Halfling Cavalry restriction

[Chase]

I’m looking through the halfling list as this will most likely be the army I choose and I came across the mounted halflings unit(their only mounted unit that’s not a hero) and I saw they are limited to one per warband. So I went through the other lists to see what other armies had restrictions on their cav. I found that beyond centaurs (both on beastmen and Olympians) no other army has a cav limit like the halflings. I thought it was strange for such a mediocre unit to be limited in such a way.

Is there something I am missing or is this as random as I think?

[Chase]

Oh yeah also random other thing I thought was weird the warlord is a chief sheriff and the hero is a clan chief? Seems like the clan chief would be the leader of a warband.

Don’t mean to nitpick game looks like a ton of fun and can’t wait to put together a warband.

[Tim Haslam]

Maybe the author didn’t see Halflings as being prolific horse riders? Just thinking about the background story that’s all?

Barbarian cavalry, for example, could be nomad horse raiders etc.

[Chase]

Yeah that would make sense if they were true cavalry warriors(as there would be few of those in a peaceful halfling society but they are (stat wise) just mounted sheriff’s riding donkeys, goats or large chickens.

IDK it just seems odd. I am certainly no game designer so maybe it’s some kind of balance method. Halflings are meant to be one of the slower armies or something.

[Tim Haslam]

I was actually looking at Halflings as a future project, (after my undead and orcs!)
I think halflings power is it’s good accuracy for shooting. I’ve yet to try a proper shooty army for this game. So no idea if it will work, just putting lots of pins on the enemy?
I was going to add a cockatrice for colour, and paint it as a huge chicken. Maybe add a swarm, and use chicken models for that too?

[Chase]

Yeah I have 3 units of archers in my list now, all with slings (no suitable Arty models yet) my militia have rocks to throw which on accuracy 6 is nothing to laugh at.My 3 urchin swarm have slings(going to try for 2-3 halfling models and a mix of sheepdogs goats and such on each base)and every unit that can has Spears to take advantage of my Acc 6 across the board. I was also thinking of adding some treemen dryads if I decide I need more beefy melee units as I am sorely lacking those with the halflings(urchin swarms being my best which is just funny)

Rules question, if my urchin swarm says 3x Ranged and they have slings that’s gonna make a total of 6 dice per model when given a fire order?

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by Chase.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by Chase.

[Tim Haslam]

I’m still thinking about the rules for urchins with rocks etc?
I’m thinking slings are a little too powerful as they play at the moment. Possibly amending them to double shots at close range only?
I love the idea of dryads for a combat unit or a treeman?
So with your permission I may copy that idea.

For artillery look no no further than the original Halfling Hotpot as sold by Games Workshop.
I’ve just got a brand new one from GW as they’ve re released it to go with there new halfling blood bowl team.
Prices on eBay are a bit silly for old ones.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by Tim Haslam.

[Chase]

Yeah I just found this Kickstarter by TTCombat that looks perfect for WoE.

They claim Warlord games will be selling their product in August for WoE warbands. They have a hilarious model for stone thrower in form of a soup thrower of sorts.

They also have great halfling undead models I would love to use for an undead WoE warband. This is where I got the idea for the treeman dryads as well they have models for them at a decent price.

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