So, just for fun, my club has a house rule, that if you issue/accept a challenge, you actually have to make a mini-challenge line out loud, in the style of your particular character. It's always hilarious, when Ork players get to bellow "Oy, ya humie git, com'n 'ave a go! Rip yer' 'ead off ya snotty grot!", and people seem to be getting really good at it. (I got a very big laugh at hearing someone's chaos lord shouting "FINALLY OUT OF YOUR METAL BAWKSES, SPACE MARINE!" : P)
So, I was wondering, if anyone else does this. And even if you don't, how would your warlord sound, issuing a challenge?
My warlord for my daemons, is a great unclean one, and he usually bellow's something along the lines of "Come forward and embrace me, mortal, greatfather nurgle wishes to bless you with a glorious death!" (It's hard for a gal to pull off a great unclean one voice, sure, but it's fun nonetheless)
For my Eldar (which I have pretty much decided to do) my Autarchs war cry is going to be "come fight me "insert challenger here) and be prepared to feel the embrace of Khaine"
I see my Imperial Guard commander as silently gritting his teeth while trying to psych himself up internally. He turns on his power fist and then stares at the enemy saying "Come on. Come on. You can do this." to himself.
When an eldar player at our club issues a challenge, it's brilliant, because he can do a really arrogant sounding voice, and makes the challenges really overly complicated and fancy xD
We also have a tyranid player. You can imagine how his challenges sound. Made me jump once or twice when I diddn't expect it
Usually we have a little gloating speech after winning too. Ork player is hilarious at this mini game of doing the voices. "Woz that supposed ta' hurt, space marine! Waaaaaahahaha!"
shamroll wrote: I don't really know how a Tyranid would issue a challenge. Maybe he would roar louder or just charge directly at whatever it thought was the leader?
SCREEEE!! or OM-NOM-NOM
That's what my friend does.
"Allright, were in combat, so who has the initiat-"
A tide of black sweeps across the field and hits the enemy like a monsoon of hatred. Grimaldus finds the enemy commander and points his Crozius towards the enemy in a challenge of mortal combat. Then from the smoke and red mist the Emperor's Champion strides forth, puts a hand against Grimaldus, and takes over the challenge as he levels the Black Sword towards his opponent.
He trips, falls, takes an AP2 hit from a rock and fails his save.
Hmm, interesting question. Though if fluff is any indication, a Dark Angel challenge would either be very quiet, or simply decking the challengee for showing up to the fight
Of course with my Iron Warriors one must always yell "FooOOoORrrr ChaAaaooOosss!!!" like the cultists in Dawn of War did.
Space wolves- typically something with cute and fuzzy furball in it.
Blood angels-vampirism was so 1990's. or i tend to do something prissy.
Other space marines are typically a "your momma was a heretic!"
Eldar are typically something like I got you now, you slippery git
Orks - you punch like a grot
"Face me creature! God's have fallen to this Hammer, and you shall likewise be split in half"
When First Leonidas Hedromus (Tyberos of the Carcharadons) leads it's "Come"
2nd Captain Raphael Xiortan (Calgar) "You're blood will stain my hands."
3rd Captain Julios Matheus (Pedro Kantor) "For the Great Father and the unknown Primarch!"
4th Captain Perseus Helstrom (Vulkan He'stan) "You shall be purged in the fire of redemption"
5th Captain Aramus, 7th Captain Mekellos Fernandes, 9th Captain Antaeus Atlum, Epistolary Corvus and Reclusiarch Palmarius (all generic HQs) simply "For the Emperor!"
6th Captain Kervaras Firoth (Khan on Bike) "Your skull on my trophy shelf!"
8th Captain Vlad Umbros "What is unseen and unknown commands fear and rightly so. Right now you are blind and ignorant"
10th Captain Hyperio Sterrus (Sicarius) "If you consider youself superior, prove it."
For GK
Draigo
"I have walked through Hell alone and unaided. I have slain denizens of the Dark Gods innumerable and carved my predessor's name on the heart of Mortarion himself. You will never stand in my way."
