Wizard - size of fireball template

sangraal · Post by **sangraal** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 1:19 am

OK, first off, we cannot buy the Bloodbowl boxed set in Australia from GW,
its just not available & I am not going to buy it from O/S just for the Block dice & the "coin" template.

But there is some semi-heated discussion in our league about whether it covers 9 squares or something less:

FFF
FFF
FFF

or

FF
FF

or

F
FFF
F

9 squares seems too powerful, but I cant see how it can be anything else.

sangraal

sangraal · Post by **sangraal** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 1:20 am

Whoops, that 3rd option should be like a cross shape.

sangraal

ZanzerTem · Post by **ZanzerTem** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:16 am

The 1st one. Not elaborating on the spell because I am assuming you know how to cast it and you just need to know the area of effect.

narkotic · Post by **narkotic** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 8:33 am

It's 9 squares. The rule book makes, again, a good job in confusing the reader as they begin to talk of the template and then end up indicating in a non-clear manner that it's just 9 squares anyway.

"The target square and any square adjacent to it" = 9 squares.

I guess the whole template rubbish comes from the fact that in 3rd ed. you had a fireball-shaped template and after getting rid of that they just edited the text instead of writing it new from scratch (like so many other parts of the rule book)

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 8:33 am

9 squares.

plasmoid · Post by **plasmoid** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 1:54 pm

Well, they also changed the template from the fireball template to the coin template as far as I know.
I don't even know if those 2 are the same size.

Martin

gallowin · Post by **gallowin** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 2:31 pm

It would be helpfull if the LRB defined the fireball like it defines the lightning bolt (2 squares X 5 squares). We've been playing four squares on fireballs for quite some time. Whoops!

Moraiwe · Post by **Moraiwe** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 12:50 am

actually sangraal... if you wanted bloodbowl in australia I would try Mind Games in Melbourne or Military Simulations in Moorabbin (suburb of Melbourne). Both have mail order service and I know Military Sims has a website you can order from. They also have most of the new bloodbowl figures (at a HUGE price though).

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 3:31 am

plasmoid wrote:Well, they also changed the template from the fireball template to the coin template as far as I know.
I don't even know if those 2 are the same size.

Martin

iirc the coin is a bit smaller

sangraal · Post by **sangraal** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 12:50 am

Moraiwe wrote:actually sangraal... if you wanted bloodbowl in australia I would try Mind Games in Melbourne or Military Simulations in Moorabbin (suburb of Melbourne). Both have mail order service and I know Military Sims has a website you can order from. They also have most of the new bloodbowl figures (at a HUGE price though).

Yes -- certainly pricey.....

I must admit I put that in my post so people wouldnt tell me to go out &
buy the boxed set to find out the size of the template. (which sort of happened when I asked about the exact size of the Pass ruler).

I've spent over AUS $5000 on GW stuff over the past 5 years but I didnt want to spend $120 on the set, just for the templates & the Block dice. All of my teams (well except the shadowforge bunnies) are made from WHFB
or 40k minis.

sangraal