Post by thielemann on May 22, 2023 19:00:22 GMT
The army list was built around Leitdorf and the life wizard who will join the IC knights and give them regen as much as possible while only being hit on a 6 by most enemies.
Leitdorf is too dangerous to lead a large unit because his unit might just end up being stupid. I thought about circumventing this by combining him with a BSB and the standard of discipline. But even then he would still fail his morale test 1/4th of the time. Then again, I opted to go without a BSB because I did not want to spend points on protective items for him and because the army would end up being so scattered and most units are with a decent leadership value that a BSB would only be of use for about one or two units at a time.t
Furthermore Leitdorf is a melee character and I want to make use of his runefang. This means that he is in danger of dying though because he only has a 2+ save. So really I can't depend on him to lead and control my army anyways if I want to make use of him in melee. Therefore I decided to put him in a unit of 7 Reiksguard and just allow him to do what he does best.
The only one who I am not happy with is the scroll carrier who eats up more points than I would like. I might give him a different lore too if I think I don't need Wyssans on top of Flesh to Stone.
I know it's a bit of a weird army and certainly not optimal but I like to try and make things work which don't normally work too well.
What do you think?
Lords [529pts]
Battle Wizard Lord [309pts]
Selections: Lore of Life, Wizard Level 4 [35pts]
Magic Items [85pts]
Selections: AB - The White Cloak of Ulric [50pts], BRB - Fencer's Blades [35pts]
Warhorse [24pts]
Selections: Barding [6pts]
Marius Leitdorf, Elector Count of Averland [220pts]
Selections: AB - The Averland Runefang
Heroes [225pts]
Battle Wizard [102pts]
Selections: Lore of Beasts, Wizard Level 1
Magic Items [25pts]
Selections: BRB - Dispel Scroll [25pts]
Warhorse [12pts]
Captain of the Empire [123pts]
Selections: Full Plate Armour [6pts], Lance [7pts]
Imperial Pegasus [45pts]
Magic Items [5pts]
Selections: BRB - Charmed Shield [5pts]
Core [645pts]
Knightly Orders [110pts]
Selections: 5x Knightly Orders [110pts], Lance and Shield
Knightly Orders Inner Circle [535pts]
Selections: 20x Knightly Orders Inner Circle [500pts], Lance and Shield
Musician [10pts]
Standard Bearer [25pts]
Selections: BRB - Standard of Discipline [15pts]
Special [721pts]
Demigryph Knights [242pts]
Selections: 4x Inner Circle Knight [232pts], Lance, Musician [10pts]
Reiksguard Knights [209pts]
Selections: Musician [10pts], 7x Reiksguard Knights [189pts], Standard Bearer [10pts]
Reiksguard Knights [135pts]
Selections: 5x Reiksguard Knights [135pts]
Reiksguard Knights [135pts]
Selections: 5x Reiksguard Knights [135pts]
Rare [380pts]
Celestial Hurricanum [130pts]
Steam Tank [250pts]
Leitdorf is too dangerous to lead a large unit because his unit might just end up being stupid. I thought about circumventing this by combining him with a BSB and the standard of discipline. But even then he would still fail his morale test 1/4th of the time. Then again, I opted to go without a BSB because I did not want to spend points on protective items for him and because the army would end up being so scattered and most units are with a decent leadership value that a BSB would only be of use for about one or two units at a time.t
Furthermore Leitdorf is a melee character and I want to make use of his runefang. This means that he is in danger of dying though because he only has a 2+ save. So really I can't depend on him to lead and control my army anyways if I want to make use of him in melee. Therefore I decided to put him in a unit of 7 Reiksguard and just allow him to do what he does best.
The only one who I am not happy with is the scroll carrier who eats up more points than I would like. I might give him a different lore too if I think I don't need Wyssans on top of Flesh to Stone.
I know it's a bit of a weird army and certainly not optimal but I like to try and make things work which don't normally work too well.
What do you think?
Lords [529pts]
Battle Wizard Lord [309pts]
Selections: Lore of Life, Wizard Level 4 [35pts]
Magic Items [85pts]
Selections: AB - The White Cloak of Ulric [50pts], BRB - Fencer's Blades [35pts]
Warhorse [24pts]
Selections: Barding [6pts]
Marius Leitdorf, Elector Count of Averland [220pts]
Selections: AB - The Averland Runefang
Heroes [225pts]
Battle Wizard [102pts]
Selections: Lore of Beasts, Wizard Level 1
Magic Items [25pts]
Selections: BRB - Dispel Scroll [25pts]
Warhorse [12pts]
Captain of the Empire [123pts]
Selections: Full Plate Armour [6pts], Lance [7pts]
Imperial Pegasus [45pts]
Magic Items [5pts]
Selections: BRB - Charmed Shield [5pts]
Core [645pts]
Knightly Orders [110pts]
Selections: 5x Knightly Orders [110pts], Lance and Shield
Knightly Orders Inner Circle [535pts]
Selections: 20x Knightly Orders Inner Circle [500pts], Lance and Shield
Musician [10pts]
Standard Bearer [25pts]
Selections: BRB - Standard of Discipline [15pts]
Special [721pts]
Demigryph Knights [242pts]
Selections: 4x Inner Circle Knight [232pts], Lance, Musician [10pts]
Reiksguard Knights [209pts]
Selections: Musician [10pts], 7x Reiksguard Knights [189pts], Standard Bearer [10pts]
Reiksguard Knights [135pts]
Selections: 5x Reiksguard Knights [135pts]
Reiksguard Knights [135pts]
Selections: 5x Reiksguard Knights [135pts]
Rare [380pts]
Celestial Hurricanum [130pts]
Steam Tank [250pts]
