Turn 1:Skaven
Grey Seer used his ability "you will not run"(YWNR)and Mystic Shields the Stormverminand while the Warlock Engineer Mystic Shields the other unit of Stormvermin.
The army just runs forward.
The Warp Lightning Cannon(WLC) shot the main gate and rolled a 4 for power and only manged 2 wounds.
Free People
General uses "Hold the Line" and buffs the Hangunners and Swordsmen on battlements.A unit of Swordsmen run out from the fortress interior to guard the gate.
The rest of the troops inside move to better postions and the Heroes leave the throne room with the Pegasus rider on a mission to to get that beacon.
The Cannon on the right and the Handgunners cut down 12 Clan Rats while the Cannon on the left only managed to slay 2 Clan Rats.
In the battleshock phase the remaining 7 Clan Rats were about to run untill the Grey Seer gave them the eye :nono: and none of them decided to run :thumbsup:
Turn 2:Free People
The General again tells his troops to Hold the Line(HTL) while the Wizard tries to Mystic Shield the Pegasus rider before he leaves but fails.
The rest of the troops inside take up positions with the Heroes desperately trying to get to useful positions
The Cannon on the left and the Hangunners take out 6 Clanrats while the other Cannon shoots the Stormvermin but the only hit is saved.
4 Clan Rats flee from Battleshock.
Skaven
Grey Seer uses YWNF and casts Mystic Shield on the Stormvermin again while the Warlock Engineer Mystic Shields the other Stromvermin.
In the movement phase both Clan Rat units move to the base of the towers while both Stormvermin units move to possible charge range.The Hell Pit rolls 10 for move and closes in on the Pegasus along with the warlord on Brood Horror.
Gutrot and his Blightkings hang around the tower in the hope of stopping anyone from activating the beacon.
The Warp Lightning Cannon shoots the main gate again and rolls a 1 for power
The main gate has 2 wounds left now.
The Skaven charge but some poor rolls means only 1 Clan Rat unit made it up the walls to attack the right cannon,1 Stormvermin unit just made it to the Swordsmen guarding the gate and the Hell Pit rolled big which enabled it to charge the Swordsmen and the Pegasus.
In the combat phase the Hell Pit goes 1st and kills 8 Swordsmen,the Cannon crew then take out 1 Clan Rat,the Stormvermin finish off the Swordsmen,The general on the Pegasus puts 4 wounds on the Hell Pit and finally the Clan Rats kill a crew member.
Turn 3Skaven
Grey Seer uses YWNF and casts Mystic Shield on the Stormvermin again.The Warlock Engineer charges up Warp Lightning and frazzles 6 Handgunners.The Hell Pit regens 3 wounds.
The army just moves as far forward as possible to get good charges.
In the shooting phase the Warp Lightning Cannon goes to take out the main gate but rolls a 5 for power and no wounds.The Warp Fire Thrower powers up and incinerates the last Handgunners.
Some crap charges again,even with the +2 charge banners the Stormvermin failed to scale the walls as did the Warlord with only the Clan Rats making it up the walls to charge the other Cannon.The Rat Ogres charged the gate and the Warlord on Brood Horror charged the Pegasus.
Combat and the Clan Rats attack the Cannon crew but miss,the General on Pegasus wounds the Hell Pit once,the Warlord on Brood Horror hit the Pegasus for 2 wounds,the cannon crew miss their attackers,Clan Rats miss the other Cannon crew,the other crew miss the Clan Rats and finally the Hell Pit puts 2 more wounds on the Pegasus,
Free People
The General uses HTL,the Wizard fails to cast wildform on the Halberdiers but the Warrior Priest bestows Shield of Faith on them.
Movement and the halberdiers position themselves ready for whatever tries to get thru.The Pegasus retreats with with a mighty run roll of 6 and gets within 1 more move to activate the beacon. The Swordsmen on the battlements move to ramparts to stop any skaven coming right over the walls.
Given both Cannons were under attack it was fitting they missed lol :thumbsup:
Halberdiers charged the Rat Ogres.
The Halberdiers went 1st and killed a Rat Ogre who got mad and killed 6 Halberdiers,the crew on the right miss the Clan Rats,the other Clan Rats killed the last crew of the left cannon.
1 Halberdier flees
Turn 4Free People
Again the General uses HTL,the Wizard fails to cast wildform on the Halberdiers and the Warrior Priest bestows Shield of Faith on them.
The Greatsword General moves in to support the Halberdiers as does the Warrior Priest.The Pegasus reaches the beacon :bleep:
The remaining Cannon Crew manage to fire a shot off this time taking 3 Clan rats attacking them out.
Halberdiers kick off combat and inflict 3 wounds on the Rat Ogres,Clan Rats miss the crew,the crew kill 1 Clan Rat,Rat Ogres hit the Halberdiers for 6 again which opens up the way for the Greatsword General to cut down 1 Rat Ogre while the Warrior Priest failed to hit them.
The remaining Halberdiers suddenly loose their nerve and flee.
Skaven
The Grey Seer uses YWNF but fails to Mystic Shield the Stormvermin.The Warlock Engineer powers up his War Lightning and fries 5 Swordsmen on the battlements.The Hell Pit heals back up.
Movement and the Clan rats atop the tower on my right enter the tower thru the top hatch and reach the 1st floor.The Rat Ogre retreats to clear a way thru for the Stormvermin to charge.Gutrot sensing the Pegasus is going to fulfill his job moves up to support the rear of the Skaven attack.
Shooting and the Warp Fire Thrower missfires,the Warlock Engineer misses with his pistol but the Warp Lightning Cannon incinerates the last cannon crew....freeing up the Clan Rats to enter the fortress.
The Stormvermin finally storm the walls tho the Warlord again is not very good at climbing..useless fecker.
The other Stormvermin charge thru the main gate and into the fortress interior while the Clan Rat units charge down to the ground floor and into the Swordsmen blocking the stairs.
The fighting starts with the Stormvermin wounding the Greatsword General 4 times,The General on the battlements took 2 Stromvermin out who fought back and wounded him twice and also killed a Swordsman,Greatsword General missed,Clan Rats missed the Swordsmen,swordsmen took 2 Clan Rats out who missed in return,Warrior Priest killed a Stormvermin.
