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lambsandlions wrote:
On another note, you said that the rune priest has a 50% chance of killing a riptide with jaws, its actually slightly lower when you consider the priest has a .916 chance of casting jaws, the riptide has a .833 chance of not denying the witch and then a .50 chance of dying. So Jaws is only a .38 chance of killing the riptide, still a huge chance but the odds are in the riptides favor and if the riptide does live I don't see the priest and 5 grey hunters living.

I think these calculations are not quite correct. Jaws is the following if i'm not mistaken :
0.916 chance of casting
0.833 chance to deny
then jaws only removes the unit if said unit fails their leadership test. in the case of a riptide, it being 9. however on page 96 of the grey wolf codex. it states "Monstrous creatures may subtract one from their dice roll" - the riptide being an MC of course. So a roll of 10 or below is needed to not be removed - therefore
0.20 chance to be removed

total chance of jaws working is actually very slim!

please do correct me if I'm wrong, I play frequently against a grey wolf player who loves to jaws my face off

ah, sorry i misread it!
So initiative test after reading a bit more in the BRB. Roll a d6 if the result is equal to or LESS than the models initiative they pass. But due to the riptide being a MC. they can get 1, 2 or 3. Got you. 4+ = fail. so 50% chance after psychic test & deny the witch.
Scarry. time to bring out the 'talisman of arthas moloch' for farsight encalves for 4d6 deny the witch 12" bubble!

thanks for clarification