Double 5 and 6 on skills rolls.

shaniepoo · Post by **shaniepoo** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 4:04 pm

In my league last night 2 of my norse linemen got rolls on the skill table, this is the result-
1st roll- double 6. +1S, any skill or a trait? (has Block)
2nd roll-double 5. +1MV, any skill or a trait? (has Block and Tackle)
What do you think?
Im thinking go with the +1S for the 1st lineman, and maybe Dodge for the 2nd?

martynq · Post by **martynq** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 4:11 pm

Definitely +1 ST on the first guy. Only in extremely unusual situations do you pass up a strength increase, and this isn't one of them.

Hmmm, the other is less clear. Dodge is a good choice and your lineman would then sit well on the LoS (since it reduces further your chances of being knocked over). Before doing so, you should consider whether you have lots of dwarves in your league.

The movement increase is also nice. The fact that no other Norse can naturally move 7 squares makes this particularly useful. Do you have any other players who have gained +1 MA?

Other possibilities: Leader (except if you've got loads of re-rolls), or Guard (if you've not got one of those yet).

Cheers,
Martyn

shaniepoo · Post by **shaniepoo** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 4:20 pm

2 of my blitzers already have the Guard skill. We have a dwarf, orc, chaos, skaven and wood elf team in our league. Thats why im not sure what to take.

Piepgrass · Post by **Piepgrass** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 4:29 pm

Take the +MA. I play Norse myself and the ma of 7 is a huge difference.
It will enable you to make 2-tuns TD without the dreaded GFI rolls.
I have 2 players on the team with MA+ and its a charm.

Poul

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 4:42 pm

+MA is pretty good - and with Block & Tackle it makes him into a more effective blitzer type as he'll be able to reach ball carriers more easily.

IMO Guard or Dodge are the next best choices - that depends more on playing style, opposition and current team state than anything else.

Ian

SBG · Post by **SBG** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 4:46 pm

I never turn down Stats increases. I think it's too valuable to pass by.
Plus, MA 7 gives you a pretty good range. With Block and Tackle, this guy can be pretty effective on the pitch !

Fred

Post by **voyagers_uk** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 5:06 pm

would it be too early to suggest Shadowing as his next skill, MA7 Block Tackle Shadowing is a fairly good defensive player to help force the turnover.

Piepgrass · Post by **Piepgrass** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 5:26 pm

I´d go for passblock instead of Shadowing

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:03 pm

Another thing to consider with stat increases. Whenever rules are changed in this game, its usually the skills and not the stats that get modified. So taking the stat increases gives more security down the road.

Darkson · Post by **Darkson** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:13 pm

Definately the +1ST for the 1st guy. It happens so rarely you'd be mad to pass it up. For the 2nd guy I'd take guard as he's extremly useful next to your frenzied Blitzers (I had 3 linemen with guard).

Anthony_TBBF · Post by **Anthony_TBBF** » Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:25 pm

Keep the +1MA on that guy and turn him into a defensive specialist since he already has Tackle. Give him Diving Tackle on doubles if you want your league mates to hate you

I once had a MA8 Block, Tackle, Diving Tackle lineman who was a terror. Of course he was cut down before I could give him Shadowing!

harley_topper · Post by **harley_topper** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 2:49 pm

I think dodge is the best choice. You'll have a norse acting like a amazon linewoman.

shaniepoo · Post by **shaniepoo** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 11:27 am

Well i went for +1S on the 1st guy, and Dodge on the 2nd. I played against our leagues orc team last night. This was his line up-
4 Blockers(1 with block)
3 Blitzers(all with block)
6 Linemen(2 with Block)
2 Throwers
His line of scrumage was-
Lime, Blocker, Blitzer, Blocker, Blitzer, Blocker, Blitzer, Blocker, Line
The final score was 3-0 to me.....but it was at a price. My lineman with the new skill-Dodge was killed when for the 3rd time in a row he was surounded by 3 blockers and 3 blitzers and fouled. The same fate came to another lineman 2 turns later. Also he managed to SI my +1S lineman followed another lineman at the end of the game. Lucky for my they were only concused.
I hate orc

But i hate Dwarves more

Valen · Post by **Valen** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 12:31 pm

I hope your not planning on getting such lucky dice rolls in the big tournament on Sunday, otherwise I will have to

Valen · Post by **Valen** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 12:33 pm

Where's my map?