- Feb 12, 2008
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With the various home-made characters that have come about especially with the start of the vampire council I thought it would be interesting for people to make up rules if they was to use them in a game.
Of course the characters need to be sensible so the following should be remembered:
No character is invulnerable, they all should have some weakness or area they are not good in. To use Mistress Lesa as an example she has not amour or ward save and so needs to be used very carefully/
Remember to put them in context with existing characters and there should be an explanation for extreme abilities in thier fluff - again Lesa has studied magic for over 2500 years and so is on par with Mannfred.
When creating new rules think about how they will interact or clash with other rules, example: always hits on 2+, what happens if this faces the Annoyance of Netlings?
If you can create a points cost great, if not I'm sure people here will provide suggestions.
If you can also post a picture of the model you are using / going to use to represent the character all the better!
Have fun!
So without further ado I present Mistress Lesa
See Lesa's background here: https://www.vampirecounts.net/showthread.php?tid=1260
This is the model I am going to use painted a little differently though:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/112646
Uses up one Lord slot
M6 - WS6 - BS6 - S5(6) - T5 - W4 - I9 - A4(5) - Ld10
Weapons and Equipment
The Master Sword (See Below)
Attendant Daemon (See Below)
Magic Weapon
The Master Sword
Created many years ago at the founding of colleges of magic this was a gift to the colleges from a master dwarf runesmith, the first of its kind it combined the abilities of all the lesser swords. However not long after it was stolen and its creator slain, the secret of its creation lost with him.
Hand weapon.Has the combined abilities of the Swords of Striking, Battle, Might and Biting Blade (+1 to hit, +1A, +1S, -1 armour save).
Arcane Item
Attendant Daemon
Lesa discovered the sealed prison of this daemon during one of her trips to the chaos wastes searching for magic artifacts. Binding it to her will the daemons warnings and advice enhance her already powerful magic abilities as well as saving her unlife on more than one occasion.
Grants Lesa immunity to Killing Blow and Poison Attacks. In addition Lesa also gains +1 to cast or dispel enemy magic. If Lesa suffers a miscast the daemon will bear the brunt of the blow, no roll is made on the miscast table, the cast is failed however the strain on the daemon means Lesa loses the above immunities and casting benefits until the end of her turn. If a second miscast happens in the same turn the daemon will again control the miscast however the magic phase will end, dispel any spells left in play on the board and also drain any stored power or dispelled dice.
Magic
Lesa is level 4 wizard. She automatically knows the 3 necromancy spells and in addition may roll for another 6 spells from any of the 8 lores in the warhammer rule book and / or the vampire Lore with the exception of life. She may do this is the following ways:
May choose to automatically know the remaining vampire lore spells and roll on the other tables for the remaining spells.
May choose to know all the spells from one lore.
May choose to randomly generate spells form the above lores using the normal rules i.e. may choose the first spell, may not have duplicate spells.(If duplicates are rolled you must re-roll for another)
Such Lesa's skill in magic that she may maintain Remain in Play spells whilst casting still casting other spells including other Remain in Play spells though she may not cast the same spell whilst it is still in play, also she may recast any spell inthe same magic phase remaining dice to do so.
Vampiric Powers
Master of the Black Arts, Aura of Dark Majesty, Beguile, Lord of the Dead.
Special Rules
Undead, Vampire
Stunning Beauty: Enemy models in base contact regardless of whether they are attacking her or not lose all charging bonuses (this includes impact hits), ASF (if they have it) and have thier Initiative reduced to 1. This power takes precedence over all other special rules, magic items or abilities and cannot be stopped or negated in anyway. In addition any model wishing to target Lesa directly will suffer a -1 to hit.
Raw Power: Lesa's magical abilties have vastly increased since she was ressurected by her husband. Lesa may add one dice to all casting and dispel attempt for free which may cause irresistable force or miscast, this is a free dice and is not drawn form the dice pool(s)
Soul Mate: If Milosh is killed Lesa will lose control and attempt to kill the Milosh's attackers. Lesa gains Hatred against the character or unit that killed Milosh. In the movement phase she must move as fast as possible towards the attacker and charge if possible. In the magic phase she will cast all offense spells first and direct them against the attacker, if the attacker is in a unit the spells will follow the normal targeting rules as Lesa will kill as many as possible to get to her target. Once in combat Lesa will automatically be placed in BSB contact if the attacker was a specific character and will accept a challenge of this attacker if issued, if any other models issue a challenge Lesa may choose to ignore this and still attack her target without any negative effects. If Lesa manages to kill her target she reverts to her normal rules.
