Thursday, January 21, 2016

Updates and Extensions to the Rules for Fortunes - Steads of Pure Blood, Fate Smiles Upon You, Galadhrim Longbows, and Hero of the Hour [Part 5/24]

The next set of Fortunes contain nothing "new" but only some clarifications and edits to the Special Rules associated to them. The biggest change is for the Steeds of Pure Blood Fortune, where the value was changed from a static number to a +2" bonus. The remaining edits are fairly small.



The nicest part of the edits for these Fortunes is their new-found affordability! It is definitely a lot more of a temptation to bring one of these along for each 1000 points of your army now (and may actually allow your army to fill in the remaining point gaps to get to an even number).




























LINKS TO OTHER FORTUNE UPDATES AND EXTENSIONS
  1. Athelas, Indomnitable Defiance, & Seat of Ancient Power [Part 1/24]
  2. Orcbane Weapons, Manbane Weapons, Goblinbane Weapons, & Elfbane Weapons [Part 2/24]
  3. Spiritbane Weapons, Hobbitbane Weapons, Dwarfbane Weapons, & Trollbane Weapons [Part 3/24]
  4. Dragonbane Weapons, Wargbane Weapons, Cavalrybane Weapons, & Monsterbane Weapons [Part 4/24]
  5. Steeds of Pure Blood, Fate Smiles Upon You, Galadhrim Longbows, & Hero of the Hour [Part 5/24]
  6. Mithril Coat, Untainted Palantir, Banner of the Free People, & Desperate Heroics [Part 6/24]
  7. Inner Glory, Song of Elbereth, The Blessing of Galadriel, & Wise Counsel [Part 7/24]
  8. Ancient Lore, Counter Spell, Forgotten Fortifications, Dragonslayer & Monsterslayer [Part 8/24]
  9. Magical Resistance & Blessed Grove [Part 9/24]
LINKS TO OTHER FATE UPDATES AND EXTENSIONS
  1. Morgul Blades, Dark Shrine, & Entslayer [Part 10/24]
  2. Greed for Glory, Cursed Armor of Udun, Tainted Palantir, & Banner of Barad-dur [Part 11/24]
  3. Faltering Nerve, Sigil of the Fallen Kings, The Crown of Carn Dum & There Will be no Dawn [Part 12/24]
  4. There Will be no Dawn, Evil Reputation, Tormented Steeds, & Balefire Arrows [Part 13/24]
  5. Black-hearted Trees, Curse of Morgoth, Tokens of Terror, & Haunted Wasteland [Part 14/24]
  6. Infestation, Watcher in the Shadows, & Ignore Pain [Part 15/24]
  7. TBD [Part 16/24]
LINKS TO OTHER ARTIFACT AND RELICS EXTENSIONS
  1. Weapon Cache: Bows and Weapon Cache: Pikes [Part 21/24]
  2. TBD [Part 22/24]

    Friday, January 15, 2016

    Updates and Extensions to the Rules for Fortunes - Dragonbane Weapons, Wargbane Weapons, Cavalrybane Weapons, & Monsterbane Weapons [Part 4/24]

    Next on the list is a full set of new fortunes. These help to close up the gap for the areas that still needed bane abilities against them. Notice also that it includes the two new type banes that are a little more costly due to their "awesomeness" factor - Cavalrybane and Monsterbane. If you have been keeping up with some of the other profiles on the blog, you would have noticed that these special rules have already been given to several heroes, as well.

    So, let's get on with it ...


    There is another week down the drain - I'm back from DC and can likely begin to focus and make more headway again! Thank you everyone for sticking with me and continuing to read and provide great feedback!
