For Chaos
Khorne Lord- Your skull will make a fine addition to the Skull Throne
Khorne Lord with Axe of Blind Fury- RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Tyranids- Hive Tyrant or Swarmlord
"Boo!"
Automatically Appended Next Post: When Gabriel Angelos (Lysander) leads my force
"Face me creature! God's have fallen to this Hammer, and you shall likewise be split in half"
When First Leonidas Hedromus (Tyberos of the Carcharadons) leads it's "Come"
2nd Captain Raphael Xiortan (Calgar) "You're blood will stain my hands."
3rd Captain Julios Matheus (Pedro Kantor) "For the Great Father and the unknown Primarch!"
4th Captain Perseus Helstrom (Vulkan He'stan) "You shall be purged in the fire of redemption"
5th Captain Aramus, 7th Captain Mekellos Fernandes, 9th Captain Antaeus Atlum, Epistolary Corvus and Reclusiarch Palmarius (all generic HQs) simply "For the Emperor!"
6th Captain Kervaras Firoth (Khan on Bike) "Your skull on my trophy shelf!"
8th Captain Vlad Umbros "What is unseen and unknown commands fear and rightly so. Right now you are blind and ignorant"
10th Captain Hyperio Sterrus (Sicarius) "If you consider youself superior, prove it."
For GK
Draigo
"I have walked through Hell alone and unaided. I have slain denizens of the Dark Gods innumerable and carved my predessor's name on the heart of Mortarion himself. You will never stand in my way."
For Chaos
Khorne Lord- Your skull will make a fine addition to the Skull Throne
Khorne Lord with Axe of Blind Fury- RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Eldrad raises his staff then smacks it on the ground gandalf-style and everyone form the opposing unit and his unit freeze except for the guy he's challenging. He walks up to the guy (who is now probably trembling in his might and glory) smiles and then swings his staff and the battle is on.
My warlord would never accept or issue a challenge because my goal is always to lose combat by the largest margin possible and avoid having the enemy unit locked in combat and immune to my next shooting phase. So in that sense my warlord's "cry" would be dropping his weapons and standing patiently waiting for the fatal blow to arrive.
Marbo is the only unit in my army that cares about challenges, but Marbo does not waste time yelling about how awesome he is. Marbo just demo charges your unit, stabs you in the face, and leaves your corpse as a silent warning to all who might dare oppose him.
Tbf my War Cry also depends on the army im using if its my space marines then it depends on my warlord. If its my Captain then his cry is " come take on my hammertime scum" but if my libby isleading the army then he just starts doing the gangham style. Where as with my word beare they scream convert or die and when actually in the challenge they say FOR THE DARK GODS
The marines escorting my Librarian carry a jukebox, and whenever he gets into a challenge (or pushes the Sergeant into the challenge) they start playing the Star Trek: The Original Series fight music.
IG commander who has died in every battle except one where he fled off the board... 'Hey this is my party so make like a tree, and get the hell out of here!'
"There comes a time when presence of mind is shown by absence of body." - Colonel Sara ferch Lyn, Solstice Lunar III, upon being confronted by a greater daemon of nurgle.
Normally I'll have some variant of "Face me, (insult goes here)!"You know, something like cur or vile heretic or something. But my Reclusiarch usually comes out with something a bit more wordy:
"Be absolved of your sins in the fires of the Emperor's chosen!" Etc.
Ezekiel: (Challenging): The Reclusium and I shall have no trouble with you. Repent or die heretic! (Challenged) Fool! You think you may challenge me and live? By the wrath of the Lion and the edge of the Traitor's Bane, YOUR LIFE ENDS HERE, XENO/HERETIC SCUM!
Ork warboss issuing or accepting challenges: "Dere's only two types of oomies [insert species of choice]. Dose dat like grot-fondlin', an' dose dat like bein' de grot. Which iz you?"
shamroll wrote: I don't really know how a Tyranid would issue a challenge. Maybe he would roar louder or just charge directly at whatever it thought was the leader?
SCREEEE!! or OM-NOM-NOM
I imagine that's exactly what happens. Then again, my Flyrant doesn't challenge often.
