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Post by Soul Samurai on Oct 31, 2019 8:22:19 GMT
I dont read fluff but wasnt his jack-body destroyed and his little head captured by Cryx? Yes, and then Strakhov saved him and they helped destroy the Cryxian base defenses on their way out, thus saving the world. So he did return to Khador. Still, he's well overdue for an upgrade imho. I'm not sure I see him being demoted from full Warcaster status though; he's a dogganmed national treasure after all. I guess you could spin it so the Cryxians corrupted him and he quits the army, but a) that doesn't seem to fit the fluff as it was generally presented as the Cryxians failing to break him, and b)he's kind of dependent on the Khador military supply chain to maintain his body, so it's not like he can just stroll off and come back whenever he wants. No, I think Karchev 2 should be a full warcaster. If we want to talk about a Khadoran who isn't a full warcaster and dabbles with other factions, I'm thinking: Old Witch. Fluff-wise she's not part of the military chain of command, and she has her own goals and reasons. If anyone can just stroll in and out of khador, it's probably her. Plus she's already a two-faction model. Of course the fact that's already a two-faction model is exactly why that probably won't happen. Zerkova. She's a very independent character, running off on her own to investigate Orgoth ruins and what not. I can see her popping up in the middle of a different warcaster's battle and "helping" them (while working towards her own goals of course), or even making deals to help other factions in exchange for info or whatever. A new Kayazy caster. Kayazy are our traditional partisan models after all, and they have the influence to potentially have a warcaster candidate removed from normal military service while still contracting with the military for specific engagements (the way Kayazy usually do), as well as doing mercenary work.
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Post by leander on Oct 31, 2019 8:54:51 GMT
I kinda want the battle mechanik UA to be it because he doesn't do anything already XD Just make a new MOW mechanik that has a failsafe aura
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Post by michael on Oct 31, 2019 12:32:08 GMT
Lets top that with Irusk3, the first structure warcaster! Irusk, master stratagist (model is a large tent/pavilion with Irusk standing over a table) CMD 18 Komandant - Battleplans used by this model affect all eligable models within this models CMD range. Master Strategist - This model may issue One additional Battleplan every round. Battleplans (Inhospitable ground; Desparate Mission; Heroic Call; Special Orders; Opperations Comand) Reinforcement (Freindly Faction Warrior Model) I love this idea But first thing i thought when i heard this was Karchev. I dont read fluff but wasnt his jack-body destroyed and his little head captured by Cryx? I would love a Karchev in a jar Junior that, amongst other things gives out a WM version of Rage. Its about time Khador gets access to a STR buff. Strakhov rescued Karchev a very long time ago.
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Post by P'tit Nico on Oct 31, 2019 14:26:56 GMT
I love this idea But first thing i thought when i heard this was Karchev. I dont read fluff but wasnt his jack-body destroyed and his little head captured by Cryx? I would love a Karchev in a jar Junior that, amongst other things gives out a WM version of Rage. Its about time Khador gets access to a STR buff. Strakhov rescued Karchev a very long time ago. And there's been no mention to him in the fluff ever since.
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Post by leander on Oct 31, 2019 14:35:40 GMT
I personally want Karchev to get a new jack body...this time based on the behemoth chassis.
While it would be a hard task due to resources, this would boost morale to the khadoran forces seeing their national walking treasure return to the battlefield stronger than ever. Now why the behemoth chassis? simple, the extra cortex for the cannons. the original karchev used his own power to move the body along with the arkantrik engine, what if some of the load was put onto the cortex, leaving more focus for karchev to use in his spells. essentially, he could stop holding back.
we saw how that manifest while he was being saved by strahkov, he did a huge magic explosion around himself, more than he ever did while using his jack body.
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Post by auraco on Oct 31, 2019 14:41:16 GMT
Wasn't the huge explosion around him just him casting the spell Ground Zero?
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Post by michael on Oct 31, 2019 14:42:15 GMT
Strakhov rescued Karchev a very long time ago. And there's been no mention to him in the fluff ever since. Probably because there’s been basically no fluff ever since. We got that in Reckoning, which released in 2015, right before the MK III cycle and the eventual “no more anthology books” thing happened. (Instead, we got like nine iterations of “The Cygnar Show, starring cartoonishly incompetent Khadoran villains” from Skull Island...)
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Post by michael on Oct 31, 2019 14:43:35 GMT
Wasn't the huge explosion around him just him casting the spell Ground Zero? He basically cast a Super Ground Zero (powered by hate) and broke the machinery powering the Necrofactorium, causing it to explode shortly after Strakhov and Karchev made their escape.
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Post by leander on Oct 31, 2019 14:45:09 GMT
Wasn't the huge explosion around him just him casting the spell Ground Zero? I personally refuse to believe that awesome moment in the book was due to that poor excuse of a spell It probably was but I really hate how lackluster that spell is XD but if it was ground zero, it was one without karchev holding back.
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Post by auraco on Oct 31, 2019 14:46:54 GMT
And there's been no mention to him in the fluff ever since. Probably because there’s been basically no fluff ever since. We got that in Reckoning, which released in 2015, right before the MK III cycle and the eventual “no more anthology books” thing happened. (Instead, we got like nine iterations of “The Cygnar Show, starring cartoonishly incompetent Khadoran villains” from Skull Island...) Wasn't the book about Butcher's origin story suppose to be good?
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Post by michael on Oct 31, 2019 14:47:12 GMT
Wasn't the huge explosion around him just him casting the spell Ground Zero? I personally refuse to believe that awesome moment in the book was due to that poor excuse of a spell It probably was but I really hate how lackluster that spell is XD but if it was ground zero, it was one without karchev holding back. Basically, it was him duplicating his original explosion at the Battle of the Tongue 150 years ago.
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Post by michael on Oct 31, 2019 14:49:14 GMT
Probably because there’s been basically no fluff ever since. We got that in Reckoning, which released in 2015, right before the MK III cycle and the eventual “no more anthology books” thing happened. (Instead, we got like nine iterations of “The Cygnar Show, starring cartoonishly incompetent Khadoran villains” from Skull Island...) Wasn't the book about Butcher's origin story suppose to be good? That released before the 2017-ish Skull Island hiatus. It is supposed to be good, yes, but I never could bring myself to read it. I prefer having Butcher exist as a mysterious homicidal maniac with no past prior to when he showed up to the recruitment center with two ‘jacks in tow and said “I am in the army now.”
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Post by Zaku on Nov 1, 2019 23:47:03 GMT
Wasn't the book about Butcher's origin story suppose to be good? That released before the 2017-ish Skull Island hiatus. It is supposed to be good, yes, but I never could bring myself to read it. I prefer having Butcher exist as a mysterious homicidal maniac with no past prior to when he showed up to the recruitment center with two ‘jacks in tow and said “I am in the army now.” I greatly disliked The Butcher as a character before I read the novella, so never used him in game. I found the book to be quite excellent, and the background for Butcher made him to be one of my favorite warcasters to run now.
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