It’s time to give the Vampire Counts a little Warhammer Rampant treatment. This is such a fun army with a very distinctive feel. It’d be intriguing to see if Dragon Rampant can capture that feel of the undead… that implacable and unmoving steadfastness.
Units marked with a * have had their points manually adjusted by me, usually because I removed rules or added rules. Reduced Model Units (RMU) or in some cases Increased Model Units (IMU) are noted below along with their Strength Points.
| The Vampire Count Unit | Dragon Rampant Base Unit | Options and Fantastical Rules | Points Cost | Models |
| Vampire – Dread Knight | Greater Warbeast | Undead (No Feelings) | 6 | 1 (RMU/6) |
| Vampire – The Master | Light Foot | Summoner; Undead (No Feelings) | 6 | 1 (RMU/12) |
| Vampire – The Arkayne | Heavy Foot | Spellcaster; Undead (No Feelings) | 8 | 1 (RMU /12) |
| Necromancer | Light Foot | Wizardling; Optional: add Summoner (+3) | 5 | 1 (RMU / 12) |
| Zombie Horde | Ravenous Horde | Undead (No Feelings) | 1 | 12 |
| Skeleton Warriors | Heavy Foot | Undead (No Feelings) | 4 | 12 |
| Dire Wolves* | Light Riders | Remove all Shoot rules; Undead (No Feelings) | 3 | 6 |
| Bat Swarm* | Scouts | Remove all Shoot rules, Skirmish and Fleet Footed; Increase move to 12″; Flying;Undead (No Feelings) | 3 | 3 (RMU / 6) |
| Grave Guard | Elite Foot | Undead (No Feelings) | 6 | 12 (IMU / 6) |
| Black Knights | Heavy Riders | Undead (No Feelings) | 4 | 6 |
| Spirit Host | Light Foot | Invisibility; Undead (No Feelings) | 6 | 12 |
| Cairn Wraiths | Bellicose Foot | Undead (No Feelings) | 4 | 3 (RMU / 12) |
| Blood Knights | Elite Riders | Venomous;Undead (No Feelings) | 9 | 6 |
| Black Coach | Lesser Warbeasts | Venomous; Undead (No Feelings) | 7 | 1 (RMU / 6) |
Until next time,
Owen
Great stuff.
Why not Dire Wolves as straight Lesser War Beasts?
Have you had any problems with the high armor high point units being too vulnerable with the undead rules (rounding hits up instead of down)?
Legit questions, not veiled criticism. I appreciate you sharing the list.
Thanks for the comment John. I haven’t thought about Dragon Rampant in a while. Relooking at the unit rules I think you’re right, the Dire Wolves would make more sense as Lesser Warbeasts.
I’m afraid I don’t have an opinion on you’re second question… too long since I’ve played Dragon Rampant.