Thror and I have done that in the Thror's Crusade narrative campaign - which you can check out... somewhere... when Thror puts it on the site or whatever.

We have made up Thror Clawhammer and Telcontar as sortof jumped-up captains - who are specifically designed to counteract eachother.

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give eomer a shield and heavy armour and he is hard to beat

I'd like to say (slightly belatedly but I'd still like to): Welcome aboard, skully!

P.S. True, he is a killing machine when kitted out like that.

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It seems fairly unanimous that Gandalf is too expensive for 500 points.

eomer fully kitted out on a horse is hard to stop even when fully surrounded by goblins he can still ride though

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generalship is easy just point your troops to the war

i'd say go for Eomer if you can't afford gandalf but maybe you can use gandalf in bigger games, there both good heroes so its hard to make a choice.

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what 'bout their legs? they don't need those

Gandalf isn't really worth his points in an army such as Rohan, which depends on an all-out charge. Gandalf cannot do anything except cast spells, which makes him rather inferior. I think that he should have 2 attacks - after all, he doesn't really worry about getting his hands dirty, does he?

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indeed he does not, but Gandalf is more for a big battle in Gondor. When you put Eomer at the head of a charge he can be the difference maker of battle.

and Tel good to see you writing for the OR

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Writing for the OR? What are you talking about?!?

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i assumed it was a One Ring article you and Thror were writing.....

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Thank you again guys for all your help. I still bought gandalf for my larger battles as he looks cool and is mounted on the big ebob horse. I use Eomer (smaller games) and a converted rider captain to add a touch of history into my army

Thanks for everyones input.

good to hear you got Gandalf just incase,
i like your idea of Captain too well done

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good choice, variety is good

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what 'bout their legs? they don't need those

I made a 500 point army yesterday and I first also wanted to include both Éomer and Gandalf, but Gandalf is really to expensive. But I'm still thinking of buying him once as well.

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