Re: [Epic] Dune Epic 40K units

From: Tyler Provick <bprovick_at_...>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 15:43:59 -0400

At 11:46 AM 8/25/97 -0400, you wrote:
>"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.
>

Read GorkaMorka fluff in WD 212

>> 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)
>

Any unit under the template is destroyed. War engines are different.


> 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.)

No sane person would activate a shield on a planet with worms. That is
instant suicide. As for Space Fleet weapons, no, if they are heat based,
they will do no damage.
As for the explosion resulting from contact of a lasgun beam and a shield,
the resulting explosion rivals that of Atomics, which is Dune Slang for
Nuclear Weapons. Again, you want to kill a worm, piss on it. (Well, you need
more water then that. A couple of waterbomber attacks would do the trick)

Tyler

>Mark
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 25 1997 - 19:43:59 UTC