cheesiest character bash 21 March, my last hurrah!

[lambobolt]

OK, so wed is supposed to be the last turn of moves for this campaign, although i really don’t think the moves will matter since we cant keep Forrest from winning. and it will most likely be my last wed warhammer night before i moves. so...here is my thought as my last game. a character bash. yes, that means to bring out your best decked character, or cheesiest character you might say. even special character if you want (although it is better if you have the appropriate model for a special character so the other players know who it is). If it is a special character, it must be equipped exactly as the book says. But if it is a regular character, you can give it marks or magic as the army list allows. And the character can even be mounted if you want, again try and have the appropriate figure if you can for the mount, but not mandatory. So I would expect to see a dragon, carnasaur, Pegasus knight, or even demonic mount, or even on an anvil of doom. here is how it will work.

- we will randomly draw for deployment order (just like giant bash).
- we will also randomly draw for hated foe (just like giant bash).
- deployment cant be any closer than 18" from any other model.
- once all characters are deployed, you will generate your appropriate power dice and dispel dice that the character generates. so if you don’t use a caster, you don’t get any dice! a level 4 mage generates 4 power and 2 dispel dice. you only generate these dice once per turn cycle. and a turn cycle consists of every player taking their turn. YOU DO NOT GENERATE DICE FOR EVERY PLAYERS TURN, JUST ONCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TURN CYCLE. so this may help you determine which type of character to create, because if you create an elf high born, and have no dispel dice, you cant stop someone else from casting at you!
- you can only cast a spell during your turn in the turn cycle. if you target another character, that character first decides if they will use dispel dice to counter the spell. if they don’t, or don’t have dice, then anyone else may attempt to dispel. just remember, you don’t generate anymore power or dispel dice until the next start of the turn cycle.
- combat turns only occur during the turns of the player involved in the combat (just like giant bash)
- Victory points are only earned by characters and for killing characters. Mounts don’t count at all! when a character dies, the player who struck the last wound can claim the victory points for killing the character, but only if it was his own character that caused the last wound. If it was caused by a mount, the player does not get the victory points. Plus, if it is your hated foe, you get an additional 300 victory points. The last character standing also gets 500 victory points.
- if your character is over 1000pts, then you start with negative 200 victory points. If from 700-1000, then you are negative 100 victory points. If 500-699, then you start even. If below 500 points, you start with 300 victory points! This will give some incentives on how to deck out your character and the challenge with fighting with a lower power character rather than a killing machine.
- if your character is mounted, you start with 100 negative victory points. If not mounted, you start with plus 300 VPs. So it is a 400 VP difference to start on foot rather than on a mount.

Start time will be 5:55, so get there before then to get your figure ready and signed up so I can get the nametags ready. We need to get started right away if we want to be done. And there will be a 2 min time limit per turn per player. If you take too long, you forfeit your turn! This is the only way we can keep it going quickly enough to get done before the store closes.

So, if you want in, just show up by 5:55. if you dont want to be completely cheesy, then post that you will be coming, and if you are brave, post what your character is for everyone else to drool on! See you wed night! Ill post in a little while what ill be playing. i havent looked at anything yet.

[MountainKing]

Now Jeff, if I can only kill off all 8000 points at the super battle for his primary capital it could be anyone's game.
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I guess Earl Marcus Grey, proven joust champion at Chateau Montreford and valiant lord and defender of the Vale of Rurias, will have to ride upon this field of honor for the glory of his two lords, the honorable King Louen Leoncoeur and King under the Mountain Daine Holderhek. He is skilled in the art of single combat, protected by a suit of armor forged by the master craftsman of the dwarves and shielded by his faith in the Lady. Indeed he has single handedly earned the title of Dragonbane. This mightiest of heroes has never fallen in the field, though he has fled once or twice to his great shame. Long and arduous was his quest to find the grail, ranging through the whole of the Old World, from Estalia to Kislev. He was the guest of elves in their leafy courts and ally to the late Lord Baldric Holderhek in his campaign to drive the foul Druchii from the now restored hold of Rurias. Courageously he stood before the gates of Middenhiem when the shadow of the storm of chaos battered the city of the Wolf God and for his bravery in the face of such an unnatural horde he and his companions earned the honor to drink from the Lady's blessed cup. Let all know that though he is no cheesier or more broken than any of the race of Bretonnia, Earl Grey is a paragon of that race of heroes. All of your special characters and monstrous mounts shall not avail you before the grace of his chivalry and severity of his divine wrath.

Bretonnian Lord with the Virtue of Confidence, the Grail Vow, the Sword of Heroes, a lance, a shield, and either the Holy Icon or The Gromril Great Helm and the Gauntlets of the Duel, all mounted on a trusty Bretonnian Warhorse. 268 pts

[lambobolt]

wow, only 268 pts, now that is impressive! and here i was looking at a Bloodthirster or chaos lord on dragon, each running just under 700pts...hum. maybe i should tone that down a bit eh? ya, ill post up what im gonna play too once i dig through my packed boxes to find out what figures i can even dig out to bring wed night.

