[war] In the grim darkness of the 41st m, there is only HAM

Zombies Tossed My Salad!

What are blackguards like?

I need some info here

PiptheFair

picture a guard that is white

they are the opposite of that

Erios

PiptheFair wrote: »

picture a guard that is white

they are the opposite of that

Or a mixture of a guard of every color.

Dichotomy

so they're some kind of black invader

The Black Hunter

Erios wrote: »

PiptheFair wrote: »

picture a guard that is white

they are the opposite of that

Or a mixture of a guard of every color.

Actually, black is the lack of all colours

unless you are talking pigment colours instead of projected

in which case you might be right

ouzaru

The Black Hunter wrote: »

Erios wrote: »

PiptheFair wrote: »

picture a guard that is white

they are the opposite of that

Or a mixture of a guard of every color.

Actually, black is the lack of all colours

unless you are talking pigment colours instead of projected

in which case you might be right

in which case he would be right.

Dichotomy

goddammit I need to find some green stuff

I keep wanting to finish my sorcerer and maybe try painting him up but then I remember that hey I need to get my hands on some of that and sculpt him a new tabard and fix up his helmet and add fingers and clean up his cloak and repose his force weapon arm

and I keep forgetting to check the nerd store in the mall

Weaver

The elite Black Guard is the Tank Archetype Career of the Dark Elves of House Uthorin, and is particularly resistant to magical attacks. The Black Guard are the personal guard of Malekith, the Witch King. The Black Guard specialize in the use of melee Halberd Great Weapons, soaking up damage for their allies and building up Hate against their enemies allowing them to do more damage.

The Black Guard has balanced offensive and defensive physical abilities while being particularly resistant to magic.
edit Speciality

The Blackguard uses "Hatred" as a mechanic for building up more powerful attacks. As the Blackguard attacks his enemies and is attacked, his hatred increases. Hatred is considered to mirror the Ironbreaker's grudge mechanic, with a few significant differences. The Blackguard gains hatred for attacking enemies as well as from being attacked. However, the class has no ability similar to an Ironbreaker's Oath Friend. A Blackguard's hatred can rise from 0 to 100, just as an Ironbreaker's grudges can. Various abilities can be triggered by using hatred instead of action points, while others are more effective with more hatred built up.
edit Masteries
[edit] Path of Malice

Following the path of Malice means mastering ones rage and molding it into a powerful weapon. The Black Guard who embrace Malice are capable of unleashing powerful attacks fueled by their Hatred. Frequently seen on the front lines, these Black Guard traditionally wield powerful halberds which allow them to cleave through steel and flesh alike.
[edit] Path of Loathing

The Path of Loathing is one of disdain for others, and embracing the belief that none can defeat you on the field of battle. As such, Blackguard of this mastery become unconquerable obstacles that even the most potent of offense will break against. Those who embrace Loathing prefer to work with a tall shield and a strong sword so they can relish in the ringing sound of futile blows falling on hardened steel.
[edit] Path of Anguish

Those who master the Path of Anguish master pain itself. This allows the Black Guard to shrug off even the most potent of magical attacks that would normally pierce their finely crafted armor. Masters of Anguish are traditionally chosen to serve as the Witch King's personal executioners seeking out and destroying the arcane powers that would wish to strike their liege down.

Erios

Good enough. Resubbing. Bad choices whee.

Fandyien

i wanna play a KOTBS but you guys are destro so i guess i'll go DoK

Weaver

fandy, DoKs are fucking wonderful and order is a bunch of pansy faggots

Weaver

Seriously look at this dude

Weaver

hammer time

Burning Organ

To be honest Warropriests look about twice as metal as DoKs

DoKs just don't look that cool. Plus the warriorpriests have hammers.

Weaver

Weaver

I have at current count nine characters. Of all of them, the one that has killed the most warrior priests is my AoE magus.

Burning Organ

That neckguard is just silly.

(Is it called a neckguard?)

Indie Winter

Weaver do you know what gets me in WAR

Zombies Tossed My Salad!

What server you on weaver?

Weaver

Volkmar

Weaver

Yes I am on the server with no other PA people. I fight with the army I have, not the army I'd like to have.

Indie Winter

when you'll get the collector's edition there will be a WAR comic inside

it is pretty neat

but something I noticed there pissed me off

every race was supposed to have its own flying beast thingy

humans and elves were supposed to fly on majestic griffins and hawks, and chaos and dark elves would have pillaged the skies with unfathomable chaos spawns and strange serpent-bird things

but they didn't implement them for some reason

there are probably textures and sound files and everything for them in the game's data, but they're just not in there

why

Weaver

Most of destro flies on the wyverns

except for the magus, which considering the magus shouldn't have a special disc for flight, it should just be their normal disc

Indie Winter

do you think they'll ever put in the other capital cities

I was pretty bummed out when they said they decided to keep them out of the final game

Weaver

One capital city per side is enough. It fits in with the fluff of the game and it works gameplay wise. Yeah, it would be nice to visit the other places but that isn't what this game is about.

Zzulu

Hey weaver, who do I contact for an invite. I'm on right now as "Bigga". Shoot me a whisper if you're on

Indie Winter

really I just want to see them ingame because of the incredible drawings in the art book

especially the Dark Elf floating palace fort of endless decedent pleasures

Zzulu

Nevermind, I apparently can't login because "my character has a duplicate name"

so I gotta choose a new one.


Help me choose a name

The Black Hunter

Race and Class?

Zzulu

I can't tell. It's just a blank screen telling me that one of my characters has a duplicate name

It's either a black orc, a marauder or a squig herder though, since they're the only ones I have on that specific server

Zzulu

Yeah it's gotta be either a Black Orc or a Squig Herder. The Marauder showed up in my account management so it's not in limbo like these other two.

So, a good name for either a goblin or a big black orc?

Weaver

Just make something up that doesn't hurt when you say it in your head and sounds racially appropriate.

Zzulu

Ugh, apparently it was a level 1 blackguard alt called "ponce" who had a duplicate name.

Anyway, I've logged in on "Bigga" now, so go contact me if you can in game

Weaver

My witchelf is pale skined, rides a pale white cold one, specializes in stealth attacks, and is named Aelistor Paleflayor.

My Chosen is named Bastogne McAuliffe.

My Magus is named Villers Bocage.

Weaver

ok, logging in here in a minute

It's 5am so let me get a cup of coffee

Indie Winter

I'm thinking of getting a surname for my Chosen

how does Mephazel Crow-watched sounds like

zenpotato

So, people from here are on Volkmar now? I've been thinking of resubbing for a bit. I'll have to see if I'm up for starting over. I think my current dudes are on Iron Rock.

Zzulu

PM me your email

ouzaru

I really wanted WAR to be good.

=(

Dichotomy

so, stealing some stuff from the CF thread

http://ultramarinesthemovie.com/

and



apparently hitting January 2nd