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Does adding shieldbearers make a dwarf lord immune to killing blow? My opponent the other day said it did because he's now US3, but I seem to remember KB working on mounted models, even though their US wasn't 1 anymore.

Absolutely works. KB fucntions on US 1 or 2 models. Skarsnik and Gobbla are similarly immune.

Having shield bearers and having a mount are two totally different things. If I have a High Elf Prince on a Dragon, he can still suffer a killing blow because his profile and the Dragons profile are seprate and you can target each on individually. The Prince is still a US 1 model riding a much larger beast. A Dwarf Lord with Shield Bearers jest adds to the Lords profile. They are now ONE model with a US of three and are therefore immune to the normal killing blow rules. But watch out for a Bret Character with Heroism virtue or skull taker. I thought there was a rune that a Dwarf could take to make himself immune to killing blow anyways.

There is, but with shieldbearers who needs it? The Bretonnian rule only ALLOWS killing blow against Large Targets. The anti-killing blow rune for dwarves is completely pointless if they can just take shieldbearers instead. I guess it's just reserved for heroes then.

Yet another reason to hate dwarves. I've always been envious of dwarven characters. Too damn tough! I suppose they're vulnerable to I-affecting spells and such, but if you don't have any of those....

The shieldbearers have a single statline with US3, as opposed to having a monstrous mount which has its own statline.

Monstrous mounted character = US1 character + US<X> monster.

I feel silly asking, seeing as I know it's gotta be in the Rulebook somewhere, but what exactly is Killing Blow?

Auto kill on a 6 to wound, regardles of remaining wounds. Certain units have it, and certain magic weapons can give it.

P95 is your friend.

nosferatu1001 wrote:Auto kill on a 6 to wound, regardles of remaining wounds. Certain units have it, and certain magic weapons can give it.

P95 is your friend.

You forgot to mention it ignores armor saves, but that Ward Saves are still good. Don't recall whether Regeneration works or not.

It cancels out regen too.

Great thanks! I feel even sillyer now that I just found the rule in the book too!

I didnt want to post too many rules, as they werent realy needed in this situation...intentional, not my fragmentary memory