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What is the best load out for Bret Lords?

Is a Lord w/Birthsward of Carcassone, Warhorse, Shield, Lance, Gromril Great Helm, V of Confidence for 230pts good?

And for the Men-at-Arms is it better to run them with pole-arm(halberd) or spears?

Men-at-arms generally run with Halberds, to give them a chance to actually kill stuff. WS 2 S3 really doesn't do anything, so adding another rank of attacks doesn't help.

Bret Lords loadout varies heavily depending upon what you want him to do.

A nice dueling character uses the Virtue of Confidence(reroll hit and wounds in challenges), Armor of Agiluf (WS 10), Gauntlet of the Duel (enemy can't refuse a challenge) and a magic weapon of some sort - I like the Birth-Sword of Carcassone, but it's not the only option by a long shot. The downside of this build is that you're really depending on his armor and Blessing to keep him around because a higher Initiative charcter could quite conceivably kill him first. Subbing in the Gromil Great Helm for the Armor of Agiluf OR the Dawnstone for the magic weapon makes him more surviviable, but less likely to actually kill the enemy. Besides, I like the Gromil Great Helm (along with the Virtue of Purity) on my BSB.

For monster hunting, Virtue of Heroism and a magic weapon is a must.


Or there is always the magical option - a Prophetess, level 4 (Heavens), Silver Mirror, Talisman of Preservation.

My lord takes the Questing Vow, Serienne's Locket and a great weapon with Virtue of Knightly Temper. Not much magic but you can't kill him easy and the virtue can result in up to 8 str 5 hits every turn if i roll dead on

kingarthur wrote:My lord takes the Questing Vow, Serienne's Locket and a great weapon with Virtue of Knightly Temper. Not much magic but you can't kill him easy and the virtue can result in up to 8 str 5 hits every turn if i roll dead on

Lords have strength 4 and great weapon is +2 I thought, shouldn't that str 6?

It is now. Sounds like someone is stuck in 7th Edition.

Have I missed an army book somewhere?

No, but you might have missed an edition! 8th edition does not reduce the strength of mounted great weapons.