Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Grot zeplin’s are high flying balloons filled with a very explosive gas they are the bombers of the grot planes
FA SA RA BS
11 11 10 4


Special rules-
Fasta Boyz: The Grot Zeplin Must move at least 12” a turn and can still fire all its weapons.
It may also expend lots of fuel and move 36” that turn but forfeit movement in the owning players next movement phase & fire either one weapon at BS4 (Excluding the Shokk Attack Gun) , or all weapons at BS1.

Drop Da Thunda Bomb Ladz!!!: At any point during the movement phase, regardless of how far the Zeplin moved, you may chose to drop the Thunda Bomb. Choose a point and roll 2d6 and a Scatter. After figuring out where the bomb will land, all models within d6+6” suffer a Strength 6 ap3 hit. However If it scatters more than 10” then the bomb has exploded prematurely and the Zeplin suffers a Penetrating hit.

Dunt let ‘em pop da balloon boyz: The Zeplin will be destroyed after it suffers 4 Penetrating hits.

Oh Crap the oils on fire!: After the Zeplin dies, if its last penetrating hit resulted in an explodes, all units within 6” suffer a s6 hit, with armour saves allowed as normal, and D3+1 Blast templates will ALWAYS scatter 2d6 from the centre of the model (or where it used to be). Any model caught under the template will suffer a s5 ap5 hit that causes Pinning.

Bloody Smoke Boyz...: Due to the mental amount of smoke the grot contraption churns out, it always counts as being obscured, and all units on the ground gain a 5+ Cover Save, similar to the Effects of the Kustom Force Field.

All aboard-The Grot Zeplin is full to the gunnels with so many krew (and there assorted flunkies, pets and hangers on) that there’s no shortage of eager hands to press buttons and pull triggers-often too many. At the start of the shooting phase roll a D6 on the roll of a 1 none of the Zeplins weapons may fire this turn as a fight breaks out on Dek, on a 2+ the Grot Zeplin may fire its weapons and may select a different target for each gun if it wishes.

Wargear:
1 Thunda-Bomb, 1 nose mounted Snotling Zooka ,1 Twinlinked Grot Kustom Mega blastas on each side, 1 Belly Mounted ‘uge Shoota


‘Uge Shoota- Either a multitude of Big Shootas duck taped together, or a REALLY big gun.
‘Uge Shoota 48” S6 AP5 Assault 2d6

Snotling zooka- a snotling zooka is very similar to a shock attack gun but a smaller version. Use the rules for the shock attack gun but use the small template instead of the big one. The snotling zooka has the following profile
Snotling zooka 48” 2d6 2 Heavy 1 small blast
If you roll a double or an 11 on 2d6 roll on the table for the shock attack gun (see Codex Orks)



Automatically Appended Next Post:
This is for Roll With its Communidex


Codex: Grotz

Coming soon to an Insane Asylum near you

I likeit.
But maybe make it so that it drifts d6" in a random direction if it dosnt move.
Driftin
roll a scatter dice + 1d6 the zepplein drifts that many inches in the direction indicated buy the scatter dice. if a hit is rolled then it dosnt drift and remains immobile.

Bloodhorror wrote:The Grot Zeplin Must move at least 12” a turn

If its immbolized, it'll crash into the ground anyway.

Anyone Else fancy making some Comments ^^?

Haha neat idea!

I really like it but what if you make it so that firstly if its immobolised that it just floats and secondly unless it makes a forced landing or something it cannot be hit by close combat attacks

Looks good!
But you do realize that Tha Thunda Bomb could have a massive radius of 24"!! That is huge even for Apocalypse games! I think you should change it to 2x d3 inches or something.


Still, I'll say it again, I really like this idea!
Feluca

feluca wrote:Looks good!
But you do realize that Tha Thunda Bomb could have a massive radius of 24"!! That is huge even for Apocalypse games! I think you should change it to 2x d3 inches or something.


Still, I'll say it again, I really like this idea!
Feluca

Not sure if it was changed but it says its only D6+6" which means it can only get to 12'


This idea sounds great, and it really got the idea of the orks and how all their stuff has a large risk to using it, but can pay off big (yes i know this was designed for grots but still).

No it has remained as D6 + 6". and this means anyone with in 7-12" of the blast. Giving it a 24" diameter

And your not willing to change it? xD
With a 6 trown (worst case scenario), your blast would be covering: (3.14.. x 12^2)/(48"x72") x 100% = 13% of the table! (If playing on 6'x4') I say that is overpowered.

Yeah everything seems to be really funny fluff wise and a reasonable thing to play (any idea on points cost?) but I think the area of cover the thunder bomb has is just to much.

Too many rules and too detailed at that, by the time i'd finished reading the last i'd forgotten what the first said.

In which case, go back and reread the first one is all i can recomend ?

125 points

Annnndddd how about D3 + 6 for the bomb?

I don't think you really get it A blast with a 5" diameter is a LARGE blast template, yours ranges from 13"to 15" (if you changed it as above) You know in Apocalypse a 10" Radius template is called APOCALYTIC Blast. Your template is even bigger than Apocalyptic scale, with a decreased scatter! It's just out of proportion you see, without a real good explanation other then 'I Want To Be The Biggest'. Now, if you want a large template just use the 5"diameter template or if you must, the 7", that's the limit in my opinion

Ow and please please please change it's BS to 3 or 2 xD It makes no sense to just make the orks and gretchin aiming like a Space Marine, just because they're in a balloon. Or is there a piece of fluff I'm missing?


Automatically Appended Next Post:
I'm sorry, the part of a decreased scatter isn't true I misread about that

Ah ha I have just clicked onto the blast size point!!!

Everything under the large blast like a normal large blast scattery dohickery thing...


And I gave them BS on account that the grits have been trained purely for their task of firing there guns and as such haves better BS than there militia cousins.

Bloodhorror wrote:No it has remained as D6 + 6". and this means anyone with in 7-12" of the blast. Giving it a 24" diameter

Woops totally misread that. Thats what I get for scanning quickly.

Glad you changed that! And although I don't fully agree with BS 4, it's your fluff, your call

Have you had any cnace of testing it on the battlefield? And do you have a model for it? I'd love to see it!

Yeah, the BS of 4 is really high for orks, especially for snotlings!

I agree with the thunder bomb being overpowered a bit, but doesn't it explode on the zeplin if it scatters more than 10" anyway?

I like this idea, and I would love to see this being fielded experimentally in friendly or apocalypse games.

Yes it if it scatters morethan 10" it hurts the zeplin, and it ALWAYS Scatters 2d6.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/55476026/Rebel-Grot-Codex-Mk-4-2


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Obviously this isn't yet completed, but its getting there...

Any help would be muchly appreciated!

How much points is it? Looks bit too powerful to be grot tank. Still, i like it!

i think we decided 175?

And its generally just a big steel baloon, with guns and a bomb !

I really like this idea !

Want to see that in a friendly game

Keep up the good work !

Cheers !