OSP Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hi to everybody! I know that Malifaux is a game about factions and that it has a rich background that allows to mix different miniatures without breaking the fluff. But I was wondering,for you, who are the most in-theme masters? For in-theme I understand the typical crew according to the fluff / starter box. Some examples would be nephilim for Lilith, frozen Heart for Rasputina, belles and undead hookers for Seamus. Another example:Izamu. Izamu can work for any resser master and you can use the background to justify it,but the typical and most in-theme máster for Izamu is Yan-Lo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 My favourite themed masters to play are Seamus, Lady Justice and Lynch. All have such a great looking crews and a really nice to feel to playing them in theme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I like to run Justice with Guild Marshals, The Ortegas as a unit, Sonnia as the Witch Hunters. When I get Colette she will run an all showgirl crew. I do like running heavily themed crews, even if they aren't necessarily the optimum build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I do like running heavily themed crews, even if they aren't necessarily the optimum build. We would like you in our meta and I bet you and I would get in great games because that is exactly my way of building lists and playing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirial Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hoffman stays in theme almost exclusively, as does Lynch in my experience. Marcus, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiglitz Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I try to keep in theme with all my masters, and given that I play Ressers I find it pretty easy to do. Sure, there are 'more optimal models' for many of the choices I have to make, but where's the fun in that? Luckily for me, my regular opponents feel much the same way and it's pretty rare we don't see heavily themed crews hit the table, and also possibly why we seem to have such great games I think McMourning is a great in-theme master. Sebastian, the Zombie Chihuahua, Nurses, Flesh Constructs and Canine Remains/Necropunks make a great crew selection and fit his theme very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirial Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Swiglitz, you forgot Autopsies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfane Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I find there are two types of themed Masters: 1. The Masters who don't really work unless you theme their crews - note that this is a small subsection of Masters. I would count Raspy as an example of this type - if you don't take Frozen Heart crew, you're significantly handicapping yourself. 2. The Masters who work fine anyway, but reward you for theming (this is the most common type of themed master) Continuing the Arcanist theme, I would count Ironsides as an example of this - she works fine anyway, but Hand-Picked Men is a horrfic buff that rewards you for taking M+SU models. Marcus is another example - he just works so well with Beasts that why would you take other stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiglitz Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Swiglitz, you forgot Autopsies. You're quite right I did. I don't have models for them yet so I have yet to field any. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 As a counter question. What master do you think doesn't work in theme and needs to be built out of theme? Or is there such in your opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 can't think off the top of my head.. I would say though that Gremlins seems to be a faction where you can pretty much run anything from it with any master and it would still be in theme! On the one hand a large pool of models to choose from, on the other hand a large pool of models to choose from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Molly, Ulix, Dreamer and Collodi also super-themey Masters. As a counter question. What master do you think doesn't work in theme and needs to be built out of theme? Or is there such in your opinion?Mah Tucket! Her theme crew has anti-synergy On a slightly different note, Colette's theme likely wasn't meant to be all about Howard Langston and Arcanist heavy hitters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myyrä Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 As a counter question. What master do you think doesn't work in theme and needs to be built out of theme? Or is there such in your opinion?Lady Justice, Sonnia, Guild McMourning, Lilith, Colette, Mei Feng, Misaki, Nicodem, Tara, Jack Daw, Hamelin, Victorias and probably a few others I forgot are shooting themselves in a leg pretty badly if they stick to the themed models only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zFiend Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Could Hamelin be played without the Rat Factory? Sort of as a Outcast Zoraida then for example? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myyrä Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Could Hamelin be played without the Rat Factory? Sort of as a Outcast Zoraida then for example?Yes, but you would still probably want obedient wretch and few rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidd Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I would say though that Gremlins seems to be a faction where you can pretty much run anything from it with any master and it would still be in theme! The only major exception being Burt in a Brewmaster crew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 I'd find a way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewomie Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Granted I just recently started playing him, but I think Dreamer would almost always be in-theme with his crew choices. Most of the tacticas and such that I have read on him seem to focus almost exclusively on Nightmares. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asrian Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Could Hamelin be played without the Rat Factory? Sort of as a Outcast Zoraida then for example? zFiend, that's actually how I do play Hamelin and fine he performs wonderfully as a control master. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychogeek Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 zFiend, that's actually how I do play Hamelin and fine he performs wonderfully as a control master. I agree. I have never played him without rats, but I have seen some others do it. He definitely works better with using rats though, but you dont have to bring an exclusively rat crew. I know a guy who uses desolation engine with him. Masters can always be play "withing theme" but so many can be stretched beyond that. I personally think Jack Daw is high up there as far as theme lists. I have found it hard to theory craft him without his theme crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_acolyte Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Collodi and Karies, fallow the puppets and the SM&U assets form first ed as your guide and you can still make a mean list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunarSol Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Oddly, while I don't think he plays particularly well with Black Sheep, I find what McCabe does play with (the whole hunting pack thing with dogs and horsemen) feels way more in theme than if he were to play with the Black Sheep. Hoffman is very hard to play out of theme as well, but honestly, while few of the others in Gulid play hard in theme, the Guild line as a whole is pretty cohesive. It's mostly just different varieties of cowboy/lawmen; some just happen to have flaming skulls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannibalBob Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Not sure that you could play Ulix out of theme or would ever want to. Who needs Gremlins when you have Hogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Aye, Ulix, Hoffman, Kirai, Dreamer, Collodi Lucius, and Yan Lo are really weird if played out of theme. Also Nico but playing him out of theme is very near impossible due to his theme being essentially his whole faction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asrian Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Collodis actually easy to play out of theme. I hardly ever run puppets with him now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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