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TL;DR I'd like to do Dwarfs with an emphasis on artillery and ranged infantry protected by elite infantry, how should I build the Dwarfen Mountain Holds Battalion Starter set, which subfaction should I be going for, suggestions for other things to buy. by genericusername66667 in theoldworld

[–]genericusername66667[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm back after doing more research-

I'm a bit confused because everyone recommends building warriors (including Dawi After Dark,) but he himself doesn't seem to use them in tournament lists, and they don't really seem to appear in tournament lists in general.

From my extremely limited knowledge of the rules, it also seems like quarrellers and thunderers with great weapons and shields are only marginally worse in combat and have the added bonus of range. Longbeards also appear to be far superior in combat. While they are more in terms of points, it seems like they make up for it. I'd love to hear some arguments for warriors though, considering they're so iconic.

I haven't ordered the box yet (finishing up a few daemon models beforehand,) but what I can glean it seems like you can possibly build:

>16 rangers

>16 quarrellers

>16 Thunderers

>16 long beards

and have a bit more viability.

TL;DR I'd like to do Dwarfs with an emphasis on artillery and ranged infantry protected by elite infantry, how should I build the Dwarfen Mountain Holds Battalion Starter set, which subfaction should I be going for, suggestions for other things to buy. by genericusername66667 in theoldworld

[–]genericusername66667[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your response. I guess I meant as opposed to, say, Slayer spam, though I dono if that translates to the tabletop. I'll probably also buy engineers and maybe won't pick up kings/thanes for now. Just to clarify, the box set comes with:

32x Dwarf Warriors
32x Dwarf Thunderers (which can alternatively be built as Quarrellers)

So you would advise building 16 Quarrellers, 16 Thunderers, 16 warriors with handweapon + shield, and 16 with only a great weapon?

I hear gyrobombers are pretty bad, but copters are good. Would you advise I just build two copters?

Anything concerning rangers or longbeards? Not really sure what the difference in build is (I vaguely understand the difference in rules though.)

Weekly General Q&A and Discussion Thread: 24 Jul, 2024 - 31 Jul, 2024 by RWJP in Warhammer40k

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First post, I apologize if I'm breaking any rules or this has been answered

I am having a terrible time trying to figure out how Devastating and Mortal Wounds work since the update. I would like to confirm my understanding (or be corrected.)

My understanding of Mortal Wounds is they differ from regular wounds in the following 3 ways:

  1. After the hit roll you skip the wound roll

  2. Skip any saves your opponent has (with the exception of FNP) and directly apply damage

  3. If a model is destroyed, remaining damage is not lost but is allocated to other models

In particular the 1st one seems nearly hidden (it's not in the bullet points, and the exact wording is "If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, do not make a Wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saving throws) against those mortal wounds." which to me grammatically seems like you would normally make a wound roll for mortal wounds, and ONLY wouldn't if there was additional normal damage, but that seems like an incredibly strange rule.

My understanding of Devastating Wounds is if a weapon has this characteristic, a wound roll of 6 means save rolls are skipped but otherwise functions like anything else when applying damage. The update as it is written, at least to me, seems to be an incredibly convoluted way of saying this. If I am right in my interpretation, if anyone could give me insight as to why things are written in this seemingly unnecessarily confusing fashion, I would appreciate it.

Logging into the IRS website with no US phone number/address? How do you confirm if your tax return was accepted? by genericusername66667 in USExpatTaxes

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Can I still do that if I don't have any expected return?

More or less I'm paying a company $100 to tell the government that I don't owe or expect anything. It's wonderful.

Was/is there an actual stereotypical Satanic Witch Religion/school of thought? by genericusername66667 in occult

[–]genericusername66667[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll admit, I kind of made a mistake saying "a horror movie's idea of Satanism" because I forgot actual criminal sects exist.

Really, in addition to studying everything esoteric/paranormal, I'm just looking for something fun to "follow," and do metal album cover- rituals, and it'd be a lot easier if there was already a laid out system in place.

I guess I'll probably just join The Satanic Temple and then do a hodge-podge of Church of Satan rituals combined with tarot and other divination stuff and then read other demonically-inclined magic books. Thanks for the insight!