Re: [Epic] [E40K] Squats -- different list

From: Ken Taborek <oberon_at_...>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 05:50:06 -0400 (EDT)

If the gasbag rules are built into the critical hit table, it will not
accuratly represent the old system of 1/3 of all hits doing no damage.
Unless perhaps the Overlord always took a critical (like Eldar Titans),
and say, a 2-6 roll on the critical chart read (something like): The shot
hits the self-sealing gasbag and does no damage. Do not reduce the DF by
one for this hit.

--Ken Taborek oberon_at_...
"Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change."- random fortune



On Sat, 7 Jun 1997, Aaron P Teske wrote:

>
> Excerpts from Epic: 6-Jun-97 RE: [Epic] [E40K] Squats --.. by James
> Nugent_at_....
> > I understand your dillema here. Although the new flyer rules make the
> > Gryocopter a better flyer than the Overloard.
>
> Yeah, but then the Squats have *nothing* apart from War Engines, arty
> and infantry/bikes. Although I guess that isn't all *that* different
> from before... but the 'copters are also the only godd harasment troops
> the Squats have, really! (Well, at least in Epic terms -- the bikes
> were pinned down easily. Now, though... eh.)
>
> >I just can't picture a
> > Blimp swooping down, attacking then climbing ack into orbit in a turn.
>
> You too, huh?
>
> > How about make the gryocopters flyers. Something like
> > Armour 5+, Range 15, Fp=3D2 Assault of 3/2.
>
> Why cut it down, really? Armour 5+, range 30, FP 3, Assault 4/2.
> Gyrocopters are supposed to be *very* maneuverable, and pretty well
> armed. Points value 50 or so, I'd say.
>
> And if we do this, I guess Colossi just get perma-artillery on their
> MegaCannon & missiles....
>
> >The Overlord should
> > technicly be a war Engine. A flying war engine that can't leave the
> > table. (I.E it ignores terrain and always has LOS and the enemy always
> > has LOS to it. And you don't need FLAK to fire at it.) Give it a 6
> > armour and 4 DMG. You could build the Gasbag rules into the critical
> > charts.
>
> Yup, 6+ armour, and I'd represent the gas bags as having very few hits
> on the damage table give any extra damage points, and maybe 2-4 or 2-5
> just a gasbag hit. (Then you start nailing weapons & whatnot... have to
> figure this out.)
>
> Aaron Teske
> Mithramuse+_at_...
>
Received on Sun Jun 08 1997 - 09:50:06 UTC