I am trying out a new Daemon army list, and graymatterblues was the first victim. The Overlord has a Ring of Magic, one Sorcerer has the Wand of Power, and the other Sorcerer has the Rod of Repetition (making him popular with the ladies, I'm sure
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The 'minor effect' that I received was that all units would pass the first order on the first turn. I was careful to make sure that I could order all units the first turn. It is rare when you can rely on being able to move everything! So I made the most of it.
In the third turn of the game, the Overlord got off an obscene string of command rolls, which allowed him to bring a brigade of cavalry from my left over to my right and charge into the combats on Noose Hill and in the canyons. I think at least 3 command rolls went off within 20 cm of an enemy. This allowed me to decisively destroy the Wolf Riders.
I definitely like having more terrain on the board!
Another little quirk: When I initiative charged the surviving Wolf Riders on Noose Hill on my turn, I lost a stand of swarms due to some good stand and shoot die rolls. That was during the movement phase. When the shooting/magic phase came around, I summoned a stand of daemon swarms back into the shot-up sawrm unit. In the ensuing combat phase, two stands of swarms were destroyed. At the end of combat, 1 stand survived. This was odd. The unit took 12 hits but was not destroyed!
It was a fun game. My Daemons look forward to eating more Orcs on the battlefield in the future.
