charged my lord with the monks. The other two blocks and the ogres headed to my right flank.
During his magic phase he cast skitter jump on his chief and sent he to the rear of my lords unit hoping to get some easy kills, but he realized he couldnt charge that turn. Next he cast plague upon my lord's unit, it ended up killing about 9 skeletons which seemed horrendous for only a 12+ cast, but he rolled a 1 after it hit so I was able to end the spell.
In combat my lord went first and challenged the hero, who refused. He then attacked normally and hit with 3 out of his 4 attacks, and all 3 wounded. The 3 redfury attacks also went off and he killed another 3, essentially decimating the first rank. The rats went next and only killed 3 skeletons, who struck back claiming two monks. The rat swarms had hit the GG flank and my WK had made way to them, he was unable to get a killing blow off and the swarms were dealt 2 wounds , 1 GG fell to them.
I didn't move again since I wanted the spear bonus.
In magic I got 9 dice, and cast summon undead horde again to boost my skeletons. I also got the one GG back. I ended up casting the spell with IF and took a magical feedback wound, it also drained my pool.
In combat my lord dealt 8 wounds and wiped the unit entirely. The chief saw this bloodbath and so fled off the table edge
The GG succeeded in destroying a base of rats but the last one had two wounds left.
On his next turn my second skele unit was charged by ogres and a unit of clan rats. They took minimal casualties, and actually won the combat against the clan rats. Who'd been crippled by fear and only didn't flee due to their Bsb. He cast plague again upon my lord's unit dealing similar casualties but failing to destroy them, the spell failed to continue.
I moved my lord onto the flank of the ogre unit, and prepared to releive the embattled skeletons with a charge.
In magic I attempted a Vanhel's upon my skeletons but it was dispelled so I simply replenished them.
My lord killed both of the ogres and the handlers and the skeletons were able to hold their own. My GG FINALLY broke free from the rat swarms.
He charged my GG with his giant rats. He cast plague again and this time it backfired killing a few of his rats and some skeletons. The giant rats were annihilated by the GG horde's huge number of attacks, and his clan rats were beginning to lose their wind.
On the final turn my GG charged his second clan rat unit with the grey seer in it, and my second skele unit as well as my lord got simultaneous flank charges on his engaged block. Both blocks were wiped out by his turns start and his grey seer skitter leaped away. We called it in my favor.
Overall it was a very fun game with a lot of scary spells going awry or too well. His magic really worried me for a bit because if he'd rolled well ever all my units wouldve been sorely wounded by plague. I rolled really well in my own magic phase, but my armor saves were garbage, my GG failed every single one against the swarms.
I hope this is an omen for the future!
I have come to relate to you the epic (somewhat) tale of my first victory under the banner of the dead legions!
This was a casual game of roughly 1200 points where I was pitted against s much more experienced Skaven player. He chose to field this:
A grey seer
He was a level four wizard, but that is all I know about him!
A chieftain
A plague monk hero with a plague censer
A BSB carrying rat
Two units of 25 clan rats
17 plague monks with the hero within their ranks.
Two rat ogres with handlers
A unit of two eat swarms
6 giant rats
The list I chose to field consisted of 3 units and two characters, in contrast to his 6 units and 4 characters!
Vampire lord
Red fury
Avatar of death
Infinite hatred
Ogre blade
Crown of the damned
Extra level
Wight king
Bsb
Sword of kings
Dragon helm
30 grave guard
Great weapons
Full command
King is in here
Two units of twenty skeletons
Full command
Spears
Lord is in one of these units
We deployed across a table from one another and rolled off for the first turn.
I rolled a 6, he rolled a 5. That was the start of my good fortunes, because i skipped the movement phase and went straight for magic where I rolled a total of 11. With such a large pool I decided to cast some hitty spells first (I'd randomly gotten Vanhel's summon undead horde and wind of undeath). I cast wind of undeath with five dice and rolled around a 23, after explaining to my opponent the effects of the spell he threw all of his dice at it and promptly dispelled it.
I was a little miffed at this at first, but then realized I could cast with impunity, so I did and cast undead horde to boost the both of my skeleton units up to 26 models and ended my turn.
His first turn was pretty predictable, he moved up cautiously and manouvered his rat swarms and giant rats in the direction of the grave guard, hoping to keep them out of the battle for as long as possible. His plague monks closed in on my lords unit, which i didn't understand because he should have known how deadly my vampire would be, he charged my lord with the monks. The other two blocks and the ogres headed to my right flank.
During his magic phase he cast skitter jump on his chief and sent he to the rear of my lords unit hoping to get some easy kills, but he realized he couldnt charge that turn. Next he cast plague upon my lord's unit, it ended up killing about 9 skeletons which seemed horrendous for only a 12+ cast, but he rolled a 1 after it hit so I was able to end the spell.
In combat my lord went first and challenged the hero, who refused. He then attacked normally and hit with 3 out of his 4 attacks, and all 3 wounded. The 3 redfury attacks also went off and he killed another 3, essentially decimating the first rank. The rats went next and only killed 3 skeletons, who struck back claiming two monks. The rat swarms had hit the GG flank and my WK had made way to them, he was unable to get a killing blow off and the swarms were dealt 2 wounds , 1 GG fell to them.
I didn't move again since I wanted the spear bonus.
In magic I got 9 dice, and cast summon undead horde again to boost my skeletons. I also got the one GG back. I ended up casting the spell with IF and took a magical feedback wound, it also drained my pool.
In combat my lord dealt 8 wounds and wiped the unit entirely. The chief saw this bloodbath and so fled off the table edge
The GG succeeded in destroying a base of rats but the last one had two wounds left.
On his next turn my second skele unit was charged by ogres and a unit of clan rats. They took minimal casualties, and actually won the combat against the clan rats. Who'd been crippled by fear and only didn't flee due to their Bsb. He cast plague again upon my lord's unit dealing similar casualties but failing to destroy them, the spell failed to continue.
I moved my lord onto the flank of the ogre unit, and prepared to releive the embattled skeletons with a charge.
In magic I attempted a Vanhel's upon my skeletons but it was dispelled so I simply replenished them.
My lord killed both of the ogres and the handlers and the skeletons were able to hold their own. My GG FINALLY broke free from the rat swarms.
He charged my GG with his giant rats. He cast plague again and this time it backfired killing a few of his rats and some skeletons. The giant rats were annihilated by the GG horde's huge number of attacks, and his clan rats were beginning to lose their wind.
On the final turn my GG charged his second clan rat unit with the grey seer in it, and my second skele unit as well as my lord got simultaneous flank charges on his engaged block. Both blocks were wiped out by his turns start and his grey seer skitter leaped away. We called it in my favor.
Overall it was a very fun game with a lot of scary spells going awry or too well. His magic really worried me for a bit because if he'd rolled well ever all my units wouldve been sorely wounded by plague. I rolled really well in my own magic phase, but my armor saves were garbage, my GG failed every single one against the swarms.
I hope this is an omen for the future!
skaven can be a pain but you handled them well although I'd say your opponent made some mistakes,Ie telpeorting his chief lol,congrats dude 
it'll be interesting to say the least.