Re: [NetEpic ML] NetEpic stats for Nurgle Blight Drones...?

From: Volstagg <peyoterattle_at_...>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:21:52 -0000

--- In netepic_at_yahoogroups.com, scott lewis <slyotee@...> wrote:
> I like it, how many pts? for how many? You could also treat the template like a mark of >Nurgle, but let armored units take their normal armor save. Just a thought.
> Scott Lewis

Offhand?

A support card of three would be, ah..150?

A support card of Seven would be, um...250?
 
I no longer have my NetEpicPointsCostFormulaExcelSpreadSheet (NEPCFESS™),
so those numbers are very "ballpark"-ish

I''m intriqued by the idea of treating the 'pustulence' template as a Mark of Nurgle,
but have no idea how to calculate the points for it-

--- In netepic_at_yahoogroups.com, Anders Duzaine Hansen <duz.holger@...> wrote:
> I always thought about the slime thing and had a House rule but it
> has never been tested.

Yah: ditto.
I think I'm going to rummage through my Man'O'War stuff and see what that template looks like...

> trail left behaind by any nugle (demon posesed) unit

I'm thinking Greater Daemons, Daemon Engines, Praetorians & Titans....
Thats' just me though ;-P


> --- On Tue, 9/22/09, Volstagg <peyoterattle_at_...> wrote:
>
>
> From: Volstagg <peyoterattle_at_...>

> My initial (completely out of the blue, random & non-binding) thoughts would be as follows:
>
> Blight Drone: Daemon Engine of Nurgle
> 30 cm 6+ +3 Blight Cannon/Pustulence - - 6+ -2 Skimmer special
>
> _Blight Cannon_
> Use the small teardrop template and place it touching the
> Blight Drone within a 180-degree FRONT arc.
> Any model under the template is destroyed on a 5+ (models with a fixed save may save).
> The stream does not affect a Titan / Praetorian.
> This is a physical psychic attack.
>
> _Pustulence_
> Use the small teardrop template and place it touching the
> Blight Drone within a 180-degree REAR arc.
> Any model under the template is destroyed on a 5+ (models with a fixed save may save).
> The stream does not affect a Titan / Praetorian.
> This is a physical psychic attack.
>
> In effect:
> A fast, short-ranged CC oriented land-speeder
>
> (The 'Pustulence' concept is based on
> the Gnurgle PlagueShip effects from Man'o'War;
> leaving slimy trails in their wake:
> I've often ruminated that at least some
> Nurgle units should have some similair sort of slime-trail. ...)
>
> <shrug>
>
> Its probably just easier to use them as proxies
> for the 'Breath of Nurgle' unit.....?
>
> (Where/when did -that- unit come from, anyway...?)
>
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