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donceka Youngblood
Posts : 11 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-12-01
| Subject: Help for newcomer Mon 1 Dec 2008 - 6:35 | |
| Hello guys first of all let me introduce. I am warhammer fan like for 12+ years and playing battles and rpg over 10 years. My friends invited me to join the new champaingh in mordheim. I picked up a chaos dwarfs. But as far i am new in there i need to create my new warband Question number one is there any files around there whitch i can put in my army builder 2.x couse i see lot's of warbands there but not a chaos dwarfs ... Second question maybe anyone has some tips for making brand new chaos dwarfs warband ? For long play ... | |
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cianty Honour Guard
Posts : 5287 Trading Reputation : 5 Join date : 2007-09-27 Location : Berlin
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Monks (BTB) Achievements earned: Silver Tom
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Mon 1 Dec 2008 - 9:23 | |
| Hello and welcome, donceka! I read your request for an army builder file on the yahoo group. I had a look at the programme and the construction of the warband files yesterday. Maybe I will get around to make one for the Black Dwarfs some time. Hower, since I am not too big a fan of ArmyBuilder and since it cannot replace the BTB warband roster anyways (because you can't properly keep track of the warband's earned campaign points), I am not sure if even enough people would be interested. Anyway, back to the Chaos Dwarfs... As a starter there are a few things you should be aware of (I'll be referring to the Chaos Dwarf warband list from Border Town Burning): - Max out your possible Heroes. This is necessary to ensure a steady income during the course of the campaign. In your case this means that besides the obligatory warband leader (the Sorcerer) the first warriors you shouls hire are the Bull Centaur and two Gaolers. - Unless your gaming group is using house rules the strongest and cheapest weapon armament will be mace + dagger for your warband. Each model already starts with a free dagger so this means +3 gc per model. For your Heroes you could consider swords instead of maces to ensure that they survive a little longer. The Steel Whip is a cool weapon - rules for that can be found in the rulebook (Sisters of Sigmar), but the rules have been officially errata'ed in the Mordheim Rules Review (separate PDF). - For the Henchmen you have to decide on a strategy. Either you buy the more expensive Chaos Dwarfs so that you have a strong group of hand-to-hand combat models - or- you buy lots of Informers, who are cheap and can be equipped with slings, which are very good ranged weapons and commonly used by Skaven warbands. You could, of course, also make a mix of Chaos Dwarfs and Informers. Make that dependend on your available models and your personal preferences.. - Keep the Rout limits in mind. You have to make Rout tests as soon as 25% of your warband have been taken out of action. So with 5-8 warriors in your warband you'll have to test after two losses, 9-12 three losses, 13-16 four losses, etc. So when hiring your models you will want to try to make the total number rather 13 than 12. This might mean that you have to replace a Chaos Dwarf henchman with two Informers. - Don't worry about the Engine of Chaos or buying man-catchers at the beginning of your campaign. I think you better get yourself comfortable with the campaign play, Hero advances and income and then try to achieve extras like hunting down slaves and sending them back to the Dark Lands.. I hope this was somewhat useful to you. Don't hsesitate to ask more questions if you have any. Good luck with the warband! | |
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donceka Youngblood
Posts : 11 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-12-01
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Mon 1 Dec 2008 - 9:28 | |
| Tx a lot. I was thinking about starting warband with sorceress bull and 2 goalers. But i was kinda thinking about equiping them with pair of pistols. | |
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cianty Honour Guard
Posts : 5287 Trading Reputation : 5 Join date : 2007-09-27 Location : Berlin
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Monks (BTB) Achievements earned: Silver Tom
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Mon 1 Dec 2008 - 9:41 | |
| IMO pistols are not worth it (you can see a thread about some people complaining about pistols somewhere around here). Consider that one pistol = one informer. There is also a thread about potential abuse of blunderbusses (who are one shot per battle only) so maybe you like to read through that as well. I'd use the Informers with Slings for ranged combat and the dwarfs themselves for the dirty hand-to-hand work. This is the cheapest way and it will allow you to include the most models.
Oh, and I just realised that the maximum number of Chaos Dwarfs is 12 - so much for the "13 instead of 12" advice. Well, it was meant as a general statement anyways. | |
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donceka Youngblood
Posts : 11 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-12-01
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Mon 1 Dec 2008 - 14:45 | |
| SO 4 heroes all with heavy armors and hammers I like that. | |
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catferret Venerable Ancient
Posts : 508 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-08-10
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Orcs & Goblins Achievements earned:
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Mon 1 Dec 2008 - 16:42 | |
| You may want to check out this guy. It may well be just what you need. | |
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cianty Honour Guard
Posts : 5287 Trading Reputation : 5 Join date : 2007-09-27 Location : Berlin
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Monks (BTB) Achievements earned: Silver Tom
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Mon 1 Dec 2008 - 17:36 | |
| - donceka wrote:
- SO 4 heroes all with heavy armors and hammers I like that.