[MountainKing]

Don't let my foolishness dissuade you from taking something cheesier. I tend to find that with Bretonnians, the more insanely outclassed and foolhardy they are, the more the Lady loves them for it. I am optimistic, if not confident, that Earl Grey will perform as a hero of his stature should. Should he not fit with the flavor of the event, I would be happy to change that to a Necrarch Lord who raises his army after the game begins, though I would prefer to give Marcus a chance. I'll bring both.

[konaboy]

Another great idea Jeff. So many possibilities to equip a character. Who to take...

[lambobolt]

yes, there are tons of possibilities, whcih is why i havent decided what to do yet (not to mention i packed up a bunch of my figures so i dont know where everything is).
for easy choices, i was thinking of a bloodthirster, since that would be so much fun! and thought about a vampire lord on zombie dragon, just because that would be a hoot too. then i looked at the dwarves, and the special character with the anvil of doom could also cause some havoc since his little rune thingy could take out a couple characters on his own if i rolled good! Tyrion and Malekith looked like good choices, if i wanted to play elves. so many choices....then again, a grey seer on the screaming bell would be somewhat different. i guess ill have to come up wiht some decision tonight. ill probably bring a couple choices of different point level just to match up with what everyone else has.
David Otero, good idea to bring more than one choice. that way if everyone is pretty high point value, you could always bump up the character to be equal, or go wtih the challenge of playing something with fewer points. either way, depending on how many people we have, this one will go much quicker than the giant bash, so we might be able to line them up and go twice this time!
later
jeff

[Ze_Sexy]

Man, Ogres are too new to be that cheesy. I'll still play if I can though. There's nothing wrong with 300 points of beatstick.

Does anyone have the rules for that Ogre special character on a juggernaut of Khorne? He might be fun too.

[lambobolt]

i did have the rules for him, they were in a white dwarf issue a while back but mine are all packed up right now. you might find it on teh GW site in the ogre section maybe.

[Cpt_NinjaPants]

Awsome, hopefully i will be able to get their early enough to join in!
I already have my character figured out.

Chuck Norris - 10000Pts :D

[costampede]

Just a suggestion, I think that if special characters are allowed ,only one of that character should be allowed in the bash. (ie. only one Grimgor not two)

[lambobolt]

hey tony,
yup, that is the intent, only one of each special character, and it is first to post that they are using him, they have it reserved! So that is why i was trying to encourage people to post ahead of time. I didnt even want to duplicate the regular characters either (like only 1 dwarf lord allowed, only i chaos mortal lord, only 1 slann, etc). but some people are limited to what armies they have, so to keep it friendly and maximize participation i didnt block that part. but that is still the intent as much as possible. and just so everyone knows, here is what is signed up so far:
david otero - brettonian lord

[Ze_Sexy]

In that case, count me (Seth) in with an Ogre Tyrant.

Now do these combats count as challenges? I'm thinking in terms of magic items that work during challenges.

[Cpt_NinjaPants]

Oh then..I CALL MORTAL CHAOS LORD!

[konaboy]

I'll be there with a saurus oldblood, just not sure yet if he'll be on foot or on a dinosaur of size yet to be determined.

[lambobolt]

Seth
they dont automatically count as a challenge, but if it is just you against another character, and you want it to be a challenge, if you issue it then they have to accept it! so you can make it a challenge if you want it to

David Oue, a lizard lord. good, taste like chicken. i would say print out the stats for a guy on carnasaur and a guy on foot, and that way you can maktch up the points to what everyone else has to keep it sort of even, or close. as for me, here is mine...

Lord Elvis von Brasov
Once a recognized Warrior Priest of Bogenhafen, in the south of the Old Empire, Lord Elvis von Brasov now commands a small undead legion. To think how significantly his has changed. Just a few years Elvis Brasov, as he was then known, was a promising Warrior Priest in Bogenhafen. While traveling between villages his small band was assaulted by a large pack of ghouls. Fighting ghouls normally was not a problem. However this pack was led by a vampire thrall. To be more exact, it was Margus Olgarn, twelfth great-grandson to legendary Red Duke, one of the most vicious Blood Dragon’s the world has known. Needless to say, that made this pack of ghouls extremely dangerous. Elvis was the only survivor, if you can call being bitten by a vampire as surviving.
Elvis noticed changes immediately. No longer was he interested in healing or spreading the faith. Instead, it was replaced by the savage desire to kill and gorge on his victims…the uninhibited thirst for blood. His appetite was insatiable, almost as strong as his new urge to return to the ancient kingdom of Lahmia and seek revenge upon the other bloodlines of vampires. But the shambling legion is slow moving at its best . So rather than walking with the slumber of the undead, Lord Elvis has taken to the air. Yes, flying on a winged nightmare is much quicker than walking with the skeleton horde. So he soars through the sky on the wings of Scourge, his winged nightmare. Scourge was a bounty he won in the mortal, or immortal as the case was, combat against another Blood Dragon Vampire Lord, Guildenstern the Red. The two fought for almost 18 hours straight, both on the brink of complete exhaustion. It was only won by Elvis because of the Ice Dagger he had hidden in his leather boot, and was able to open the neck of Guildenstern while they were wrestling on the ground. Since then, almost two months ago, Lord Elvis and Scourge have quickly paced their way to Lahmia. But suddenly, a gathering of heros, which means more blood for Lord Elvis von Brasov…and dinner for Scourge awaits
Vampire Lord Elvis von Brasov - vampire lord, blood dragon on winged nightmare - 619 points

So that brings the current list to:
David Otero - brettonian lord
jeff - vampire lord - 619 points
cpt Ninja pants - chaos mortal lord
david oue - saurus oldblood
seth -ogre tyrant

[konaboy]

Mmm, vampire, tastes like squirrel... :)

[livingancestor]

David,

Are we going to play our final game on another day? That works fine for me?

