Re: [Epic] About Tyranids

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:08:33 -0600

Francois Bruntz wrote:

> Matthew Sprange a �crit :
>
> > >
> > >I would have to agree with respect to certain parts of the army, the
> > >Bio-titans would have to be the weakest of all the Titans, whereas the
> > >general swarm has kept a lot of its power.
> > >
> > >> >
> > >> >Tyranid Warriors and Lictors
> > >> > Heavy Weapons +10 points *
> > >> > Assault +1 point *
> > >> > Save +4 points
> > >> >
> > >> >* Choose only one upgrade
> > >> >What do you think about this?
> > >>
> > >Cannot see why Lictors would be allowed Heavy Weapons, the only possible
> > >Heavy Weapon they would be allowed in WH40K would be the Bio-plasma
> > >Bio-morph, which is very rarely used by a Lictor.
>
> I don't know exactly why but as Arnaud (my contact) plays W40k, I'm sure he
> found there many reasons. Now, I don't know if "heavy weapons" is really
> usefull for an infiltrator unit.
>

I don't think that the lictors should have heavy weapons, but they should have
an FP of 1 at 15 cm to represent their flesh hooks and keep them in firefights.
40K lictors pretty much ignore small arms fire anyway.

Thane

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