Handbook Addendum, Magic Items and Lores

[The Sun King]

I wholeheartedly agree najo I've started writing the handbook and I try to rate the individual elements as if they were stand-alone units (to a certain degree) - and just add notes on when a play styles suits something, if that makes sense? Either way the best argument should always triumph.

 

[najo]

Sounds good

 

[Valnir the Reaper]

I'm super excited for this!

 

[SothaMortis]

Will units, vampiric powers and such also get into the handbook?

 

[Scalenex]

Yes, the Sun King is working on it

 

[The Sun King]

Yup, Najo and me are making head way

 

[Badrukk]

Thank you for this helpful guide

But some things I'd like to note:
Power Scroll has been FAQ'd, and it's completetly redone item. Check that out.
New Arcane item, Staff of Sorcery, has been added. Check that out too.

 

[Kir]

I'd rate kadon's higher- you get to retain red fury and quickblood in ancient chimera form, you go to a W10 most other things 7 form with 4d6+1 S7 poisoned attacks with ASF and red fury, fly, a S4 breath weapon (red fury works, at ASF due to quickblood), S7 thunderstomp( red fury works, at I7 due to quickblood), you can stay in your unit (without look out sir though, unless you join a 5+ big monster unit), and you're not a large target. Even threatening to do that draws dispel dice/scrolls like mad.

 

[Feloctem]

Check out doing savage beast of horros as a bubble to a character wall of 2 VL and a wraith on this load out:
VL, RF, QB, Ogre Blade: 8A S10 will give you 10/11 wounds against most (ie warrior of chaos: T4 3+ 6++ parry)
VL, RF (lvl4 beasts): 8A S8 = ~7 wounds against woc
Wraith: 6A S8 = ~2 wounds
6 ranks of skellies behind to remove steadfast from the enemy for added naughtiness

 

[LordTobiothan]

I'd rate kadon's higher- you get to retain red fury and quickblood in ancient chimera form, you go to a W10 most other things 7 form with 4d6+1 S7 poisoned attacks with ASF and red fury, fly, a S4 breath weapon (red fury works, at ASF due to quickblood), S7 thunderstomp( red fury works, at I7 due to quickblood), you can stay in your unit (without look out sir though, unless you join a 5+ big monster unit), and you're not a large target. Even threatening to do that draws dispel dice/scrolls like mad.

I'd like to note a couple things since this thread was revived and all. Thunderstomps can't benefit from red fury or quick blood as stated in the FAQ of not benefiting from any of the models rules and you can't take rf qb and forbidden lore. That's 105 points, you'll have to bring a corpse cart.

 

[The Sun King]

Good points Tobio. You can still use RF on your Breathweapon however.

 

[LordTobiothan]

Good points Tobio. You can still use RF on your Breathweapon however.

Which if that thread on this forum has anything to say about it, can debatably give you more breath weapon shots.