D.R.A.I.C.H-Magic Items Summary - 8th Edition Update

[Mordrin]

The point is, PoS is a one use item, if you're taking that reroll to wound weapon, it's not a very useful boost and a waste of 30pts. If you used it in conjunction with the Hydra Blade or one of those +x attacks weapons then it's more useful for a one round big burst of damage. 4 attacks isn't enough to kill a monster, nor swing a ACR fight to your favour significantly.

Too often I get owned by bad dice rolls. Always when it should be the easy hits and wounds I fail.
S4 with constant re-rolls to hit and to wound works to wound most basic infantry.
And I for one like the option of having an almost 100% guarantee to get off 4 S7 atleast once per battle. Sure it will not kill a dragon on its own, but it might just finish it off.

[Malus99]

On this issue I think I have to go with mordrin I think, You raise very valid points meteor but I think the '7' rating is reasonable because of the much higher reliability, I'm probably not going to be using it in my lists as I use heartseeker with a master and blood armour, but I think this could be useful as an insurance policy, in a game which can be ruled by chance, I think having such a reliable combo is a reasonable choice.

[Meteor]

Oh, I'm not saying the rating should be lower, it is a fine combo for a one off hands down. It might make a difference where it counts with the rerolls. I personally like consistency and allowing my Dreadlord more options than just infantry class units that have a lower toughness value.

[Malus99]

fair enough

[Malekii]

Venom sword+dragon=no more dragon and cloak of hag graef is only 25points and it makes you pretty much invulnerable to shooting plus you still have plenty of points left to spend.

[Malus99]

Ranger’s Standard
One more use is with the COB. A warmachine considers all terrains (save hills) as impassable and must stop at 1". Ever be blocked by a river?

As pointed out by blondeshade in another thread, strider prevents dangerous terrain tests, but it does not allow you to voluntarily move through dangerous terrain, so the ranger's standard will have no effects whatsoever on the CoB since it cannot actually go into dangerous terrain because it treats all terrain bar hills and open as impassable. Have edited this out of the main post now, so watch out everyone, Ranger's standard does not let warmachines pass through terrain they would otherwise not be able to pass.

[Camaris]

As a whole, I like the article. The only comment, I had was concerning the wizarding hat. I am by no means advocating the use of this item, and I understand the reasoning behind your comments. However, I think that saying it's completely worthless, may be a bit too harsh. With 8th edition magic, there are useful spells in every lore, so the dreadlord has a fairly good chance of getting something he can use, and if he rolls good, he might just win the game for you. As a result of this, I'd probably give it a 2 or a 3. It's not something I'd recommend for competitive play, but if players want to take it for amusement purposes, they should see some use out of it.

[Malus99]

As a whole, I like the article. The only comment, I had was concerning the wizarding hat. I am by no means advocating the use of this item, and I understand the reasoning behind your comments. However, I think that saying it's completely worthless, may be a bit too harsh. With 8th edition magic, there are useful spells in every lore, so the dreadlord has a fairly good chance of getting something he can use, and if he rolls good, he might just win the game for you. As a result of this, I'd probably give it a 2 or a 3. It's not something I'd recommend for competitive play, but if players want to take it for amusement purposes, they should see some use out of it.

ok, I agree with that, but I think it only gets a 1 for taking your entire magic items quota and being exceptionally expensive