7th Ed. Halberds and Hand Weapons - Temple Guard

Already been answered a few posts ago:

"Why do we assume every model has a hand weapon? The same pragmatism that leads a warrior to favour the weapon with which he is most skilled also drives him to carry a spare weapon of some kind (normally a short sword, dagger or other non-encumbering weapon) in case his main weapon is lost or destroyed. This doesn't happen that often in Warhammer, and is normally due to the effect of a spell cast by the enemy, but we retain the 'every model has a hand weapon' rule to ensure that our warriors always have a chance to fight the enemy"

 

Very politely put

 

Additionally, there is simply no reason to change or FAQ it. It doesn't break the rules, the rules are very clear in what you can use now, what exactly would need to be clarified?

 

Argh! posting in a scary undead!

Both, HW & Sh on foot gave an extra +1 to AS in 7th ed on top of normal +1 from shield, instead of the 6+ ward in 8th.

 

A 2+ armor save on Temple Guard? How? Scaly Skin (5+), plus shield (+4), light armor (3+).

Am I missing something?

 

How is this still a topic? These are basic rules here. They're in your book.

 

Yes, this is avery old thread that got resurrected and no longer applies because it references 7th edition rules while current rules are 8th ed.

In 7th you could choose to use or not use special weapons so TG could be either Str 5 AS 4+ using halberds as in 8th or Str 4 AS2+ using 7th ed shield and HW rules.

If TG didn't have halberds in 8th ed; using HW & Sh they would be scaly skin (5+), LA (->4+) and Shield (->3+) with a bonus HW&Sh 6+ ward save. In 7th they would be scaly skin (5+), LA (->4+) and Shield (->3+) with a bonus HW&Sh normal AS of +1 (->2+) but with no ward save.

I.e. irrelevant TG AS of 2+ due to being an obsolete rule from previous edition. Just another irrelevant fact clogging up my brain, slowing me down and occasionally confusing me.

 

Wow I think its really time to let this die. There have now been two extra pages basically talking about the difference between 7th and 8th and repeating the same thing over and over. The original thread topic can't even be discussed now since there isn't a choice anymore.

In short, I'm locking this thread.