On 5/21/2017 at 1:10 PM, Darthain said:

Thought that one goes back to cuckold horns, aka sleeping with someone's spouse.

I should've kept reading, this is exactly what I thought.

On 5/21/2017 at 6:28 AM, druchii7 said:

That's very funny, as in my country to have antlers/horns means that your partner fooled you ^^

AFAIK, a "cuckold's horns" are believed to refer to a capon's horns, as in when a castrated rooster had its spurs transplanted to its comb, giving it both "horns" and simultaneously emasculating it.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't regard a bulls horns or a stags antlers as symbols of masculinity, at least not in western culture. I mean... either of those animals would be more than happy to use said horns/antlers to spill your guts.

On 5/19/2017 at 1:14 PM, jonboyjon1990 said:

No need to lighten the mood - sorry if I've come across as adversarial - we're all Runewarers (?) here!

Runewarriors.

On 5/22/2017 at 2:11 PM, DekoPuma said:

Runewarriors.

I'm so glad that's catching on. ?

Would Reaping blade be useful on Deathknights? Or Fortunas dice with moment of inspiration?

1 hour ago, TallGiraffe said:

Would Reaping blade be useful on Deathknights? Or Fortunas dice with moment of inspiration?

I'd go with Reaping Blade to get rid of those 2 blanks on the red dice, plus getting rid of the blank on the blue really helps given that the Surge and double surge result might as well be blanks. I really hope we get an upgrade with a Surge ability they can use (other than Duskblade).


I'd probably take Moment of Inspiration with Reaping Blade too.

Amazing how much crap happens when youre on a 2 week business trip....

Comparing these guys to the Oathsworn, they seem pretty evenly balanced to me. DKs are obviously stronger as they have +1 armor, Impact 1-2 instead of 1, the ability to shrug off a Mortal Strike once per attack, and while not as forwardly fast as the Oathsworn theyre still pretty mobile and have an auto mortal strike. But, more expensive.

Having a medallion instead of armor (whatever they call the chestplate icon) both cuts them off from good things and opens up a whole new can of worms.

Usually when i see a "This faction now has a unit the other faction had first!" type thing, its either pathetic in comparison, or overpowered. Im honestly seeing almost a complete shift in area strengths to keep the two relatively balanced. Head on i think DK's would own Oaths just from the armor alone but that may change depending on card access.

I saw a comment about preferring skeletal horses: i imagine they didnt do that because that would not only be a pain to sculpt but it would be fairly fragile as well. Personally for my scheme im glad they didnt since im going with the ghostly spectre look anyway

1 hour ago, Vineheart01 said:

Amazing how much crap happens when youre on a 2 week business trip....

Comparing these guys to the Oathsworn, they seem pretty evenly balanced to me. DKs are obviously stronger as they have +1 armor, Impact 1-2 instead of 1, the ability to shrug off a Mortal Strike once per attack, and while not as forwardly fast as the Oathsworn theyre still pretty mobile and have an auto mortal strike. But, more expensive.

Having a medallion instead of armor (whatever they call the chestplate icon) both cuts them off from good things and opens up a whole new can of worms.

Usually when i see a "This faction now has a unit the other faction had first!" type thing, its either pathetic in comparison, or overpowered. Im honestly seeing almost a complete shift in area strengths to keep the two relatively balanced. Head on i think DK's would own Oaths just from the armor alone but that may change depending on card access.

I saw a comment about preferring skeletal horses: i imagine they didnt do that because that would not only be a pain to sculpt but it would be fairly fragile as well. Personally for my scheme im glad they didnt since im going with the ghostly spectre look anyway

Armor symbol = equipment

Amulet = Artifact

It is in the Rules under upgrades.

Also I too am glad it is not skeletal horses. Assembling Reanimates was tough as it is with their small arms.

On 2017-5-27 at 10:46 AM, TallGiraffe said:

Would Reaping blade be useful on Deathknights? Or Fortunas dice with moment of inspiration?

Better ankaur maro's Duskblade + combat ingenuity. The blue die would make it a reasonable choice and many typically flanking units will tremble (golems, kari, oathsworn knights...)

3 hours ago, druchii7 said:

Better ankaur maro's Duskblade + combat ingenuity. The blue die would make it a reasonable choice and many typically flanking units will tremble (golems, kari, oathsworn knights...)

Now that's a sublime combo...

2 hours ago, maxam said:

Now that's a sublime combo...

It's also an expensive combo (14 points) that does nothing for you if you are attacking 1 defense units. I think that I'd rather take Reaping Blade and Rank Discipline for 8 points.

2 hours ago, maxam said:

Now that's a sublime combo...

Imagine a 2x1 golems unit vs a 2x2 death knitghts unit: 2 damage and 2 surges on the roll would make the golems go defense 2, and that would be a whole dead golem without the need to blight.

If we apply that result to Kari, that would kill a full strenght Kari. (defense 1, damage 4: knock out)

On 28/05/2017 at 2:29 PM, Vineheart01 said:

Amazing how much crap happens when youre on a 2 week business trip....

Try a 12 week one. I've not even got to buy the game yet. ☹️

Some spoilers from FFG France

Gauntlet of Obcasium (Artifact)

Melee : Exhaust this card to deal the "Death's Embrace" condition to the defender

Death's Embrace : Before each final phase, this unit suffer 1-2 [Blue rune] wounds.

That condition card looks cool, would that be damage or wounds?

i think that would be a little ridiculous if it was 1-2 wounds. Its only 5pts and not a oneshot as it can be readied to use again. That card alone would remove a Rune Golem if it did wounds and theres nothing you can do about it.

You're right. It's "wounds" not "damage".

Damage = Dommage

Wounds = Blessures

Seriously its wounds?

Good god.

Yes it is. To be sure, i read my reference guide (in french) so... Yeah it's pretty strong.

9 minutes ago, Vineheart01 said:

i think that would be a little ridiculous if it was 1-2 wounds. Its only 5pts and not a oneshot as it can be readied to use again. That card alone would remove a Rune Golem if it did wounds and theres nothing you can do about it.

It may not be a one-shot ability, but it seems there's only one condition card, so you can only have it on one target at a time.

I think so too. It would be a killer if not.

Someone better at modelling skills than me needs to make one of these guys shooting a "Death Coil" from his sword when we get them.....

Also you could only have it on one target at a time anyway. The source of the condition is unique so you cant have 2 units with it and its exhausted so you cant apply it to 2 units youre engaged with at once.
Note that both the upgrade and the condition have the squiggly lines for Unique

4 minutes ago, Contrapulator said:

It may not be a one-shot ability, but it seems there's only one condition card, so you can only have it on one target at a time.

Unless the card is just a rules reference card, and special tokens are used instead to represent the status. I doubt they would design a gameplay effect to be limited in its use based on the number of cards you have. They do it with upgrade cards because it's related to army building, but for a gameplay effect? Isshh, I doubt it. It's like saying you can't put more blight on your opponent because you don't have enough blight tokens...

Look at the condition card, it is Unique (underlined).

1 minute ago, Cyiel said:

Look the pics of the condition, it is Unique .

Aaahh, right. The fact that the upgrade card itself is unique would not necessarily mean you can't apply multiple embrace statuses to multiple units, but yes, even the status card itself has its title underlined. Good catch.