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>>51646140

+1 to WE WUZ ROMANS IN SHEET

>>51646152
Everyone forgets that Romans themselves endlessly LARPed as Trojans:

We the sons of Aeneas n sheeit

Zeus? Das his slave name! We calls him Jupiter, his KANGLY TROJAN name.

>>51646140
Cataphract (5 Cataphracts) (200 Points)
Cavalry
WS4 BS4 S4 T5 W2 I5 A2 Ld9 Save 3+

Wargear:
Power Sword
Close Combat Weapon
Plate Mail Armor

Special Rules:
Very Bulky
Logistica
Anti-Infantry
Cavalry
Fleet

May add up to 35 additional Cataphracts to the unit.... +40 Points Each


Plate Mail Armor: Provides a 3+ Armor Save and a 5+ Invulnerable Save.

Logistica: When a Cataphract attacks, place a Blast template over the model. In addition to any attack rolls made by the model, all enemy models (besides the one the Cataphract is rolling to attack) under the Blast template are automatically hit with a Strength 3 AP- attack.

Anti-Infantry: When a Cataphract is attacking a model with the Infantry or Jump Infantry type, add 1 Strength to all of the Cataphract's attacks (including any attacks made by Logistica).

Cavalry: When a Cataphract is attacked in Assault by a model with a either a Power Lance or a weapon with "Halberd", "Spear", or "Pike" in the name, the Cataphract's Armor Save is reduced to a 5+. In addition, the Toughness of the Cataphract is increased by 1 (this bonus is already included in the model's stats) and is counted as having Assault grenades.

>>51647157
>that statline
t. Byzantine

>>51646152
But they were, anon.

>>51646581
>romans were weebs for ancient greece

She's a drawing, not your hetera

>>51647727

>the year MMXVII
>be me
>running a game of Comitiums and Draconari Edition V
>player is major Greakaboo, browses /ccc/ constantly
>cannot shut up about Spartans and the superior craftsmanship of Greek xiphos
>demands to play a hoplite in my game, even though it's set during the glorious conquest of Gaul
>cannot kick him out because he is the brother of a Senator

How do all you deal with That Plebs in your games?

>>51646140
How did Age of Empires 2 have such incredible sprites?

Hit Points 110
Attack 9
Armor 2/1

>>51647838

Because there was a point in time when game developers cared and tried to make good games.

Now all we have are "what's the lowest quality output for the most cash in return?"

>>51646140
Loses to paladins/10.

>>51647804
That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Gladius" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Xiphe deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine xiphos in Athens for 2,400,000 Drachmas (that's about 20,000 sesterttia) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my xiphos.

Greek smiths spend years working on a single xiphos and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.

Xiphe are thrice as sharp as Roman swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a gladius can cut through, a xiphos can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a xiphos could easily bisect a centurion wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.

Ever wonder why prehestoric Italy never bothered conquering Greece? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Hoplites and their xiphe of destruction. Even in the conquest of Greece, Roman soldiers targeted the men with the xiphe first because their killing power was feared and respected.

So what am I saying? Xiphe are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for xiphe:

(One-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d12 Damage
19-20 x4 Crit
+2 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork

(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon)
2d10 Damage
17-20 x4 Crit
+5 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork

Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Xiphe in real life, don't you think?

tl;dr = Xiphe need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.

>>51647838
It's surprisingly easy, all told, to paint 2d sprites and make them look good. The IE games have the same thing where their backgrounds still look gorgeous because they're largely handpainted 2d, while 3d games half their age aged like shit.

>>51646140
Kn(I)

What DBA list is it part of?

>>51647939
>20% cheaper spearmen/pikemen/halberdiers

>>51647804
>How do all you deal with That Plebs in your games?
The same way my father dealt with someone he didn't like. Stab the motherfucker to death with a bunch of your buddies.