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lmao sorry fixed!

because of the new encounter rules you must state a single faction that you are playing, even in a brawl. IE 60 point brawl, what's your faction? I'm playing Guild okay I'll play Ressurectionists I'll Hire C. Hoffman and Ramos, [[because of the arcanist ties special rule allowing me to hire a anarchist construct w/ blah blah, well Ramos is a construct so I can hire him]] you hire Nicodem and Viki's because you can lol I try and hire the Soulstone Miner and It will still cost 7 points due to the out of faction costs. I also Will Not be able to hire the Gunsmith due to the fact that he is not a Guild Model. You can hire the convict gunslinger but because your Main Faction is Ressers you still have to pay +1 SS for his cost. Also if you take a Freikorman then you are restricted to hire only friekorpman due to their special rule. This however does not make it so you can't use to Vik's as they "Join" your crew, they are not hired. [[but neither is ramos for this example]]

I adore Hans, he's by far my favorite mercenary. Custom Ammunition is a fiddly little bastard to get off but I always cast it, even when I don't have an 8:rams or higher just for the chance to get a high ram for it. There's no reason not too and sometimes fate is kind. Also the down fall is his Severe damage is astronomical but his moderate and weak are the same so to do decent damage you need a 11, 12, 13. BUT severe with a :rams is SIX damage! Also he ignores intervening models, forests and Fog, and White Snow. So it's helpful. Also Bulletproof Two! also helpful. Also his minimum damage is 4 with a :rams in the combat which is outstanding! Sever racks up 7 damage with a :rams :rams Nino, I'll say this In My Sights is awesome! 9Cb allows you to throw down a 4:masks and still hit, and thereby triggering Trigger Happy, allowing another FREE shot. Which with 2 minimum damage isn't terrible. Though just like Hans he'll shrivel up in close quarters. But now here's the good thing, if he is trapped in close combat he has, "where'd he go!?" and poof he's walking away. Though honestly it's only saved him once or twice, usually he's dead by the end of the charge. Or they just shoot him down with a Master's Spell. Trappers are nice, From the Shadows is really cool but Snipers from my experience and opinion should stay in your deployment zone and provide cover fire. It's too often I put them out there and the enemy comes barreling straight for them, but then they get a lifesaver skill called "Reposition" which is flat awesome being able to shoot, push, shoot, push and get 8" away from an encroaching model just by hurting the enemy, though when you miss the first shot, it becomes alot harder to get away at that point. 6 wounds with no bulletproof makes him alittle squishy compared to Nino and Hans but still worth it point wise seeing as you can have TWO of them, which is super awesome for the Vik's or Von Schill. Rami um... I have only played against him once... :[ so I don't know alot about him other that BOOM I deal 8 damage and 4 to myself. Next turn, Boom! I deal 8 damage to you and I die. I took two people with me lol so... 1. Hans 2. Nino 3. Trappers 4. Austringers [[lol oh yeah Lucius and austringers! ^.^]] 5. Rami

the way I see it, if your playing a fairly arrogant LCB you can get him so flustered because of the Watcher that he forgets to use that ability lol Psychological Warfare man lol

spend 3 points as Levi and take the Watcher bam! Big Bad Nightmares start at there end of the field and they march their ass to you the hard way :hat:

:hat: I like my hat... but can I say something coolieo here. I've got some pretty bad Insomnia so I'm in weird mode, hence the hat. But Raintar you claim that these crews are OP and that may be true. But I feel as though I can provide a simple solution to your problem with OP levels Hamelin: you take Jack Daw, and you take something with Terrifying, then no one can cheat no one can burn soulstones. Then walk said terrifying model into the fray, whatever stands their ground will most likely be one, maybe two models and then just sit there and laugh cuz... well... :hat: Lord Chomby Bits: if you start with Guild, take the Watcher, since it forces the Dreamer to deploy ALL of his models inside his deployment zone, meaning he can't bury them, meaning his alpha I can fly/drop nightmares on your face doesn't work. If you don't have access to the Watcher that's fine, no need to threat. take Hamelin the Minion then take the Watcher, sure it's 14 point investment but Hamelin is a bad ass with a double obey trigger on a :masks :masks since these are mercs anyone can really shut down a dick list of either of these masters [[dick list being a list made with no fluff, or fun in mind, just a tunnel vision list for the win I guess.]] but it's okay dude, cuz we only have one LCB player and he's never really available for games lol so honestly doesn't bother us very much and no one at our LGS likes Hamelin except me and one other person lol

wow... looking at the book now my WHOLE Group has been playing it wrong, we went with a Sonnia Criid/Von Schill paring once, had two Freikorpman, and a Specialist and like one or two Witchlings. It didn't seem to make too big of an impact on the games but that does mean that the Viki's and Von Schill really only work well with eachother ya know?

Sonnia is not stupid, your ignoring the fact that all I need is a five of anything to dispel insignificant. Thus starting the whole cycle over, even if he made ALL NINE Models insignificant. I activate Three Witchling Stalkers and thus Eight out of Nine Models are now no longer insignificant. All his work just went down the drain and that's if I DON'T counter those spells. Raintar you're feeling a little bit frustrated and I don't believe your really searching for the truth anymore. I think you just want to be proven right :\ sort of like what Buddha said. "in an argument the moment you feel anger, you no longer care about the truth"

if you group them up you can counter everything he throws at you now you don't have a hand and if he sacs the Stolen to make me insignificant then I'll cast "Dispel Magic" and remove the effect. Overall if he makes me insig. I'll just dispel it with my Witchling Stalkers. his totem can't cast spells to save her life so those spells are easily avoided.