    LINKS TO OTHER FORTUNE UPDATES AND EXTENSIONS
    1. Athelas, Indomnitable Defiance, & Seat of Ancient Power [Part 1/24]
    2. Orcbane Weapons, Manbane Weapons, Goblinbane Weapons, & Elfbane Weapons [Part 2/24]
    3. Spiritbane Weapons, Hobbitbane Weapons, Dwarfbane Weapons, & Trollbane Weapons [Part 3/24]
    4. Dragonbane Weapons, Wargbane Weapons, Cavalrybane Weapons, & Monsterbane Weapons [Part 4/24]
    5. Steeds of Pure Blood, Fate Smiles Upon You, Galadhrim Longbows, & Hero of the Hour [Part 5/24]
    6. Mithril Coat, Untainted Palantir, Banner of the Free People, & Desperate Heroics [Part 6/24]
    7. Inner Glory, Song of Elbereth, The Blessing of Galadriel, & Wise Counsel [Part 7/24]
    8. Ancient Lore, Counter Spell, Forgotten Fortifications, Dragonslayer & Monsterslayer [Part 8/24]
    9. Magical Resistance & Blessed Grove [Part 9/24]
    LINKS TO OTHER FATE UPDATES AND EXTENSIONS
    1. Morgul Blades, Dark Shrine, & Entslayer [Part 10/24]
    2. Greed for Glory, Cursed Armor of Udun, Tainted Palantir, & Banner of Barad-dur [Part 11/24]
    3. Faltering Nerve, Sigil of the Fallen Kings, The Crown of Carn Dum & There Will be no Dawn [Part 12/24]
    4. There Will be no Dawn, Evil Reputation, Tormented Steeds, & Balefire Arrows [Part 13/24]
    5. Black-hearted Trees, Curse of Morgoth, Tokens of Terror, & Haunted Wasteland [Part 14/24]
    6. Infestation, Watcher in the Shadows, & Ignore Pain [Part 15/24]
    7. TBD [Part 16/24]
    LINKS TO OTHER ARTIFACT AND RELICS EXTENSIONS
    1. Weapon Cache: Bows and Weapon Cache: Pikes [Part 21/24]
    2. TBD [Part 22/24]

    Thursday, January 7, 2016

    Updates and Extensions to the Rules for Fortunes - Spiritbane Weapons, Hobbitbane Weapons, Dwarfbane Weapons, & Trollbane Weapons [Part 3/24]

    Here are the next set of Fortunes that have been updated and extended. Similar to what we said in the last post, these fortunes are applied to the entire formation and have their cost associated with the number of companies contained within the formation.

    A few things to note: First, Dwarfbane Weapons have been moved from Fates over to Fortunes to keep it with the other bane upgrades. Second, Trollbane Weapons cost a little more due to the fact that Trolls have the Hard to Kill special rule ... so they are still harder to kill. Note that the bonus to dice roll only applies when determining the rolls To Hit against the Troll's Resilience Stat and not the rolls on the Hard to Kill table (it seems like a lot of people get this confused when reading the rule - and a future post will probably talk about this too [wink/wink]).


    There is another week down the drain ... I will be back in DC again next week - so it may be hard to get as much accomplished as I may hope! Perhaps I'll swing by the DC Hobbit League and see what's going on there!































    LINKS TO OTHER FORTUNE UPDATES AND EXTENSIONS
    1. Athelas, Indomnitable Defiance, & Seat of Ancient Power [Part 1/24]
    2. Orcbane Weapons, Manbane Weapons, Goblinbane Weapons, & Elfbane Weapons [Part 2/24]
    3. Spiritbane Weapons, Hobbitbane Weapons, Dwarfbane Weapons, & Trollbane Weapons [Part 3/24]
    4. Dragonbane Weapons, Wargbane Weapons, Cavalrybane Weapons, & Monsterbane Weapons [Part 4/24]
    5. Steeds of Pure Blood, Fate Smiles Upon You, Galadhrim Longbows, & Hero of the Hour [Part 5/24]
    6. Mithril Coat, Untainted Palantir, Banner of the Free People, & Desperate Heroics [Part 6/24]
    7. Inner Glory, Song of Elbereth, The Blessing of Galadriel, & Wise Counsel [Part 7/24]
    8. Ancient Lore, Counter Spell, Forgotten Fortifications, Dragonslayer & Monsterslayer [Part 8/24]
    9. Magical Resistance & Blessed Grove [Part 9/24]
    LINKS TO OTHER FATE UPDATES AND EXTENSIONS
    1. Morgul Blades, Dark Shrine, & Entslayer [Part 10/24]
    2. Greed for Glory, Cursed Armor of Udun, Tainted Palantir, & Banner of Barad-dur [Part 11/24]
    3. Faltering Nerve, Sigil of the Fallen Kings, The Crown of Carn Dum & There Will be no Dawn [Part 12/24]
    4. There Will be no Dawn, Evil Reputation, Tormented Steeds, & Balefire Arrows [Part 13/24]
    5. Black-hearted Trees, Curse of Morgoth, Tokens of Terror, & Haunted Wasteland [Part 14/24]
    6. Infestation, Watcher in the Shadows, & Ignore Pain [Part 15/24]
    7. TBD [Part 16/24]
    LINKS TO OTHER ARTIFACT AND RELICS EXTENSIONS
    1. Weapon Cache: Bows and Weapon Cache: Pikes [Part 21/24]
    2. TBD [Part 22/24]