HawaiiMatt wrote:
Killing Blow will be a non-issue, simply because you can challenge the unit champ that gets the item, and you strike before him (he's unarmored). Poison is a non-issue, you'll be saving on 2+ with a re-roll.
-Matt
Sort of. Don't forget he gets the Verminous Valor rule, so he can just shimmy to the back rank if he knows full well he's going to get splatted.
On a tangentially related thought, I've actually considered taking a
MM with the Things-Catcher just for this. People will challenge me thinking to slaughter the
MM (who does get light armor!

) but forgetting that a Master Bred Rat Ogre is also considered a unit champ, and could thus accept the challenge.
Granted, your killy dwarf lord will in all likelihood make mince meat of the Master Bred
RO, but for less killy characters (read: heroes) the Master Bred
RO is hitting with 5 S5 I5 attacks; not too shabby. It also gives me the option of two entirely different champ types to accept a challenge.