Editing Warhammer/Tactics/8th Edition/Orcs & Goblins (section)

====Generic Characters====

'''Note:''' While named characters are judged against their generic counterparts, generic characters themselves are examined based on their role in your army.

*'''Orc Boss:''' Your quintessential Orky army leader.  He comes in both Lord and Hero form and can be mounted on a chariot, boar, or wyvern.  He doesn't have the killing power of the Savage Orc Boss or the animosity quelling of the Black Orc, but he IS cheaper.  Call him "warboss on a budget."

*'''Savage Orc Boss:'''  Comes with the same options as the orc boss, but has a natural ward save and frenzy.  This is a great one to run in a savage orc unit, as his ward save gets better with the Lucky Shrunken Head and his frenzy isn't as much of an issue in an already frenzied unit.

*'''Black Orc Boss:'''  The Black Orc boss is a significantly more expensive upgrade over the regular orc boss.  However, it gives the black orc boss +1 WS and the ability to switch between two hand weapons, a hand weapons and a shield, or a great weapon at the start of each close combat phase if not equipped with a magic weapon.  Most important of all, he has the "Quell Animosity" rule.  If he's in the unit and it squabbles, the Black Orc knocks heads, does a few wounds, and makes the unit work as normal.  This guy is is a staple of most competitive lists.

*'''Goblin Boss:''' Not much more to be said here. Come standard and in night form, have a wide variety of customization, and can mount chariots, giant spiders, giant wolves, and giant squigs (making them the only units who can roll with your squig-hoppers. Slap one in a squad of those guys and watch their danger level shoot waaay up). Fielding multiple goblin bosses with great weapons is a fantastic way to give an otherwise fairly defenseless unit some real punch.
*'''Orc Shaman:''' All the same customization options as Bosses, but they're wizards of the Big Waaagh! The Orcish lore of magic primarily focuses on damage spells, and boy do they do it well. Roll well and you'll be slapping foot-shaped templates all over the board. Just be sure to give them a ward-save for when they inevitably end up miscasting. Give a savage orc shaman the lucky shrunken head item and pile him in with your savage orc mob and the entire unit will benefit from 5+ ward saves, rather than 6+.

*'''Goblin Shaman:'''  The lore of Little Waaagh! focuses on hexes and irritating the ever loving shit out of your opponent. Field multiples of the hero form of these buggers with your night goblin units for extra . On a good round of magic, you'll get much more channeling attempts and you can quite remorselessly attempt some irresistible force casts, since after all, you have like 10 shamans on the field. Night Goblin Shamans also come with Magic Mushrooms, which improve EVERY casting roll - you must roll for the shroom after every casting attempt; free power dice!!<br />The thing to remember about Goblin Shamans vs. Night Goblin Shamans is that if you want a level 4 goblin caster, the regular goblin is superior to the night goblin.  But in low level casters, the night goblin is better.  This is due to the mushroom dice.  A 1 rolled on a mushroom die shuts down the caster for the turn.  This is a big risk for a level 4 caster.  Better to take level 1 or 2 night goblin shamans so that if one rolls a 1, you can cast other spells with different shamans.