Nurgle rolls a couple of doubles, beast and rotter

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Re: Nurgle rolls a couple of doubles, beast and rotter

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dode74 wrote:
Chris wrote:The beast has had a good run, no injuries and has now got in order of award stand firm, guard, break tackle, block and another double.
I have to ask: why? Would 2 heads not have been a better choice for this?
The Beast is a Loner, thus dodging with a certain re-roll (from the Dodge skill) is very appealing compared to being forced to burn a team RR. For a simple dodge this is a 1/36 chance of failure compared to a 7/72 chance of failure (3.5 times worse). Even when dodging into a standard cage (3 TZs), Dodge allows you to re-roll a 4+ for a 3/4 chance, compared to a single roll at 3+ (2-Heads) for a 2/3 chance. Even with a team re-roll in hand, the 2-Heads option rises to only 7/9, barely above 3/4. Taking into account the availability of the team re-roll, and whether you want to use it, Dodge is in practice better. Plus, of course, it protects the Beast when he is being blocked - few players of ST4 or higher have Tackle.

For a 3rd double on the Beast, I am inclined to consider Pro, to keep his Tentacles alive.

Hope that helps.

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Re: Nurgle rolls a couple of doubles, beast and rotter

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I am an idiot. For some reason I read "beast" as "beastman" and thought it was a pestigor (which is a beastman, after all).

I'll slink off back to my hole now... :oops:

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Re: Nurgle rolls a couple of doubles, beast and rotter

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No worries dode, we've all made mistakes like that.

All the best.

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