HomelessOne

So would you say Benny has any place with Hamelin2, or does the de-emphasis on the Rat engine leave him strictly a Hamelin1 consideration?

Just thought I'd c/p from elsewhere

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You 100% have reasons to run this title over her original, and that is mostly in part to the Noxious Nephilim.
>generate corpse with Noxious
>elect Molly to take Last Memory damage and discard
>discard triggers Molly's fading ability
>any Forgotten with line of sight can then resolve their fading ability
You're exchanging a shitty card and 1 damage for a potential focused, heal, better card, push, a corpse marker and scheme marker removal from a single bonus action. Taking Philip makes this even better since he can act as a second Molly and cause more fading abilities to trigger.

You can also Leading Baton someone like Archie, stone for crow and relent to get Deja Vu, triggering your fading, in turn triggering Archie to heal back the damage he took and push and for Molly to draw two cards.
Parade Route turns any model into a potential cruise missile as well as a schemer, with push 5" allowing you to go THROUGH most terrain to beat the shit out of something.
Positive Reinforcement saves AP on units that want to beat the shit out of something and also makes your beaters stay longer in the scrum while, again, allowing you to draw for cards with Deja Vu. Remember the Lost is even more potential card draw, and at worst a way to potentially luck out when you start running low on cards.

New Molly is looking really promising, and her enforcer even more so. Noxious is going to see use OOK I imagine.

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That tech means you're holding the main beatstick as a bodyguard for Molly, which feels like a waste given that you're probably running her in spread'n'scheme pools.

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Push 5" and Interact while engaged to drop a marker in a guarded position is absolutely nuts to the point that it would probably still be worthwhile if the trigger also said "target model cannot activate this turn".
That much distance with an Interact through engagement is incredibly powerful late game.

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This is a good point. Holding Archie back to bodyguard is probably okay since he's got leap to break off and do something if he needs to.

The Noxious Neph is kinda slow without support. And I don't think you need to get the extra card draw. She's got Deja Vu triggers and Remember the Lost for card draw.

Speaking of Remember the Lost it seems pretty great. It's basically Bayou Two Card but way better, especially post Somer Nerf. I could see using three Punk zombies and three Crooligans to get the most of it.

Do as thou wilt.

Thanks guys.

Yup, totally the new Lazarus.

Sure, go for it.

For the lore, Seamus is finding the Ressers a bit too cringe to associate with right now so he’s laying low in his Sebastian Baker identity. And finding fun new ways to murder people seeking shelter from the Burning Man.

He's gone completely nuts, spouts a lot of cryptic stuff, and has been on a murder spree through Guild frontier towns. Lucius and Dashel ultimately smash him, with Lucius keeping his (still conscious?) head as a trophy in a safe house.

Collodi's fate is actually covered in Lucius' story Ashes, Ashes, They All Fall Down in the 3e Guild book.

For closure, answering my own question: Von Schill is just wearing a heavy mechanized Freikorps suit so he can work when he should be recovering.

Effigy/Emissary are nice for the usual reasons, but with all the Keyword's positive flips and simple duels you can trigger Aura of Courage often. The Emissary's "I've Got Your Back" is especially lovely for disengaging your DUA models without them having to spend AP on it.

Funny question: Do we know what base size the Kaltgeists actually are? Both spoiler pics on the forum cut that bit of the card off.

38 minutes ago, dancater said:

Will the App actually catch fire?

Only if you are Chosen.

Any thoughts on listbuilding with Maxine2? I'm feeling she doesn't actually change composition much but style of play, although the fact she now competes with Beebe and Calypso for Tomes does require some decisions.

Alleviated some by Harness the Leylines, yes, but that can be inflexible and you really want those  Mass of Tentacles triggers.

I've received email about my package shipping, so our addictions should be fed soon.

Sometimes to spread the tender warmth of the Burning Man you've just gotta put a bullet in a lawyer's face.

I must've missed the title reveal for Ramos, Jailbird.

Regarding theme, it's probably little comfort to the Guild since he's dual faction but I've long adored Lucius. Both of his Keywords are neat and flavorful, though I don't like the sculpts for False Witnesses. Never actually played him and he's not repped in my meta, but the new Title feels like another targeted push from Wyrd to get me to pick him up despite the relative investment.

Best Lucius lore moment: Kitchener contemplating yanking his mask off and parading him around HQ, to show Lucius he's not as clever as he thinks he is.

For real, it was one of the biggest surprises in this release cycle IMO. Some friends really slept on it when Explorers first dropped, but Calypso and I have made them think differently.

5 minutes ago, Paddywhack said:

That's more an issue with mass of tentacles being one of the best triggers out there imo.

Shhh, don't draw attention to it.

You guys almost got stuck with my charming personality; when I was getting into the game I was really interested in three tough ladies basically being the face of the Guild. Unfortunately I then saw Seamus' crew and found it entirely too funny...

I'm waiting for my copy to arrive, but I do have one burning question: what on earth happened to Von Schill? He was pretty injured in the fight with Hamelin's forces, but it didn't come off as it being necessary to amputate below the neck in the Outcasts book.

Mimics and robots?

I'd say the Guild's all monsters (especially Nellie) myself, but...

Yeah, Nox struck me as an annoying tarpit. Drags you in and clings to you all game, as an annoyance and disruption.