Possible house rule for Anvil of Doom.
Jun 28, 2021 16:08:40 GMT
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Post by mrbaldrick on Jun 28, 2021 16:08:40 GMT
Hey all, I was listening to the latest video from Mountain Miniatures where Steve is reviewing the Dwarf book. I got to thinking about the Anvils of Doom, which is often lamented as being way over costed for its points. I have tried to come up with some ideas to make it more balanced for the points without making it too good (not 6.5 ed good). One idea that stuck out to me were the Ancestor Runes from Storm of Magic.
What do you guys think of giving the Anvil access the the 3 Ancestor Runes in addition to the 3 Runes from the Dwarf Book?
For reference the Ancestor Runes are all range 24 inches and as follows
Ancestor Rune of Grungni:
Augment, target gains Fight in Extra Rank, reroll misses in hand to hand and shooting, lasts until carter's next phase.
Ancestor Rune of Grimnar: Direct Damage, 2D6 Strength 4 hits.
Ancestor Rune of Valaya: Augment, Unit regains D3+1 worth of models, as described in Regrowth, and becomes Unbreakable until the carter's next phase.
Gungni & Valaya are good but I wouldn't consider them broken. Grimnar is basically a repeat of Wrath & Ruin but some other lores have two direct damage spells. For the sake of simplicity have the Ancestor Runes strike on a 5+ just like Wrath and Ruin.
I think adding in 3 more runes gives some more flexibility for casting. I find when playing the Anvil either you have a bunch of leftover dice OR you never get the good Rune off. You can only cast each rune once or the opponent doesn't care about Wrath & Ruin and Hearth & Home. They throw everything they have at stopping Oath and Steel. Having some more Runes with teeth makes you and the opponent think more.
What do you guys think? Playable?
What do you guys think of giving the Anvil access the the 3 Ancestor Runes in addition to the 3 Runes from the Dwarf Book?
For reference the Ancestor Runes are all range 24 inches and as follows
Ancestor Rune of Grungni:
Augment, target gains Fight in Extra Rank, reroll misses in hand to hand and shooting, lasts until carter's next phase.
Ancestor Rune of Grimnar: Direct Damage, 2D6 Strength 4 hits.
Ancestor Rune of Valaya: Augment, Unit regains D3+1 worth of models, as described in Regrowth, and becomes Unbreakable until the carter's next phase.
Gungni & Valaya are good but I wouldn't consider them broken. Grimnar is basically a repeat of Wrath & Ruin but some other lores have two direct damage spells. For the sake of simplicity have the Ancestor Runes strike on a 5+ just like Wrath and Ruin.
I think adding in 3 more runes gives some more flexibility for casting. I find when playing the Anvil either you have a bunch of leftover dice OR you never get the good Rune off. You can only cast each rune once or the opponent doesn't care about Wrath & Ruin and Hearth & Home. They throw everything they have at stopping Oath and Steel. Having some more Runes with teeth makes you and the opponent think more.
What do you guys think? Playable?
