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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:13 am 
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As there are no rules for Uruk-hai Scout drummers, I thought I'd have a go at writing some. The rules are based on a combination of Orc Drummers, Uruk-Hai Captains and Mauhúr. Let me know what you think.

Uruk-hai Scout Drummer (45 points)

While raiding the Westfold, Uruk-hai scouts try to keep ahead of the Riders of Rohan. They use drummers beating a steady rhythm to keep them moving quickly through the settlements of Rohan, killing and burning as they go.

F 4/-
S 5
D 5
A 1
W 1
C 4

M 0
W 0
F 1

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An Uruk-hai Scout Drummer wears armour and carries heavy drumsticks (hand weapon).

Special Rules
Advance! - See Mordor rulebook or In Sauron's Sinister Service for details. The exception is that the drum applies to Isengard Uruk-hai and Orcs.
Mauhúr's Marauders - For a cost of 5 points an Uruk-hai Scout Drummer may be upgraded to be a Mauhúr's Marauder. See Mauhúr in White Dwarf 366 for details.


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how many points ?

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Well spotted, I've added the points now (50).
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That looks solid enough.
But why the fate point?
Does every musician has a faith point?

(if so.. I'm going to play an instrument :) )
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Both the orc drummer and the Black Guard drummer have a point of fate. I guess it makes them slightly more likely to survive.

Just noticed that while the Orc drummer has the same Fight as a captain, the Black Guard Drummer only has the Fight of a normal warrior.

So what do you think for the Uruk-hai Scout drummer:

    Fight 5 - 50 points or
    Fight 4 - 45 points
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Fight 4 i think, i would go with strength 4 also. I allways imagined the drummer was a trooper, not a near captain, so his stats would be nearer that of a warrior, or is the orc drummer stronger aswell?
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The Orc Drummer has the same strength as an Orc Captain.

It's a good point though about making the Scout Drummer Strength 4. I've always wondered why the Orc Drummer was a hero when it should be more like a banner upgrade to a normal warrior than a hero.
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I'd say f4, fighting with a drum around your neck is somewhat harder.
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Updated the profile to only be Fight 4, but kept the Strength at 5. You'd need to be pretty strong to run around with a drum.

As an aside, the first Reinforcements allows Uruk-hai to take a hornblower, but there is no model. So I guess another way to use the model would be to count it as a hornblower.
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