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I'd like to do a male version of Misaki for my Last Blossom crew (as a counterpoint to my wife's regular Misaki). Any ideas? And while I'm at it, I'm also looking to do an alternate Shang, something along the lines of a smoke/flame spider. Any help is much appreciated. Bonus points for Wyrd based conversions.

Any reason to wear a mask is a good reason.

Looking forward to it.

Looking forward to it! May the Yuletide bring forth the horrors that were promised.* *Historically, Germanic pagan belief held that the Autumn Equinox marked the thinning of the vale between the mundane and supernatural, which reached its zenith during the Yuletide. Yay! Hallooween is really three months long! You're welcome.

Technically I have Guild and Neverborn, but I only care to run Neverborn. For Masters, I have Lucius and Pandora (unassembled). Obviously, only Lucius sees play at the moment.

When I'm in a situation like this, I hire the model I want to play in my crew right after the choosing my crew's leader. It facilitates building a crew that works in conjuction with that model. And have a plan of attack, what do you want the model to do? What other models work with those tactics?

Sorry, completely skipped over the week two bit. Have you gotten much out of Best Behavior?

Since it was in the 2ED core book, probably Wave 1.

I would find a way to put Teddy in there right from the start. Best Behavior can be nice, but it's situational; Depression is a better workhorse to start with.

Nice job on the Mr. Tannen trick. How do you think your opponent could have better countered your evil plot?

I agree, it's one of the reasons I picked up this game over other tabletop miniatures games I'm familiar with, which is a lot. I like the models theoretically, but in order to run Changelings and Emissary I feel like I have to cater to them, even if you only take the Emissary and plan on summoning the Changelings in. And that's great, throw your Emissary in with your Guild Riflemen, Terrortots, or whatever minion floats your boat; it's a great support piece for that. Use the Changelings to murder scheme runners or sap cards out of your opponent's hand with all those attacks the Changelings give you. The issues I have are: that Changelings are less proficient Dopplegangers, and I'm already running a Doppleganger, so I feel the points could be better utilized somewhere else; the Mysterious Emissary doesn't shine as brightly when their aren't a lot of minions around, though I did find it's "well-rounded" abilities to be less useful than what a specialist might have; and I didn't enjoy the horde tactics or missing with most of my Ml/Sh/Ca 4 Changeling attacks. In a traditional Lucius list though, they're great choices. Concerning the Mimic list I posted earlier, here are my thoughts: The idea came to me when I was considering how I might best utilize Mr. Tannen. How do I get Mr. Tannen in position and keep him alive? Once you start messing with a player's ability to run their crew in the normal fashion, the cause of that is generally marked for a quick death. And you're right, Useless Duplications is dear in that regard, and it should have been in the list in the first place, but there's also Mr. Grave's reactivation of Tannen's Manipulative and Lucius' Red Tape. So how do we deal with that enemy activation while Mr. Tannen is wide open? You control the activation process. This is where Candy lives; she has several options for making sure that the next turn's activations go, more or less, according to your design. Depression/Alright Already! is a must for this tactic, and pairs exceptionally well with Mr. Tannen and the Doppleganger. Candy sets the field, Mr. Tannen hobbles your opponent's soulstone use and cheating, then Lucius Lawyers up or starts dishing out Red Tape. Lawyers and Doppleganer can run schemes or support. Mr. Graves can murder whomever Mr. Tannen is distracting. I could put a Beckoner in there, but I don't see it filling the role of anything it could replace. Revised Crew: Lucius -On Wings of Darkness -Surprisingly Loyal -Useless Duplications The Scribe Guild Lawyer Guild Lawyer Candy -Depression -Fears Given Form Doppleganger Mr. Graves -Retribution's Eye Mr. Tannen

Having tried this (minus Candy...).. Then you actually haven't tried it. Candy is the prime mover, controlling the activation of the opponent's models and opening up avenues for the crew to do it's job. It's an ensemble cast, each has a specific part to play. I am going to rethink Mimic's Blessing on the doppleganger, but if Useless Duplications goes anywhere, it will be on a model in the thick of the Mimic buffing zone, like Lucius. Fears Given Form on Candy might be worth it too. I'll go in detail on the tactics I have in mind later this evening. I tried the Changelings and Mysterious Emissary, it was underwhelming.

Working within the Mimic sub-type, I've put together this control list: Lucius - Wings of Darkness (1) - Surprisingly Loyal (1) The Scribe (2) Guild Lawyer (6) Guild Lawyer (6) Candy (9) -Depression (1) Doppleganger (7) - Mimic's Blessing (1) Mr. Graves (8) Mr. Tannen (6) That leaves me 2 SS for additional upgrades, which I am still undecided on. Yes, I know this list is short on minions, so that all of Lucius' minion buff only have the Lawyers to focus on, that's the idea. Perhaps Secret Objectives would be worthwhile?

You could account for the extra HT by saying that he's particularly noisy or that his operation has byproduct smoke or opaque gasses.

Pullmyfinger isn't a perfect system.

Doubt it. The result of sending people to pullmyfinger is people asking not to be sent to pullmyfinger. I didn't say Pullmyfinger, I was implying the threads native to the forum.

A link registry sticky post for each factions tactica would solve this somewhat.

Dipping into Neverborn for a Doppleganger might be a good idea too.

I knew I was missing somebody.

Scribe and Lawyers.

Obviously, Lynch's thematic hide out is the Saloon. Zoraida's the Swamp Village. I could see Collodi using the Mobile Encampment, or the Junkyard. I don't see Lucius in any save the Guild Outpost, but I'm sure he would prefer a dance hall.

Lucius and Lynch don't have official avatar models, so those of us who use either of these Masters in Shifting Loyalties need to put on our respective thinking caps and figure something out for ourselves. I'll get things rolling with a few ideas I've had, and hopefully we can inspire each other in our efforts to bring these concepts to the table. Collector of Debts - I imagine Lynch sitting calmly in a chair, surrounded by Brilliance addicts (perhaps they're the chair too!), much like a dark version of David Bowie in the music video for Miracle Goodnight (that part starts at 01:40 in the video). An easier, and mechanically appropriate, conversion would be Lynch dealing at a card table. The Liar - My initial thought is to have Lucius at the center of a 50 mm base, as arrogant and unassuming as ever. I'm tempted to pick up another Bound by Law box and kit bash Lucius together with the two Lawyers, LAW book in the crook of one arm, his cane cradled in the other. Adding some green stuff to transform his cape into a writhing cloak of darkness that creeps along the floor.

My set-up revolves around buffing my Changelings, and Mr. Graves to some extent (Df 5 Mr. Graves is never a bad thing). I've been considering Useless Duplications on Lucius (or another model in the mimic buffing zone) to utilize The Scribe's Df aura even more. I want to try the tactic out with Tannen as well, but I'm having a hard time letting go of my Doppleganger, though you can imagine the mayhem that would occur with Tannen and Graves babysitting the Changelings together.

In my case, I'm having a hard time making room for the stuff I want, let alone those models.