I know folks say there aren't enough spell books for 'critique' adding here, so thought I'd throw mine into the mire and see what people have to say.

I played the Warlord for the first time (with the pre con list) only recently, and really enjoyed what I saw, so knew I wanted to make one next, but try to cover over some of the weaknesses the pre con has.  Who knows if I've managed that  

Card Name      Number   Card Type
Hail of Stones      2   Attack
Hurl Boulder      2   Attack

Akiro's Hammer      1   Conjuration
Archer's Watchtower    2   Conjuration
Barracks         1   Conjuration
Garrison Post      2   Conjuration
Wall of Pikes      2   Conjuration
Wall of Stone      2   Conjuration

Goblin Grunt      6   Creature
Goblin Slinger      4   Creature
Grimson Deadeye, Sniper   1   Creature
Ludwig Boltstorm      1   Creature
Orc Butcher      2   Creature
Royal Archer      2   Creature
Thorg, Chief Bodyguard   1   Creature

Fortified Position      3   Enchantment
Harmonize      1   Enchantment
Hawkeye      2   Enchantment
Rhino Hide      1   Enchantment
Standard Bearer      1   Enchantment

Deflection Bracers   1   Equipment
Elemental Wand      1   Equipment
Helm of Command   1   Equipment
Horn of Gothos      1   Equipment
Regrowth Belt      1   Equipment
Ring of Command      1   Equipment
Storm Drake Hide      1   Equipment

Dispel         2   Incantation
Dissolve         2   Incantation
Evade         2   Incantation
Force Push      1   Incantation
Force Wave      1   Incantation
Piercing Strike      1   Incantation
Power Strike      2   Incantation
Rouse the Beast      2   Incantation
Sniper Shot      3   Incantation
      
Book Cost   120

The idea was to use melee swarm tactics, while my ranged guys do the serious damage.  With Archers Watchtowers sat behind Walls of Stone, that should limit the pain they might suffer, and in between those walls would be a Wall of Pikes, meaning some serious damage to those who might want into my board half  
Ideally, I didn't want the Warlord himself getting his hands dirty, leaving his creatures to do the dirty work.  He should be there to throw buffs around and use his horn to really stack the pain.

Comments are welcome (apologies for the formatting - it's fine in the preview...)

I've been having a conversation with a friend today, and to say we're a little bit lost on this matter is an understatement.

First off, am I correct in saying that the likes of Bear Strength, when used with a double or triple strike attack, only work on the first hit of that attack?  Can someone point me to the passage in the rules if it's in there, I couldn't find it for looking.

If this is correct, does this pertain to ALL +melee effects e.g. battle skill, etc?

Also, how does this work with Battle Fury?  Does the Bear Strength give +2 melee dice for BOTH of those attacks, or again, is it only the first one?  Essentially, is the plus once per attack action, once per 'attack', or once per round?

I've been giving a bunch of thought to what schools the Druid will have training in, or won't have.
I'm reasonably certain she'll have Nature magic in some capacity, but given that water magic hasn't seen any love yet, I kinda feel she'll have some of that too.  But then I think earth magic might be applicable too, and we know there's a meteor strike card that WASN'T in the Forcemaster vs Warlord expansion, so maybe that's right too.

So, in short, anyone got any ideas what the Druid might have?

I've been wondering this for a while, but with the War Sledge being previewed it's even more curious to me now, but HOW are the costs worked our for spells?  I'm assuming there's some kind of formula behind the scenes, but I can't for the life of me figure it out  

Let's compare War Sledge to Galvitar, Force Blade.  There's 1 mana in it, both are the same level, both do 4 dice of damage. The sledge takes up both hand slots whereas the force blade only uses one (a HUGE plus as this enables wand use, or a shield, or whatever one handed stuff we might see in the future).  Both have a quick attack (4 dice on the sledge vs 4 dice plus piercing +2 on the blade), and both have a full round attack (4 dice plus sweeping and a 7+ daze on sledge, 4 dice plus double strike OR sweeping on blade).  As an additional bonus, the force blade also has 'Cantrip' too, meaning only one copy in the spell book is needed, as it'll keep returning to it if it's destroyed.

Now my first thought is that the force blade is quite a bit better than the sledge, but there is only one mana difference so this implies there isn't that big a difference after all.

Is it that I am not considering 1 mana point that significant whereas I should be.  Or is it that the designers are considering a 50/50 chance of a daze on a full attack as significantly more potent than I do?  Or perhaps there are other factors at work here, like how 'good' the Forcemaster is compared to the Warlord (it's channeling, it's base melee attack, it's life etc etc).  Or perhaps it's all three plus a few others....

Does Reverse Attack or Magic trigger another one if me and my opponent both have one enchanted to us?  I.e., if I melee attack the opposing mage and he flips and pays for a Reverse Attack, so I then flip my Reverse Attack, negating them both essentially?