Of course the characters need to be sensible so the following should be remembered:
No character is invulnerable, they all should have some weakness or area they are not good in. To use Mistress Lesa as an example she has not amour or ward save and so needs to be used very carefully/
Remember to put them in context with existing characters and there should be an explanation for extreme abilities in thier fluff - again Lesa has studied magic for over 2500 years and so is on par with Mannfred.
When creating new rules think about how they will interact or clash with other rules, example: always hits on 2+, what happens if this faces the Annoyance of Netlings?
If you can create a points cost great, if not I'm sure people here will provide suggestions.
If you can also post a picture of the model you are using / going to use to represent the character all the better!
Have fun!
So without further ado I present Mistress Lesa
See Lesa's background here: https://www.vampirecounts.net/showthread.php?tid=1260
This is the model I am going to use painted a little differently though:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/112646
Uses up one Lord slot
M6 - WS6 - BS6 - S5(6) - T5 - W4 - I9 - A4(5) - Ld10
Weapons and Equipment
The Master Sword (See Below)
Attendant Daemon (See Below)
Magic Weapon
The Master Sword
Created many years ago at the founding of colleges of magic this was a gift to the colleges from a master dwarf runesmith, the first of its kind it combined the abilities of all the lesser swords. However not long after it was stolen and its creator slain, the secret of its creation lost with him.
Hand weapon.Has the combined abilities of the Swords of Striking, Battle, Might and Biting Blade (+1 to hit, +1A, +1S, -1 armour save).
Arcane Item
Attendant Daemon
Lesa discovered the sealed prison of this daemon during one of her trips to the chaos wastes searching for magic artifacts. Binding it to her will the daemons warnings and advice enhance her already powerful magic abilities as well as saving her unlife on more than one occasion.
Grants Lesa immunity to Killing Blow and Poison Attacks. In addition Lesa also gains +1 to cast or dispel enemy magic. If Lesa suffers a miscast the daemon will bear the brunt of the blow, no roll is made on the miscast table, the cast is failed however the strain on the daemon means Lesa loses the above immunities and casting benefits until the end of her turn. If a second miscast happens in the same turn the daemon will again control the miscast however the magic phase will end, dispel any spells left in play on the board and also drain any stored power or dispelled dice.
Magic
Lesa is level 4 wizard. She automatically knows the 3 necromancy spells and in addition may roll for another 6 spells from any of the 8 lores in the warhammer rule book and / or the vampire Lore with the exception of life. She may do this is the following ways:
May choose to automatically know the remaining vampire lore spells and roll on the other tables for the remaining spells.
May choose to know all the spells from one lore.
May choose to randomly generate spells form the above lores using the normal rules i.e. may choose the first spell, may not have duplicate spells.(If duplicates are rolled you must re-roll for another)
Such Lesa's skill in magic that she may maintain Remain in Play spells whilst casting still casting other spells including other Remain in Play spells though she may not cast the same spell whilst it is still in play, also she may recast any spell inthe same magic phase remaining dice to do so.
Vampiric Powers
Master of the Black Arts, Aura of Dark Majesty, Beguile, Lord of the Dead.
Special Rules
Undead, Vampire
Stunning Beauty: Enemy models in base contact regardless of whether they are attacking her or not lose all charging bonuses (this includes impact hits), ASF (if they have it) and have thier Initiative reduced to 1. This power takes precedence over all other special rules, magic items or abilities and cannot be stopped or negated in anyway. In addition any model wishing to target Lesa directly will suffer a -1 to hit.
Raw Power: Lesa's magical abilties have vastly increased since she was ressurected by her husband. Lesa may add one dice to all casting and dispel attempt for free which may cause irresistable force or miscast, this is a free dice and is not drawn form the dice pool(s)
Soul Mate: If Milosh is killed Lesa will lose control and attempt to kill the Milosh's attackers. Lesa gains Hatred against the character or unit that killed Milosh. In the movement phase she must move as fast as possible towards the attacker and charge if possible. In the magic phase she will cast all offense spells first and direct them against the attacker, if the attacker is in a unit the spells will follow the normal targeting rules as Lesa will kill as many as possible to get to her target. Once in combat Lesa will automatically be placed in BSB contact if the attacker was a specific character and will accept a challenge of this attacker if issued, if any other models issue a challenge Lesa may choose to ignore this and still attack her target without any negative effects. If Lesa manages to kill her target she reverts to her normal rules.