Enchanted Arrows: What do I choose?

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Re: Enchanted Arrows: What do I choose?

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Lowb wrote:Actually there's a FAQ for the BRB stating that a natural one always fails for wounding aswell. So no auto-wounding sadly :(
Thanks a lot for this, I didn't know about that. If anyone else realises I've made a similar mistake, please tell me!

Alright, another major update has been done. There are now tables with the point costs factored in where you can see the effectiveness of each Arrow type point-for-point. I've also made the Excel documents editable again, as was requested. Additionally, I've tried to make a more printable version (hiding anything but results, less colour, etc.).

Someone asked me for a calculator type mechanism but I regret to say I'm not that good with Excel... I could easily program it in JAVA, but that wouldn't be as accessible, and I think it's easy enough to read the required result off the table.
krael wrote:Talk about brute force numbercruncing :)
Way to go, Onyx King, a topic to my heart, Thanks!
Thanks! You're not so bad at the number-crunching yourself, Krael! ;)
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Furyou Miko wrote:Arcane Bodkins (anti-tank)
Hagbane Tips (poison)
Moonfire Shot (Lawbane flaming)
Starfire Shafts (Chaosbane flaming)
Swiftshiver Shards (Machinegun)
Trueflight Arrows (Shoot round corners)
This is pretty good, but "Trueflight Arrows" needs a new sub-title...

Trueflight Arrows (40K)
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Added to The LEAF.

Nice job, brechttomme :-)
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In your conclusions, you note Ogres as being Forces of Destruction, which they are not (they are unaligned). Therefore, the +1 to Wound from Starfire (or indeed Moonfire) won't work against them. Same for Tomb Kings (which is sad because they have a lot of flammable stuff).
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godswearhats wrote:Added to The LEAF.

Nice job, brechttomme :-)
Thank you very much! I'm positive it will be useful to many Asrai.
godswearhats wrote:In your conclusions, you note Ogres as being Forces of Destruction, which they are not (they are unaligned).
Ah, right, that was a mistake. Ogres just seem kind of destructive to me... :smirk: I consider Tomb Kings to be the only true neutral race in Warhammer.
godswearhats wrote:Same for Tomb Kings (which is sad because they have a lot of flammable stuff).
I removed the little nod to Tomb Kings and magic to avoid confusion. Note though, that they do not have a lot of Flammable stuff at all. It's only the non-Wizard Characters, and there aren't a lot of occasions in a standard game where you'd be able to shoot them with Flaming arrows.
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This post will unsticky in a few days, now that it is in the LEAF.
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This might be a feeble voice in an empty gigantic room...

Does anyone still have the full excel file?
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As the author, I believe I do! It would be at home on my other computer though, which I can only get to in the weekend. If you don't mind waiting, I'll send it to you then.
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brechttomme wrote:As the author, I believe I do! It would be at home on my other computer though, which I can only get to in the weekend. If you don't mind waiting, I'll send it to you then.
That would be fantastic! Thank you so much :) picking up my woody friends after 3 years and I'm in need of some revising!
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Hey, any news?
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Yes! Thank you for reminding me, will send it to you now!
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