Well, yeah, except for the armours. Neither heavy nor light armour are really worth it. | |
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Drugart Venerable Ancient
Posts : 755 Trading Reputation : 1 Join date : 2008-11-11
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Dwarfs Achievements earned: none
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Mon 1 Dec 2008 - 18:53 | |
| - catferret wrote:
- You may want to check out this guy.
It may well be just what you need. That is one sweet Chaos Dwarf! To bad my alignment dont swing that way. | |
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donceka Youngblood
Posts : 11 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-12-01
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donceka Youngblood
Posts : 11 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-12-01
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Tue 2 Dec 2008 - 6:03 | |
| - cianty wrote:
- donceka wrote:
- SO 4 heroes all with heavy armors and hammers I like that.
Well, yeah, except for the armours. Neither heavy nor light armour are really worth it. U sure it is not worth ? If not it is not worth at start or in all champain ? And what is worth then ? | |
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cianty Honour Guard
Posts : 5287 Trading Reputation : 5 Join date : 2007-09-27 Location : Berlin
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Monks (BTB) Achievements earned: Silver Tom
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Tue 2 Dec 2008 - 10:05 | |
| - donceka wrote:
- U sure it is not worth ?
If not it is not worth at start or in all champain ? And what is worth then ? Try to go for more models in the beginning. Later you can try to equip your heroes with heavy armour and shield (the 5+ alone simply won't do). If your gaming group uses the house rule that gives shields an additional +1 armour save in hand-to-hand combat then this is different. In general though I don't recommend expensive armour in the beginning. An heavy armour alone is never good as it is too easily negated. Considering how many warriors you could hire instead I really wouldn't buy them. | |
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donceka Youngblood
Posts : 11 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-12-01
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Wed 3 Dec 2008 - 9:03 | |
| So after seeing all feeds i am thinking about:
Sorceress
Bullcentaur with Hammer + Sword
2x Gaolers with Hammer + Sword + Blunderbuss
Total 480 | |
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Chad Venerable Ancient
Posts : 932 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-11-07 Age : 31 Location : Poiares-Coimbra-Portugal/Exeter-Devon-England
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Pirates (Unofficial) Achievements earned: none
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Wed 3 Dec 2008 - 14:04 | |
| Buy the sorceress a weapon! And I don't rate swords, they're just not worth the GCs (in my opinion). So I'd drop the swords and get yo'self a henchman/men. | |
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donceka Youngblood
Posts : 11 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-12-01
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Wed 3 Dec 2008 - 14:21 | |
| SO maybe exhange hammer + sword with a like 2 handed weapon ?
P.S. maybe i have missed smt but i fought it is better to start wit h lower troops or no ? | |
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Eliazar Etheral
Posts : 1987 Trading Reputation : 1 Join date : 2007-08-28 Age : 35 Location : Lund, Sweden
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Pirates (Unofficial) Achievements earned: none
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Wed 3 Dec 2008 - 14:34 | |
| - donceka wrote:
- SO maybe exhange hammer + sword with a like 2 handed weapon ?
Beware of the 2-handed weapons! They are even more expensive, and strike last means that it's quite likely to get killed before you landed the first blow! (unless you habe the strongman skill, which you won't at the start). So better exchange the sword with a 2nd hammer, that will save you 7 gc. Makes 21 on the 3 models you intend to equip with one, add the 20 gc you have left and voila, you can buy your sorceress a weapon (hammer), too, and even have enough GC left for another henchman or two (not sure how expensive they are). And it is always better to have more models, as this will allow you to suffer more casualties before having to take a rout test and thus increases your chances to win. | |
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donceka Youngblood
Posts : 11 Trading Reputation : 0 Join date : 2008-12-01
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Thu 4 Dec 2008 - 12:15 | |
| Ok if my colculation is ok then it is like
Sorceres with hammer Bullcentaur with Hammerx2 Gaoler hammer x2 + blunderbuss Gaoler hammer x2 + blunderbuss
6 informers with slings
486 Points.
Any more sugestion how i can improve ? | |
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Eliazar Etheral
Posts : 1987 Trading Reputation : 1 Join date : 2007-08-28 Age : 35 Location : Lund, Sweden
Personal Info Primary Warband played: Pirates (Unofficial) Achievements earned: none
| Subject: Re: Help for newcomer Thu 4 Dec 2008 - 13:06 | |
| Yeah, give your informers some clubs, too. Slings don't have such a long range, so it is likely they informers will get involved in HtH combat, too. And then you stand a better chance with some proper handweapons. | |
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