tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726568977559996815.post4059864529849343458..comments2023-10-10T09:30:15.930+01:00Comments on Blog of Grudges: SlayersRedCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05167304682496448067noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726568977559996815.post-40935386033468843372012-07-18T12:35:25.957+01:002012-07-18T12:35:25.957+01:00Yeah, GW did have them hosted on their website, bu...Yeah, GW did have them hosted on their website, but now basically don't acknowledge the whole thing happened. It was a poor end to a campaign. The ending basicaly being:<br /><br />- Valten and Archaeon duke it out, both fail until Grimgor sneaks up, smashed Archaeon to the floor, should "I IZ DA BEST!!" then JUST. WALKS. OFF.<br /><br />- Belakor and an entire host of daemons are exorcisted from the world by Teclis clapping his hands<br /><br />- Mannfred von Carstein runs away from a mad, old priest (Volkmar) because he was told "You can die just as easy as Vlad".<br /><br />- The slayer king RETOOK his vow after his son Garagrim took it to relieve Ungrim of the slayer oath. Garagrim died by a chaos giant falling on his head, Ungrim was so sad he took the vow once again.<br /><br />IT WAS BASICALLY STUPID. Gw made this campaign to be the ending of the world and in the end... NOTHING changed. At all.<br /><br />*bitter*<br /><br />The lists were not balanced, the slayers were hard as nails, they even got a 2d6" before the beginning of the game: "Look Snorri, Trolls!" There were more abailities:<br /><br />- Beastslayer; that slayer's wounds counted as double for CR<br />- VampireSLAYER; against T5 or high opponent EACH wound caused D6<br />- Skavenslayer; double attacks based off the number of models in base to base, to max of 10.<br /><br />Oh, and for each 1k points in the army, it got another Dispel dice.<br /><br />The goblin hewer was awesome; D3 hits PER MODEL it would hit in a straight line. So, for three ranks deep it would be D3x3. Now, imagine a flank shot...<br /><br />Yeah, the models I missed out on. I got the first two, but missed the last. It's here:<br /><br />http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/pr33--gotrek-gurnisson-pr34--felix-jaeger-pr35--snorri-pr36--max-schreiber-pr37--ulrika-straghovKuffehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362276686961154685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726568977559996815.post-83080207463555978862012-07-18T10:50:45.359+01:002012-07-18T10:50:45.359+01:00Ah, so Storm of Chaos is where those slayer rules ...Ah, so Storm of Chaos is where those slayer rules came from.<br />Love the deathblow, it's genius. It would rarely actually wound, but the stories that you'd get from that one successful time! <br /><br />I have the goblin hewer, it's a great model but I never really use it. I *do* use the slayer crew from it though, they're slayers but have engineer gear/looks - so I use them for Master Engineer or extra normal engineers for warmachines.<br /><br />I didn't realise there were a set of character models from the books, they'd be great.RedCraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167304682496448067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726568977559996815.post-85303865891302754712012-07-17T12:55:48.049+01:002012-07-17T12:55:48.049+01:00It is interesting that you say this, I have recent...It is interesting that you say this, I have recently discussed this with some other gamers. I am in the camp of will try them, but at the moment there are better things to put points into.<br /><br />The older rules you mention were from one list; the Slayer army from the Storm of Chaos campaign. It was awesome. You got VPs back for every slayer killed by S5 attacks or higher. Characters got abilties; such as more attacks based on models in base to base. A 'deathblow' where he'd get to attack once after he was killed. And some more I can't remember. Then there were the Brotherhood, basically a unit of slayers with MR, better S and could take a magic banner. Not forgetting Malaki's goblin hewer.<br /><br />It was a fun army, but perhaps not terribly balanced.<br /><br />The older Gotrek and Felix books were good, not read many of the newer ones but I wasn't amazingly keen on some. However, how can you not love some characters - Snorri? :D<br /><br />I wish I had gotten the set of characters from the books when they were released a few years ago. Some nice models. I have two versions of the couple I need to get painted up.Kuffehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362276686961154685noreply@blogger.com