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 Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:35 am
What the subject bar says, your thoughts, gripes and whatnots on special characters.
Now y'all DISCUSS!
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:43 pm
Special Characters. Those who believe themselves above the laws of reality, to the point that reality begins to believe them.
I'll give more when I recieve more views from others.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:58 pm
My guess is you know next to nothing about the subject then.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:35 pm
Special Characters are nice to have from a fluff viewpoint, however I dislike the way that for similar effects, the costs are so varied.
-Mykal
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:50 pm
You can usually only use them n very large battles, as most have minimum point values for your armies, if you use them.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:21 pm
I have to admitt, Yarrick is insanely beastly.
It'd be funny as Hell though if he was in command of your army and got executed by a Commissar.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:13 pm
Xenos Mortium I have to admitt, Yarrick is insanely beastly. It'd be funny as Hell though if he was in command of your army and got executed by a Commissar. Re-read the rules; he can't. wink Any unit he jonis becomes fearless.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:50 pm
I dont particularly like special characters. It will be the individual soldier who wins the battle, not the special character. Special characters are victims of circumstance, and i believe anyone could have done what they do, just thet they did it first. Also, since they have a leader status, they are in a more prompt pos. to do more acts of heroism, furthering their "special" satus.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:41 pm
Depends wholly on the army... Playing 40k, I hate dealing with C'tan... Any other special Chars have little impact on my strat and tact.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:41 pm
Most of the folks I know are powergamer elitists and scorn them for being unbalanced or some s**t.
Personally, I like their background and special rules, though the special characters in Fantasy seem much more devastating than in 40k.
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:32 am
What ever happened to the days when psyker characters were so powerful they could blink and the whole opposing armies vanished into screaming warp vortex holes?
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:28 am
DarkElf27 Xenos Mortium I have to admitt, Yarrick is insanely beastly. It'd be funny as Hell though if he was in command of your army and got executed by a Commissar. Re-read the rules; he can't. wink Any unit he jonis becomes fearless. Why do you think he said "it'd be funny" in the first place. Special characters are a mixed bag, some don't belong on the table top (Abaddon and Bjorn the Fellhanded) while others can fit in nicely (Sergeant Lysander - YES I know! and Captain Cortez)
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:37 am
That's my beef right there - the background. I like them as iconic characters and all, but to me that's how they ought to stay, not in every kid's 1500 point army.
Similarly, I wouldn't object if someone converted a model, made up their own backstory, and fielded it 'counting as' a special character, balanced or no.
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:58 am
Ah yes, that issue. Good example of the issue: Oh look, Commissar Gaunt is leading a squad of Ogryns in a Cadian army fighting Tyranids.
Even worse idea is to base special characters off novel characters. Bad fething idea.
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:38 am
I like special characters game wise and background wise. They make it more interesting and the models can sometimes provide excellent conversions.
So whats everybodies favourite character(s) ?
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