When using your beastmaster, manticore ?

Frankthetank · Post by **Frankthetank** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:59 pm

When using your beastmaster ,manticore how do you equip him ?
I have bin try the lance pluse blood armour but it seem he hit a little bit hard then a unit of dark riders in flanks .

The liger · Post by **The liger** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:50 pm

Since when I use a BM on Manti, I'm usually pretty low on points, I don't often spend the 25pts on extra magic items for the BM, and sometimes use the 25pts allowance to give him the Seal of Ghrond. However, occasionally I'll give him the Blood Armour instead (putting the Seal on my Highborn). Then on top of that, he always has a lance, SDC and light armour (if he's not wearing BA).

Raneth · Post by **Raneth** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:06 pm

I think Armour of Darkness is a good one, too.

Sirist · Post by **Sirist** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:48 pm

You cannot give a Beastmaster Blood Armour, or the Armour of Darkness. As he cannot wear a suit of mundane heavy armour, or carry a mundane shield, he is not allowed to carry a magical counterpart.

I'm partial to the Web of Shadows or the Seal of Ghrond on my Beastmaster on a Manticore with lance, light armour, and sea dragon cloak.

Opera of death · Post by **Opera of death** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:48 pm

Can a BM do that? I was looking at one for the new army I obtained. The BM doesn't get a mundane shield as an option, so I assumed that he couldn't use a magic one either and the AoD includes a shield.

Of course I know next to nothing about DE yet.

Dancingpigeon · Post by **Dancingpigeon** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:51 pm

Close, Sirist. He can take the Blood Armour, because he has access to mundane armour- he can't take the AoD because he doesn't have access to a mundane shield.

Opera of death · Post by **Opera of death** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:00 pm

A character who can wear armour can wear any magical armour. That's what page 121 of the big rule book seems to say.

Balthamael · Post by **Balthamael** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:29 pm

A character that is not allowed to carry mundane shields can not be given magical shields either. AoD includes a shield and can therefore not be given to chars that can't carry shields. This is discussed thouroughly in some other thread.

Asikari · Post by **Asikari** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:26 am

Yes, unfortunately one of the best magic armors the druchii have includes a shield thus eliminating any cheap means of augmenting the character's strength (except for the sword of might), and denying the beastmaster a 2+ save (which was probably GW's intent in the first place).

Because, let's face it - who wouldn't spend that 25 points on Armor of Darkness if it was a legal option for a beastmaster.

You might try using the ring of hotek and harassing enemy mages. Just a brainstorm - I haven't used a beastmaster in quite a while.