Coraphee duet with Hoffman?

[Neverectionist]

i know Coraphees have an ability that says they can only be hired by Arcanist masters, but Hoffman can hire Arcanist constructs and gives friendly constructs the ability to ignore any of their listed abilities, so if Hoffman makes the Coraphee ignore its 'Arcanist asset' ability, surely Hoffman can hire them? also, Karai can hire spirits from any faction, so in a brawl can she team up with dreamer, who is a spirit

[Dracomax]

Hoffman can only use that ability once the model is part of his crew(they have to be friendly). Since the Assets say that they can't be part of his crew as guild, he can't hire them. You can run him with them in a brawl, if Collette is the hiring master, though.

[Lucidicide]

Hoffman can only make a construct ignore its ability in game -- not during hiring. Therefore, no Coryphee for Hoff.

And yes, Dreamer and Kirai can work together in a Brawl.

[SilverBullet]

Yes, as the Dreamer is a spirit, Kirai can team up with him in a brawl. The best way to check these combinations is to use the crew creator at Malifaux.com.

No unfortunately Hoffman cannot hire Coryphee (except in a brawl with Colette, but then it is an arcanist crew anyways). In order to construct a crew ALL hiring restrictions must be met (there is a similar situation where Leveticus can hire Collodi as a henchmen, the weaver widow has a special rule which allows her to go in a crew containing Collodi but she is not allowed in this crew because of Leveticus' hiring restrictions). Hoffmans ability to allow a construct to ignore a listed ability is a DURING ENCOUNTER ability and so does not take effect until the start of the encounter.

Hope this helps.

Edited August 27, 2012 by SilverBullet

[CRC]

I understand Hoffman can also hire them in a brawl with Ramos. It doesn't need to be an Arcanist crew, just contain an Arcanist master.

(just being pedantic)