[Cpt_NinjaPants]

Oh, um well if you need it, my guy costs 501 pts.

[lambobolt]

Congrats to Seth and his ogre tyrant for winning the character bash! and Mike in second with his dwarf lord on shieldbearers (with the impressive way of not taking wounds....). Hopefully everyone had a good time with this, and you can guys can organize some of these sort of easy events during the summertime to keep the playerbase interested in warhammer! who knows, maybe when i fly back into town we can do these since it is easier to bring a character or two rather than packing up a whole army!

[Ze_Sexy]

You can't beat the tenderizer and gut maw combo!
I must admit, though that did get out cheesed by the indestructible dwarf. I never actually killed him because it would have taken endless turns of me running and then stopping to shoot, and Mike waddling helplessly after me.

[Laplace]

Kroak will take on all!

[Laplace]

Oh wait. Darn, it already happened yesterday. Did it happen? Who won?

[costampede]

Lord Kroak would be a bad choice for this event, he is by himself, he does not have his bodyguards to protect him.

[konaboy]

But it would have certainly been interesting to see how Lord Kroak would have fared. The next time we have a character bash, maybe he can come out to play!

[Blackraine]

Seth won with his Ogre Tyrant, based on the technicality that he can move 6" a turn and still shoot, whereas my insdestructible dwarf could only move 6" when marching, and could not move and shoot. We didn't play it out though, as it would have taken all night... especially since my Dwarf had already claimed the life of a Black Orc and a Tzeentch Lord, and chased off a Saurus Oldblood, while only taking a single wound. Guess a rerollable 1+ armor save, the ability to lower hits to Str 5 if they would be higher, immunity to killing blow, and a 4+ ward save will do that for ya!

Statistically speaking, it would have taken Seth approximately 700 turns to kill me by shooting at me twice a turn.

(1/3 chance to hit with each of 2 guns gives a 2/3 chance to hit. Str 4 vs. Toughness 5 = 1/3 chance to wound, so we're down to 2/9. 1/6 chance of failing my save the first time lowers it to 1/27. 1/6 chance of failing it the second time lowers it to 1/162. 1/2 chance of failing my ward save lowers it to 1/324, or 0.308% chance of wounding per turn)

[konaboy]

I think my head hurts after that last bit of math...
But I think you guys should do it anyway - it would be interesting to see how long a 700 turn game would take. :)

[Ze_Sexy]

Eventually it would have come down to an Ogre character being thrown at a dwarf character, and my money's on the Ogre in that one.

[Laplace]

Seth won with his Ogre Tyrant, based on the technicality that he can move 6" a turn and still shoot, whereas my insdestructible dwarf could only move 6" when marching, and could not move and shoot. We didn't play it out though, as it would have taken all night... especially since my Dwarf had already claimed the life of a Black Orc and a Tzeentch Lord, and chased off a Saurus Oldblood, while only taking a single wound. Guess a rerollable 1+ armor save, the ability to lower hits to Str 5 if they would be higher, immunity to killing blow, and a 4+ ward save will do that for ya!

Statistically speaking, it would have taken Seth approximately 700 turns to kill me by shooting at me twice a turn.

(1/3 chance to hit with each of 2 guns gives a 2/3 chance to hit. Str 4 vs. Toughness 5 = 1/3 chance to wound, so we're down to 2/9. 1/6 chance of failing my save the first time lowers it to 1/27. 1/6 chance of failing it the second time lowers it to 1/162. 1/2 chance of failing my ward save lowers it to 1/324, or 0.308% chance of wounding per turn)

What's his initiative? I would've constantly just cast the "hole opens up beneath you and you die with no saves allowed" spell (6 always fails for the person).

But yeah, that is pretty nasty.

[Ze_Sexy]

The main thing is that if you had brought Kroak, you would have been fighting more than just an Ogre. There would have been lots of people gunning for you. Victory was based on points killed, and you would have been at least double what anyone else had. You would have also been at a penalty for having a high point cost.

The tyrant in I 5, and I didn't have any gnoblar thiefstones for magic resistance, so the spell might have done it.

[Laplace]

The main thing is that if you had brought Kroak, you would have been fighting more than just an Ogre. There would have been lots of people gunning for you. Victory was based on points killed, and you would have been at least double what anyone else had. You would have also been at a penalty for having a high point cost.

The tyrant in I 5, and I didn't have any gnoblar thiefstones for magic resistance, so the spell might have done it.

Oh I definitely agree. 1225 + 200 VP is a nice juicy target.