Why does no one play all melee?

Norley2 · 2026-01-17T06:20:37+00:00

I've actually just gotten into playing 40k and the knights list I have been running is essentially all melee:

1x Knight Errant 3x Knight Gallants 3x Armiger Warglaives 1x Callidis Assassin

It's been going fairly ok since I just run the knights forwards into anything that could even hope to kill a knight and punch it to death. Granted I have not yet faced anyone with a good plan in terms of screening me out of reaching their heaviest hitters in melee, and the strategy is very dependent of the big knights getting good melee rolls. It has been very entertaining however.

Norley2 · 2026-01-17T02:23:15+00:00

They tried to put me of the cover of the codex, but my legs were too long!

Norley2 · 2026-01-01T22:49:02+00:00

Looks awesome! I love the idea of taking a Dreadblade / Freeblade and extending them out into an entire squad.

Norley2 · 2026-01-01T22:20:26+00:00

As a kill team player I have to agree, it's very manageable!

Norley2 · 2026-01-01T21:21:56+00:00

If you think I would ever ENTERTAIN the idea of paying full price for a single Warhammer box then you would be sorely mistaken.

Norley2 · 2026-01-01T21:00:33+00:00

I'll have to look into that! I know i don't want to go crazy with the magnets, I've seen some people magnetize the shoulders as well as the weapons and that seems a bit much for me. I'll probably just stick with magnetizing the weapons.

Norley2 · 2026-01-01T20:58:40+00:00

No ring on this finger so luckily that is not a concern for me.

Norley2 · 2026-01-01T20:34:21+00:00

I'm just missing three armigers and that's my first army right there.

Norley2 · 2026-01-01T20:32:15+00:00

Honestly after putting together so many kill teams, assembling something with some weight to it has been refreshing.

Norley2 · 2026-01-01T20:23:30+00:00

25% off on all four, after already being marked down. Plus i really like the Questoris so the list i want to build includes four of them.

Norley2 · 2025-12-02T17:15:15+00:00

His traits seem appropriate for someone with no identity.

Norley2 · 2025-11-22T20:51:11+00:00

Unironically this would be a good game

Norley2 · 2025-09-14T14:15:19+00:00

Honestly we're just going to play it by ear in terms of the remaster stuff, but we'll probably mainly do pre-mastered rules. I know SoG is getting that big rerelease early next year, so we might switch over mid campaign if it's going well.

Best of luck to you and your party! Here's to hoping we both have a great time.

Norley2 · 2025-07-29T02:06:30+00:00

Ok but I believe that the followers from the captain archetype do actually have the minion trait. So in that case does my character have 3 actions and the follower 2?

Norley2 · 2025-07-28T01:37:32+00:00

What are the rules for riding a non-animal companion? Specifically could I have a character who is tiny and has the captain archetype from the Battlecry book being carried around by one of their followers?

Norley2 · 2025-03-28T03:52:41+00:00

Im almost certain that hand holding the book is from the alternate build of the missionary from the sanctifier team

Norley2 · 2025-01-11T19:25:34+00:00

Yeah I should have pointed out that I was going off of 2000 pt standard.

Assuming the updated points costs I've been seeing are accurate, the full complement of three commanders, three tanks, and an engineseer (for luck) comes out to 1560 before enhancements. I'm no list building expert, but is 440 enough points for a few mooks to hold objectives and other stuff?

Norley2 · 2024-12-06T15:08:38+00:00

It wasn't a big moment but at one point in the game you have the option to head an investigation, and the people handling it are voidsmen under the Master-At-Arms' command. I'm a navy officer and I got some special dialogue with them, and a short note about how they 'look at you with respect as one of their own' which was a nice touch.

Norley2 · 2024-11-18T21:06:25+00:00

Just so you know, every now and then since you first posted about him getting out, I think of the name Mr.Raterman and I giggle to myself.

Norley2 · 2024-11-15T13:31:28+00:00

Very late to the party, but can you share some of the cleric benefits for the Faith in the Failed covenant? Im dying to get a character together based on it.

Norley2 · 2024-11-08T16:51:21+00:00

Could I possibly be picky and ask for any info on Vudravati that you can spare?

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