Re: [Epic] Dune Epic 40K units

From: Mark A Shieh <SHODAN+_at_...>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:46:27 -0400 (EDT)

"Miller, Chris" <CMiller_at_...> writes:
> ---->Well for the SLD I was speculating on using a worm to spank the
> rest of the army, and if you think the orks couldn't build one big
> enough,
> I'm inclined to disagree - their ships supposedly use force bubbles and
> traktor beams to travel, so...

        I thought they used derelict hulks to travel. They wait for
one to swing by, and then jump on and go where it takes them. But
then again, they are supposed to have a force in the works for Space
Fleet somewhere.

> And the Vortex missile should still hurt -<slurrrrrrp> especially the
> SM/TL
> version where anything withou void shields was sucked into the warp -
> no damage numbers, just gone.

        Huh? I thought you rolled damage as normal. You just didn't
get your armor save. (Which means that anything smaller than a Scout
Titan got sucked in, but larger units could live)

> I sense a "Dune stuff is better" opinion on that end, and that's fine,
> but the background and units of the two don't mix that well unless
> you concede that there are some weaknesses on both sides.

        Sure. All the weapons in Epic scale are pretty small to hurt
a worm. Some of the Space Fleet weapons could probably hurt it just
fine. It's a simple matter of scale, sort of like putting down a
crewed Imperator in the middle of a WH40k battle. Most forces would
also have no problems setting up a lasgun to shoot at a shield. (Blow
them up? Lose a trooper? Sure.)

Mark
Received on Mon Aug 25 1997 - 15:46:27 UTC