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MonsterEnvy posted:I was just helping another person on this forum with it. So here I relink of the pages. TBH i've been bouncing back and forth between Maggotkin, Pestilens and Legions of Nagash. Maggotkin would be a natural extension of what i'm already doing in 40k with Nurgle, Pestilens would be as well with the added benefit messing around with the Skaven like I always wanted too in WHFB, and Legions of Nagash because the Undead and Nagash himself are one of my favorite parts of both the AoS and WHFB settings (alongside Chaos and Skaven).
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AnEdgelord posted:TBH i've been bouncing back and forth between Maggotkin, Pestilens and Legions of Nagash. Maggotkin would be a natural extension of what i'm already doing in 40k with Nurgle, Pestilens would be as well with the added benefit messing around with the Skaven like I always wanted too in WHFB, and Legions of Nagash because the Undead and Nagash himself are one of my favorite parts of both the AoS and WHFB settings (alongside Chaos and Skaven). The Path to Glory stuff should be included in those tomes. (Minus Pestilens cause it came out before Path to Glory.)
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Feb 8, 2018 21:00
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Heh. Was just watching the video of the Shadespire game between the Fyreslayers and Skaven. The GW employee at one point constantly calls the Fyreslayers Dwarfs. Before realizing his mistake and correcting himself to Duradin. Like I can imagine unofficially none of them actually call the races by the stupid new names.
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Feb 9, 2018 00:31
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AnEdgelord posted:as someone who might participate in a Path to Glory campaign in the near future could someone give me a general overview of what that is? my local store is starting to have some interest in AoS and it seems to be a popular way of building up a community Yay another one. Our first meet up is in March and I'm excited to report on my first game. Not sure how well I'll do. I have a Starmaster, 10 Saurus Warriors with clubs, and 20 Skinks with spitters and bucklers. I'd say my performance would depend on my opponent but I have so little versatility ATM that I think my only option is to hold the enemy with my Warriors, teleport my Skinks around either holding objectives or harrassing backline stuff, and using my Slann to A) buff my Warriors, and B) arcane bolt and faux-arcane bolt with his artefact, potentially dealing 2D3 mortal wounds a turn. How does cover generally work in this game BTW? Do you get a +1 to your save just from being on a terrain feature?
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Feb 9, 2018 00:45
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Deified Data posted:How does cover generally work in this game BTW? Do you get a +1 to your save just from being on a terrain feature? I think so unless it's a Hill or has a different special rule.
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Feb 9, 2018 01:11
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MonsterEnvy posted:Heh. Was just watching the video of the Shadespire game between the Fyreslayers and Skaven. The GW employee at one point constantly calls the Fyreslayers Dwarfs. Before realizing his mistake and correcting himself to Duradin. My local GW manager joked that he should correct himself when he was talking about my "savage orc" army.
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I finally broke down and got the Seraphon SC box. Are there any trap options I should be aware of before I start assembling them, or any quirks of unit/formation building I should know? I have never played a game of AOS, I just like how they look. I'd like to use them eventually, so if there's an option I can accidentally pick to make the unit illegal that seems like something to know ahead of time.
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Feb 9, 2018 01:20
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Strobe posted:I finally broke down and got the Seraphon SC box. Are there any trap options I should be aware of before I start assembling them, or any quirks of unit/formation building I should know? I have never played a game of AOS, I just like how they look. I'd like to use them eventually, so if there's an option I can accidentally pick to make the unit illegal that seems like something to know ahead of time. I can't think of anything you can make illegally in there. You have the 12 Saurus Warriors you can make, the 8 Saurus Knights. And then you can make one of these three things. https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Seraphon-Saurus-Scar-Veteran-on-Carnosaur https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Seraphon-Troglodons https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Seraphon-Saurus-Oldblood-on-Carnosaur
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I meant more along the lines of "if I build half of them with spears and half with swords can they all fit in the same unit or do they have to be separate" kind of 'illegal'.
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Feb 9, 2018 01:42
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if you pay the buck fifty for the army builder monthly does that give you access to everything or do you still have to unlock every book individually
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Feb 9, 2018 01:49
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S.J. posted:if you pay the buck fifty for the army builder monthly does that give you access to everything or do you still have to unlock every book individually The latter.
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Feb 9, 2018 01:50
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bonds0097 posted:The latter. what the gently caress is the point then i am not spending 400 dollars on books to get all these rules lmao
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S.J. posted:what the gently caress is the point then Fortunately Russian Facebook pages will provide.
