OkayestDM
-
Posts
654 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Store
Downloads
Blogs
Events
Posts posted by OkayestDM
-
-
1 minute ago, Thaliontil said:
If they are following a sort of Psychic Awakening style of development of the plot and the range of models, I think we will see that in 2021.
That sounds about right to me, especially given the timeframe for current releases.
I've been hoping for a Destruction Ascendant story arch, but in all honesty Slaanesh would be a bigger shakeup and makes more sense as an event overshadowing Nagash's recent skullduggery. (If you will
)
-
1
-
-
12 hours ago, Baron Klatz said:
Do they have a certain fighting style like disciplined shieldwalls to mirror their closeness or the zeal route with dual swords and two-handed hammers for ferocity?
They have no one fighting method, with different Chambers favoring different styles. The second more exaggerated individuality within the Stormhost is meant to result in internal friction, with different groups butting heads over the direction they should take as a whole. Internal conflict is something lacking amongst the Stormcast, and to my mind it always makes better stories.
I really like the lore for yours, you've certainly given them a lot of history!
11 hours ago, zilberfrid said:The city was founded by mages, who experimented with bound magic before the necroquake. They found that spells could be chained down and used to power all manner of machines.
That's really cool man! I can just imagine the conversions!
57 minutes ago, stickybluetoffee said:I’ve got three ongoing at the moment although one is still a bit vague.
They all sound good though! Sometimes you've got to leave a thing vague until inspiration strikes. It's worked well for me in the past.
-
3
-
-
Veering slightly from the current conversation track, but what if all the imminent and rumored Aelven releases are because the next big lore event is going to be Slaanesh escaping captivity?
Wrath of the Everchosen hung a lantern on the Dark Prince, who hasn't gotten a lot of lore publicity since the HoS release. Not really conclusive proof, but coupled with the Aelves, it might be leading in that direction?
-
4
-
-
A place to discuss and/or update your personal lore for any and all of the armies you play, and to exchange ideas on the matter.
It can be simple or in-depth.
There's usually a lot of discussion around this, but I didn't see a Thread dedicated to it.
I'll get the ball rolling (I own several armies, so most of my lore is more generic/bare bones at the moment. As I play/paint more of them, I intend to flesh them out more.)
Like many players, I started with Stormcast.
The Starforged Templars are comprised of mortal warriors who were reforged AFTER the armies of Sigmar began their campaign to liberate the mortal realms. Specifically, those who learned of Sigmar's immortal warriors and - for reasons both selfish and selfless - swore their souls to the God-King in the hopes of being reforged upon their deaths.
Whatever memories are kept or lost, each member of the Stormhost vividly recalls the moment they dedicated themselves to Sigmar, and this speck of identity helps to anchor the Stormcast through whatever they face.
However, it also carries with it traces of their former personality - for better or for worse. Unlike many of the other Stormhost, there can be considerable friction between this one's members, as their superhuman personalities clash. As of yet, nothing has come of it, but some of the other Stormcast secretly wonder if perhaps the God-King was not quite so discriminating with the members of this newer host as he had been with his others.
-
6
-
-
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if GW released something that adds a whole bunch of Battalions to CoS at some point.
That said, this would be a solid fix for now, and honestly a great option to have going forward.
Might change the battleline requirement to 2-3 though, as that would scale better with smaller point games.
-
4 minutes ago, Aelfric said:
On the subject of Battalions, I would like to see the introdution of a generic Battaliion available to all armies, something like;-
1 Hero that must be your General
3 Battleline units
No special rules
Points cost; 120
I think something along these lines would help to mitigate the the disparancy of current Battalions among the existing Battletomes. Some armies have a wide choice with good flexible Battalions and some have maybe one or two that are often very restrictive, and many inbetween. Yes, the armies with the better Battalions could also use it, but the chances are they probably already have something better (and possibly cheaper).
That's . . . a REALLY good idea. Staggeringly simple, but all the better for it!
-
1
-
-
So, I've had Wanderers for a little while now. I love the models and started collecting them before CoS became a thing.
I thought that they were a shoe-in for the Living City, but I was overall disappointed with how they synergized in that city (granted, I've only built a little and haven't played them much.)
However, I started looking at their synergies with other cities and Tempest Eye looks like it could really compliment their play style.
Has anybody had more experience with either of the cities? What was your takeaway?
