Jack Daw and co. in a Campaign

[horvagab]

Hi all,

 

I'm probably going to take part a in campaign come mid-Jan or so, and one of the crews I was thinking of playing is Daw.

 

Now, as a campaign, that means I'll start with a henchman, probably Montresor as someone who is in-theme with Daw. That's fine, but so far most of the Tormented models I can find, only the Guilty seems to be in Outcasts, so I'll need to shore up my crew with some non-Tormented probably.

 

Any good suggestions for models that I should use?

[Arli]

With the limited way that the campaign works, I would start with Montressor, Creeping terror, Guilty x 1, Freikorps Trapper x 1, and Freikorpsman x 1.

The trapper is very useful with a Jack Daw crew.  The Freikorpsman is unimpeded and has potential to be a good scheme runner.  You could go with 2 guilty and a trapper also.  

[Rabbitknight]

I would start with Rusty Alyce with Desolate Soul, hire in a couple of the heavies (Johan, Lazarus, a Convict Gunslinger, maybe merc a couple Crossroads models) and fill in activation a bit with the Rat Engine (Obedient Wretch, 2x Rat) from there you can expand into several of the masters.

[Freman]

Agreed with above. Just because Montressor is themed with Jack Daw doesn't make him a particularly useful Henchman. In order of utility I would rank Alyce at the top, then Hannah, then Ama no Zako, then probably Taelor. Alyce was my choice, building up to the Viktorias.

[PeregrineFalcon]

As an FYI trying to build to Jack Daw in a campaign is very very expensive. Because you have to pay for each of his special upgrades (which makes buying him + his upgrades REALLY expensive). If you're going to do it I suggest start with Rusty. With that said, I'd stay away from trying to build to Daw in a campaign, we've had a few people try it many a different ways and it just isn't fun because you have to pay for SOOO much to just get a base Daw.

[horvagab]

Thanks for the tips, I might stay away from Daw then.

 

Other Outcast ideas I like are going for the Viktorias, since in that case quite a few of the upgrades can be put on Viktoria of Blood (henchie?) and I can take a STudent of Conflict at the start.

[Rabbitknight]

Again, I'd start with a "non theme" hench for the Viks, since blood costs points to take until you get ashes.

[Spindle]

I can vouch for the effectiveness of Rusty Alyce in a campaign. I managed to come out on top of my local league starting with Rusty and a core of Johan, a Librarian and a couple of Ronin that I built upon with a few more Freikorps and then specialised a little later. I think it's a setup that allows flexibility into most of the masters available to the Outcasts. 

[Freman]

She is a very flexible Henchman.

I started with Alyce, a trapper, a librarian, and Strongarm. Then I added Lazarus.

[Sancho of Rime]

I tried out the Jack Daw campaign crew. Though what with most of his crew being tormented..it was odd. Couldn't buy any nurses!! 

What I did was get Wrath and then build my collection of crossroads until I got Jack. Worked pretty well. Got a lot of versatility out of it then saved stones for his upgrades. 

 

Viktoria or blood is a good idea to take early in a campaign. Sure you have to pay for her later but having her early lets you get some of the stupid awesome campaign upgrades for her. Leap.. Coffee... Extended blades... Etc etc.