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So rules question. The Forge Breathern is three units of dudes and the hero. Can I use the lava wall rule(see below) once per formation or can all three units in the formation each make a lava wall.

In your hero phase, a unit of Auric Hearthguard that is within 10" of the Runesmiter from their Forge Brethren can fashion makeshift defences with a sustained volley from their Magmapikes. Pick either the Auric Hearthguard themselves or another unit within 15". Add 1 to the result of any save rolls for that unit until your next hero phase, or until it makes a charge move”

I personally think RAI is 1 per round, but as it stands RAW you get 3. And you can stack them on the same unit for +3 to save rolls (though a 1 still fails) which is pretty good when it comes to the runefather on 'droth snapping weapons with high save rolls. Though I'm still waiting to see someone run it in an army that has 3 Bastiladons, to give them each a 2+ save ignore all rend.

I see at as being able to use it three times but I wouldn't have thought you could stack it on one unit. I see it as similar to a cover save where you can only ever gain the one +1.

 Madmatt wrote:
I see at as being able to use it three times but I wouldn't have thought you could stack it on one unit. I see it as similar to a cover save where you can only ever gain the one +1.

Unless the rules give it a reason not to stack it always does :/

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 Madmatt wrote:
I see at as being able to use it three times but I wouldn't have thought you could stack it on one unit. I see it as similar to a cover save where you can only ever gain the one +1.

Unless the rules give it a reason not to stack it always does :/

So the portal from the blood secrator stack?

It used to. They changed the warscroll with the Blades of Khorne battletome such that it no longer does.

Fair point, thanks

From what I'm reading and what I'm envisioning it should be the latter, since they're just making defenses with the slag they create from their pikes (wait so Fyreslayers are actually fireproof? huh) Unless they said this is a one time ability you can assume that you can use this in each hero phase. Just kinda slather it on your dorfs all nice like...

Fyreslayers are fire-resistant but not fireproof. When they cremate their dead they have use lava as I recall, implied that a normal pyre would be insufficient. As for the battalion, I imagine them working together with the Runesmiter to shape temporary barricades of slag and rock just in front of the unit targeted, or in the case for a unit that moves they would be forming the barricades well ahead and the unit would move up to them.