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TKIY posted:Fortunately Russian Facebook pages will provide. or imageboards
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Feb 9, 2018 02:18
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GW has an AoS army builder, it seems good enough.
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Feb 9, 2018 02:26
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Strobe posted:I meant more along the lines of "if I build half of them with spears and half with swords can they all fit in the same unit or do they have to be separate" kind of 'illegal'. I think it's the former but I am not sure.
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S.J. posted:if you pay the buck fifty for the army builder monthly does that give you access to everything or do you still have to unlock every book individually You can use the army builder for everything, but that doesn't give you rules. It includes all the scrolls for each individual unit (like you could download from their site) but not battalions AFAIK.
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MasterSlowPoke posted:GW has an AoS army builder, it seems good enough. Yes but to actually see the warscrolls for your formations, you need to own the relevant battletome or whatever.
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The Aos app is actually pretty great and I wish so badly that 40k had one. The $2 is worth it imo. You don't have access to battalion warscrolls but you do have the scrolls for every unit and points for everything. You still have to buy the battletomes, either digitally or physically, but you had to do that anyway. The app does give you the option of paying for just the battalion rules you want a la carte but that is what actually seems bad.
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Feb 9, 2018 04:28
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bonds0097 posted:Yes but to actually see the warscrolls for your formations, you need to own the relevant battletome or whatever. Yeah but those are less important. And if you actually have the relevant book you don't need that anyway.
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Feb 9, 2018 05:05
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So I guess I kinda was asking because I wanted to see some of the allegiance abilities that aren't in the General's Handbook and I didn't realize there were so drat many of them.
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Feb 9, 2018 06:26
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Out of curiosity how are Pestilens right now? They seem poorly regarded by the community at large but, thanks to their start collecting box, seem absurdly cheap to collect. I like them thematically as well but I'd prefer not to put myself in a bad situation if I decide to go with them, particularly if Maggotkin and LoN are also appealing to me.
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Feb 9, 2018 06:36
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Strobe posted:I finally broke down and got the Seraphon SC box. Trip report: Carnosaur model kicks rear end, Saurus Knight and Saurus Warriors models are 15+ years old and not great. The instructions for the Saurus Warriors literally mentions to cut off the part of the legs that used to slot into the base. They're definitely more spindly than I thought they were. Not nearly as fun to put together as I was hoping.
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Strobe posted:I finally broke down and got the Seraphon SC box. Are there any trap options I should be aware of before I start assembling them, or any quirks of unit/formation building I should know? I have never played a game of AOS, I just like how they look. I'd like to use them eventually, so if there's an option I can accidentally pick to make the unit illegal that seems like something to know ahead of time. There’s apparently some hacks you can use to get more out of the box. Most notably you can get a free troglodon using a spare base, green stuff, and some modeling skill. (Haven’t tried any of this but I also just bought the SC box and was looking for things to do with it). http://www.lustria-online.com/threads/getting-the-most-from-your-start-collecting-seraphon-box.20560/ E: Strobe posted:Trip report: Carnosaur model kicks rear end, Saurus Knight and Saurus Warriors models are 15+ years old and not great. The instructions for the Saurus Warriors literally mentions to cut off the part of the legs that used to slot into the base. They're definitely more spindly than I thought they were. Not nearly as fun to put together as I was hoping. Well crap
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AnEdgelord posted:Out of curiosity how are Pestilens right now? They seem poorly regarded by the community at large but, thanks to their start collecting box, seem absurdly cheap to collect. I like them thematically as well but I'd prefer not to put myself in a bad situation if I decide to go with them, particularly if Maggotkin and LoN are also appealing to me. Plague monks are pretty good basic infantry and the plagueclaw catapult is decent artillery, but I think the Pestilens book has been overshadowed by the Maggotkin book now. It would be a fun and thematic army to play with the bonus that you can play them freely in a Maggotkin army, if you end up not liking the way a rat army plays, since they have the Nurgle keyword.
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Tardigrade posted:
If you already have the box I'd give it a shot anyway. The Carnosaur is a fantastic looking thing, just make sure you dry fit every piece. A few of the fits aren't immediately intuitive, and there are a couple (well hidden bit still there) gaps you may want to identify for filing. I'm sure my dissatisfaction with the Warrior sculpts is me being spoiled by high customization and thicc model factions from 40K. A Riptide these ain't.
