Then true disaster struck. For a hundred yards around the catapult, there was not a rock to be seen - all had been prised out of the ground and fired at the approaching Goblins. Despite the enthusiastic offers of young Gorm Foambeard to be fired instead of a rock, the situation looked hopeless.
Then Gottri Flatnose had an idea. Before anyone could stop him, Gottri had picked up one of the large mallets used to fire the catapult, and was running towards the advancing Goblins. A group of three or four Goblins had left their fellows behind, and Gottri felled two in as many blows of the mallet. By the time the others caught up, only one Goblin remained to be quelled with a swift kick to the lower body.
'Quick!' roared Gottri, 'Truss 'em up before they come round! Here's our ammunition!' The insensible Goblins were soon securley tied and carried back to the machine. 'Don't look so upset, greeny,' chuckled Gottri as the first Goblin was loaded, 'You're going back to your mates.' The arm snapped upright, and the netted Goblin hurtled through the air. 'BHAAAZZAAAAADDZ.....' howled as it flew. The Dwarfes looked at each other with an air of injured innocence, then loaded the second. The effect of these missiles was remarkable. The Goblin front rank faltered. Gottri, emboldened by his first success, stood some way in front of the machine with his mallet in one hand, grinning and beckoning.
The Goblin charge broke- clearly no-one wanted to be next in the catapult- and despite the curses and shouting of their officers, they stopped dead. The next shot flew with unerring accuracy into the middle of the Goblin command group, scattering the assembled chieftains and turning the whole army to flight. Cheering Dwarfs crowded round the catapult crew as the last of the Goblins dwindled on the horizon. A great feast was held to celebrate the invention of the GOB-LOBBER, as it came to be known, and had the Goblin hordes returned during the next few days,they would have had difficulty finding a single Dwarf capable of fighting.
Goblobber......................................104 points per model + 20 points for goblin ammunition
Goblobber is a Big Stone thrower as described in the Dwarf Army Book and follows all the rules given. However Goblobber has the special option of being able to fire goblin ammunition. Before a battle the Goblobber crew scours the surrounding countryside trying to find goblins to use and as goblins infest the whole of the Old World they are normally successful. The Goblins that they capture are tied up and then placed in a big net ready for the battle. When the battle gets underway the crew take a goblin out of the net and then fire him kicking and screaming into the enemy ranks.
Goblin ammunition halves the strength of any hits that are inflicted by the shot (ie Strength 5 instead of Strength 10) but any Goblin Unit hit (includes Night Goblins, Forest Goblins, Wolf Riders, Spider Riders, Squig Hunters, Squig Hoppers and any other type of Goblin unit) must make a Panic test at -2. If they fail they flee as normal.
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