Enchanted Shield

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T-Minus9
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Enchanted Shield

Post by T-Minus9 »

I don't have the books in front of me, but another post here roused my curiosity.

If the Enchanted Shield is 10pts in the Army Book, but only 5 pts in the BRB, how much do we have to pay?

I have always calculated it as 5pts, and I probably will continue to, but I was wondering if there was any consensus on this.
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Re: Enchanted Shield

Post by FriedTaterExplosion »

Unfortunately, the values in the army book always trump the BRB. We have to pay 10 points for the enchanted shield. 'Cause we're so overpowered, and all.
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Re: Enchanted Shield

Post by godswearhats »

p500 of the BRB states explicitly that points values for common magic items in Army Books *must* be used instead of values in the BRB.

This means that we get some items at a discounted price also (War Banner, for instance, is 25pts vs 35 normally).
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Re: Enchanted Shield

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Damn, not the answer I had hoped for, but thank you guys for the clarification.
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Re: Enchanted Shield

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Thus, you should pretty much always use the Dragonhelm over the Enchanted Shield whenever given the choice because it costs the same and gives the same benefit when combined with a normal Shield + gives a 2+ Ward Save vs flaming attacks.
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Re: Enchanted Shield

Post by citizendave »

plus with dragonhelm you still get the armour bonus when using a great weapon.
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Re: Enchanted Shield

Post by Ishamael »

I never noticed the points reduction on the War Banner. Still not sure I would ever use it but would make it more viable. Thanks for info.
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