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1000 pts Bubonic Court; first army ever ^^;
Topic Started: 1st April 2008 - 11:42 PM (281 Views)
Ner' von Tuxis
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Aight, it's my first army ever, suggestions are greatly appreciated. =)

1 PLAGUE PRIEST
plague censer / warpstone amulet

20 ROTTEN RODENTS

20 ROTTEN RODENTS

20 PLAGUE MONKS
full command

20 PLAGUE MONKS
full command / Banner of Burning Hatred

6 PLAGUE CENSER BEARERS

3 MAD RAT OGRES

Total: 998 pts
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Ner' von Tuxis
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Should I get worried because no one replies to my army list? :(
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Well, you might get worried if noone ever replies to it.. But really, it's not very common to get replies immediately. ^_^

There also isn't all that much to say about the Court, it lives it's own life on the field... Just take plenty of monks and cencers and you'll be fine XD

Perhaps a festering chantor would help your list a little?
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Aeschere
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Although the special list are great fun to play they aren't official and you need to agree with your opponent before you can use the list. Also the list won't be usable in a lot of tournaments so if this really is your first time going for skaven I would advice you to stick to the normal list as printed in the army book. You will be able to get more games that way and even participate in a tournament if you feel like it.

Good luck and welcome to the rat race.
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Rusty Tincanne
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...you can still call me Rusty Tincanne if you want, though.

As Zav said, don't get too worried. This area of our tunnels does not get the most traffic, so replies are slow and few. Also, you're asking about a special list, and it doesn't seem that too many folks play this list. There are a few, though.

From what I have seen, what you take out of the list is really about how you see it fluffwise. I play this list and never take anything but PMs, PCBs and Rat Spawns. But I hate the current clanrat models, and am opposed to taking moulder troops just so I can have variety. I wanted my army to be Pestilens through and through. So far, so good. Except my rat spawn. He sucks. A lot. That d6 attacks really means 1 attack for me. And it always misses.

So in my opinion, I'd say take PMs instead of RRs. Up your PCBs to as many units of 8 as you can. At 1k, skip the chantor. You'd not want to upgrade him, and pest breath (range of 8") doesn't work, as our charge is longer than that. He'll be in CC and dead (although pest breath at that range is really nice vs skinks!).

Censer on the priest? I'd say take the flail. It's cheaper and IMHO, more in keeping w/skaven - even the religious zealots - to have the underlings carry the self damaging stuff.

I'd save the rare slots for 1.5k and above. You'll still need to rely on #'s, which are harder to come by in the Court list. The banner you choose is up to you. Lots of folks like warbanner better due to its reliability.

FYI, Ratmaster Rex once wrote special rules for a Pestilens chariot in our house rules section. http://underempire.net/index.php?showtopic=17721. If you can get it okay'd it would make a nice project, and give a bit of variety to your list. If not, it will make a nice unit filler.



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Ner' von Tuxis
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Thanks =)

I'm planning on dropping the rat ogres and putting a flail on the priest. Could get a nice new unit with those points =)

And yea I considered those rats, but really, my luck is so crappy that 1d6 attacks would never be above 3. :unsure:

Atm im gluing the figures together.. poof.. about 120 to go, then I need to paint them :o
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Rusty Tincanne
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...you can still call me Rusty Tincanne if you want, though.

I seriously suggest you look into dipping techniques. The sheer # of models will drag your spirit down. Dipping can take a lot of that away. I wish I'd started that way. Oh well. Next army.

I was just thinking, you could always add a second priest as a BSB. Or w/ another flail to add a bit more punch.

And if you're playing against higher toughness armies, you might think about taking your PM's in units of 30-35 for more static CR. It'll help them win combat and keep frenzy.
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Surgin The Twisted
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Gasp! sacrilege for thinking about dropping rat ogres! for shame! Dont make me send in the Giant Rats on you guys. Hah! :rogre: > :censor:

But seriously... youre probably right in dropping the rat ogres at such a low point army. They eat up too many points that could be better spent either 1) creating a new unit of plague monks or rotten rodents, etc. 2) bulking up units of plague monks.

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Ner' von Tuxis
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Fixed the list a bit:

PLAGUE PRIEST
2nd hand weapon / Warpstone Amulet / Bands of Power

PLAGUE CENSER BEARERS (6)

PLAGUE MONKS (21)
2nd hand weapon / Full Command / Banner of Burning Hatred

PLAGUE MONKS (20)
2nd hand weapon / Full Command

PLAGUE MONKS (20)
2nd hand weapon / Full command

PLAGUE MONKS (20)
2nd hand weapon / Full command

999 pts in total
88 models in army
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only thing I see wrong, is the BoP your never going to get it off if you dont have any magic to draw out dispel dice, as everyone has at least 2.
other then that, looks good. :D
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Ner' von Tuxis
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So any suggestions on how to spend 26 points?
(after removing BoP from priest)

I thought i could make all the plague monk units of 21 models
But I dunno, I would wanna pump up my plague priest a bit more :D Just can't find anything to equip him with.
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pilgrim2715
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Without the bands of power I would recommend switching the extra hand weapon for a flail for the strength bonus (and keep the amulet).

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Anukex
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Question about the court. Sence Nurglitch is compulsory can you actualy do a match less than 2000 pts?
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