Grod
Joined: Sep 30, 2003
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Mar 04, 2024 - 02:06 |
 
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Jump up / wrestle is a cool combo. All that wrestle could lead to an interesting fouling game as well. |
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DoctorMidnight
Joined: Jul 07, 2022
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Mar 04, 2024 - 08:44 |
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The fisher-gnome is probably a Star Player.
Let's imagine :
"Secret Weapon - Each turn Teddy Stabby can try to stab a remote player within a 6-square perimeter.
Once per game, he can try to "fish" the ball from his opponent's hands."
40k all tax included, it's a bargain. |
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DoctorMidnight
Joined: Jul 07, 2022
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Mar 04, 2024 - 08:49 |
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As already stated by Garion, the gnomette is maybe able to swap (or teleport?) the ball?
Look at the gnomette's miniatures : they're in "mirror"...
Let's imagine:
"If targetted by a blitz, the illusionist is able to teleport the ball into her twin sister's hands. Success on 3+" |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Mar 04, 2024 - 09:22 |
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| spubbbba wrote: | | Garion wrote: | | I'd love khenri and chaos Dwarf too. Don't get the hold up |
I wonder if they are deliberately dragging it out. After all GW are a miniatures company and that's how they make their money.
Once they have brought out all the crp teams maybe they worry there won't be enough interest in new ones? They could bring some of the AoS armies into Blood Bowl, but that might not go down so well. |
No way will they add AOS Rosters. The design space for blood bowl from the old world is huuuge. Tzeentch and Slaanesh chaos variants are still missing, for example.
Plus a long time ago there was talk from a key designer of making a demonic planes version of the game. Not to be played with against normal teams...but as another side variant. |
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Java
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Mar 04, 2024 - 10:25 |
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Jump up and wrestle is a strong incentive to keep players down, and allows nice action chains if thrown players don't get stunned in the process
A block from the floor with ag3+ is "anything but a 1" and no turnover, while a 2d uphill is a 70ish% chance to either put down or shift a key screening player or even the carrier if careless/lucky
All desperate, truly stunty style options, but it makes the team very interesting and dangerous (for a stunty team, of course), and that's just by looking at the linemen. We still don't know anything about the majority of positionals. |
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C0ddlefish
Joined: Sep 17, 2019
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Mar 04, 2024 - 10:51 |
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The article says they are only as tall as the average player's knee.
That sounds St1 to me and would be much more interesting rather than a Halfling variant.
Feels like that would be easier to keep to the "budget" cost too |
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Jayward
Joined: Dec 22, 2020
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Mar 04, 2024 - 12:01 |
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If they're ST1 they'll be cheerfully fighting Goblins for the title of worst team.
I could see them being Halfling stats but swapping Dodge and Right Stuff for Wrestle and Jump Up. Feels like that should be 40k, but honestly who knows with GW pricing.
I'm weirdly intrigued to play these guys, so fair play to GW for managing to get me even a bit interested in a Stunty team.
That feeling might vanish like an illusory ball when we see the rules though! 
EDIT: Wonder if they'll have G access instead of A access like the SL team? |
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ThierryM
Joined: Mar 27, 2015
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Mar 04, 2024 - 15:51 |
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Java
Joined: Jan 27, 2018
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Mar 04, 2024 - 16:06 |
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It's good on loose balls and stunty teams have some ways to make that happen
It also helps with TTM attempts
The big takeaway from that article tho is that the star is Halfling Thimble Cup (only?) and so that should also apply to the gnome team, with cheap chef included in the deal |
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Sp00keh
Joined: Dec 06, 2011
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Mar 04, 2024 - 19:42 |
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| ThierryM wrote: | | https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/04/the-gnomes-of-blood-bowl-have-hooked-a-fantastic-fisherman-for-a-star-player/ |
"Halfling Thimble Cup teams can snap up Rodney for just 70,000 GP"
This means Gnomes are Halfling Thimble Cup, which means they get Chef for 100k |
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kozak
Joined: Feb 25, 2017
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Mar 04, 2024 - 19:54 |
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Techcasualty
Joined: Jan 17, 2012
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Mar 05, 2024 - 00:09 |
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So anyone else a bit worried about this team? Wrestle, jump up, stunty, dodge linemen on 1 skill? Witch elf linemen at half the cost. With big guys, guard stunties, and halflings inducement package? /skyisfalling |
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amazingprizzini
Joined: Dec 08, 2009
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Mar 05, 2024 - 00:36 |
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| Techcasualty wrote: | | So anyone else a bit worried about this team? Wrestle, jump up, stunty, dodge linemen on 1 skill? Witch elf linemen at half the cost. With big guys, guard stunties, and halflings inducement package? /skyisfalling |
Stunty strength will still make their players difficult to be good sackers. It seems like it could be a fun team, though. |
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Garion
Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Mar 05, 2024 - 13:51 |
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| Techcasualty wrote: | | So anyone else a bit worried about this team? Wrestle, jump up, stunty, dodge linemen on 1 skill? Witch elf linemen at half the cost. With big guys, guard stunties, and halflings inducement package? /skyisfalling |
Witch elf linemen is a stretch. These are ag3, and without dodge will be extremely squishy, not just easy to knock down, but also just base them all and they are screwed...
the star player looks pretty useful in a team that can pop the ball free a lot. but i think this team will lose players even quicker than flings |
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MisterFurious
Joined: Aug 11, 2010
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Mar 05, 2024 - 16:19 |
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Here's a good video about the history of Gnomes in Warhammer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eRzo1sA_1Q
One thing that he mentions is that Gnomes are a little bit taller than Halflings so that could mean 2ST and not 1ST but he's talking about the Warhammer RPG and not Blood Bowl so who knows. |
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Gnomes are trash
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