-
3 minutes ago, JackStreicher said:
It‘s called the internet ^^
you‘ll get push backs no matter what.
Lol, completely true.
I meant more in person, I know there's no helping the internet 😛
-
1
-
-
5 minutes ago, Koradrel of Chrace said:
I think that's actually the point of where they are going with AOS from here in. We might get a couple more new armies, but I think the point was to leave room to flesh things out.
Personally, I prefer having the room to fill in the blanks and make the army lore my own. Granted, you can do that even if the lore is more fleshed out, but there's often a lot more push-back from others who think its wrong to change the official lore.
When they leave things a bit vague, you can discard or change whatever you like, and the reaction is frequently a lot more positive.
-
2
-
-
4 minutes ago, Bayul said:
Super nerdy questions, but at which percent air humidity is it okay to prime models with a spray can outside? In my town it was 63 - 92 percent today and I am sitting on pile of grey plastic.
I've found that 40%-65% is a pretty decent range. I've sprayed in both and never had any issues.
-
2
-
-
I definitely enjoy the convenience of digital rules and support apps when done right - and I have several of them for the sake of convenience - but I've always preferred hard copies myself.
Yes, they can go out of date quickly, but if I read the erratas once or twice, I'm usually good to remember them.
I don't like relying on tech for my hobbies and games for several reasons, though the primary one is that a computer issue or dropping/loosing my phone could deprive me of my gaming tools.
If I drop a book, I just pick it up again. Maybe dust it off.
-
For my part I think that a series of Stormhost supplements would be impractical. I'd rather they just fine-tune the Stormhosts in the book so they were more useful and added real flavor.
That said, I wouldn't mind if GW gave us ways to customize our own Stormhost. Just, preferably all in one book.
Still, we've got big red buttons for 3 more named chambers just waiting for a Sigmar "The hell I can't!" We didn't get anything last year, so who knows, maybe there's an update in the near(ish) future? If they do pop a new chamber, I hope it's more like Extremis. Just a few models. We don't really need much else, we just need what we already have to be good.
-
1
-
-
2 hours ago, JackStreicher said:
Has anyone any clue when the Lumineth might arrive?
assuming there will be 5 to 6 previews in a two week rhythm until release I‘d guess that their release is at the end of April or late March.
I'm guessing mid to late April. That gives them time for 6-8 "Lumineth Week" articles in total, which seems to make sense to me. They might run longer, but if we're assuming a release roughly the same size as the Ossiarchs, they'd likely be struggling to fill a proper article with anything relevant at that point.
Plus, much longer than that and they risk hype-fatigue.
-
41 minutes ago, Mutton said:
OR the whole Sons of Behamut thing isn't a full army, but rather some kind of mercenary sub-faction for Destruction.
Man, I hope not. That would be such a disappointing waste of potential.
-
26 minutes ago, Shankelton said:
I do think though we will start seeing lots of narrative flavored fluff books, with new allegiance abilities though. Gordraks great Waagh providing a way too play most of destruction together. Maybe an updated LoN book too pick and pluck from more of the alliance. Maybe more cities that fold even more factions into the fold with one another. Wrath of the Everchosen seems the first of many of the style of book.
Honestly, I'm all for that.
To be clear, I agree that tighter, thematic factions are absolutely the cleanest and best way to go, but creating systems that support mixing and matching within the grand alliances is an option I would be very happy to have, should I ever have a yen to try something unusual.
Options are always a good thing.
-
1
-
-
Katakros has the more disciplined troops who require remarkably little resupply. They don't eat, sleep, or tire, after all. He's studied the art of war since before death, and doubtless put some of those hours in to learning what he could about Archaon, with direct data available from Nagash once he got a refund on death. This makes an invasion of the Allpoints theoretically feasible for Katakros, as he can replenish his forces with the enemy fallen and keep pressing relentlessly forward.
All that said, my money is still on Archaon. It's unclear just how much information about the current state of the Allpoints is readily available, but from what I understand, Archaon has that place locked down pretty tight. Control of information and familiarity with territory are essential to any successful campaign, and there's no question as to who has the advantage there.
My money is on this campaign being less about conquering the Allpoints, and more about establishing a foothold. If Nagash can get a few key strategic locations in Archaon's seat of power and hold onto them, he can change the terms of the war in the realms. Right now, Archaon is the one determining when and how his forces engage with the enemy, and can do so at his leisure because he's turtled up in the most strategically advantageous location in all the realms.
