Article by Duc de Parravon

I've been wondering which lore of magic out of those available to Bretonnia is the Best? Here are my thoughts about it, waiting for you to agree with them or not:

1. The Lore of The Heavens - for me, the best: D3 re-rolls allow you to cast spell using lower number of dice, or can be, alternatively used in almost any circumsteance. Also the ability of re-rolling 1's in close combat is very good - especially if you hit on 3+ (And can re-roll 2's with 2nd sign of amul). Forked Lightning and Thunderbolt are great because they can be cast anywhere on the tabletop. The other spells are not as great, but also have their uses.

2. The Lore of Light - second best, mainly due to Dazzling Brightness and Blinding Light (Fightning vs WS1 is great!) Healing hand is also good, especially if you use Chalice of Malfleur (or Hippogriffs). Light spells are also very easy to cast which is its another's asset.

3. The Lore of Fire - very offensive; if can't shoot something ( i.e. Chaos Knights) and you cannot kill it in HtH because your Knights are so weak now (i.e. Chaos Knights) cast Fire Ball, Fiery Blast or Burning Head on them. The Sword of Rhuin is also very good, as it gives you +3S which means -3 armour modifier. My favourite is Conflagration of Doom (again, with 2nd sign of Amul) and a Wall of Fire.

4. The Lore of Beasts - it's not that good as the three above, but it has it's uses (especially Oxen Stands and the Wolf Hunts). However, because of certain restrictions of a target of spells such as Eagle's Cry and Beast Cowers I think this Lore will be more powerful in the hands of your opponents than in ours. But -2" Movement penalty is a good think for Chaos Warriors.

5. The Lore of Life - Two very good spells (the Howler Wind and The Rain Lord) and four almost useless ones - not my favourite.

6. The Lore of Metal - Hmmm... What's in this lore? a spell that hits a single miniature? A spell that disables a war machine for one turn with a range of 24"? An 8+ difficulty spell giving my opponent -1 to hit and his armour save? A spell that disables enemy's magic item for one turn? Well... There is also a version of Fiery Blast, and a "Bane of Forged Steel" which is very good, but for those 2 spells (considering their difficulty,and a chance that your enemy has that Dispel Scroll) this Lore is unworth of taking.

These are, of course, MHO.I hope you will add your very soon.

Always in service of Truth and Justice

Duc de Parravon - Earl Cadfael's Bretonnian Army