Skitterleap 2012 - Mark Your Diaries

An early heads-up for Skitterleap to be held here in Wellington on 27th/28th October.

Where:              Cashmere Ave School, Khandallah, Wellington

TO:                    Pete Dunn

Umpire:             Pete Dunn

Points:               2400

Rounds:             Five (3 Saturday, 2 Sunday)

Composition:     Hard Caps – SCGT v2.1 - modified as below (Spell Restrictions)

Scenarios:          Rulebook less Battle for the Pass

Cost:                  $30 before 31 July, $40 from 1 August

Contact:             pete@thefieldsofblood.com

For those interested, this will be the last event before the cut-off for the 2012 Masters invitations
 
A Players' Pack will be available this weekend.
 
“SCGT Comp” v2.1 (Modified) 

The aim of this composition system has only ever been to “take the edge” off of armies and stop some games becoming non-events due to selections by either player. As with all systems the system is not perfect but has had the bonus of being play tested over the biggest tournaments on the circuit over the last 18 months and tweaked accordingly.

General Restrictions

MAGIC DICE

Apart from Winds of Magic dice an army may only add 2 Power Dice or Dispel Dice to its magic dice pool in each magic phase (apart from the exceptions below and dice generated through channelling).

 Any dice added to the pool, regardless of source (generated, stolen, stored from previous magic phases, generated by magic items/abilities to boost spellcasting before or after the casting attempt, produced by spells, lore abilities, and so on) count. Excess dice are simply discarded and cannot be used in any way (i.e. - they can’t be stored). If a dice is stolen from the opponent’s pool, but your army has already generated two extra dice, the dice is removed from the opponent’s pool and then discarded. Any additional dice are lost and cannot be used. The controlling player chooses which dice are discarded if there is a need to distinguish.

 Dice generated from being in proximity to a “Shard of the Herdstone” do not count as a “power dice” for the purpose of the dice limit.

 Items that add “D3” power dice are allowed to exceed the dice limit and add the additional dice should the result of the dice roll grant three extra dice.

 Night Goblin Mushroom D6 do not count as "power dice" as per their Army book.

 Dark Elves may only use a max of 6 dice to cast a spell the same as everyone else. This overrides the rule in their book.

LIST RESTRICTIONS

Non warmachine shooting is limited to 90 shots per army - count the number of shots, not models. So for example Dark Elf Warriors with repeater crossbows count as 2 shots. Ranked (non-skirmisher) infantry with missile weapons with a range of 12" or less are excluded from this restriction. (see note (1) for additional clarification)

An army may not include more than 2 warmachines of the same type and no more than 5 in an army.

No single non character unit in the army may be over 450 points

The magic item “Fozzrik’s Folding Fortress” may not be taken.

Characters affected by the following spells that would instantly remove them from the table are allowed to take a look out sir roll against the effects, providing they would normally be allowed one (i.e from being part of a unit): The Dwellers Below, Final Transmutation, Dreaded 13th and Infernal Gateway. This does not apply if you are a lone character outside of a unit.

Notes:

(1)Any model with a fixed maximum amount of shots (read: shooting attacks) counts that maximum towards the shot cap (i.e blowpipes = 2, RXB = 2, lifetaker = 3) but those with a random/variable number (treeman, razordon, Hail of doom arrow, flamers, etc) count as 1, excluding any ranked (non-skirmisher) infantry with missile weapons with a range of 12” or less from this as per this rulespack.

(2)Units with that utilise a ranged template or attack (such salamanders) count as 1 shot. Units with the Breath weapon special rule do not count as a “shot”.

(3)Do not count the possibility of Tomb Kings being able to fire twice against this shot limit. For example a Skeleton Bowmen counts as 1 shot, despite the possibly that with magic he could fire twice.

Race Specific Restrictions:

Lizardmen

*Salamanders 0 – 3 models per army.
*Higher State of Consciousness and the Crown of Command may not be taken on the same model.
*Skink Cohorts are 0 – 3 units per army. Cohorts containing Kroxigor do not count towards the cap.
*Only two of the following may be taken per army – Beclaming Cognitation, Cube of Darkness, Dispel Scroll, Cupped Hands.

Vampire Counts

*Max 3 units/characters with the Ethereal special rule

Skaven

*Hell Pit Abominations and Warp Lighting Cannons are 0-1 unit selection per army.
*A Screaming Bell or Plague Furnace may only be placed in a unit containing no more than 50 models.
*Gutter Runners units are 0 – 2 per army.
*Warlock Engineers are 0 – 3 models per army.
*Skaven Slaves units may only be a maximum of 50 models per unit.

Dark Elves

*The Pendant of Kaleth and the Crown of Command may not be taken on the same model.
*Hydras 0 – 1 unit selections per army.
*Max 3 units with the ‘fly’ special rule

Empire

*Steam Tanks are 0 – 1 models per army

Warriors of Chaos

*No further restrictions

Daemons of Chaos

*Flamers of Tzeentch 0 – 6 models per army.
*Daemons of Chaos infantry units may only be a maximum of 400 points per unit
*Max 3 units with the ‘fly’ special rule

Tomb Kings

*No further restrictions
*Only Skeleton Bowmen count towards the shot cap, all other “shots” in the army are excluded when calculating the army’s total “shots”
*If Queen Khalida is taken the maximum Skeleton Bowmen in any one unit is 50 models

High Elves

*No further restrictions
*High Elves may take units of up to 550 points, overriding the 450 point restriction given above
*High Elf armies may ignore the “same type” warmachine restriction
*Teclis may not be taken in army at this event
*Dragon Mage's additional dice do not count towards the '+2 cap' Winds of Magic dice restriction. They are effectively 'free'.

Ogres

*A maximum of 2 out of the 3 following items may be taken in the army: Greedy Fist, Lore of Death and Hellheart
*If the Hellheart is taken then a Dispel Scroll may not be taken in the army
*If a second Ironblaster is taken, Mornfang Units become a 0-2 unit selection per army

Bretonnians

*No further restrictions

Wood Elves

*No further restrictions

Orcs & Goblins

*No further restrictions
*Goblin Bolt Throwers do not count when working out your 5 maximum warmachine allowance

Beastmen

*Beastmen armies may take units of up to 550 points, overriding the 450 point restriction given above

Chaos Dwarfs (Forgeworld list will be used)

*No further restrictions

Dwarfs

*No further restrictions