The campaign itself is likely a "shock-and-awe" approach to making that happen. Present Archaon with a problem he can't ignore (Katakros rampaging across the Allpoints, conquering left and right) and use the distraction to enact the real plan. Any other gains made by Katakros are just gravy.
-
1
-
-
1 minute ago, bigpaul0909 said:
thanks for the info, this sounds exactly like the army i was looking for so im very happy i started doing research post buying the SCE ****** lol.(not that its ****** its just not how id like to play).
SCE was the army I first collected. I like them, but they've never been what I hoped they would. Ironjawz ended up being that😛
Honestly, Ironjawz are much more new/starter player friendly than Stormcast are. You're gonna have a lot of fun!
-
1
-
-
On 1/24/2020 at 3:15 PM, bigpaul0909 said:
wow thank you so much for the info this is all great stuff, and yes i could care less about losing, i just want to find a army that "can" win playing it aggressively which is what i would like to do, so they seem like a great choice for me.
I've owned Ironjawz since before their update. I've never actually played them myself, but I used them to teach some friends how to play the game, so I'm still very familiar with them.
If you want to go aggressive, they're one of the best options to pick. The sheer number of attacks they get is stunning, and all of their abilities and synergies either help you close in on the enemy faster, or make you stronger when in combat with them.
If what you want most from the game is to have your little plastic guys punch their little plastic guys REALLY hard, these are the guys for you.
Their only real weakness is Mortal Wounds. They don't deal that many, and they have very little defense against them, but their high wounds help mitigate that. (One of the secret benefits of Brutes, at 3 wounds apiece they're surprisingly tanky. Definitely worth investing in at least 1 unit of them.)
-
Just now, Sinfullyvannila said:
Yeah, and incidentally it seems that this is the direction they’re taking behemoths in general.
Huh, interesting. Thanks!
-
Random query: According to the core rules, an unmodified 1 to hit, wound, or save auto-fails.
If that's true, why does the LoC initially have a 1+ to wound characteristic on his Staff of Tzeentch? Just to protect against a debuff?
-
25 minutes ago, Kadeton said:
(It also more than slightly annoys me that since those characters can't gain the General traits, armies are often led by some no-name rando while their actual god just hangs around like an oversized cheerleader.)
That's something I'd really like them to address. I'm frustrated that making the named character your general feels like you're getting less bang for your buck, even though both the fluff and common sense make them the obvious choice.
I wish they'd let you take an extra command point or two for loosing out on the trait you would have gotten otherwise. That would work both as a trade-off and thematically, because the named character would probably be considered a superior commander anyway.
-
6
-
-
I voted mixed, because there's a lot of factors involved. Subfactions across the board are a toss-up. Some aren't well thought-out or implemented, whereas others are amazing (or atrocious, depending on which side of the table you're on.)
The better the subfaction's inherent rules, the less painful it is to be locked into a specific artifact and command trait.
My preferred option would be that picking a subfaction "unlocked" a unique command trait and artifact, which you could use or pass over as you chose. However, given that you get bonuses otherwise unavailable to your main faction, I can understand why they made it non-optional.
-
1
-
-
1 minute ago, Gwendar said:
Being unique\named The Changeling can't take an artifact, so that wouldn't work unfortunately.
Oh shoot, I didn't realize it was a unique character. That would have been very thematic for the model.
Probably just as well though.
-
Fun thought concerning the Changeling. Give him the Artifact that eats an enemy artifact on an unmodified 6 to hit and drop him more than 3 inches from an enemy hero toting something scary/cheesy (looking at you Ethereal Amulet.) Make a 3 inch charge and Destiny Die a 6 to hit.
Not necessarily a sporting choice, and there's a few things that would have to pan out for it to work, but certainly a good tool to have in the box.
The downside of course is that you're almost certain to loose him without ever getting to benefit from his spells or abilities.
)
Why are Hit Rolls and Wound Rolls separate?
in Age of Sigmar Discussions
Posted
I don't have a reference to confirm it, but I've heard it said that when Warhammer was first conceived, they wanted to use percentile dice (2d10, representing the numerical range from 1-100) to determine combat success.
The d10 wasn't widely used at the time and so an alternative was devised using the far more commonplace D6 to approximate the results. Thus the 3 tiered hit/wound/save mechanic was born.
Since then GW has discovered the breadth of tactical options inherent in the 3tiered system and the rest, as they say, is history.