Once more into the Hognborn-junk-plus-random-warcaster breach!
Slam time.
Fiona - Nomad, Rorsh + Brine, Boomhowlers (Max), Gun Mages + UA, Silly Wishnailer, Reinholdt, Dougal, Aiyanna + Holt, Nyss (Max), Rockbottom
Objective: Arcane Wonder
This list is not good and shouldn't be played. I should be working out a pairing for the Canberra SS heat, but could not resist the urge to have the inability to kill heavies.
Braddles did a favour and evened out the Slam numbers, bringing my favourite nemesis, the tree affiliated apocalypse nutjobs.
eMorvhana - 2x Stalkers, Gorax, Stones + UA, War Dog, Blood Trackers (Min) + Nualla, 2x Gallows Groves, Warpwolves + UA, Morraig, Blackclad,
Objective: Arcane Wonder
Merc Deploy: Given first for....reasons? Plan was a slow scenario game, Nomad to pop the Objective while Fiona scores defensively, Soulfire clearing out important models.
Circle Deploy: Key goal for me is to pop the Gallows early, either the feat is wasted to kill my early jam or I have a good chance to finish off the units.
Merc 1: Gun Mages behind the Boomies, Nyss go to behind the forest. Roth goes on Greygores chaps, Nonokian Brand on the Gun Mages, Telgesh on Rorsh.
Circle 1: Fog of War pops, The Gallows stay divided on either half of the board. The Dog goes up on the left. The Warpborn get Carnivore.
Merc 2: Spells kept, Dougal pops mini-feat and shoos Brine for a damage point. The Gun Mages shoot down the dog with ease and a pair of Blood Trackers with some more difficulties. Rorsh goes ninja pig style, popping smoke to send Brine forward.
Brine pops his Animus, charges a stone. It takes all his initials to kill it, then a bought attack to wipe off the Gallows Grove and RFP it.
Eiryss pops off Carnivore.
The Nyss charge, three of them go in and take out the other Grove, the rest hang back.
The Boomhowlers scream tough and jam for all they are worth.
Fiona fuddles around, embarrassed by Stealth being a thing.
I elected not to pop feat, thinking that losing half the Boomies would be fine for blunting an assassination next turn after I hopefully clear out the Bloodtrackers.
Circle 2: The left Stalker stabs at Rorsh, he transfers all the hits away which kills Brine. He passes a tough roll from the Stone UA and a blood tracker throw. The Blood Trackers and Warpwolves force 7 tough checks on the Boomhowlers on 4+, I fail them all. Morraig kills the Nyss that popped the Grove.
Merc 3: Ow. That went badly.
I keep Nonokian Brand going and give the Nomad three focus.
Four of the Gun Mages aim, three advance and all take shots on the Blood Trackers, killing three of the five.
Boomhowlers charge forward, killing a stone. One runs way out of the photo shots tot he far left.
Fiona gets Arcane Secrets/Lucky Charm, feats, sits in the back of the zone, Telgeshes a Boomhowler, attempts to arc a pair of Soul Fires to finish off the Blood Trackers but only gets one, feats.
Nomad pops the Objective.
Aiyanna/Holt/Nyss/Eiryss tickle the Warpborn, setting one on fire and killing another.
Rorsh stands up, pops smoke to retreat further up the field.
Had a rule screw up, I couldn't have targeted the Boomhowlers with Telgesh as I had made them be out of formation. I'd have been better off keeping that Grunt around anyway, but still not best play.
Mercs go to 2 CP.
Circle 3: Gorax clears out the two Boomhowlers that are up front, again tough does nothing (Curse you percentages!). The right Stalker get Primalled by Morvhana and kills the Nomad under Fionas feat. Morvhana feats back the Warpwolves, Blackclad and the available Grove.
Stone UA kills Rorsh, left Stalker left out of Control and does a couple points to my Objective.
Merc 4: The Gun Mages try to crack a stone and push the Gorx/Stalker out of the left zone. The Gorax goes out with one shot, the stone refuses to be cracked and stays with a damage box left.
The Warpwolves get harmed, stabbed by Nyss then actually hurt by Fiona Influencing them multiple times. Fiona walks back out of the zone and hides.
Circle 4/Merc 4/Circle 5/Merc 5:Missed end of game pick, essentially the Nyss get chopped down and Circle starts scoring, the left Stalker killing my Objective. Morvhana spends down to 6 health and one transfer, I'm ahead on clock but can't stop the scoring. The last Gun Mage hits and forces away the transfer. Fiona gets in range for a spell assassination with max focus, Arcane Secrets and Lucky charm. She misses every Soulfire attempt.
Me on the right.
Trying to ignore the dice and probabilities....
I think I should have gone with the same broad plan, but had Holt/Aiyanna and a couple Boomhowlers held back to pop the Objective and kept the Nomad and Brine on the left side to kill opposing heavies as needed. Eiryss should have started and stayed as the Telgesh model.
My spacing should keep me from being teleported killed, then my feat can keep me relatively safe after that.
Going further back, I'd scrap this list entirely and work from the ground up to make something not rubbish, with actual Telgesh targets. I'd love to fit Kayazy, Boomies, Gastonne with Galleon and the Gator trio in but points just aren't that kind....
