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I haven't used it yet, but I think its sounds neato!

Rune of Heart and Hold I think is a little lame because dwarfs have awesome leadership anyways.
Oath and Honour sounds awesome! surprise your opponent with a charge in the shooting phase from an hammer unit he wasn't expecting.
Wrath and ruin sounds pretty sweet too, D6 Str 4 hits is all right, but halving a units movement characteristic while you're unloading your fire line seems effective to me. Might get you an extra turn of shooting before they reach you, or it might help you focus fire a little better. And do any of these things with out having to be in line of sight or within a maximum range means you can just stow it somewhere out of the way and not have to worry about it getting attacked. You'll basically be receiving a free bonus every turn.
Also adding an extra dice to despell magic is pretty useful.
Of course it is expensive and it takes up an extra hero spot. Altogether I think it is sort of a niche thing for the point cost. If you're going up against an army that's aggressive in close combat and also uses some magic, then it might be a good thing to have on your gun-line. I can also see it being a liability though.
Are you asking because you're going up against some specific army?

TheBloodGod wrote:Problem with anvil is it's in the price area of stuff like
Cannon - Rune of Forging + 2x Grudge Throwers - both with accuracy, 1 with penetration.
Those put out way, way more than a total of D6 S4 hits per turn. They'll do like 5x as much damage and more reliably.

This point makes me kind of agree with you. That's a lot of fire power to give up.
But the reason I liked the Rune of Wrath and Ruin was because it slowed an advancing force. Cutting the speed of a train of ogres in half might give you at least 1 or 2 shooting phases before you have to deal with them on your front door.

GoDz KI11JOY x: I like your list, the gun-line sounds like a lot of fun. Who are you playing against? And how do you think you'd use the Anvil to benefit you?

Dr. Cheesesteak wrote:I say Anvil of Doom is worth it. ...just don't be angry when it explodes on you in Turn 1. As it has for me...

I really wanna use an anvil too, but that sound soooo lame...