Procrastination by Numbers

[cunningmatt]

Friday 16th December 2011 – Procrastination by Numbers Forgotten Special Characters Advent Calendar



It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woooooooooo

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Friday 16th: Zacharias

Name: Zacharias the Everliving



Original Points Cost: 1,015 points, including Zombie Dragon and the magic items the Book of Nagash, the Staff of Kaphamon, the Scrolls of Semhtep and the Circlet of Rathek.



Background: Zacharias the Everliving studied the dark arts under Dieter Helsnicht despite increased tuition fees of up to £9,000 a year. He attempted to steel the Book of Nagash from Melkhior, however Melkhior captures him and gives him the Vampiric bite (rude for a first date). Melkhior tutored Zacharias in the Dark Arts, but eventually Zacharias tried to steal the Book of Nagash, caught by Melkhoir he fled pursued by Melkhoir's minions. Eventually Zacharias stumbled across a Black Dragon, biting it he reinvigorated himself and turned the Dragon into a Zombie Dragon. He then flew back attacking Melkhior in an EastEnders style standoff. Melkhior was defeated and his tower shattered, Zacharias claimed his trove of magic items including the Book of Nagash. It is unknown what happened to Melkhior, he may still alive plotting his revenge. Dur, dur, dur, durrrrrrrrrrrrhhhh!

Original Appearance: Warhammer Armies: Vampire Counts – 6th Edition, model released in White Dwarf 257(May 2001)





Last Appearance: Warhammer Armies: Vampire Counts – 6th Edition, though mentioned in the background of Warhammer Armies: Vampire Counts – 7th Edition.



Special Rules:  Zacharias the Everliving knows all six powers from the Necrarch bloodline and has the following magic items: Book of Nagash gives Zacharias one extra spell and allows him to cast Invocation of Nehek on a 15+ casting value raising 4D6 Skeletons, or 4D6+4 Zombies or healing 4 Wounds on an Undead model. Staff of Kaphamon contains bound spell Dark Hand Death, Power Level (4). Scrolls of Semhtep Zacharias can use one of these (Dispel Magic Scroll) a turn. Circlet of Rathek gives Zacharias a 4+ Ward Save.

My Memories of the Character: Big scary thing on Dragon worth lots of points please don't take it against me, thank you!

Person most Reminds Me Of: No one, he's a Vampire on a Zombie Dragon, who would that remind me off, what a stupid question!

Inclusion in 8th Edition: Zacharias on his Zombie Dragon is still available on the Games Workshop website, as is a new plastic model of Vampire on Dragon, so that's not a problem.





His mighty rules are a bit more tricky. Vampiric powers have changed a bit, but (provided you don't mind breaking the 100 point cap) you could give all The Arkayne Vampiric powers – a similar but smaller to set to what he used to have! None of his magic items still exist, which is good as the Scrolls of Semhtep are vile. Just choose your own set frankly, new book out next year anyway so this is all pointless I'll only have to make up new rules in a month or two!

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Please sir can I have some more! You want more! More! Ok then, well head over to OG Games 2011 Advent Calendar where there's another Special Character. It's here: http://ogforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=2697.msg37863;topicseen#msg37863

[fatolaf]

Gareth is going to take the Brass Bull to Sheffield in January, lets see if anybody gets the double 6 dice roll of death....

[maelzch]

With gareth's dice, everyone will roll that!

[cunningmatt]

With gareth's dice, everyone will roll that!

Even if they are not playing him!

[cunningmatt]

Oh while I am on here. I meant to say I will be at tomorrow's Wandsworth Waaagh (whatever number we're at now) with Jack fighting it out with our Lizardmen-High Elven alliance. Technology allowing I will be tweeting so you can follow how badly we fair at @ProByNumbers on the Twittersphere. Enjoy!

[Meals]

Excellent! Team Kiwi looks forward to a good old fashioned bloody massacre!

Re the Brass Bull: Murphy's Law says it will be a Skaven Slave/Gnoblar that rolls the two 6s.

[jackhoneysett]

I will be tweeting so you can follow how badly we fair

Come on Matt, I'm relying on you to be the optimistic member of our team! 
Although I should warn you that there's nothing good at all in my list apart from Stephanie the Stegadon.

[cunningmatt]

Come on Matt, I'm relying on you to be the optimistic member of our team! 

Sorry I will be too busy tweeting to offer optimisim or any playing ability

[Meals]

Don't worry matt, the rest of us will be too busy drinking to offer optimisim or any playing ability, so it will be a level playing field

[lagar312]

With gareth's dice, everyone will roll that!

Even if they are not playing him!

Sad but true