Crew Construction - Hiring and Limitations
Having been asked by Etched Oracle last week about special forces, I have decided to do a spotlight on how to assemble hire your crew, and what limitations and extra costs you may face.
Obviously the first limitation to hiring your crew that you will face, is the game size. Measured in Soulstones, the game size dictates how many members you can hire for your crew, with each individual model reducing the remaining pool, when hired. On top of this the game will either be counted as a Scrap or a Brawl. A crew in a scrap, must be led by either one Master or one Henchman. A crew in a Brawl must be led by either one or two Masters. Note that a brawl cannot be led by a Henchman, however they can be hired into your crew.
Starting with Scraps, lets look at the crew hiring rules. Firstly when being led by either a Master or a Henchman, that model comes for free. In the case of a Henchman led crew, the Henchman has a Henchman reserve, which is added to the number of available soulstones, you will have for the upcoming battle. If your crew is led by a Master, you are allowed to hire one Henchman, for their indicated soulstone cost. In this case the Henchman, will NOT add their Henchman Reserve, to your starting pool. The Master or Henchman must belong to the faction (Guild, Resurrectionists, Arcanists, Neverborn, Outcasts,) that you declared prior to strategy generation.
Next you hire models from either your own faction, models with the mercenary characteristic or models that are allowed in your crew from other special rules (either on the individual model, or any other currently in your crew.) Each of these models will cost the number of soulstones printed on their card to hire. However any models that are not in your chosen faction cost one additional soulstone to hire.
The next limitation that you will face is the stat Rare. You are allowed up to the maximum number printed in a models rare stat, unless your crew contains a model with a special rule.
examples -
Coryphée Rare 2 - A crew can contain 2 Coryphée in a scrap
Teddy Rare 1 - A crew can contain 1 Teddy in a Scrap. If led by the Dreamer, his rule My Teddy removes this limitation.
As an addition to Rare, models with the unique stat, may only ever be hired once, no matter which version of the model you choose.
The next limitation or special rules of note, often comes with your master or henchman. Sometimes you will discover that your crew choice, is not only reduced by faction specific models, but also even further. Occationally you will even discover that your model choice is expanded.
examples -
Som'er Teeth Jones - Crews containing Som'er may only contain models with the Gremlin or Pig characteristics.
C. Hoffman - Crews containing C. Hoffman can hire Constructs from the Arcanist faction, that do not have Frozen Heart or Smouldering Heart.
Sometimes you will also discover that the individual model contains rules preventing it being hired, along side other models.
Examples -
Coryphée - Can only be hired in a crew containing an Arcanist master
Iggy - Cannot be hired into a crew containing a Hamelin model
TBC.
Having been asked by Etched Oracle last week about special forces, I have decided to do a spotlight on how to assemble hire your crew, and what limitations and extra costs you may face.
Obviously the first limitation to hiring your crew that you will face, is the game size. Measured in Soulstones, the game size dictates how many members you can hire for your crew, with each individual model reducing the remaining pool, when hired. On top of this the game will either be counted as a Scrap or a Brawl. A crew in a scrap, must be led by either one Master or one Henchman. A crew in a Brawl must be led by either one or two Masters. Note that a brawl cannot be led by a Henchman, however they can be hired into your crew.
Starting with Scraps, lets look at the crew hiring rules. Firstly when being led by either a Master or a Henchman, that model comes for free. In the case of a Henchman led crew, the Henchman has a Henchman reserve, which is added to the number of available soulstones, you will have for the upcoming battle. If your crew is led by a Master, you are allowed to hire one Henchman, for their indicated soulstone cost. In this case the Henchman, will NOT add their Henchman Reserve, to your starting pool. The Master or Henchman must belong to the faction (Guild, Resurrectionists, Arcanists, Neverborn, Outcasts,) that you declared prior to strategy generation.
Next you hire models from either your own faction, models with the mercenary characteristic or models that are allowed in your crew from other special rules (either on the individual model, or any other currently in your crew.) Each of these models will cost the number of soulstones printed on their card to hire. However any models that are not in your chosen faction cost one additional soulstone to hire.
The next limitation that you will face is the stat Rare. You are allowed up to the maximum number printed in a models rare stat, unless your crew contains a model with a special rule.
examples -
Coryphée Rare 2 - A crew can contain 2 Coryphée in a scrap
Teddy Rare 1 - A crew can contain 1 Teddy in a Scrap. If led by the Dreamer, his rule My Teddy removes this limitation.
As an addition to Rare, models with the unique stat, may only ever be hired once, no matter which version of the model you choose.
The next limitation or special rules of note, often comes with your master or henchman. Sometimes you will discover that your crew choice, is not only reduced by faction specific models, but also even further. Occationally you will even discover that your model choice is expanded.
examples -
Som'er Teeth Jones - Crews containing Som'er may only contain models with the Gremlin or Pig characteristics.
C. Hoffman - Crews containing C. Hoffman can hire Constructs from the Arcanist faction, that do not have Frozen Heart or Smouldering Heart.
Sometimes you will also discover that the individual model contains rules preventing it being hired, along side other models.
Examples -
Coryphée - Can only be hired in a crew containing an Arcanist master
Iggy - Cannot be hired into a crew containing a Hamelin model
TBC.
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