Welcome back, and thanks for a good read. Did your characters have additional magic items on them as well? I noticed they weren't listed in your battle report. Did your Grave Guard have hand weapon/shield, or great weapons?
To answer some of your questions:
- is he allowed more than one dispel scroll and warbanner? He had 4 of each but I think that is illegal. I didn't mind but handy to know for next time.
Nope. "Common magic items" really aren't common at all anymore; they are limited 0-1 in every list, just like magic items from the armybooks themselves. So that's 1 Warbanner per list, and 1 dispel scroll!
[quote[- I forgot to absorb magic with my black coach on the first turn, it would of been handy as I could have got ethereal a lot sooner and ended up being a flyer.[/quote]
Yes indeed! The Black Coach is ludicrously good, given how quickly it can absorb Power Dice in 8th edition. Certainly worth remembering.
- I couldn't work out if the black coach keeps absorbing dice after it hits upgrade number 6 (thus draining your magic for the rest of the game). Any ideas?[]/quote]
That's probably a question for Carpe Noctem, but yes, I suspect it continues to absorb dice.
- We forgot to use the bonuses earned in spells when it came round to the magic phase. We are probably going to get some sort of 'spell markers' to remind us.
Markers are good, especially since the magic phase can have a tremendous and dramatic effect on how your units perform. Augments and Hexes play a critical role in every combat, so they're worth remembering.
- In the ghouls first turn of combat I forgot they had 2 attacks in the front tank, and in the second round I almost forgot the third rank could fight too as they were a horde (luckily I remembered that just before he rolled his return attacks)
You live and learn. Combined those two attacks and Poison with magic augments, and you can get a pretty fearsome combat unit...
- We couldn't find in the rulebook whether or not when the lords were in a challenege inside the knights of the realm unit, their banner adds to their sides combat resolution and thus can break the vampire even though they dont strike at her because she is in a challenge. Also if we had remembered to use the spell effect from shield of thorns, would she take the magical hits for being in base contact with the unit since she is in a challenge?
Only the two models engaged in a challenge can fight each other, but that doesn't stop their respective unit(s) from lending their support! Ranks, banners, and any kills earned by both sides will still contribute to the resolution of the overall combat, which means that the dueling characters will still have to take all that into account for their break tests or instability results.
