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[Fire Warrior Ashue'ol]

Nappasin nämä Asurista ja aion pyytä erästä henkilöä hyväksymään nämä huomenna. Mitä mieltä olette?


Dragon Launcher - 170pts

Background:
Ever since the Sundering, Caledor has been a place that is a shadow of its former glory. After the Dragons began their eternal slumber, Prince Imrik ordered the mages of the inner ring to construct a Warmachine that would forever burn as a symbol of Caledor’s glory days.

The Mages developed the Dragon Launcher. A powerful machine, that uses the torsion power similar to that of a Bolt Thrower, to launch dragon shaped projectiles high into the air. Each projectile is crafted from the lightest Ithilmar and Silk wings. It glides over long distances before crashing into the ground. In each projectile is a lethal brew on Ielthan or Alchemical Fire which spews out of the gapping mouth of the Dragon on impact and burns through flesh and armour with ease.

Prince Imrik was so impressed with the Warmachine he ordered full production to equip every cities defences with these. Since that time more have been produced but the skill and expertise required to safely operate the Warmachine has seen it only accompany the largest armies on expeditions beyond the cities walls.

Dragon Launcher

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Dragon Thrower - - - - 7 3 - - -
Crew 5 4 4 3 3 1 5 1 8

Note each Dragon Thrower counts as a single Rare choice.

Crew: 3 High Elves.
Unit Size: Each Dragon Thrower model (with attendant crew) is a single unit with Unit Strength of 4
Equipment: Each crew is armed with Hand Weapons and Light armour.

Each Dragon Thrower has a range of 48”. The Dragon Thrower must be fired before any other shooting takes place each round. The player must declare how far the Dragon Thrower is going to shoot (up to its maximum range) and declare its target (just like a cannon).

The projectile travels the distance nominated plus the score from the Artillery dice. If the roll of the Artillery dice results in a misfire refer to the misfire table. Otherwise place the flame template with the smallest end on the marker where the projectile lands. Each model under the template is struck and this only partially covered are struck on a roll of 4+. Each model hit suffers a S5 hit that causes D3 wounds and counts as a magical attack.

If any model lies under the marker (small end of the flame template) takes a S7 hit due to the fall dragon projectile.

Misfire Chart

The reliance on torsion power has resulted in a warmachine that is more reliable than those of other races. D6 Result
1 Malfunction: The crew mis-handle the volatile projectile which explodes as they are positioning it on the launcher. The machine and one crew member takes 1 S5 hit each. The machine may fire next turn assuming 2 or more crew members are still present.
2-6 May not shoot: The projectile flies high into the air and explodes showering the sky with a colourful explosion. The weapon does no damage but my fire again next turn

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2 for 1 Rare Choice: Fire Launcher - 125 pts (to start, I have no idea if it is too much or too little.)

Crew: 2 Elves with Light Armor and Hand Weapons.
(Standard Elf stats; M5, Ws/Bs 4, S/T 3, I5, W1 , Ld8.)

The Weapon.
The Fire Launcher (Popularly named the Dragon's Claw) was designed some years ago at the White Tower to be safe and reliable while being able to deliver great firepower. It looks much like an Eagle’s Claw Bolt Thrower but has a wider slot with a cover above it designed to fire spheres filled with Alchemical Fire. The spheres are made of glass or clay and are kept well away from fire. The crew is close to perfectly drilled to avoid accidents and it is unlikely to suffer missfires, but then again not even elves are perfect. The spheres are stored inside fireproof chests and so even if the machine is burned with fire from some other source it will not go up in flames.

Firing the weapon.
The weapon fires with the users Bs with all normal modifiers. The range is 30”. The difference lies in that any point on the table can be nominated instead of a unit if you so wish. If the shot hits place the small template (3”) on the spot aimed for. Any model completely under it is hit and any models partially covered are hit on a 4+. All models under it take a Strength 3 hit with a total Armor Save modifier of -3. The hits are of course Flaming attacks.

Any Swarms hit suffer D6 hits rather than the normal 1 due to the nature of the weapon.

Although the weapon can be fired at any point it is not the best to use against skirmishers since they can maneuver out of the way. Any models in Skirmish formation or Single Characters on foot are only hit on a 4+ if they are completely under the template (as if they were partially covered). If they are partially hit they are instead hit on a 6+. To make it clear: Skirmishers and Single Characters on foot are hit on 4+ if completely covered and on 6+ if partially covered.

Should the shot miss it scatters 1D6” from the spot aimed for. If the shot was fired at Long Range it will scatter 2D6” instead. If you roll a “Hit” on the scatter die the shot was a dud and does not explode anywhere and causes no damage.

If the unit rolls a 1 to hit, there has been a misfire, roll a d6 and consult the table below:
1: There has been a serious problem, and the sphere explodes before it leaves the machine. The crew each take a S3 hit (they get their armour save though, as they were somewhat shielded from the blast by the weapon itself), and must take 1 full turn to clean up and reload before they can fire again
2-3: The firing mechanism jams. No shot is fired this turn
4-6: The alchemical fire fails to ignite, scatter the shot, but only work out the hit against the model directly under the hole, he takes a single S3 hit, as he is hit by the case.

So what do you think?

[Rejector]

Ainakin misfiretaulukot ovat liian anteeksiantavia. Muutenkin taitaa kallistua liian hyvien puolelle.

[Stormdaemon]

Minkäs voi, kun Asurista ovat? Misfiret ovat todellakin ihan yhtä löperöitä kuin eräs ala-asteen sijaisopettajani ja ainakin noin mitä äkkiseltään vilkuilin, niin tuo alempi voisi tehdä Swarmeihin D3 hittiä. Ja mitä Pilvitontut edes tekevät uusilla sotakoneilla, herran jestas sentään?

[Murhe]

Haltiapelaajana näyttäisi, että tuo dragon launcheri olisi vallan toimiva vemputin. 30 pistettä edullisempi kuin kaksi eagle claw boltthroweria ja veisi yksinään yhden rare paikan.

S5 hitit D3 woundilla on ihan peruskamaa. Tälläisillä aseilla on yleensä ollut vielä paniikki, jos vahingoittavat yksikköä. Flaming hits pitäisi tähän aseeseen sisällyttää ja päättää ottavatko tulelle immuunit dragon princet tästä hittiä.

Misfire chartti on kieltämättä vallan kiltti. Mieluummin perinteisempi ja paniikkia aiheuttavat osumat.

Ja Stormdeamonin kysymykseen vastaisin, että voisivatpa ottaa jotain muutakin kuin niitä ainaisia bolttereita tai dow tykkejä (soppatykkiä harvempi taitaa käyttää).

Bolltispari re-rolleilla on kuitenkin monesti tehokkaampi laite kuin tälläinen, jolla suhteellisen helposti ampuu kapean yksikön ylitse. Jalkaväki blokkiin sillä osuu tietysti huomattavan paljon helpommin ja sitä tuhoakin tulee enemmän. Bonuksena omiin haltioihin osuu varsin paljon helpommin.

Kokonaisuutena varsin hyvä ja harvinaisen tasapainoinen laite.

Toinen laite sinällään jää tämän ensimmäisen varjoon. Turhempi mielestäni ja niitä kuitenkin pitäisi ottaa pareina vaikka hinta ei olisi pahakaan.

[Fire Warrior Ashue'ol]

Misfire on taas kaksi teräinen miekka: jos on perustaulukko, niin haltiat eivät sitä käytä. Nämä uudet, niin näyttää liián kiltiltä....
Tai jos tuo toinenkin veisi vain yhden raren?