06-24-2009, 05:58 PM
No one knows Raven's true name. What is known of her past is that she grew between in a small Bretonnian village near Athel Loren. One night her village was attacked by a band of raiding Beastmen, and she was forced to flee. Her mother helped her up on the last horse just before the stable was surrounded. She rode towards Athel Loren, the light from the burning houses in her village becoming less clear as she rode further towards the forest.
She was found sleeping next to a tree in the morning by a Wood Elf couple. They had lost their own child in a Beastmen attack earlier that year, and decided to adopt the helpless little girl as their own. She was suffering from shock and they were unable to get her to give them her name. They decided to call her Raven after her jet-black hair.
Raven was taught in the art of stealth and archery and was an excellent student. At the age of 19 she left her foster parents and Athel Loren and traveled to Tilea, were she joined the mercenary armies as a sentry, scouting out enemy positions and reporting their locations to the general.
One day, she was given a very important mission by her employer, to sneak into the enemy camp and eliminating an enemy commander. She and a few other men were assigned the dangerous task, and during the night they entered the enemy camp. However, just as they approached the tent of the commander, they were discovered by the guards and had to flee.
They were soon surrounded and had to fight their way out. Raven still felt obliged to finish her mission, and could in the distance make out the silhouette of the general shouting orders to his men in the distance. She took the shot, hitting him in the eye, killing him instantly. The soldiers were so shocked by the death of their commander that they stopped fighting, which gave Raven the time she needed to escape.
Upon her return, she was richly awarded by her employer. Raven then left the service of the army, and traveled the Old World recruiting the best archers and foresters she could find and founded Raven’s Rangers. On the battlefield, they are expert scouts, taking out the enemy's war machines and fast cavalry, as well as any commander unfortunate to come within range of her bow.
Unit size: 5-20
Equipment: Two hand weapons, longbows and light armour.
Special Rules:
Skirmish
Scout
Unseen: The Rangers are adept at hiding in the terrain, using their cloaks as camoflauge. As long as they are within wooded terrain they are an additional -1 to hit with missile weapons.
Expert woodsmen: The Rangers are very adept at using the terrain to their advantage. While in wooded terrain, they benefit from the Always Strike First special rule in the first round of combat as they ambush their enemies.
Eagle Eye: Raven is an expert archer, able to pick out any one in a crowd. She may target any model in a unit, with a –1 to hit for firing at single models. She may always choose a different target from the one chosen by her unit. Furthermore, if a 6 is rolled when rolling to hit, that shot will wound automatically with no armour save allowed. Note that this only applies to missile attacks.
Dodge: Raven is very agile and quick to react to her surroundings. Enemies must re-roll successful hits against her in close combat.
For Hire: Raven and 4 Rangers cost a total of 160pts. They may be taken as a special choice in a Dogs of War army. Additional Rangers may be added for an additional 16pts per model.
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This is how I made my unit of Raven's Rangers.
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She was found sleeping next to a tree in the morning by a Wood Elf couple. They had lost their own child in a Beastmen attack earlier that year, and decided to adopt the helpless little girl as their own. She was suffering from shock and they were unable to get her to give them her name. They decided to call her Raven after her jet-black hair.
Raven was taught in the art of stealth and archery and was an excellent student. At the age of 19 she left her foster parents and Athel Loren and traveled to Tilea, were she joined the mercenary armies as a sentry, scouting out enemy positions and reporting their locations to the general.
One day, she was given a very important mission by her employer, to sneak into the enemy camp and eliminating an enemy commander. She and a few other men were assigned the dangerous task, and during the night they entered the enemy camp. However, just as they approached the tent of the commander, they were discovered by the guards and had to flee.
They were soon surrounded and had to fight their way out. Raven still felt obliged to finish her mission, and could in the distance make out the silhouette of the general shouting orders to his men in the distance. She took the shot, hitting him in the eye, killing him instantly. The soldiers were so shocked by the death of their commander that they stopped fighting, which gave Raven the time she needed to escape.
Upon her return, she was richly awarded by her employer. Raven then left the service of the army, and traveled the Old World recruiting the best archers and foresters she could find and founded Raven’s Rangers. On the battlefield, they are expert scouts, taking out the enemy's war machines and fast cavalry, as well as any commander unfortunate to come within range of her bow.
Code:
M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Raven 4 5 6 3 3 2 6 3 8
Ranger 4 4 4 3 3 1 4 1 7Unit size: 5-20
Equipment: Two hand weapons, longbows and light armour.
Special Rules:
Skirmish
Scout
Unseen: The Rangers are adept at hiding in the terrain, using their cloaks as camoflauge. As long as they are within wooded terrain they are an additional -1 to hit with missile weapons.
Expert woodsmen: The Rangers are very adept at using the terrain to their advantage. While in wooded terrain, they benefit from the Always Strike First special rule in the first round of combat as they ambush their enemies.
Eagle Eye: Raven is an expert archer, able to pick out any one in a crowd. She may target any model in a unit, with a –1 to hit for firing at single models. She may always choose a different target from the one chosen by her unit. Furthermore, if a 6 is rolled when rolling to hit, that shot will wound automatically with no armour save allowed. Note that this only applies to missile attacks.
Dodge: Raven is very agile and quick to react to her surroundings. Enemies must re-roll successful hits against her in close combat.
For Hire: Raven and 4 Rangers cost a total of 160pts. They may be taken as a special choice in a Dogs of War army. Additional Rangers may be added for an additional 16pts per model.
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This is how I made my unit of Raven's Rangers.
Odviously their price would drop signifiantly.
