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| Vermin Lord Skreek | 28th October 2007 - 02:36 PM Post #16 |
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I play tzeentch and if you are thinking of playing it I highly reccomend the staff of change, it allows the character with it to re-roll any dice when casting or dispelling a spell....brilient! It allows you a second chance in the magic phase. And if you get past all the randomosity tzeentch has a great lore. But a tzeencth/slaaneesh army is very effective. Led by a chaos lord/exalted champion of undivided, with 2 slaaneesh sorcerersand a tzeentch exalted/aspiring champion and a few marks of tzeentch and slaaneesh and there you go. Oh, and is a tzeentch army with 3 characters and 13 power dice and no chosen very cheesy? Or does the lack of of chosen and only three magic users kinda lower it's cheeseness? Vermin Lord Skreek |
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| Morkskittar | 28th October 2007 - 03:04 PM Post #17 |
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Meh. I used to play Tzeentch, but I switched to Slaanesh, because I found myself disliking magic more and more. I found Tzeentch games ot be rather boring... plus, the lore isn't subtle enough. It's all destructive spells of doom... they all do damage. Not a very balanced lore, and it seems out of character. The Slaaneshi lore, however.... *drools*But it is the amount of power dice that makes the Tzeentchian magic phase so dominant, not the spells thesmelves. ![]() Pillz |
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| Decker_cky | 28th October 2007 - 06:07 PM Post #18 |
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Even that list...they get 1 corruscating energy on you (the only spell that matters for horrors) then you're into combat with an army with the stats of slaves. Until then, you have 2 characters and loads of S2 magic missiles (as that's the only long range bound spell horrors have). BTW, the L2 that flys and causes terror is an exalted daemon. So he had 10 power dice between 2 L2s and a L4 (maybe a few more if he's burning wounds off his general to get more power dice). Then 9 bound spells that only actually do any damage within 12". Most any gunline puts out more shooting than that. He only had 2 units that can outfight a clanrat unit, and only 1 that can go 1 on 1 against units (and even then, mostly only in the flank). Being a tournament army, I'm sure you had some jezzails, and maybe a WLC, so you likely had the tools to at least limit their movement severely. If that list is what you're complaining about at a tournament, I'd hate to see you face a proper gunline. Edit: I just mathed out the list. Lord of change, an exalted daemon of tzeentch, a daemonic herald of tzeentch with the icon, 2 units of 5 flamers and 5 units of horrors came to 2190 pts. Add in some daemonic gifts and that'll be 2250. What that gives you is a weak gunline with a few flying terror causers. |
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| FatherSquee | 30th October 2007 - 01:37 PM Post #19 |
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Like they mentioned above it matters largely on what you want to do with the rest of your army as well. Slaanesh is awsome but their's times when you would want to flee and you simply can't (Immune to Psych) on the flip side Tzeentch boost your Magic phase like no tommarow but they do absolutly nothing to the actual unit that the Mark is on. So it's more than just the magic
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| Decker_cky | 30th October 2007 - 02:44 PM Post #20 |
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Well...tzeentch means you pay to actually weaken the unit, since chaos tends to have a Ld8 general (I suppose tzeentch mortals will generally have Ld9), and you lose the undivided psychology reroll to get your power die. |
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| Sebrent | 30th October 2007 - 04:59 PM Post #21 |
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Yes, but you should ALWAYS beware of flying terror causers. First, terror can devastate any non-ranked sections of a Skaven army as those portions have rather pathetic Ld. Second, flying terror causers are quite often good in combat. Thus, they become a liability if they can charge one of your units that is or will be in combat with another enemy unit. Third, fliers often catch you when you break. 3D6 trumps 2D6 most of the time. Fourth, they are fliers ... they can be just about anywhere your opponent wants them to be within a turn or 2. This often means they will hit you in the flank or rear, already giving your opponent the much sought after +1/+2 CR to help overcome your rank bonus(es), standard, and outnumbering. |
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I used to play Tzeentch, but I switched to Slaanesh, because I found myself disliking magic more and more. I found Tzeentch games ot be rather boring... plus, the lore isn't subtle enough. It's all destructive spells of doom... they all do damage. Not a very balanced lore, and it seems out of character. The Slaaneshi lore, however.... *drools*


