As you said, you are way short of core. If you get a few dozen skinks, you can make a SKrox unit and meet most of your remaining core requirement...
But generally the maiming shield is a bad buy. Real defensive magic items and/or magic weapons are almost always a better choice.
Re: New player - need all the help I can get (1500-2000pts) Scar-vets on cold ones are just good, period. Sure they can be killed by war...
Re: New player - need all the help I can get (1500-2000pts) High elves get a new army book in 6 days, so any advice against them should be taken...
No. Main 8th edition rulebook says armor save can never be better than 1+
You think Scroll of Shielding is worth using? I don't. I worry he dies too easily in close combat, and/or to shooting. I'd rather see more...
To me, Life and Light don't seem complementary. Both are best defensively, although each has a little bit of offense. I would thinking putting...
I've done it a dozen times or more in the past, but never in 8th edition. Since I only own one Slann model, I never fielded more than one Slann...
What points level are you playing? Your lists added up to 95 points different is not "a little lee way" in my opinion. And you're allowing any...
The spell can be boosted so the caster picks the stat affected, and any goblin shaman will happily 6-dice that spell to kill 20 Saurus, because...
If you don't see the -3 armour, you think its a breath attack, and you mention artillery dice in that manner, do you have the previous army book?
I have never encountered a person in real life that would allow that. If ToV was up when the miscast roll happened, its affects apply (ignore...
Against a Life caster, I usually let Throne of Vines go. Mostly I stop it when the Life caster has a good target for Dwellers and 6+ dice...
What happens when you fight a round of combat without the Toughness boosting spell? Looks like a lot of dead skink chiefs to me.
I disagree. Strength 6 or more is more important than another hit. Sword of Striking is barely better than +1 attack, while other things, like...
Razordons are clearly the worst choice. They are basically the worst choice in our book, except Jungle Swarms. Giant blowpipes should never be...
I don't like the 2x20 Saurus. To me that is too small to reliably survive a round of combat, much less multiple rounds. They have to be...
Incorrect. Loremaster spells are not rolled for, so that rule does not apply to a situation with one Loremaster Slann and one Slann with Tepok.
Generally I think you aren't recognizing enough about enemy characters. In my experience, enemy characters likely did a chunk of what you credit...
Illegal - two arcane items. And neither of them is the absurdly powerful Cupped Hands. Especially at 3000 points, I would tool him up more....