jscottbowman wrote:
Guys I am just helping a mate get into the game, who has taken an interest in Rohan... the only problem we have is that, as one would predict, he likes to focus on taking a majority cavalry force (Riders of Rohan), he then immediately falls foul of the 33% bow limit as all RoR come equipped with bows by default...
So to make a legal list... he can only take a third of his force as Riders of Rohan, and the rest have to be foot warriors of Rohan with sword/spear & shield...
This just seems wrong for this force!
Are we missing something??
Cheers
Scott
PS latest battle report:
http://www.scottswargaming.blogspot.co.nz/2012/12/the-high-ground-lotr-sbg-battlereport.htmlUnfortunately, no, you're not missing anything. It's one of the things GW screwed up a loooong time ago and still hasn't fixed (they're actually repeating it right now with Rivendell Knights, who also come with a bow standard and are
in a list of their own!).
Some years ago (I think it was in '03), when GW first released their tournament rules, they adressed this issue, though instead of just making the bow optional and dropping the base cost - as is normal with pretty much
every other unit - they decided that while all Riders
pay for the bow, only those models actually
holding one may use it. I'm not entirely certain this ruling still stands, but I assume so. It is a waste of points for two thirds of the Riders, though... :/
One alternative to have an all-mounted force is to use mounted Royal Guards to fill up the numbers - the models are blething expensive, but they are superior to RoR in every respect (higher F, higher D, Bodyguard) - and I think most (non-tourney) opponents wouldn't mind differently-coloured RoR as RRG stand-ins.
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warbands makes bows less potent, but an army of rangers would still annihilate the opposition.
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