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Pelloth Pre-Release Discussion Thread
I'm making some Pre-Release Discussion Threads so that no one needs to worry about books right now. We can keep all the excitement of finally seeing everything in these threads. The books could be created later, like when the figures actually come out and we can play with them instead of rampantly TheoryScaping. The idea is to keep the books a little cleaner, but still provide a place for figure-specific discussion until later.
Jugger It's like football with swords or LARPing without the geeky stuff. In other words, it's awesomely perfect! |
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This guy is awesome. I love the idea of an evil guy blowing up his own troops. Lurk in the shadows is pretty cool too. 3 defence and 4 life won't hold up real well if he gets caught in the open or engaged, but that seems balancing. This is probably my favorite figure from the new master set. Well done.
Jugger It's like football with swords or LARPing without the geeky stuff. In other words, it's awesomely perfect! |
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This guy is my favorite from this set by far! Tandros is cool, but this guy takes the cake. All you have to do is to get him to camp on a hill of shadow, and watch him make a mess of drow and other figures body parts! He is really my favorite unit from this set, and his pose is cool.
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Pelloth, My thoughts:
1. His card says Drow, so you can use any drow figures they come out with in the future, even heroes that only have 0ne life left. 2. Pelloth with 3 x Drow = 310, leaving 190 points left to round out an army. I'm thinking Q9 or Nief. The big heros will help take care of other big hero's and instant death figures would be in trouble with the drow. You could even leave out one squad and throw in Raelin, giving a good boost to the entire squad. Ratz would suffer From the big guns, so this set could work. 3. On the right map it will be hard to hit the drow so range might suffer. 4. Pelloth also has range so he will be worth it in many armies based on stats as a good clean up after all the Drow bit the dust. Also he has the range of 7 with the Drow bonus and can't be hit by range so he really should last to the end game. 5. Laughing maniacally as you roll each dice is not only suggested, it is required. First army I'm Playing: Pelloth 100 2 x Drow: 240 2 x Spiders: 320 Sojoah 505 |
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This guy has a huge target on his head!
His lurk skill is terrain based. That means that power is at the mercy of the map makers; there could be no shadow tiles, there could be only a few in very poor places, or there could be a whole ton everywhere. The first two options are more likely than the last. Without shadow he is made of paper, and you'll need to protect him pretty well to do some real damage. I'm skeptical about this guy; he has a strong ability, but armies with range or disengage will hurt Palloth quite a bit. In forest dark or glade beferned
No blade of grass shall go unturned Let those who have the daylight spurned Tread not where this green lamp has burned. |
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I can see the benifits of destroying your own drow figures when facing high defense squad members or heros (setinels, deathwalkers), but when facing low to medium defence guys, I don't think I would risk killing my own figure just to see me roll no skulls at all on 3 dice.
It's actually too bad you have to control the drow figure destoryed in the attack. In the books the drow fight each other as much as anyone else so it would have been cool if you could use the power to destory an opponents drow along with his buddies near him. |
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I can't decide just yet but he might be the coolest.
His special reminds me of a powerful gun that uses gold bullets. They can cost a lot & not always abundant. I'm excited & grateful to all the people responsible. Lets have some fun! Loves all Scape Still hasn't taken his Christmas decorations down. |
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I assume he can also destroy himself if the occasion calls for it.
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I like him a lot. I wish he had some more survival-bility, but he is cool. Very fun fluff wise and in a dungeon world. Unfortunately I can't see him working too well outside of dungeon play just because he'll get picked off before he could do anything useful. I wish he bonded with the drow as that would be awesome.
I still love him to death and really hope we'll see more drow in the coming year. Oh, and he's an Arachnomancer...so cool. |
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I don't think any figure can ever target itself with an attack, whether special or normal.
"While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." - Eugene V Debs |
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Otherwise, I think he's a pretty dynamic figure to use. Ideally, Lolth's Rage has a threat range of 7, which is pretty impressive considering you inflict auto-wounds. Killing your own warriors, as well, is one of the most epic powers in this Master Set. He might see a lot of competitive play, considering that, in a mass-Drow army, the fallen Drow Elf will usually earn its own points pretty easily- a fraction of 70 can decimate 100 points of KMA on a good roll, as well as thin the ranks of the 4th Mass. It will also take out a lot of low life heroes in 1 or 2 shots, which is bad for Q9-10 and a number of fragile hitters. Funny, I haven't actually posted in the main forum for a while. Shame; I really need to get back into 'Scape. |
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