[DW] Blackthorn and Swordhand: OOC Thread

[Mazer Rackham]

I'm open to ideas.

 

MR.

[Steel Company]

I'd say turn around and light up Horde D?

[Mazer Rackham]

tempting me with a good time, Steel? 

 

Doesn't Teralil have a breaching augur?

 

MR.

[Steel Company]

True, but that takes time to work, but those two hordes will be on us in short order and we get no dodges against horde attacks.

[Slips]

we could, possibly just try to bore our way into the voice of thunder through that would probably take some time to drill through ship plating and then turn it into a tunnel fight with the last one in being basically the one stuck taking the brunt of whatever comes after us.

[Mazer Rackham]

True, but that takes time to work, but those two hordes will be on us in short order and we get no dodges against horde attacks.

 

AT's squad mode can give us dodges against Hordes...

 

we could, possibly just try to bore our way into the voice of thunder through that would probably take some time to drill through ship plating and then turn it into a tunnel fight with the last one in being basically the one stuck taking the brunt of whatever comes after us.

 

It's like you read my mind  ...with my flamethrower and heavy-bolter and Vorr behind me with a missile launcher and combat shotgun...

 

I can't see us fighting past that lot without getting bogged down, six stealers as well?

 

MR.

[Steel Company]

@MR

 

While true that AT's squad mode does give a dodge against a horde, it just feels out of character for Tyber to use squad mode. I mean the one time I did it during the fight on the Voice of Thunder so long ago now, it just feels strange when I go back and look at how he has fought for the rest of the game.

[Mazer Rackham]

We'll just have to peg it then and hope for the best?

 

Or we could fire Tyber at the ship - he's got a big tin opener, right? ;)

 

MR.

[Steel Company]

We'll just have to peg it then and hope for the best?

 

Or we could fire Tyber at the ship - he's got a big tin opener, right?

 

MR.

I'm good with that, it'd be a solid use of a fate point (or three).

[Commissar Molotov]

Do bear in mind you haven't lost a single wound yet...

[Steel Company]

True, very true CM.

[Slips]

thats true, we are all, for a combat with this many enemies, yet undamaged.

 

But, now that we've mentioned it aloud, hold on to your fate points dudes...

[A.T.]

AT's squad mode can give us dodges against Hordes..

Raptors defensive pattern is to escape from ambushes, unless they changed it in an errata that i'm not aware of.

[Commissar Molotov]

Montesa has given you the bulwark ability, allowing you to parry horde attacks (if you have swords.) He will likely also use his Avenger power this round to burn some Tyranids.

 

You have fought Genestealers before and survived!

 

All is not lost!

[Steel Company]

I know, Tyber's even beaten two of them in CQB, I know we can beat them. The issue is the numbers that are coming at us, not just the Stealers...

[A.T.]

Montesa has given you the bulwark ability, allowing you to parry horde attacks (if you have swords.) He will likely also use his Avenger power this round to burn some Tyranids.

 

That's the tyrannic veteran ability right? Parry with a penalty equal to have the horde size?

[Mazer Rackham]

 

Raptors defensive pattern is to escape from ambushes, unless they changed it in an errata that i'm not aware of.

 

 

It was Montesa, not Atratus. My mistake. 

 

EDIT: All the Sqd modes we've already activated stay activated, right?  So we can trip them once per turn without paying the cost again...is that right?

 

MR.

Edited June 24, 2020 by Mazer Rackham

[Commissar Molotov]

A.T./Mazer - Yes, the Tyrannic War Ability.

 

If the Squad Mode is Sustained, it remains activated for the rest of the Mission. If it is not, it is active for the rest of the combat.

[Reyner]

So Vorr is in combat now with the Shrike? Can he batter it with his missile launcher or would he have time to bring up his knife? 

[Commissar Molotov]

Mechanically you can use quick draw to draw your combat knife as a free action. Narratively you are free to hit it with your missile launcher!

[Commissar Molotov]

Slips, the Alpha Shrike has a lashwhip and bonesword, along with a pair of spinefists. Feel free to write up any Narrative you wish as this behemoth ensnares you with its whip. (Or attempts to, should you successfully Fate Point your way out of it.)

 

Mazer - you're up!

 

 

Do any rules buffs know what the "Drain Life" keyword does? I cannot find it in any Deathwatch rulebook, and only found one version (which didn't seem to be the official one) online.

Edited June 26, 2020 by Commissar Molotov

[Mazer Rackham]

DW: Core, p374

 

Drain Life: When a victim takes any damage from

a Bonesword, the wielder and victim make an Opposed

Willpower Test. For every degree of success, the Bonesword’s

wielder deals an additional 1d10 points of Damage, ignoring

the victim’s Armour and Toughness Bonus.

 

Will do an IC post shortly!

 

EDIT: Akkad is annoyed http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344357-dw-blackthorn-and-swordhand/?p=5548906

 

MR.

Edited June 26, 2020 by Mazer Rackham

[Commissar Molotov]

Huh, weird. I searched my pdf copy of the Core and couldn't find it. Thanks Mazer!

[Mazer Rackham]

No worries!

 

It's very easy to miss - it's tucked in a corner, in a section, in a paragraph - ie the usual FFG "hunt the tidbit" game.

 

MR.

[Commissar Molotov]

Just fiddling with the Bolter Assault - there's still Atratus and Teralil to go, but A.T. and Morovir tend to prefer to do their own rolls. I've left them for you guys to do.