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Special Characters; Tournament Legal?
Topic Started: 29 Dec 2012, 06:55 PM (364 Views)
DiceMonkey
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I seem to recall in previous editions that Special Characters weren't allowed in many tournaments, and we meant primarily for home play and friendly games. Is this still the case, or is playing the characters more encouraged. Am I just crazy, and this was never a thing? I can't recall.
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# El Diablo
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The game itself has never disallowed special characters at tournaments, it's always the organiser that would of done that for whatever reason.

A lot of special characters now unlock various options for armies, with some relying on them for certain builds.

In short, check with the organiser of the tournament you want to play in, though I can't see a problem myself.
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DiceMonkey
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That's what I thought was the case. Thanks! I plan on including 3 special characters in my supplementary force and wanted to be sure.
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Necris
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What's the points limit for the tournament, I often find it is a better use of my points at tournaments to leave the special characters out of lists and spend the points else where.

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Tychonaut
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Some special characters can be better then the normal options available, not for what they are,
but what they do to your other units, or your overall strategy.

Case-in-point:

Duke Sliscus Vs. Dark Eldar Archon

For the same points as Sliscus you can get a far more nasty Archon, but look beyond wargear and stats,
and you'll see Sliscus has plenty more to offer.

It's all down to what you want from your characters really.
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Rebis_uk
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I would say this is more a fantasy thing as some older SCs got kinda broken from the last edition change.
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