Nef Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Boy oh boy is today a good Monday! We are looking at some awesome new art from the upcoming Through the Breach book, Above the Law! Check out some sweet new art and a little background below! The Commander is one of the new Pursuits (i.e., classes) available in Above the Law. Commanders march into battle alongside subordinate troops, which they can attract to their service at the start of every session. This ensures that a Commander has a steady supply of expendable soldiers to do her bidding. As a Commander advances further into the Pursuit, she gains the ability to enhance the effectiveness of her soldiers and even call upon hidden snipers that she moved into position before the battle even started. While most Commanders work for the Guild (they're found in the Guild expansion book, after all!), the Pursuit and the soldiers are generic enough to meet the needs of any character, no matter the faction with which she works. In the end, it's about sending good men and women to their deaths for the Commander's own benefit, and that's a cake that anyone can serve. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nef Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Now I have to come up with names for every single soldier when I play this pursuit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelich Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 20 minutes ago, Kai said: Now I have to come up with names for every single soldier when I play this pursuit... you're doing it wrong then. You only name them post mortem. That way you don't get attached and the names are real easy to come up with. Drowny, stabbed-y, eaten-y... is this why I'm not allowed to lead? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nef Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 @7thSquirrel Sounds like you already have the commander down pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 19 minutes ago, Kai said: Now I have to come up with names for every single soldier when I play this pursuit... Its simple. Lead in a welsh regiment, and they're all called David or Ewan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodtest Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Does Above the Law will focus on the Badland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaphoricDragn Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 A guild book before a Neverborn book? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomezilla Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 8 minutes ago, MetaphoricDragn said: A guild book before a Neverborn book? *nyah-nyah's quite happily at the Neverborn supporters* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomy Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Nice artwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farabaugh100 Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 I'm excited to see the first book of 2nd. I suspect this to come out somewhere around Black Friday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MudgeBlack Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Kai said: Now I have to come up with names for every single soldier when I play this pursuit... Meat Shield 1 Meat Shield 2 etc...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Goodtest said: Does Above the Law will focus on the Badland? Nope. Above the Law is going to go into more detail on the civilized areas of Malifaux City (geographical, social, political, etc.). The Neverborn book is going to be Knotwoods and Badlands. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky_squirrel Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Kai said: Now I have to come up with names for every single soldier when I play this pursuit... I approve of this notion. 2 hours ago, 7thSquirrel said: you're doing it wrong then. You only name them post mortem. That way you don't get attached and the names are real easy to come up with. Drowny, stabbed-y, eaten-y... is this why I'm not allowed to lead? Half the fun is naming the lobsters and waving back at them as they go into the pot! Then you can put their method of dying as a title on them. For instance, Frankie the Drowned had a far more gentle fate than Alex the Eaten-while-still-Alive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekrons Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 34 minutes ago, Mason said: Nope. Above the Law is going to go into more detail on the civilized areas of Malifaux City (geographical, social, political, etc.). The Neverborn book is going to be Knotwoods and Badlands. Will the Neverborn book appear by the next summer or later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 7 minutes ago, Nekrons said: Will the Neverborn book appear by the next summer or later? At the moment, we don't have a release date for that book. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doombladez Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 I bet someone more creative than I am could come up with a great10 Thunders character concept for this pursuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santaclaws01 Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Kai said: Now I have to come up with names for every single soldier when I play this pursuit... Has XCOM taught you nothing!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandchigger Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Kai said: Now I have to come up with names for every single soldier when I play this pursuit... Their names are all Johnson. "Johnson! Get in there and take that sniper out! You don't want Johnson's sacrifice to have been in vain, do you?" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandchigger Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 25 minutes ago, doombladez said: I bet someone more creative than I am could come up with a great10 Thunders character concept for this pursuit. Cobra Kai instructor. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nef Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Just now, sandchigger said: Their names are all Johnson. "Johnson! Get in there and take that sniper out! You don't want Johnson's sacrifice to have been in vain, do you?" This might be my favorite idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandchigger Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, Kai said: This might be my favorite idea. Thanks, I try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nef Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, sandchigger said: Cobra Kai instructor. I'm going to take this as an homage to me. /preen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandchigger Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 5 minutes ago, Kai said: I'm going to take this as an homage to me. /preen Sweep the leg, Johnson! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrflamme Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 hours ago, doombladez said: I bet someone more creative than I am could come up with a great10 Thunders character concept for this pursuit. 2 hours ago, sandchigger said: Cobra Kai instructor. Not going with Shredder with the Foot Clan off the bat? Tsk tsk. 6 hours ago, Gnomezilla said: *nyah-nyah's quite happily at the Neverborn supporters* Vaguely surprised you aren't squealing at the thought of leading a stompybot legion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnternalVoid Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Is it bad I want that character for a model? That said all sorts of happy to see some details on the next book *even if only a preview post*. I know at least one player in my group is hoping for a Sharpshooter pursuit in it *I keep telling him Academic is the way to go for a Sniper... no one expects the bookworm*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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