Rune Priest woes

[Baulder]

When it comes to RPs I agreement that 2 is better than 1 and more is better than that if you are planning on building a requirement for a specific power into your army. My personal method with which I've had some success recently is to have a single RP ML2 with a staff run with some skyclaws. Go for biomancy and hope for endurance/life leach as these add a very useful bonus. If I fail for endurance I then tend to roll on the SW traits table aiming for FNP trait for my TWM wolf lord to then get a second chance at FNP on the TWC (even if it is a 6+). 

 

For the RP most of the success I've had is when he is given armour of russ and then rolls iron arm. This pushes him up to T7 with a 2+/4+ and str9 ap2 at initiative and -5I to the challenger. All in all he becomes a bit of a powerhouse and is great for sending off tank hunting and MC bashing. This is more a fun character but it isn't too expensive and you get the potential (though not reliable) to run get some good power but that are not pivotal to my army. 

[Donkalleone]

i use my Rune Priest when i need a cheap HQ that supports good. So i take him LVL 2 and Stick him too my LF with Divination and Hope for "ignore cover". Since Preciense is an auto pic i can eliminate a bit of rng and focus on getting it off. Works wonders on Plascannon LF.

And you can play some dirty tactics :

Purchase a Bunker and stick it on the Favorrable position (high on the Table) and/or where it is hard to flank. Get a bunch of LF and stick them in it.

Position the  RP so that is within unit coherrence but outside of the building and out of LoS. Since its nowhere stated that all modells of a unit have to be inside the building the RP can cast presciense on himself and since he attached to the LF they get it. Doesnt make sence on a regular Transport and might be a bit rule bending but its legit. Beware of Barrage!

 

The Other Option is to field 2-3(Njal) Tempentas RP Against Tau, Necrons and Orcs  to get JAW. It cant Deal with MC but removing a bunch of Orcs, Crisis Shivre (and almost all other TAU) and almost evry Necron unit regardless of how Many wounds they have in a single roll of 3+ each is pretty good. And since Necs and Tau have no psyker its even easier.

[DanPesci]

Ace, some great feedback, definately going to try and run a list with a RP in this weekend, just to try it out, realised ive not played a game of 7th yet where ive had any sort of psyker.

 

 

i use my Rune Priest when i need a cheap HQ that supports good. So i take him LVL 2 and Stick him too my LF with Divination and Hope for "ignore cover". Since Preciense is an auto pic i can eliminate a bit of rng and focus on getting it off. Works wonders on Plascannon LF.

 

 

Quick question, does prescience allow you to re-roll the gets hot roll on plasma cannons?

I had taken a wolf priest with Plasma LF in the past, cos his preferred enemy lets you do that instead of rerolling the to hit (an di tlets you rreroll those annoying 1s to wound)...but im presuming prescience just lets you reroll your blast scatter??

 

Obviosuly getting ignores cover on plasma cannons is awesome though (have been taking a pred. executioner with the saga thing that gives it ignores cover - maximum plasma death!)

[codyrstuart]

If I'm not mistaking, the BRB addresses that issue by saying you can choose either the refill for gets hot or reroll scatter, but you can't reroll both. As far as prescience is concerned, a failed gets hot roll is just as good as a miss.

[Donkalleone]

Anything that allows rerolls to hit allows reroll on Gets Hot AND Scatter. Thats why Plasma Cannon is so good on Bjorn with his BS of 6.

 

@cody: You can reroll both. The definition is on two different entrys where its nowhere mention that one excludes the other.

We had the discussion in previous post and dont want to bring that all up again.

[codyrstuart]

Oh really? I've been cheating myself then. Thanks for the heads up!

[DanPesci]

Ah cool, prescience is quite possible worth the risk of not casting compared to a wolf priests pref enemy then, as probably more likely to scatter off target (and cause less wounds), than fail wounds on what nine times out of 10 is a 2+ to wound.

[Spazmonkey]

I did write a list this weekend, ended up going with Rune priest just because i needed a second HQ and he was cheap.

So another good time to take him.

[Ulrik_Ironfist]

I see the merits of both. But I rarely run either one as a primary HQ (warlord). I find them more useful when taken in multiples, and put in squads. I like to use rune priests in squads of grey hunters, ML1 with divination, and just for the primaris power, prescience. Twin linked goodness... I take the rune priest with a combi-melta so I'm packing 3 melta shots at whatever I put them next to. With prescience I'm getting re-rolls. Though I may start taking a WP with combi-melta, to give the FNP and use preferred enemy for tanks, which is better than nothing for an anti-tank squad. 

 

This thread has given me a lot to think about.

[skeletoro]

Let me just say: I'm jealous of this new dark angels librarius formation???

 

 

[Rune Priest Ridcully]

I'm dusting off my wolves, and just from the codex the Rune priest seems to be better then the wolf priests just on the fact they start so cheap, and even with level 2 and runic armour come out 5pts cheaper then the basic Wolf priest, which is a shame as the wolf priests are my favourite, though they do look good, albeit overshadowed by Ulric who look s ridiculously good (the fact his fluff is brilliant and something about his model just makes me smile also helps).

