Hi guys, i am curious about what do you think of allegiances while playing DE. Do you usually try to run more than one race, or would you like to? Do you think is there a way we can profitably ally to someone since allegiance rules are not so kind with us? I love BG things and themed things so i th...

Is Teclis still broken? He is interesting. Still a stupidly powerful mage that gets to choose one spell from each of the 8 BRB lores, but all of the toys he has are now once per game rather than once per turn. For 450 points he is a very practical investment. Edit Right! first game with the new boo...

Well, I had my first game with the book and was remarkably underwhelmed. You have the potential to be lucky with it, but the average result is hardly worth the trouble. Loremasters can make better use of the points, though it might be worth it on a lvl 4

Dark is always good on hordes, word of pain is generally awesome and chillwind shuts down shooting. Other than that just run fire. Slaughters little furry critters. As for removing their slave units 7/12 wide witches worked for me, +1 from the CoB or the 5+ ward helps and you can reduce their units ...

The new HE book is awesome! It bloody well should be! It's 40 euro's! I'm not one to nag (a lot) about the price of WHFB. It's hobby, hobbies cost money. But this isnt funny any more. I was planning on buying it for my mate's birthday, but i refuse to do it. Not that i'm not willing to spend 40 eur...

"drain magic", who's only job in life is to make shadow lore users miserable. Could you explain that to me Rabidnid? Personally I'd love my HE to try and cast that spells to get rid of one or 2 debuffs...only to find me stopping it and him having to remove them by hand anyway. It could po...

Well, I wouldn't say Mindrazor takes much skill to use. It's a spell that enables almost all our forces to kill high T and good armor. It's a quickfix to all problems we might meet, which means it simplifies the game. I do agree that it's harder to use than a lot of the other "cheesy" spe...

I asked this over on Ulthuan.net but they are all doing their hair or something. Over there everyone seems to think that its possible to case a spell that will have no effect on a target. I have read through the targeting restrictions in the BRB and it only defines what what unit a spell can be cast...

Perhaps this will encourage bringing a fire mage.. to rid us off their sisters and chaff. Or do they have protection against that? Magic missiles may be a valuable tool against them. Nope, they are really only protected against searing doom. Everything else is squishiy T-3 with minimal slaves. No, ...

I ran only sorceresses, harpies witches and CoK, CoB, 1 hydra and lots and lots of RXB. It was not a hard list, but it didn't have much trouble with anything.

Honestly, I am quite desperate for some really good ideas so please let me know what you think about it! Seriously, they look awesome as is, and they have sails, so i would skip the eagles. I have a DE themed HE army so I know exactly where my DE bolt throwers are going now. As for the engines, yes...

I really like the indian browns. My DE were the same colour, but in red. That was because my GF of the time was filipino and it just seems right.

Go with dark brown for the leather. All the handling it would get would darken it dramatically.

Of course, 3 RBTs and a unit of sisters with a Maiden is a considerable amount of shooting power... Something was bound to die. And one of the reasons I always ran Dark on my DE. The damage mitigation of a couple chill winds and word of pain was amazing. Only thing it didn't stop was artillery, and...

Swordmasters with a character carrying the Ambush item (whatever its name was) You really don't want that block to pop up behind you, and their biggest weakness (shooting) is negated because they're not there to be shot at! Moranion's Wayshard? Can only be used on a unit of archers or spearman up t...

As the story over at Ulthuan.net is that swordmasters are completely useless, and worthless in comparison to white lions, I am wondering how the numbers actually crunch To me its far from clear. 15 SM in 5*3 formation get 20 attacks with 15 after losing a rank 15 WL get 15 attacks with 10 after losi...

Yes, that is an idea. I have some lions about the place and making a stinger is well within my scratch building ability.

Edit, looking quite practical. I had looked at vagists, but they are a terrible model. Off to e-bay!

They look great, but I suspect they might be a little small.

So, I have the heavily DE themed HE army who's back story is they are an old DE colony on the south coast of Araby. I have been using 3 harpies to a base as my eagles, but they tend to get stared at, both because they are naked and they really don't explain the stomp they get as a monstrous critter....

Not sure if I interpret this correctly, but with the new FAQ, if we put our Dreadlord in a unit of Spearmen (or other infantry) with Standard of Discipline, he would emit a 11'' LD bubble to all Sorceress within 12'', who could then proceed to snipe enemy models with Spirit Leech up to no end. Lead...

@Daeoron... I see what you mean...and should have been more clear in what it was trying to desribe... My reasoning was that supporting attacks could only be given from behind a full rank. Be they 5 or 10 models. So a 3rd rank could only be used if the 2nd rank was full....normally not a problems si...

What I am hearing (and will probably be seeing once the next event comes around) is that Silver Helm units in a 3x3 formation will be used as a possible support unit for infantry due to the small frontage and ability to squeeze into combats. I can see them with a champion and a few heroes giving th...

Miscasts don't count as magical or do they trigger MR. It's in one of the FAQ's. BotWD is not MR apparently. MR does not stop miscasts (new errata) but miscasts are now magical (also new errata) and so get stopped by the BotWD. Basically makes BotWD like throne of vines for life. And Crown of Atraz...

Mind the tone of the arguments please. I'm sure we can keep the discussion equally interesting! From what I've seen, a lot of the units seem more balanced than before... but it's difficult to really measure balance. HE still is an army you may not enjoy getting into close combat with and their shoo...

I don't think command for avelorn archers has been forgotten. Its tied to the everqueen. I'm debating keeping lore of metal in my repertoire with the high elves expected to be around more. Depdnds on how many fireborn units they can dish out but I can easily see a bus of silverhelms with banner of ...

All I can say is that I want 70 point bolt throwers! You will get them next book. They do make perfect sense for 2 wound artillery. The DE and WE getting ASF has been around as an idea for a while. Mostly I see the DE magic items getting spayed significantly, which is the biggest loss in the HE boo...