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Plagues, boils and Poxes....
Topic Started: 3rd December 2005 - 02:30 PM (285 Views)
farsight
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Just a few Questions, answers greatly appreciated:

1. i am confused a little on the Plague censer bearers, what i mean is they are a little difficult for me to understand as far as freindly hits go, i will use an example to explain: 10 PCB's charge a unit of 16 saurus, 4 wide 4 back, now i know that 4 saurus take toughness tests to see if the vapours kill them but i am confused with the plague censers. say the plague censer bearers i arrange 5 wide and 1 rank back, for my own hits do i take 10 hits or only 5 as the ones in combat itself?

2. if a character is in a unit at the corner and is in combat with a plague flail then does 2 models get hit or 3, corner to corner?

any answers will be greatly appreciated as i am soon to be collecting the bubonic court, thanks in advance for any help.

concerning the first question above i knew how they work when i started collecting skaven as a whole but am confused on the minor details, help greatly appreciated

Dan
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Mabus
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1) Everything in close combat suffers the hits, so your entire 10 model unit would have to test - It's for that reason units of 8 are about perfect size.

2) Yes, it's coner to corner, so usually three tests unless they have larger bases than you.
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Mabus is right, but remember a PCB only ever takes 1 gass test, no matter how many other PCBs its in contact with.
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farsight
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thanks for the quick reply guys, much appreciated.

i thought it may be that i was just a bit unsure, so do you guys or anyone reckon it would be best to give a plague priest a PC and put him in the corner of a unit of plague monks or just an oridinary flail?

by th eway what is the best size in your opinion for units of plague monks? as i have them 5 wide and 4 back (20) but was thinking of having them 6 wide but still am not sure. if anyone has good experiance it weill be welcomed greatly ^_^

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Pretty much either could work with the plaguemonk rankings. 5*4 is pretty a standard thing, but a frontage of 6 is good if you wish to put out more attacks, it wouldn't affect manouverability all that much, main difference is the number of models you'd have to field to maintain max rank bonus. You could just do a unit of 23 with 6 frontage and a plaguepriest. And flail is good enough for a plaguepriest, i'd personally rather keep his survivability than risk him hurting himself and the monks he's in with.
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farsight
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ahh another fast reply,*thinks to self* why did i wonder away from this site ^_^ .

yeah that's what i thought with the frontage, i was thinking of a unit of 25-30 strong with a PP in the corner, also i think the Plague censer only works if he's in a unit of them, otherwise it is a risk, but i don't know i suppose risks are worth it, probally just the flail acctually- saves points.

thanks alot, any more advise/ tips for my soon to be started Bubonic court will be most appreciated :D

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The main asset of the plague monks is their multiple attacks. Although a 5x4 formation is the most average choice, there are some that rank them up in a 7x3 position, which ensures you'll almost always benefit from a great deal of attacks you can dish out (over twenty!) and then we'd not even be talking about the addition of a plague priest to the ranks of a plague monk unit!

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The main asset of the plague monks is their multiple attacks. Although a 5x4 formation is the most average choice, there are some that rank them up in a 7x3 position, which ensures you'll almost always benefit from a great deal of attacks you can dish out (over twenty!) and then we'd not even be talking about the addition of a plague priest to the ranks of a plague monk unit!

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hmm thats not a bad idea acctually, plus if they have the umbranner they should gain some protection from shooting ^_^ , yeah 7 wide it is then.

thanks for the advise as always

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