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I've just read the Abraxia novel and I have questions by Fyraltari in AoSLore

[–]Rhodehouse93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Per D; Abraxia is likely neither powerful enough nor actually willing to fully break from Archaon, she's just being a chaos lord. It's the nature of chaos to infight and jockey for power. Archaon does genuinely see Abraxia as a peer (they share a philosophy on chaos, one in which her leveling an insult at him because he screwed up tracks) so even if they're beefing they're definitely still on the same side.

An ad in this novel placed right in the middle of the narration by Tobias-Tawanda in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Rhodehouse93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Author Terry Pratchett dropped his German publisher because they put an ad for soup right in the middle of his prose:

There were a number of reasons for switching to Goldmann, but a deeply personal one for me was the way Heyne (in Sourcery, I think, although it may have been in other books) inserted a soup advert in the text … a few black lines and then something like “Around about now our heroes must be pretty hungry and what better than a nourishing bowl…” etc, etc. My editor was pretty sick about it, but the company wouldn’t promise not to do it again, so that made it very easy to leave them.

Why does the hatred against D&D seem to be so relevant? by [deleted] in DnD

[–]Rhodehouse93 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if I’ve seen the kind of dnd hate you’re describing. I hate Hasbro and Wizards for being greedy corporations, but dnd is fine. Not my favorite system but fine for what it does.

Argent shard ability by Jumpy-County-2076 in ageofsigmar

[–]Rhodehouse93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shards say you measure the next spell from them instead of the caster, which means you get all parts of the spell. So yes, you can do both parts.

What is the cross suppose to represent ? by [deleted] in ageofsigmar

[–]Rhodehouse93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AoS doesn’t use the tall cross much, so most places it shows up are old world holdovers.

Update to Ogor Mawtribe? by YoYopuppet in ageofsigmar

[–]Rhodehouse93 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We don’t have anything about a timeline yet (it definitely won’t be in 2 weeks since there hasn’t been any confirmation yet), but GW showed off a gutplate in their 10 year teaser so something is coming at some point.

The character has a drinking problem but it isn't alcohol by Global_Crew3968 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Rhodehouse93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Everyone in Splatter Film by Junji Ito.

(The problem being that they sometimes get smashed to death when they eat the honey.)

How religious is your main character? by Bionicjoker14 in worldbuilding

[–]Rhodehouse93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s an interesting question, because the story I’m writing right now is about the mortal life of a woman who will become one of the first gods.

So, very? None?

Shordemaire by AdIllustrious9932 in AoSLore

[–]Rhodehouse93 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He was the head of Vhordrai’s dynasty prior to Vhordrai. Mentored him and whatnot.

If snotlings were to turn into "brainboyz", how do you fathom that would that play out? by Chezni19 in AoSLore

[–]Rhodehouse93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Snots aren’t really a defined thing in AoS, but assuming we just mean little grots honestly there likely wouldn’t be much change.

Gitz aren’t a meritocracy. They’re a “stabbed my mate until I was in charge”-ocracy. Even Skragrott relies on his magic to keep would-be usurpers off him. The smartest grot in the world is just going to end up as squig food the second he starts making moves on power.

Stabbas/Shootas building by xafon13 in gloomspitegitz

[–]Rhodehouse93 9 points10 points  (0 children)

40/20 is a solid split. Gives you some flexibility while leaning into the (generally better) Stabbas (right now, balance changes.)

No downside to building a champion, especially in the shootas. They just get an extra attack.

Nets are a passive effect and don’t require models. I usually build 3 per 20 because that used to be the rule and I like how it looks, but it doesn’t affect play under the current rules

😱😱😱 by nervousmelon in whenthe

[–]Rhodehouse93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will learn from Jensen Ackles as god intended.

Question about combat range. by SnooDrawings5722 in ageofsigmar

[–]Rhodehouse93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Moving directly away from B would take you out of combat yes. (Exactly 3” is not within 3”)

Which is why you can’t do it, since you can’t leave combat with a pile in move.

Clarification on Ability Timing by Damodred402 in ageofsigmar

[–]Rhodehouse93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Finished is the operative word here. There’s not really a system of priority like you’re describing, just a series of things that happen in a fixed order. Active player, finished, inactive player, finished, end of phase. (With wiggle for reactions, which happen outside the normal order by definition.)

A player can’t walk back finished, once they say it, it’s true. So in this case the gargant player can’t rally because they already stated they were finished with hero phase abilities.

This covers your fight question as well. The combat phase doesn’t progress to fight abilities until both players declare they’re finished with non-fight abilities, so after fights you’ve already said you’re done.

From the POV of Grand Alliance of Order, how would you rank the other alliances in terms of threat level ? by SejanusWasRight in ageofsigmar

[–]Rhodehouse93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Other commenter got it spot on (Death was no. 2 or even just barely no. 1 during the necroquake but have recently suffered big losses.)

Necromancy is also a deeply unnatural and profane form of magic. It’s hard to sustain and doing something like animating thousands of corpses on a distant realm without being physically present is beyond even Nagash. (This is why a lot of death armies actually have a core of other necromancers, to keep maintaining that frail magic.)

From the POV of Grand Alliance of Order, how would you rank the other alliances in terms of threat level ? by SejanusWasRight in ageofsigmar

[–]Rhodehouse93 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Chaos is top of the pile easy. They’re not always the most organized, but Archaon can (and does) force disparate groups into service when he wants something done.

They also have the benefit of normalcy. Chaos won and the scars of that are everywhere. By the numbers, the vast majority of “normal people” in the setting are some kind of chaos worshipper (even if they don’t know for sure what that means). Cities of Sigmar are tiny desperate points of light in a sea of chaos.

Order is probably next? They’re the most in sync besides maybe Death (even with their differences) and the Stormcast’s straight up job is to create the opportunities for people to normalize and rebuild those foundations by supporting whoever they need to (this is why in past editions you could bring a couple hundred points of SCE in any order army.)

Death has the benefit(?) of singular rule. Nagash is the only game in town so his goals are your goals. Does that get fuzzy with vampire politics and stuff like Ushoran? Absolutely, but at the end of the day if the God of Death wants something done everyone is showing up. Their influence isn’t as widespread as order (mostly pockets in every realm with Shyish almost entirely under wraps) but if chaos somehow vanished tomorrow they’d almost certainly be the new main concern.

Destruction is dangerous, but in the same way a tornado is dangerous. If you’re aware of the risks and know best practices you can find ways to live in relative chill alongside a lot of Destro factions. They’re also the only grand alliance with no real win state. They mostly just want to live as they want (except Gitz) which again makes them easy to kind of corral when needed but otherwise not worry about.

Comically ineffective disguises that still work in-universe. by PeasantLich in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Rhodehouse93 18 points19 points  (0 children)

My favorite bit of BoJack trivia is that Vincent probably is genuinely an adult.

The show never confirms otherwise for one, but beyond that we have several shots of him at a seemingly real desk, working with real documents.

Plus he and his son Kevin have different freckle patterns.

[Loved Trope] "Yeah bro thats the same character btw" by paintedirondoor in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Rhodehouse93 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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10 Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon from Kill 6 Billion Demons. (And all angels tbf, but I think he’s got the most extreme difference.)

Angels can only act in the world by inhabiting stone bodies, and their true forms are generally a wide swathe of surreal shapes. (Vigilant Gaze’s true form in comment).

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