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Strobe posted:I meant more along the lines of "if I build half of them with spears and half with swords can they all fit in the same unit or do they have to be separate" kind of 'illegal'. quote:Some units of Saurus Warriors wield Celestite Clubs, while others are armed with Celestite Spears. This specific unit can't mix weapons. Model them how you want just make sure you have it clear to your opponent when you play "this unit is all spears," or whatever. Conversely, some units can mix and will you usually say "Some models in this unit are armed with X, others carry Y. They may choose to use Z instead." like Ardboyz.
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Finished my Starmaster who is incidentally my first fantasy model. 
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S.J. posted:So I guess I kinda was asking because I wanted to see some of the allegiance abilities that aren't in the General's Handbook and I didn't realize there were so drat many of them. Battlescribe might have them, or if all else fails you probably can find it on 1d4chan if you're brave enough to go there.
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Strobe posted:If you already have the box I'd give it a shot anyway. The Carnosaur is a fantastic looking thing, just make sure you dry fit every piece. A few of the fits aren't immediately intuitive, and there are a couple (well hidden bit still there) gaps you may want to identify for filing. Thanks for the heads up! Can I paint each saurus and/or cold one in different colors or patterns to break up the monotony of painting the same model over and over? Or is that frowned upon? Realizing that the Chaos forces are more fun to paint than the matching tidy Order forces...
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New Malign Portents story.
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I just finished putting together 20 Grave Guard with Great Weapons and gently caress spindly models with three points of contact to glue simultaneously. I have 20 more to build but those fuckers are getting sword and board.
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TKIY posted:I just finished putting together 20 Grave Guard with Great Weapons and gently caress spindly models with three points of contact to glue simultaneously. I have 20 more to build but those fuckers are getting sword and board. While we're complaining about terrible model assemblies: gently caress savage boars having literally one point of contact with the base. I'm convinced every single one of these will fall off their base.
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Deified Data posted:Finished my Starmaster who is incidentally my first fantasy model. Thats a pretty awesome Slann.
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:While we're complaining about terrible model assemblies: gently caress savage boars having literally one point of contact with the base. I'm convinced every single one of these will fall off their base. The Carnosaur, which is otherwise kickass, also has just one point of contact. It makes me very nervous.
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Deified Data posted:Any decent AoS Black Library books? There’s a compilation called Hammerhal and other stories which is a good intro. Call of Archaon has some good stuff in it but there’s some stuff in there that doesn’t really make sense if you stop and think about it. There’s some clever ideas you could knick for your own warbands and stories though. Bladestorm also had some nice ideas in it. Lots of hammer porn though. But I like hammer porn. Desperate last stands, heroic struggles etc, the usual fun cheesy stuff. You occasionally come across stuff where it’s obvious the author was told to push certain models or factions. You roll your eyes and it’s usually over fairly quickly apart from in one point in Call of Archaon.
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I think I found a nasty bullshit list for 1k Legion of Night: Vamp General w/ Outflank trait, Spell: Spirit Gale, Chiropteric Cloak Banshee (outflanking w/ LoN ability) 2 x 3 Spirit Hosts Terrorgheist (Outflanking w/ LoN Ability) 2 x Morghast Harbingers w/ Halberds (Outflanking w/ LoN Ability) 980 pts Basically only the hosts start on the table, parked by all four of your gravesites so they can regenerate as they get shot or damaged from spells. Take second turn or wait until you have it so you don't hit the double turn and then outflank everything. Terrorgheist and Banshee scream, Harbingers have a 3d6 charge, Vamp can try the charge or hang back but when he gets off Spirit Gale (ideally on a horde) he can suicide in, pop the cloak and then all attacks back at him are causing MW to the attackers on 1s or 2s. Should be a crippling alpha strike. Whatever is left has to deal with the Harbingers, Hosts and Terrogheist in combat.
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You need some battleline for that list. Zombies/Skeletons/Direwolves. Otherwise seems fun. If you drop the hosts for battleline it works but becomes riskier.Deified Data posted:Any decent AoS Black Library books? Spear of Shadows is a pretty good fantasy adventure that is absent of stormcast hammer action and dispenses with Faction/Model namedroppinng after the first bit.
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Danimo posted:You need some battleline for that list. Zombies/Skeletons/Direwolves. Otherwise seems fun. If you drop the hosts for battleline it works but becomes riskier. Spirit Hosts are Battleline for Legion of Night? edit: Ah poo poo, no Nighthaunt only. Drop one Spirit Host and go 2 x 5 Dire Wolves then. More pressure on the opponent and more targets to deal with anyhow. TKIY fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Feb 9, 2018 |
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