Best/Worst special character (fluff and gaming)

[Verchild]

I humbly suggest you use my homemade rule for Kurt Helborg the next time you play.

MUSTACHE POWER: Once per turn, Kurt Helborg can sacrifice all of his attacks to make one special "mustache power" attack. On a roll of a 6, Kurt Helborg's mustache glows with holy power and destroys the enemy army.

This should not only be used in your next game, but should be apart of the standard rule set for him.

[Leogun_91]

And of course, the character with the best in-universe life is Orion. In the Spring and Summer he's out chilling with the boys, hunting some humans in a festival based on drunken violence and wild abandon. In the Autumn and Winter he's at home with his (by all accounts, extremely attractive) wife who doesn't nag him.
And you know, he's immortal and stuff.

Well the Woodelves have a matriarchal society and she is higher in rank so what I see would be a relationship where the wife is out ordering people around while her husband is considered to be only good for hunting (and possibly sex but I'm not all that familiar with how that works for forest spirits).

Yeah or mr. snitch. You dont worry about being assasinated because you ARE the assasin. No idiot would cross you uless he wanted to end up face down in a sewer. God that would help in skaven society. Hehehehehe

This glorious fame allows you the highest awards of skaven society, first pick of the horrid food and your pickings of sub-par quality equipment, as an added bonus you still must keep a strong sense of paranoia as that is one of the keys to reaching this far.

Shadowblade would have something to say about that.

A curse for Snitchs unfair play as he was taken down by a few dozens skaven assassins possibly.

Personally I don't understand all the hatred for Grimgor, the Storm of Chaos gave him more depth than many others (a quest for revenge with good turning points and character development), if they are retconning the Storm (which they are) I however see no reason for him to exist (or at least not as a lord choice, pre-Storm Grimgor is the one who can't take out an Exalted Hero, post-Storm Grimgor is a legendary fighter in his prime mighty enough to give any opponent a proper fight (or a massive bashing in the case of the non-legendary guys)).

[Drasanil]

A curse for Snitchs unfair play as he was taken down by a few dozens skaven assassins possibly.

Given the choice I think a few dozen skaven assassins would kill Snitch as opposed to Shadowblade.... better odds for a promotion

[Leogun_91]

Given the choice I think a few dozen skaven assassins would kill Snitch as opposed to Shadowblade.... better odds for a promotion

Well Snitch doesn't need to be present, letting others fight and then taking claiming the reward is a well established Skaven tactic.

[LotlBotl]

Two problems:

A) No rat worth his tail double crosses Nightlord Sneek and keeps his life. /Especially/ not when it comes to members of his own clan. The Deathmaster is Sneek's favorite.

B) Only reason Sneek would order a hit on Snitch is to replace him with a better killer.

And let's not forget, there's nowhere in Skavenblight that can hide a marked rat from the Deathmaster.

[Drasanil]

Two problems:

A) No rat worth his tail double crosses Nightlord Sneek and keeps his life. /Especially/ not when it comes to members of his own clan. The Deathmaster is Sneek's favorite.

B) Only reason Sneek would order a hit on Snitch is to replace him with a better killer.

And let's not forget, there's nowhere in Skavenblight that can hide a marked rat from the Deathmaster.

Anyone who takes out Snitch is by definition better and would be welcomed by Sneek, in fact I would venture that is expected for any assassin worth his salt to try his hand at it eventually. When it comes to Skaven it's always better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Anyone who thinks any skaven, even the likes of Sneek or Snitch are immune from treachery and betrayal fundamentally doesn't understand skaven.

[LotlBotl]

Anyone who takes out Snitch is by definition better and would be welcomed by Sneek, in fact I would venture that is expected for any assassin worth his salt to try his hand at it eventually.

That /is/ the problem. Any skaven assassin who is better than Snitch is very bad news for everyone.

When it comes to Skaven it's always better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Anyone who thinks any skaven, even the likes of Sneek or Snitch are immune from treachery and betrayal fundamentally doesn't understand skaven.

Who is even saying that? Neither are immune to suffering either, but neither are known for leaving double crossings to be as they are.

Temple of the Serpent wasn't the greatest of books, but it did help explain why a lot of Skaven are afraid of Snitch and Sneek by association.

[warboss6820]

Wait i just hought what about Grombrindal the white dwarf carried by Gotrek Gurnison and Josef Bugman? They are 1000 points but my gork they are nearly invincible and every turn if they roll right they regain ALL of their wounds! Not to mention that all of their atttacks togeather equal 12 and Gotrek and Grombrindal have extremly awesome magic weapons (although Josef's weapon is not much) THIS IS HORRIFING. Not to mention the when fighting daemons both Gotrek and Grombrindal have a rune that is equal to the master rune of penatration. (Although Grombrindal's is the master rune of penatration if im not wrong) So after having a merry day hunting greater daemons the drink a keg of bugmans XXXXX and get back in for more. man they could take on exalted daemons and survive maybe even unscathed(well bugman will be down a couple flaggons) While it is true that they are not technicly and a single character they are sereously death incarnate on the battlefield. Grombrindal himself is a serious beast and so is gotrek and josef is aswell to a much lesser exstent. But serious my vote might move from grimgor and snitch to grombrindal, the white dwarf, snorri white beard, and the lord of monthly hobby magazines.

[Athelassan]

I don't think the Dwarf trio model is really meant to be taken that seriously, or used in games where balance is a major consideration of the players...