The Book of Raelin the Kyrie Warrior

[Arch-vile]

Originally Posted by Joseph Sweeney

While I believe you, my opponent wishes as to where you have acquired this information.

Can Raelin see any part of Charos within 4 spaces? If so, add the defense boost. Seems clear to me, and auras have always worked this way with double-spaced figures.

-Rulings and Clarifications-

• - DEFENSIVE AURA : “Clear Sight Spaces”
  What does "clear sight spaces" mean?
  From page 15 of the 2nd edition rules: "To determine clear sight, use Raelin's Target Point. If she can see any part of your figures (not just the Hit Zone) within the 4 spaces, they are affected by the Defensive Aura." (Hasbro FAQ)

[awesomeunleashed]

Originally Posted by Joseph Sweeney

While I believe you, my opponent wishes as to where you have acquired this information.

Edit: AV got there first, but I might also still show him the rulebook's Range example:

Originally Posted by BftU Rulebook, pg. 12

...with a Range of 5, Pelloth can attack any figure within 5 spaces.

Emphasis added. Those are the same words (adding "clear sight" wouldn't have any effect on this dispute) as the Aura, and you don't have to have both spaces of a double-spaced figure in range to attack it.

[Joseph Sweeney]

Thanks guys, that works for him.

On a note: it's a close game, thus his skepticism.

[flameslayer93]

For the tournement in Dayton yesterday, (500 points, no hex limit, official only), I decided to take this 4-unit army for fun. I only went 2-3, but its ok.

Nilfheim
Jotun
Raelin RotV
Isamu

While Nilfy was probably the MVP for my games, I think I'm going to give the honors to Raelin this time. Her Defense bonus was just too vital, even if I knew the other players was just going to kill her as soon as possible. The fact that the other guy needs to waste time killing her just lets me use my Huge figures deal tons of damage. Any attacks the other guy threw at them when they stayed in her aura just bounced off. 6 defense is just that good!

The games I did lose, the other player was able to get around my big superpowers and kill her pretty quickly. Frenzy helped too.

[gotenks]

Hello All, new to heroscape! I just wanted to clarify Raelin's special ability with defence aura. "Add 2 to their defence dice". Does that mean units benefiting from this gets two extra dice to roll for defence or there is an automatic 2 "shield" in place for each unit added to their defence roll?

Thanks in advance!

[flameslayer93]

Originally Posted by gotenks

Hello All, new to heroscape! I just wanted to clarify Raelin's special ability with defence aura. "Add 2 to their defence dice". Does that mean units benefiting from this gets two extra dice to roll for defence or there is an automatic 2 "shield" in place for each unit added to their defence roll?

Thanks in advance!

They get to roll two more dice when they defend.

Welcome to the site!

[Tornado]

Two extra dice to roll. Does not affect Raelin.
Welcome.

[gotenks]

Thank you flameslayer93 and Tornado for the answers!

[Sir Dendrik]

Probably the unit I would erase from the game if given the choice. I do like her with Brunak, though. That combo used to be the only time she would hit the table at my house, unless I was practicing for a tournament (a rare occasion).

[Muskie]

Originally Posted by Sir Dendrik

Probably the unit I would erase from the game if given the choice. I do like her with Brunak, though. That combo used to be the only time she would hit the table at my house, unless I was practicing for a tournament (a rare occasion).

Agree. Though Delta cost mitigates her a bit (135 points). We have banned her in many of our tournaments before Delta, but now allow her if someone wants to invest that much in her.

[nyys]

I think Raelin just set the standard for what's 'OP' in Scape. If she were nerfed (or cost) more when release in RotV back in the day, a different unit would hold that mantle and all the ire would focus there instead. Is she too powerful? Yeah probably, but look at all the fun discussion and build attempts to counter that have come from it over the years. Worth it IMO.

[Chris Perkins]

I like to think about it as "what unit archetype, if OP, is healthiest for the game?" (since pretty much all games have some subset of unit(s) that are OP).

And, tbh, defensive cheerleader is one of the top, if not the top, option there. I think it's a more strategically interesting archetype than a Shark, for instance, in terms of how you deploy the unit across the game, if it's going to be present in so many 'cheese games.

My 2c at least.