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RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - Dedwoods42 - 30-01-2015
(30-01-2015, 03:41 PM)Embolden Wrote:(30-01-2015, 03:37 PM)manrogue Wrote:(30-01-2015, 03:24 PM)aprilmanha Wrote: Also pretty sure standing behind your own cultists only will give the eldar a free cover save while not giving you own Oblits any benefits?Nope you can shoot through your units with no penalty, but if you are behind a unit of yours you get a cover save (5+ i believe), you've got it wrong way round.
Sorry bud, page38, firing through units (even friendly ones) will grant a cover save i the enemy is 25% obscured.
Also - no point in oblits being in cover as they have 2+/5+ save IIRC (defo 2+ not sure on inv)
Aye- Which is why the cultists move out the of way, Oblits shoot, cultists run to get back in front ;-)
Edit: D'oh. Forgot about the Invuln, so the Cultist shield would be daft. A Sorcerer buffing them with Biomancy would only be a small amount of points more and could hang out of the line of fire, move, buff, run back out the way.
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - aprilmanha - 30-01-2015
(30-01-2015, 03:50 PM)Dedwoods42 Wrote: Aye- Which is why the cultists move out the of way, Oblits shoot, cultists run to get back in front ;-)
But the eldar will not beat their 2+ save, but do ignore cover?
The oblits will get no benefit from it?
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - Dedwoods42 - 30-01-2015
(30-01-2015, 03:54 PM)aprilmanha Wrote:(30-01-2015, 03:50 PM)Dedwoods42 Wrote: Aye- Which is why the cultists move out the of way, Oblits shoot, cultists run to get back in front ;-)
But the eldar will not beat their 2+ save, but do ignore cover?
The oblits will get no benefit from it?
Aye, sorry- ignore that. Replace with barebones Sorcerer rolling on biomancy for a decent chance to get some good buffs. That + two MoN Oblits will set you back 212 points and have a decent chance of making that back before death.
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - aprilmanha - 30-01-2015
Think I'll stick to hiding in my deployment zone on an objective and let them come to me
My list has no room for extra units after my HQ+2Troops
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - Dedwoods42 - 30-01-2015
(30-01-2015, 04:16 PM)aprilmanha Wrote: Think I'll stick to hiding in my deployment zone on an objective and let them come to me
My list has no room for extra units after my HQ+2Troops
Haha, fair enough!
Good point!
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - manrogue - 30-01-2015
Summary so far (still work in progress, feedback if you see something you don't agree with) to get us back on topic
-500pts starting point.
Must fill out mandatory slots in your CAD (ie HQ, 2 Troops).
No allies.
Only one unit from each slot bar troops. (ie HQ, Elites, Fast attack, Heavy support) So no triple riptide, only one allowed, then crisis suits then stealth suits etc.
2 of each Dedicated transport allowed max. For Eldar, falcons can be taken as dedicated transports
2 Flyer/FMC max. No swooping until 1000Pts plus met?
Whatever unit you choose must stay in you army,the only thing that can be changed is upgrades at month end when you gain your 250 points.
Low Allowed but can't spend more than 250 Pts. This means Characters are a go but should stop super heavies.
Losing 3 games in a row increase your point allowance to 300 for next month.
Invisibility nerf in effect
Chaos only can summon, 1 unit max per turn.
Maybe something to stop certain MC's
No AV14 till 1250 Pts has been reached?
4' x 4' till 1000 Pts, 6' x 4' for 1250Pts plus
Missed anything?
Edit - players so far
Matt - Alpha Legion (exactly what kind TBC)
Thom - Dark Angels
Tom - Dark Angels
Kev - Space Wolves
Vince - Blood Angels
Dave - Sisters/Dark Angels
Ben - Eldar
JJ - Eldar
Dann B - Necrons
Shucky - Chaos
Chris - Dark Eldar
Dan E - Tyranids
Will - Tyranids
Charlotte - Chaos Space Marines
Sam - Orks
Anyone i have missed?
Edit - currently have 15 by my calculations if all the above is correct.
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - Deadman_Dann - 30-01-2015
That took ages to read... I will bring the undead warriors to the game then. The ideas so far all sound really good! I'm eagerly awaiting the new codex before I can put a list together but basic infantry and a lord will easily cover the 500 points to start with.
If PE is being used will there be bonuses for holding certain tiles and the likes?
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - manrogue - 30-01-2015
Yeah crusade of fire has some nice bits in, just trying to barter a copy now lol.
I have a PDF of it as well i'll drop in my dropbox once Bryce gets off Xbox so can use PC lol
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - will - 30-01-2015
It all looks good to me. My only question is are flyers going to be stuck in skimmer mode (whatever it's called) until 1000pts like FMC's?
RE: 500 Pt escalation Campaign - Deadman_Dann - 30-01-2015
Oh yeah, and where do we stand on FW models? Like a Tomb Stalker for instance, or Pylons haha