Virtue of Empathy list

[LordCalsius]

i was reading through the army book and was intrigued by the virtue of empathy and came up with an idea, I'm sure people have done stuff like it but I was wondering what people thought of this list. The fluff behind it is that the Lord is obviously the lord of the territory, with the two paladins being his sons and the damsel being his daughter. I haven't thought of names yet, but I have this list. It isn't particularly competitive.

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Bretonnian Lord Barded warhorse, shield, virtue of the joust, the heartwood lance, mane of purebreed - 221

Paladin Battle standard bearer, virtue of empathy - 95
Paladin Virtue of empathy, shield, sword of might - 102
Damsel 2 dispel scrolls, barded warhorse - 134

8 Knights of the Realm Full command - 216
8 Knights of the Realm Full command - 216
24 Men at Arms Full command - 147
24 Men at Arms Full command - 147
25 Men at Arms Full command - 152
10 Peasant Bowmen - 60
10 Peasant Bowmen - 60

5 Mounted Yeomen shields, musician - 87
5 Mounted Yeomen shields, musician - 87
3 Pegasus Knights Gallant, musician - 175

Trebuchet - 90

TOTAL: 1989

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I think the Knights of the Realm units should be dropped in size so they can get the lance formation rule and at the same time make the army look more like a peasant-orientated army.

Also would giving the men at arms units spears make a difference? i was thnking if they get charged and suffer casualties they would still be able to make some attacks.

[Arguleon Veq]

It seems like a fun and fluffy army although I think it suffers in terms of power because of the theme.

I think the Damsel is best served in a unit of Knights to use that handy Magic Res on an important unit.

So I would drop bothKnights of the Realm units down to 8. Add the Damsel to one, Lord to the other.

With the points saved I would up those Men at Arms unit sizes to 25 as you will need the outnumbering. The weapons they have doesn't really matter as you will usually be better off using their hand weapons for a 4+ save in combat.

I would be tempted to try to find the points for a more combat oriented Paladin to give some punch to one of your Men at Arms units, maybe with the Magic Morning Star.

[LordCalsius]

when you say the magic morning star do you mean the morning star of fracasse? if so, would that be of any real particular use? would it not be better to save the points and go with a normal morning star?

making the recommended changes i'm left with 11 points

[Arguleon Veq]

Well I would give him the Morning Star of Fracasse and then Virtue of Confidence to make a decent character hunter. As you are only S4 in later turns of combat, the Morning Star of Fracasse will ensure that you destroy the enemies magic arour which should help you to be able to finish him off in subsequent turns of combat. With their armour destroyed and you re-rolling thanks to the Virtue it should make for an effective hero.

Plus the main reason is that they still do a decent night on foot with morning star model