Compiling the Alpha 3 (and all the glorious two hours it took me to do so
), I realised something - once we reintroduce the Beastmaster and create the Bloodshade, we'll be having six heroes to pick from (Noble, Lordling, Hag Trainee, Sorceress, Beastmaster and Bloodshade), when most other warbands only have three (Thrall, Necromancer and Dregs; Captain, Champions and Youngbloods; etc.) Okay, they're limited to 0-1 for the most part and two of them are now mutually exclusive, but am I the only one with the feeling that we might just be getting carried away with all this Hero stuff, trying to represent the entire Druchii race?
In short, that we're being affected by the "OMG Gav Thorpe made the dwarfs and he playz them so theyre broked?" syndrome (i.e. being Druchii players, we're trying to make the über-list as opposed to being practical)? That we might just have to go back to SG's original Leader/Underlings/Mage/Other composition (ours being Noble/Lordlings/Sorceress/Beastmaster)?
Think about it, for a second, before crying out "Heretic!"
This would:
- realign us with SG's original stance and make this list blander (in a... well, not good, but not necessarily bad either way);
- limit our work (we drop the Bloodshade entirely... or something else I'll mention later), thus speeding up the process;
- solve the "too many Heroes" and "everywhere at once" issues that I see popping up;
- allow us to resolve the "not enough henchmen" issue.
This still gives us five heroes if we wish to have them (Noble, two Lordlings, Beastmaster and Sorceress), two of which are much, much more powerful than the others' (Sorceress and Beastmaster beat Youngbloods any time). It does slide the focus away from individuals towars a more homogenous warband (like most warbands in Mordheim, save a few which are generally centred around less characters), but is that a bad thing?
Why am I saying it allows us the leisure to solve our henchmen problem?
Someone (I can't remember who, but the Omnimessiah's blessing on the lad) mentioned the idea of having a 0-3 witch elves selection in the warband.
*waits for cries of "Heresy!" to die out*
Why am I suddenly turning in favour of this? Because:
- whilst the Hag Trainee and Sorceress' positions of power do not allow them to work together (rivalry, people, rivalry), nothing really opposes the Temple to the Convents except mistrust, and a sorceress and some regular witch elves would surely accept to work together under "pressure" (;)). This wouldn't even require to modify the fluff much;
- this is an idea that we could apply to the Bloodshade. Presto, another useful henchman slot filled... We get four different Heroes and five different henchmen (counting dogs)... Which is fine.
Basically, the idea would work like this:
0-3 Witch Elf
Bought in units of a single model.
Frenzy (= immune to psych whilst frenzied = no All On Your Own tests until they lose it).
P'rhaps the sacrifice rule (as long as the warband has one of 'em).
40gc?
Same statline, I think (sacrifice one WS for one I?).
Same can be extended to Bloodshade (0-2, bought in units of a single model; Loner rule).
So, people? Any ideas? I think'd it solve our problems neatly, take us back closer to what SG had in mind originally, take us away from what seems to be what we're falling into and generally make our lives easier...
Comments?
- A.
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