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No more cliche than implying that gremlins are similar to bayou born southerners.

I've been thinking on this also. Mainly things that are easy for her to cast and aren't suit dependent. Taelor- Menace Bishop- Knock out, study opponent sue- Shrug off, circle of flames, tread the line mctavish- shrug off, wrangle critter Cassandra- breathe fire Coryphee- Blinding, Orchestral Crescendo Performer- Expensive gift, seduction Most of these are ok, some seem good. I like menace and study opponent, especially if study opponent would remain in effect after transforming. Sue seems godly next to myr as does mctavish. Coryphee seems good, the pulse damage would be really nice in certain matchups. Coryphee's are also really good by themselves

Give in to it also allows you to use instinctive behavior and healing spells on non beasts. So any mercs or non beasties near marcus (gunsmith, kaeris,mctavish, etc) get the obey benefits, sadly not many need or want the charge or melee buffs.

Can someone make a banner that says "bandwagon marcus" instead of team marcus?

Great game. Smart crew selection.

I wouldn't say that the waldgeists are only included with wood pieces on the board. I have used them for their durability to great effect as a solid tank. They are also great treasure carriers. I would add that silurids are fantastic in some scenarios but not auto includes at all. They are six wound 4wp models that can go down very quickly if they don't get out of the fight at the end. The beauty of marcus is he doesn't have many auto includes at all. I would recommend picking up myranda also as her utility is fantastic (totally reversed my opinion on her in the past month). Look at the lawyer for wp heavy crews also. He is also great with the waldgeist. Also I have been very impressed with the night terrors, they are very fast and hard to put down with hard to kill and spirit.

Good point on the corpse counters...... The real question is do you buy 4 or 6?

Amarcus won 8/7 over Zoraida, the game came down to one evidence marker on the 5th turn (shared destroy the evidence). Definitely a fun one.

Off topic Louisiana talk: Speaking of humidity, nothing like a four day weekend, no models primed and A TROPICAL STORM to stop all idea of spraying anything. Good stuff on the model, like the color scheme, the purple shirt and hat made me not even realize the pants weren't the exact same color.

I think some ppl get defensive to the directness of your critiques, but I see them as a good thoughtful anaylsis of the weaker points of the Arcanist faction. The thing is, 11 points for an instinctual model is rough. There is no other way to say it. He has a higher risk of failure trying to position him for a successful attack, similar to Joss. You have to be very precise with his use, because he is ap hungry and at 11 points you need him to do the most useful thing possible. I liked him with Marcus, he is able to move tons of minions up the board quickly. I also liked him with certain strategies and RAspy, not sure he is needed all the time.

If you have no expierence with him then you can't be.that good of a judge of how he plays then right? Honestly when he has access to models, he does great across many strategies and master matchups. But again you would have to pkay him to know that. Hinestly i feel he sits close to zoraida if only he had those great neverborn minions like her, hed be above her. He struggkes in fixed point tournaments cuz his advantage is versatility in list creation. And why wouldnt avatar ramos not be able to kill an enemy model with electrical fire before.manifest then his melee weapon is still clockwork fist so his avatar wilk have no prob punching something to death.

Here are pics from frp: Big spider- http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=76656 raptor- http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=75682 miner- http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=76657 Key takeaways- 50mm on big spider (i know its been confirmed at gencon) and 30mm on raptors (hopefully they improved some stat on the card like night terrors, snow storm, etc) Looks like Kaeris might be pushed back a month? http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=76655

Maybe you could play marcus? That usually works. Also, with aRamos you now have two of the easiest schemes in the game (sabotage and do i have to do it all myself).

Your tiers are off. Arcanist tier: Colette Everyone else

You guys are crazy Marcus is fine Ramos is good and will be much better when he gets his models. Arcanists are even with Rezzers and guild. No comment on Raspy not enough experience. They just aren't neverborn or outcasts, which is only 40% of the factions, not the majority