The Book of Me-Burq-Sa - Page 4

'Scaper94 · #1 January 17th, 2011, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by tcglkn

Whoa good catch. That will forever bug me now.

Yeah, I never noticed it until about 3 minutes ago when I was looking at the wording of the power for a custom I'm making. I had to check with the wording on Kurrok to make sure it really was wrong. But has no one "officially" noticed this before?

#2 January 17th, 2011, 08:42 PM

i noticed that a few weeks ago but never said anything.

fireemblemrox · #3 June 29th, 2011, 08:51 PM

I just noticed that and was on my way to commenting. Mistakes like this irk me, especially "solider" on Sgt. Drake Sotm's card...:[

ThorfinSS · #4 August 19th, 2011, 07:45 AM

I'm wondering about the combination of Paralyzing Stare with bonding (Romans, Grok, Taskmasters, or Ornak). The ability states that if the figure is attacked by MBS it rolls no defense dice for the turn. So if MBS is activated first by a bonding ability and paralyzes a figure can the bonding figures then attack the paralyzed figure?
I guess it's a question of what is a turn. A turn is each order marker of a round, but bonding abilities refer to taking multiple turns.
Anyone out there know any official ruling on this?

Rÿchean · #5 August 19th, 2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ThorfinSS

A turn is each order marker of a round, but bonding abilities refer to taking multiple turns.
Anyone out there know any official ruling on this?

It is possible to take multiple turns per order marker.

A turn is in reference to the card that is currently activated either by order marker being revealed or a power on an army card such as bonding or Ornak's Red Flag.

Anytime a power refers to doing something for that turn, it is referring to the current turn being taken, never the entire order marker. In many cases, they are one in the same. In your example with the Romans, you are taking two turns, one full turn with Warlord MBS via the Warlord Bonding power, and then a full turn with the Romans themselves. The affects of Paralyzing Stare only last for the turn in which the power was successfully used. MBS's turn only.

Consider Frenzy - a player could take an unlimited amount of turns within one order marker, if they hit the Frenzy roll every time.

If a power is to occur only when tied to an order marker it will be worded as such. Marcu Esenwein is a good example; his Eternal Hatred, only activates when you reveal an order marker on his Card. If you use Ornak's Red Flag to take a turn with Marcu, you do not roll for Eternal Hatred because the order marker was not revealed on Marcu's card.

So to sum it up, if it is supposed to last for the duration of the order marker it will say so. Otherwise, turn is always referring to the current turn being taken within the current order marker being played.

ThorfinSS · #6 August 24th, 2011, 11:02 AM

Thanks for the clarification!
I figured that little combination was to good to be true, and the whole separate turns within an order marker makes sense with the wording of all the bonding powers.

Gardevoir · #7 October 30th, 2011, 04:00 PM

MBS is difficult to keep alive, but for 50 points you wont lose much. his movement of 8 is great and his range of 6 tops his threat range to 14 so he can get to figures quickly, either to support others, attack or on the odd occasion block or distract the enemy. i find though that when his ability does actually work, i always roll either 1 skull or nothing, but when i dont get it i roll 2, 3+ skulls. he can be difficult to use in some situations but excels best as clean-up because he is so quick or to assassinate a lone squady or hero.

jschild · #8 August 19th, 2011, 07:53 AM

Do exactly what the card says. Notice it only mentions that the paralyzed figure does not get to roll any defense dice if attacked by MBS. It doesn't mention anyone else, therefore it does not apply to anyone else.

Airborne Elite 5 · #9 October 5th, 2014, 08:37 PM

Recently used Me-Burq-Sa in a 350pt army. He was the last man standing and my opponent had about ten-ish figures left on the field. Good old 'Burq' reduced them to just two Warriors of Ashra. I was very pleased with the performance this warlord put on.

Airborne Elite 5 · #10 October 5th, 2014, 08:39 PM

I still lost, but was not dissapointed.

Serenity · #11 April 6th, 2015, 06:55 PM

Me-Burq-Sa
C3V and SoV Custom Synergies

Spoiler Alert!

Owlman · #12 May 6th, 2020, 08:53 AM

This guy is lethal for his points. He always struck me as the Barracuda of HeroScape. Not the most dangerous or biggest fish out there, but for his size/point class, more than capable of taking a bite out of you when provoked

Not only does he give great bonding options, but he's cheap/deadly enough where you don't really need to shed a tear if he gets zapped early on in the game. His speed lets him grab height when needed, and if he pulls off a Stare, he can assassinate low to mid-level figures with ease.

I recall this one game my buddy used him in a way back, (like a year ago or so) and for some reason he must have hit at LEAST 6-7 stares the whole game and managed to annihilate close to half my army! For half the game I ignored him, then looked at all the carnage and was like...."Oh wow....this is not good." Wound up losing that game, largely thanks to that sneaky Marro bugger...