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The team tournament is fixed crew which means you will use the same crew every game correct? Anyone know how many rounds there will be?

I'm on the side of the spell not having a target so it can not be counterspelled. I also feel the melee strike is still a melee strike. How would I get an official ruling on this?

interesting on both accounts, thanks

if the judge uses bullets and blades (the 8 inch one) to strike a silent one:

(1) can the silent one use counterspell?

(2) does bulletproof work against the sword strike?

Thanks claymore for the many suggestions. I see you deduced from my other post my interest in lazarus . I appreciate the help on both accounts!

If you're unlucky and he happens to get in a lot of melee, you can always take melee master from a Steampunk Arachnid Swarm. If you're playing Leveticus and like Collodi, you can take Use Soulstones from Collodi (this is awesome), or you can take Use Soulstones from Ramos if he is your master. You can't really take it from Hoffman, as you can't hire Laz and Perfect Machine means he can stop you from stealing it. I don't have book 4 so I'm not too clear on the Laz's Stats, but I know Use Soulstones is always great. What master are you using him with? If you're using Levi you may want to take the Steampunk Abomination's Hard to Wound, Caustic Aura (makes any enemy model within 3 inches make a Df->9 duel at the start closing phase or take 2 Dg, great for discouraging melee), or the (1) action Anomaly, which prevents models from targeting it with ranged attacks until it takes another action. You can also take lots of powerful effects from Ashes and Dust (in a higher point game) such as Choose your fate, which can automatically kill a charging enemy if it fails to damage you. Lastly, Leveticus can hire the 4 Riders, which adds a lot of cool abilities for him to steal. If you're playing Ramos, you can't hire a lot of those guys, but there are still lots of good options.

I do like that guardian/rail golem idea

and I do have a watcher I plan on using. I am currently acquiring my initial Levi models and looking at different options

I have used the Guardian but I don't protect the waifs with the ability. Instead I use the +2 Armor aura and protect a bigger model, like the Rail Golem. This creates a "Spawn Point" that is pretty fun.

I think I have used almost every model Levi can take at least once. Some of the more interesting lists that actually worked:

Molly with Belles and Drowned

Rail Golem and Fire Gamin

Necropunks and Killjoy

Arachnid list ( Swarms, LSPA, etc)

could you amuse me with some more details on the arachnids/molly lists

What constructs/abilities are you guys copying with your Lazarus?

An open question: What models do you hire with Leveticus that are not often discussed and for what reason do you hire them? Another question might be, what models have you tried with Leveticus and learned do not work well? What schemes/reasons were you justifying the choices with?

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Some more fuel to stoke the flames of thought:

Guardian: has anyone tried employing the guardian to protect a waif? seems like it would be too expensive to do this

Warden: seems like a solid fighter worth its 5ss

Crooligan: seems like a good objective grabber, but do they synergize well with Levi? and you'd probably want 2 or 3

Rogue Necromancy seems like its too expensive with other choices like bad juju, killjoy, A&D, but any opposition?

Joss seems like he could work well with Lazarus - could potentially give lazarus reactivate, and he hits hard

Large Steampunk Arachnid: does anyone do anything with any arachnids and leveticus?

steamborg executioner - i just don't really know if he would bring anything to the table

Teddy: again seems expensive with other choices

I wasn't too sure where to post this.

What is the greatest number of blast templates a model of the Malifaux line can produce and which model is it?

Thanks

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Can someone direct me to the current "official" ruling on Marcus using Alpha on an enemy master and then sacrificing the master for a soulstone? Is this allowed?

yeah the rotten belles seem like they could be helpful, but my friend uses them against me and they never scare me too much.

The "core" is more so just models I will most likely be taking for the time being based on my available models.

Looking for some input as I make my initial purchases:

Levi Box Set

Hollow Waif Blister

Desolation Engine

Rail Golem (also for my Mei Feng crew)

Canine Remains Blister

Watcher Blister

Already have:

Lazarus

Bad Juju

Eventually, I will get Ashes and Dust, but the 30+ investment on one figure is too much atm.

My core for 25 ss would be:

Levi

Canine Remains (2ss)

Watcher(3ss)

Rusty Alyce(8ss)

Then, depending on objectives/terrain I will take Bad Juju(10ss) leaving a 2ss pool or Rail Golem(9ss) leaving a 3ss pool

At 35ss, I will run above core with some combination of the Rail Golem with either Lazarus or Bad Juju

I am also looking into Ryle and/or Bette Noir. Also, some samurai punk zombies for objective games.

What are your guys thoughts on this as a start?

We meet at two locations in Fort Wayne weekly: Tuesdays at Book Comics and Things and Fridays at The Keep. We have a great group and we welcome players of all levels. Let me know if you'd like to meet on one of those nights and I'd be happy to introduce you.

As to the tourney, we try to have one event a month. Just keep checking the forum or better yet, search Facebook for Fort Wayne Area Malifaux. We've been doing 35ss fixed faction, which seems to be the sweet spot in tourneys.

I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Thanks for the response! I joined the facebook group (I'm David Fox). As for the weekly games, those may be difficult, as I am currently in school in West Lafayette, but I would love to come up for a tournament. I'll keep my eye on the facebook for updates.

I just found out about this venue today. I was wondering if you knew when approximately the next tourney will be and if it will be 35ss again? Is it typically faction specific?

Thanks!

I am very sorry, as I am sure this is obvious.

Do malifaux raptors really have a 40 mm base size?

Since Kaeris is really being brought in as support, would it make sense to just get Kaeris and a gunsmith rather than the box set? Fire gamins are nice when she's the focus of the list, but for supporting other arcanist masters, you want her as a standalone support piece don't you?

As someone that started with Raspy, I would suggest buy the Kaeris box, use the fire gamin as ice gamin, forgo the Raspy boxset lol

I'm not sure if this is the right forum location for this, but has anyone ever prettied up some 50mm bases to make blast markers. Maybe not even necassarily for december's curse. If anyone has any pics/ideas to share to help spark my creativity on this, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Maybe someone can chime in on this: Arcane Effigy. I could not find it in the Malifaux Crew Builder -- is it not there or can Rasputina not take it? Personally at this point I expect I'll prefer the essence of power, but I was curious about the Arcane Effigy.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just found it. However I'd still be interested in ppl's opinions of this model.

Yeah my next boxset for really expanding my options will probably be the kaeris. I like her alot, and the box comes with two gunsmiths and the fire gamins are nice for her.

I played my first Malifaux game last week and was hooked. I have bought the Rasputina Box Set, an Essence of Power, and a Silent One. My next game will probably be 25 ss (and my first with Raspi). My question is what to pick of my minions for my best option. I was thinking:

Raspi

Essence of Power 2ss

3 Ice Gamin 4ss ea.

Silent One 6ss

This gives me an 8 soulstone pool but I'm wasting one soulstone! Is that a big deal?

I figured leaving out the 9ss Ice Golem would be my best option, and give me more frozen hearts for casting through. What are some veteran players thoughts?

Also, what should i get to expand with. I know I want a second silent one, and a snowstorm.