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Preacher of the Emperor




Boston, MA

My favorite tricks for psychology with an Empire army is the Empire General buddied up with a BSB with Imperial Banner in the heart of the line for that rerollable LD 9 on all psychology and pursuit checks and then a WP with the Icon of Magnus on a knight unit.
   
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Stalwart Veteran Guard Sergeant




Essen, Ruhr

Afaik, only Luthor Huss causes fear. I think he isn't too shabby, seeing that he comes with an inbuilt ward save. A little on the expensive side, yes, but still decent when you don't have to worry about failing your fear test with a crucial unit.

Cryonicleech wrote:So? Moar Dispel Scrolls is the obvious answer.


Erm...the previous posters were comparing DE PD levels to Lizardmen PD levels. My point stands: The high number of DE PD's does not help anyone playing Empire.

timff8 wrote:
A wizard can only have one remains-in-play spell active at once, right?


This is what the FAQ says:

Q. If a model casts a bound spell originating from
a magic item, does it force any other ‘Remains in
Play’ spells he has in play to be removed from the
table? (pg. 121) In addition, if a bound spell magic
item casts a ‘Remains in Play’ spell, will that be
removed by the bearer casting his own spell?

A. Yes to both, as casting a bound spell is just
the same as casting a normal spell.


Warrior Priests are NOT wizards. They have NO spell level, and cast NONE of their spells. They are all bound spells, as though they were cast by an item.


"Casting a bound spell is the same as casting a normal spell." Has that FAQ been superceded by another one?

PanzerLeader wrote:My favorite tricks for psychology with an Empire army is the Empire General buddied up with a BSB with Imperial Banner in the heart of the line for that rerollable LD 9 on all psychology and pursuit checks and then a WP with the Icon of Magnus on a knight unit.


The OP wants to play all Knights for Empire, just as the title says, so I'm not sure bunching up with a number large enough to justify the huge expense of the Imperial Banner is such a good idea. He will have to make heavy use of flanking, which implies a strung out "line". I'd personally use the TGM in a unit of IC knights, a WP with the Icon in another unit and Luthor in a third. You won't get rid of psychology completely but you can mitigate it to some extent.

"Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other side of the Atlantic with his verb in his mouth." S. L. Clemens

All hail Ollanius Pius! 
   
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Irked Blood Angel Scout with Combat Knife





West Dundee, IL

@above, see the note to my last reply.

The only thing I don't like about the TGM is that he comes with so much gear that you're probably going to replace anyway. And that he can't take a Runefang.

I personally never use the Imperial Banner. Re-rolling so many checks is great, but it's not worth the points value. To me, the Griffon Banner pulls its own weight much better. Now, if it were 80 points, I would certainly take it.

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Fanatic with Madcap Mushrooms






Chino Hills, CA

It doesn't help anyone playing Empire to NOT understand that they'll need capable magic defense against DE, VC, DoC, etc.

Some people play to win, some people play for fun. Me? I play to kill toy soldiers.
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