Yea, I love the idea. Iam going to use plagues landspeeders for mine. with the mark of nurgle of course. Pts would be easy to figure, and give some game balance.
Scott Lewis
--- On Sun, 9/27/09, Volstagg <peyoterattle_at_...> wrote:
From: Volstagg <peyoterattle_at_...>
Subject: [NetEpic ML] Re: NetEpic stats for Nurgle Blight Drones...?
To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009, 4:08 PM
Having re-organized my much ignored Chaos hordes,
I have discovered something else in Favour of Blight Thralls
(although it is fairly self-evident, in reflection):
Visually; Blight Thralls fullfill the same function
as the original sprue's Chaos Beasts dedicated to the other three Powers
(eg: Khorne Juggers, Slaaneshi Steed riders, and Tzeentchian Disc Riders).
fielded en masse, Gnurgle is no longer 'the ignored Power'...
Although it does tend down the path of 'Army Homogenization'
(ie every army having every type of unit, losing 'character')
the addition of this unit absolutely Does
increase GNurgles visual appeal on the Tabletop.
No, I don't have photos yet,
but I did run the Numbers:
I'm currently fielding
100 Juggernaught Riders, 70 Fiend Riders, 50 Discriders, and (soon!) 30 Thralls.
I quite like the proportions,
and I do feel the addition of this unit adds some needed Balance
to the Chaos Forces;
Visually at least (GamePlay to be determined).
Now; I do have some question as to whether or no Blight Thralls
should be allowed to move as fast as I have proposed initially,
as Gnurgle is traditionally a slower moving force, akin to squats:
Anyone have any thoughts on the subject...?
As a complete aside;
I have been playing with alternate nomenclature;
as I feelthe name "Blight Thrall"is less than prosaic...
How' bout 'Blight _FLIES_",or 'Carrion Flies' or 'Cluster Flies' ( of Gnurgle') ...?
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(hehee...clusterfli es..."that sure is a clusterfly situation".. .)
the swarm/CC/imagery is communicated in Epic Scale quite well,IMO...
On the Tabletop,
I can picture a swarm of them descending on a target
(perhaps a Wounded Titan)
and picking it "clean", spawning a new Swarm...but that's a new mechanic...
As an Aside;
Wow, pretty quiet around here; no doubt.
Seems to be just as quiet on Tactical Command as regarding NetEpic;
everyone is involved with E:A I guess....
...And NetEpic Gold, of course!!!
--- In netepic_at_yahoogroups .com, "Volstagg" <peyoterattle_at_ ...> wrote:
>
>
> Has anyone come up with NetEpic stats for
> the new Forge World Blight Drones?
> http://www.forgewor ld.co.uk/ blightdrone. htm
>
> NetEpic is now spread so thinly, over so many forums,
> that I'm sure it must have been mentioned somewhere, elsewhere:
> http://tinyurl. com/kofsdr
> But, not finding any threads _here_
> 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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