Silly 40k

[Bot]

Sept 23, 2012 23:41:27 GMT wisdomseyes1 said:

Sept 23, 2012 23:39:34 GMT Bot said:

Kaldor Draigo... Do I even need to explain?

I could say " Any fluff Matt Ward wrote" but that would be unfair

Yup. Everyone should be given the chance to mention a Matt ward story.

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A gretchin with a wrench has a 1 in 3 chance to land a blow on the Swarmlord.

[guidebot]

Sometimes, somewhere, a grot kills a terminator in close combat.

[demoric]

Sept 24, 2012 6:29:01 GMT @60mm said:

A gretchin with a wrench has a 1 in 3 chance to land a blow on the Swarmlord.

A Gretchin could throw a wrench at a flyrant have it uselessly bounces off, but then the flyrant may fall to the ground.

[Sensei]

I find it amusing that when reading the fluff everything is either "the strongest", "the fastest", "the most terrifying" or "the best at..."

I enjoy reading the fluff included in the codexes about the units, but I always chuckle at how every unit is the best in the galaxy...someone has to be the worst.

[Rakuall]

Sept 23, 2012 23:50:03 GMT Davor said:

Grey Knights Bathing in SoB blood. Talk about blood for the blood god.

No no, talk about Ultimate Anti-Choas-Gods Purity. Haven't you heard? Slaying the symbols of devotion to the emperor is the best way to show your faith in him. ([/sarcasm], for those who missed it.*)

*edited in.

[seahawk]

I found it funny when a planet was overrun by carnivorous toads (Planetstrike book).

Last edition, playing the Evac scenario from the BRB, a Stormtrooper's hellgun rended and penetrated a rhino, blowing it up. The resulting explosion only wounded the Chaos Lord within, who took a wound that got multiplied into 3 wounds and he died. All from a hellgun shot. Fighting in a vacuum is scary!

Other giggles...having an attack bike bounce and bobble over a crazy ruin to slag something, then go the other way and do it again, all because it's merely a single dangerous terrain test that you get armor saves from.

Having an assassin jump from the top of a 18" building and "dodge" the ground after failing the jump test.

Picturing terminators tumbling out the doors of a storm raven when they use "Skies of Blood" or whatever one the GK birdy has. Duck and roll!

Picturing a demo-charge-tossing guardsman fail and hit himself with it, a la Wicket.

[fleetofclaw]

Before they nerfed nob squads, picturing nob bikers diving over each other (on their bikes!) to protect each other from incoming bullets was so comical and ludicrous that it almost made me sad that they took it away.

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[zephoid]

Before the latest FAQ, Calgar could join a infantry squad with a commissar, chose to fail a morale check, then Calgar would get executed by the commissar. Yeah.... forging a narrative...

Then there is the stormtalon. I swear there must be an ork in that power armor to keep it aloft without just rolling over consistently with those engines. Then landing it when the skid pad is on the bottom of a rotating turret.... one slightly rough landing and the turret ring is bent.


Finally, the nurgle bomb i posted a while ago. Take Epidemius, 30 grots with runtherders, and a landing pad. 1st turn, drop epidemius onto the grots, cast aura of decay (desperate allies are enemies), kill half the grots and rack in epidemius's tally. (other wave just has a DP or two with aura of decay). Now you have plaguebearers with 2+ power weapons and 3+ fnp. Take a great unclean one and he wanders around the field being almost unkillable.

[Hive Carnithrope]

The Blood Angel - Necron alliance...

[drakiskier]

Tau markerlights can cause a grounding test on FMCs... despite the markerlight not doing dammage. laser pointers to the eyes!

[scrotatohead]

Giving spore pods lash whips. Seriously, have you ever had an opponent who knew anything about the game and Tyranids actually engage an immobile pod in close combat?

[Psychichobo]

In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, many races still fight with swords.

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In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, many races woke up to find their swords suddenly don't cut through armor anymore. So they welded on some more metal to make it look like an axe. Woot!

[wisdomseyes1]

Sept 26, 2012 23:39:02 GMT Psychichobo said:

In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, many races still fight with swords.

Cool looking swords

You would still need close combat weapons though, for things that get... you know... close.

unlike a gun, a sword has infinite ammo.