Kevin Finch

Ps. I think I'm applying to be a henchman while I'm in grad school! Wish me luck!

One of these days I'll nail all those little mistakes before the blog goes live. Some day...maybe when I start putting ads on the blog and I can afford an editor!

http://tobeanarcanist.blogspot.com/2016/08/publish-or-perish-or-sandeep-and.html Howdy folks! New blog post! I've got some insight on academics with Sandeep on my blog, check it out!

Yeah, but that doesn't stop him from taking it in the first place. So use the essence, and lose it when you need to get some sweet sweet Banasuva action.

Decker_cky, I wholeheartedly agree with the thematic trap. I've been trying to figure out what academics work well together when I take the unalienable sage upgrade, but outside of that I think Sandeep can really be built to handle anything. Placing Howard? Yes please. More gamin with the mech rider, sign me up! Kudra+performer that's the sauce! I'm really looking forward to getting nice and deep with this master.

Does Kudra pull her weight? Outside of having the off switch for gamin, I have a hard time unlocking her.

Yeah, I think Sandeep likes to start with at least one (maybe two?) gamin. Depending on the schemes and strats a wind gamin is great for scheme running, but my way of "hiring" banasuva is to grab an ice gamin. Ice gamin + Banasuva seems like a heck of a combo with a silent one, and I really look forward to trying that out. A concern I have for the Unaligned sage build is the costs of a lot of the academics, so hiring a few gamin off the bat will help keep activations up. Kudra is 7, 3 oxfordians sit at 15 (I don't think I can justify taking 2 when for 3 more points I can have 3) Librarians without the merc tax are up with Kudra. What I'm most excited for is the sanctioned spellcasters. They are amazing denial pieces, can pair up with an oxfordian to keep them alive, and do what needs to be done when it needs to be done. The dream situation is some sort of spread like in the image below. That was a huge run on and I hope it gives some insight to some folks!

Guslado, I'm really looking forward to seeing your Sandeep painted on your blog! MrBedlam, I totally didn't think about the silent ones! I just bought mine so I'm excited to try them out. Man, I thought Fog was tricky with the Banasuva - ice gamin strategy!

Herp derp, I was only looking at the large text. I didn't notice they split it up like that. I'll go over to the corner and put my dunce cap on.

I'm excited for an academic list. Sanctioned spellcasters at 5 points pair up nicely with oxfordian mages at 5 points. Throw in a henchman academic or 2 and you have a nice spread for your oxfordians instead of bunching them all up in one spot! Random though - Green apple Jones Soda is the best, and maybe Michael Phelps is so ornery cause he got all them teeth and no tooth brush.

I dig it! I have a hard time finding the line between synergistic lists and rube-goldberg machines, and so it is easy for me to fall into the trap of chasing a process instead of going for an effect. This looks like a solid start to a list that can run pretty solidly without necessarily bunching everyone up in one spot. Only thing to look out for is that the poison gamin are only beasts, so be careful with blade & claw. Good use of poison gamin though. What type of scheme/strat set up would prompt you to pull out this list?

I think you nailed it with false claim. They aren't terribly fighty, but Ironsides helps out with that. Throwing around some ranged burning is cute too.

Howdy folks! I just started blogging again, and I've recently thrown together some info on Sandeep, including some ideas for using his summons! I hope you guys enjoy it! http://tobeanarcanist.blogspot.com/2016/08/i-gamin-will-save-us.html

Awesome, good luck! I'm down in Pittsburgh, but if I ever head up that way I'll check in!

Hey, I'm a pittsburgher who will be without a car, without a place to stay, but super interested in checking out your tournament (if there is still room). Any suggestions for transportation around your fair city? I'm looking into getting a mega bus out that way, and I seem to recall a great hostel. I'm just worries about transporting a big ole box o minis around without a solid way to and from the hostel.

Howdy folks! With the recent surge in the Malifaux Community in Pittsburgh, and the opening of a fantastic new store in the area, Demo Days are becoming more and more regular! August 22 is the next one, so come on down to Drawbridge Games in Castle Shannon to be taught the art of cheating fate by none other than Pittsburgh's own!

He has foundry though, so an arcanist mei feng can still take him.