The Shroud of Despair is a waste against armies that are Immune to Psychology. I wouldn't have tried to cast it either. Yes, I agree. But also as I mentioned before when the magic phase came I had so many better options with the warlocks and the death mage which made it so that I wouldn't have had ...

I tested the shroud today. You can find the list and some comments of the game here. However as mentioned in the other topic I feel that SoD gets a bit wasted with level 4 death mage. Yes D&D is really good combo with it but as death is so good overall lore it tends to dominate the whole magic p...

Right, I promised some wrap up about todays game. Short story: fought agains daemons, dice were thrown, I massacred daemons. Then the long version. My friend brought his DoC army with heavy on the slaanesh theme. The force included Keeper, Slaanesh herald with asf buff, about 18 daemonettes, 2x3 fie...

I don't think that the spell is complete dud against DoC and undead armies. As the spell also prevents opponent from using inspiring presence and BSB rerolls you can do a good number of wounds due to instability or crumble against them. Granted you will need to win the combat first.

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Agreed. One thing I just now noticed now that I was reading the spell description again and thinking about what would be the other optimal spell from the lore. The lore attribute says that any hex targeting an enemy unit and casting containing doubles or triples will affect the additional hits. What...

I don't really see the added benefit of the dark pegasus over just normal steed. Yes it does fly but then again you save a bucket load of points by mounting the level 2 on dark steed. And since you are almost forced to take tome of furion you would also get the look out sir! -rolls if you are runnin...

His Death Hag is not on CoB so the list is legal.

Anyway, I'll report back to you tomorrow evening after the game how it all went down.

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Thanks for all the comments. I agree about the part that hydra is nowhere near what it used to be. However as I mentioned I wanted to get another terror causing unit in order to get more out of the shroud. I could go with terrifying mask master but then again I would need to put him on a steed or pe...

Hello, why not go with death lore on your sorceress? As you haven't used all your pool choices you are able to take it and it arguably the strongest lore in the book. Also with the added movement freedom given by the pegasus you should be able to get quite nice lines for purple sun also when necessa...

Hello everyone, I've recently read the discussion revolving around the shroud of despair spell and the ideas and the theory behind it is really interesting and therefore I would like to try it out. The list I've done uses the ETC comp pack and draft #3 as that is the style we play here with my frien...

Note also that if they move at all, they will have to get 1" away from the table's edge, as it is impassable terrain. Sorry as this might be a bit off topic but I didn't think that this following question requires a new topic as it is a related to the original. I don't think you count the tabl...

Thanks for the comments. Yes, I'm going to Talvisota -tournament and this is what the original idea was for a list. I have after that tweaked the list around a bit. The sorceress is currently mounted on a dark steed and the plan was to run her in whatever cavalry unit would best suit at the time. Th...

just to give an example how would you deal with 2 deamon princes and a flying disc combat lord. Flip the table and run. On more serious note I see your point here and I got to admit I'm a bit rusty on the dark elves as my gaming community is very limited and also I have been mostly playing lizardme...

you have a fast army and 2 units of WE, m4 infantry. Sorry, I didn't quite understand what the main point was? Yes I know the two WE units are much slower than all the cavalry and fliers and I think I would much rather run 3x10 dark riders or so as my core option. However I find it quite difficult ...

Hello and thanks for the comment. That is true that 8 levels of magic will be alot and I usually am not able to utilize all of them efficiently. However I think that you can count the warlocks as being just level 2 casters as they do a lot of other things too with quite cheap price tag. Also I usual...

Hello all, the new draft has come out a while ago and it is being used in a tournament later this month that I am planning on attending with my dark elves. I was considering bringing the following list to the party: Dreadlord: General, Dark Steed, Shield, Heavy Armour, Sea Dragon Cloak, Giant Blade,...

A wizard cannot choose any magical armour (or shield) if it doesn't have an option to get a mundane one. (Rulebook under magic item section-selecting magic items)

Hi, yea it was a lot of fun to play. I should have another game this week agains the same guy. Probably a different army though. I was thinking of either 5 or 6 with musician and nothing else on them to keep them cheap. I did think what was said earlier and the game I had and I came to conclusion th...

Just got my first game with the above list against chaos dwarves. Boy was that a fun one. My opponent had lv4 on taurus, some WM's, kdaai, some bulls and the bucketload of hobgoblin archers. Did win the game quite a bit due to scenario rules but in the end it was rather even match. I did manage to I...

Hello, and thanks again for all the comments. I was also thinking of changing the AHW's to GW's for the shades and after the comments I think that will be the best way to go. I really like the concept of the warlocks. However I have begun to think that I might change one unit of them to dark riders....

Hello, and thank you for the replies. I'll try to answer most of the feedback and questions. Lets start from the easiest from Maaksel: No special characters allowed in the tournament. Sorry for not bringing that up. Also I don't generally like to field any named characters. Then to all about the spe...

Hello everyone, new dark elf book came out so it's time for me to dust of my old minis and paint new ones to update the collection. Anyhow I was thinking of participating this tournament in about a month and I would like to bring my DE there. Without further ramblings here's the list: Supreme Sorcer...

Right, Thank you for the comments. Although found a mistake on my previous list. I had calculated the points for black guard incorrectly. So I had to alter it. Here's the revised version: Supreme Sorceress: 4th Level, Dark Magic, Dispel Scroll = 285 Master: Heavy Armour, Shield, Sea Dragon Cloak, Da...

Hello everyone! It's been ages since I last posted something on these forums. It doesn't mean that I haven't been playing I have just concentrated more on my other two armies. This is because I have found that the dark elves (my first army actually) just doesn't suit me. I don't know if it's because...

I see your point here but I think you are incorrect this time for two reasons. As you said the cauldron of blood is listed as a warmachine BUT it is also listed as an upgrade for the Death Hag. This makes me think that the Hag brings the cauldron to the fight and not the other way around. Also since...