I was thinking of some one trick ponies, well I started on one and decided to post a thread to see what other people think.

Would you play a fig that had

14Q
12SW
14LI
14range
0damage
2 arrows

perhaps one click or two

second slot

8Q
0att
7def
0demo

then dead.

cost? 25pts

maybe the quickness on the second slot is worthless as an escape as anything that hits it will probably just kill it.

I am thinking of a magespawn, something like a Frost Sentry.
move it out ahead of your army, anything that can't base it but gets in range might get frozen.

same thing, no SW but Magic Confusion for 19pts?
not quickness or LI, but stealth for 13?

I am thinking scapels, surgical instruments, tight support figs that do a quick dirty job and don't make a mess when they die.

again 9att MH and 3 bound, ME on zero damage no offensive capabilities other than ME on another bounder. - 23pts
This one could be ugly, but it might slow down some bounders to opt for the ME. In 200 it'd be a tough trade, do I move the ME up, bound up to it and fire or bound first and cover with the LI?

It's like a 12pt ram warrior or the Tormented Soul.

Any thoughts?

cheers,
Bob

at 25 points, it would KILL in dungeons....wow....is that an "official" point estimate (using that calculator program thats out there) or just a guess?

I am not sure about if i would like that figure...with both slots of quickness, you could field 8 of them in 200 points....really vicious...I would try flight or something else, so you would still need actions to move them around.

hehe yeah i used Jordan Weismann's personal calculator.

no really, I used the XLS spread sheet. I love that thing.

Maybe flight would be good enough, especially if it makes it cheaper! 8 of em in 200 and you couldn't do any damage! hehe! I guess you'd freeze 'em and them move in for capture. Or could you freeze/push them to death? haha! "oh, i's sorry, you can't touch that fig for 8 turns its quadruple pushed! hehe" it don't work that way anyway.

I didn't think about dungeons, i don't play that often. thanks for the heads up.

cheers,
Bob

Sounds really powerful for that one slot. Reminds me of a Tormented Soul, but it can push if it had to.

that'd be a terror to play against. 14" shockwave wid 12 attack and LI for 25 pts... just have to make sure that there're more than one figure in your range or else you'll do 0

where'd you get that idea?

well it sounds really dangerous till you realise it does 0 damage...
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shockwave does one damage to all it hits

But what if i throw i Phookas with it? maybe 3 will do. This thing is a monster with some support.

That's an interesting question: can the Paladin Priest do 1 damage to each target if it shoots 2 figures?

Celt Khan, nope, when you split shot, damage is reduced to one, but when ya shockwave with 2 or more figures in the area of the blast then you do 1 damage to each figure but if there is only one you will do the figure's normal damage

God magnus, i guess what Cheltkhan is talking about is if the Paladin Priest was Magic enhanced. Paladin Priest has 0 printed damage but if it is ME it can split the damage to 2 targets, more of a Deathstar.

This would be too strong for 25 points. With these stats, it would also be a good capture fig.

Thanks for all the posts.

I came up with this idea just building armies. I wanted to build an army for the previous 25pt or less campaign. It was going to be a reverse bone toss meat grinder type where I was trying to use all stealth, place figs around a low wall to make them invisible. I thought the Mindsifter had stealth, but it doesn't so the army kinda died as other kinds of figs, namely AG Gunners could shoot the thing before I could react to it. I decided to come up with a fig that did what I wanted, and cheaply. The 12pt ram warrior also had a part, cheap fig that does one job.

While the stats are impressive, it isn't all that hard to kill in all reality. You just need something that moves 14" and base it. A fell reaper only has to base and do kick off damage to render it pretty useless. Capture is a threat, but with BattleFury, the Fell can't be captured.

You can't really push to capture as the fig would go demo and I don't think a demo fig can keep a captive?

Also, it is a threat to have a captive, you can't fire at anything. Which does make it easier to get too, despite it's speed.

I didn't realize that Shockwave had to deal 1pt damage. I wanted to use the Shockwave/Magic Freeze combo for anti swarm support. If a person chose to send a formation after the Frost Sentry, even with 13FM I ought to at least freeze the group once for push damage. I didn't realize that it would be two with Shockwave damage. It's a pretty neat trick though and I like the idea all the more for it.

I guess you could ME it with some Phookas and build a LI Paper Tank. Maybe I'll have to call that an army type. That'd be funny,
2*** Frost Sentrys at 25pts each
1** Frost Sentry at 24
7 * Phookas

Arrange group of 3 left and right and group 4 in center. Did I ever mention I gave them 180arc? You do kill the use of Shockwave, but you deal 2-3-2 damage. It's not alot but you have MF too. I am not sure how effective it'd be tourny style but it'd be great support for 60 (2 *phookas and one *FS).
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the "Paper Tank"

I came up with a name for the MC version, the Foreboding Spirit. This one would be more dangerous. Surround Corpheus with a wall of these. Even if you get close, they pick you up and toss you away where Corpheus can zap you. ouch!

I would be so happy to get a shard and build a figure at WK, wouldn't we all?

cheers,
Bob