[Donkalleone]

WolfPriest and RunePriest have enterely different Roles. The only point where i would compare them is when i need a cheap HQ.

[Frater Cornelius]

If you need a cheap HQ you compare RP with WGBL. WP is too expensive for that.

[Rune_Priest_Rhapsody]

I've been rockin 2 ML 2 RP's the past few games I have played, because psychic phase and junk.

 

Two priests, one for divination and the other for tempestus is a lot of fun and, at least for me, a sound tactical decision.

 

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[Lord Blackwood]

I've been rockin 2 ML 2 RP's the past few games I have played, because psychic phase and junk.

 

Two priests, one for divination and the other for tempestus is a lot of fun and, at least for me, a sound tactical decision.

 

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but they cannot ride thunderwolves they have to watch all their friend ride off into glorious battle like = n =   " why this " 

[Rune_Priest_Rhapsody]

 

I've been rockin 2 ML 2 RP's the past few games I have played, because psychic phase and junk.

 

Two priests, one for divination and the other for tempestus is a lot of fun and, at least for me, a sound tactical decision.

 

End of Line

but they cannot ride thunderwolves they have to watch all their friend ride off into glorious battle like = n =   " why this " 

 

 

It's actually because I have built myself a persona here online that has taken form in plastic. So I take Rune Priest Rhapsody as an auto include in pretty much every list I write. You'll meet him soon enough!!

 

While I am sure the competitive scene sees very few RP's these days, in casual or even in the specially tailored lists, they are still a very solid HQ choice. Sure they won't beat GK or CD, but they can still be good. Don't count them down and out!! I played CSM/CD last week and went up against a ML2 ML 3 and 2 Pink Horror units with my 2 ML 2 RP's they where both alive end of the game, which could not be said about any other the traitorous scum. I didn't win the game, but I out played him in the psychic phase almost every turn, and in the end stood with my teeth bared.

 

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[Lord Blackwood]

To be fair  I  think its coming at some point , a errata and a new rune priest / iron priest / wolf priest  on thunderwolf multi kit will happen at which point I am fairly certain I will model one and try and find a spot for it.

[Donkalleone]

A RPTWM doesnt need a find a Spot it auto includes.

[Lord Blackwood]

A RPTWM doesnt need a find a Spot it auto includes.

or , you know , you could do things yer way and I can do them mine ? 

[grouj]

I have written up a couple of sets that I think may work well =)

 

http://southoftheeyeofterror.blogspot.com/2014/11/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html

[Rune_Priest_Rhapsody]

To be fair  I  think its coming at some point , a errata and a new rune priest / iron priest / wolf priest  on thunderwolf multi kit will happen at which point I am fairly certain I will model one and try and find a spot for it.

 

I'm still buggering around with mine. I just cannot seem to get the pose correct on him to give him the feel that I want. But yes, the option of a PRTWM is an exciting dream, much like the possibility of a new kit.

 

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[Konnavaer]

I've been rockin 2 ML 2 RP's the past few games I have played, because psychic phase and junk.

Two priests, one for divination and the other for tempestus is a lot of fun and, at least for me, a sound tactical decision.

End of Line

but they cannot ride thunderwolves they have to watch all their friend ride off into glorious battle like = n = " why this "

It's actually because I have built myself a persona here online that has taken form in plastic. So I take Rune Priest Rhapsody as an auto include in pretty much every list I write. You'll meet him soon enough!!

While I am sure the competitive scene sees very few RP's these days, in casual or even in the specially tailored lists, they are still a very solid HQ choice. Sure they won't beat GK or CD, but they can still be good. Don't count them down and out!! I played CSM/CD last week and went up against a ML2 ML 3 and 2 Pink Horror units with my 2 ML 2 RP's they where both alive end of the game, which could not be said about any other the traitorous scum. I didn't win the game, but I out played him in the psychic phase almost every turn, and in the end stood with my teeth bared.

End of Line

I just had to post to state my respect for the way you played this brother, like a true son of Russ ! All power to your sword arm, I shall buy you a flagon next time we meet within the Aett

[Rune Priest Ridcully]

Has anyone had any luck with Rune priests in terminator armour? I have the old model and want to use it, but terminator armour just seems kind of lackluster compared to Runic armour, and unable to take much equipment, I had an idea for a Terminator rune priest with runic sword and storm shield, but can't really do it it now :/
Though tbf that's not a rune priest problem, but rather one where it looks like Runic armour/armour of russ kind of makes terminator redundant for the wolf hq options.

[CatSmasher]

I run them this way all the time. Especially to get a combi plas with a Helm of Durfast

[guinness drinking dwarf]

I dusted off and ran Njal in TA with a second RP last game verses Nids.

 

Njal did better than I expected and the re-roll on warp charges and deny the witch helped keep the hive at bay. I did though completely forgot to save a warp charge his staff when he got charged by a carnifex, didn't matter too much though he was steamrolled by its D3 S10 hammer of wrath. Bugger.