ive never played malifaux i have a question about a rule

[Mr Oogie Boogie]

could a big hat gremlin crew  hire the big hat white rabbit co, which is a different faction, but still a big hat? 

[solkan]

39 minutes ago, Mr Oogie Boogie said:

could a big hat gremlin crew  hire the big hat white rabbit co, which is a different faction, but still a big hat? 

If your leader has a keyword, you can hire any model with that keyword (the faction won’t matter).  That’s one of the big purposes of the keywords.

Edit:  So the hiring pool is:

1. Models that share a keyword with the leader other than ‘Versatile’ (belonging to any faction) at cost
2. Versatile models from the crew’s declared faction (only one, even if your leader is dual faction) at cost
3. Models from the crew’s declared faction (see above) that don’t share a keyword at +1 SS cost.

 

[dancater]

On 9/27/2021 at 10:42 AM, solkan said:

• Models that share a keyword with the leader other than ‘Versatile’ (belonging to any faction) at cost
• Versatile models from the crew’s declared faction (only one, even if your leader is dual faction) at cost
• Models from the crew’s declared faction (see above) that don’t share a keyword at +1 SS cost.

and 4. Certain Masters have additional special rules which expand their specific hiring pool in some way, these rules are detailed on the relevant Master's card (and they differ depending on whether you use a Master-title). This is rare but worth noting, Som'er does not have any of this type of rules.