I'll put my two cents here. Sonnia Criid keep everyone grouped up, and resist, and reflect every spell he casts. and if you can't resist it or reflect it. Counter it. Over all he's nothing to someone who can dispel or remove effects.

Karn is now my hero!

but wait! Nicodem now is rocking out with the Viki's and he wants to hire a Freikorps Librarian, does he pay 7? or 9?

one number will cause nightmares for your entire crew... 6 this is the number of wounds ALL of your units have, Specialist, Trapper, Librarian. All of them, BUT! there is a saving grace! Von Schill doesn't have to take only freikorps. He can take Any Merc, so there's alot of veriety to him overall I love to play with him, and I can't wait until the box comes out so I don't have to proxy anymore lol

it's "How" you play, not how often lol

it deals 3 wounds split up between the model he pushed to in anyway. IE Deso takes 3, Ashes takes 0, or 2-1 or whatever. also! if you do the whole, Deso takes 3, and Ashes takes 0, then you can just use, "Dominate Abomination" and force the Deso to make a melee strike therefor, healing him with Consuming Touch.

so our group has about 8 people, 1 is super competitive, 2 are semi-enjoys a good competition, I'm so-so, and then everyone else is casual lol so what are you? [[vote is not public so people won't know what you vote]]

so I found a LOVELY combo with the SPA's and Ashes and Dust. though I'm sure I'm not the first. You take 4 SPA's, as the rules thread I posted you CAN leap frog them to put ones that haven't activated yet up front so when they walk they carry the other three. This is important. So you push them all the way up as far as you can across the board and then when the last punk activates you walk, and then (1) action, Place the Desolation Engine, and then begin to wreck face! now the Ashes and Dust will activate and walk once, then Zero Action. Contort! Push this model ALL The Way! to the Desolation Engine [[10' range though so...]] but anyway, now you have 25 points of absolute rape and evil most likely on their side of the board. lol And if your lucky you might meet one of their models half way, and possibly earn yourself another SPA. one last note! How many Desolation Engines have you guys manage to have out at one time? I peeked at one Deso, and 3 SPA's, then my Deso died and I manage to pick him back up same turn. lol

actually I did it wrong, I did it very wrong. A Tatica is in fact a compilation of tactics and strategies, but it's supposed to be created by the community. Have you taken a look at the Neverborn Tatica's? they're almost 9 maybe 12 pages long full of examples of great gameplay stories of victories, bitter defeats. What to do, what not to do, and it's made BY THE NEVERBORN COMMUNITY. Not one person who feels as though they have such a good grasp on the Lucius Master and his friends, and enemies that they feel as though they should attempt to educate the masses. this is a Guide, NOT a Tatica... I am apologizing to the community right now. I was arrogant, and when this guide fades from existence or memory and time has allowed Lucius players to emerge I might create it again, or possibly wait for someone to create one. Then I will put forth my wisdom but in small bits... ya dig it?

OR! he was using this easily connectible story to cover up the fact that LUCIUS IS A NEVERBORN! think about it! Neverborn Mask... he wears a mask! They both have white hair. >.> they used the C. Hoffma excuse as a ploy to throw us of their trail it would be FAR TOO OBVIOUS if Coppelius could join ANY guild group so they just used C. Hoffma as a scapegoat ya know? [[i love lucius and I thought of this idea when I first saw him and his mask lol just I didn't want to be a nerd and post it.]]

ah... so how's book 3 testing going? [[no names abilities or anything like that, just a status report good/terrible/fixing shit tons of stuff lol]] Also I assume they are already working on a Souless Special Forces? If this is true I also assume they're probably stupid powerful/or just stupid and need a LOT of work to be even remotely playable... anyway enough of the questions that will get you in trouble lol My biggest speculation right now is the fluff! How are they going to work a Souless Special Forces into the fluff? I mean it'd be cool if Rusty Alyce got upgraded to Henchman and then her friends made like a weird Merc group of souless ones, but idk what kind of background/story they would have.

lol so what "scary lady" are you talking about exactly? and honestly :\ I was kind of hoping play testing would cure problems like that before they cropped up in the game.

I completely support trying this list out. I've honestly been looking for a crew for the viks that more then just four or three models and this might work. if you don't mind me stealing the list lol

Seriously!? I thought it was just a Beast Version of Override Eddict from C. Hoffman's Page! That's a little bit more the Bullox! does it atleast say that the model can't activate after you control it?

has anyone ever thought to use Alpha on the cat After it activates? cat moves into melee and gets two free attacks Marcus activates, Alpha on the cat Cat rapes face with 4 additional attacks. ???? profit?

I'll tell you this, as a Levi player you know how completely useless soulstones are to us. take the soulstone miner lol Blessing of Dessolation allows it to Automatically Trigger Siphon Soul. Every time it kills, we get a soulstone. Melee Master and go crazy dude. The Miner is now my new toy. also I tried doing the Collodi/Levi thing in a proxy match, didn't turn out so well... We fought over the scrap counters, and we were two separate factories, he was making Wicked Dolls, and I was making SPA's and sadly, Levi is alot faster at making SPA's and the dolls die a little too quickly without Collodi's immediate attention lol