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If you ran 8-10 Possessed and had a Master of Possession which of these 4 choices is better.

A. Master of Possession runs with Possessed and gets warlord trait Master of Union (within 6") give Possessed +1S and +1 AP and Malefic Tome +1 to spell rolls, know 3 spells and cast 2. Which 3 spells are best Cursed Earth 4++ Invulnerability save, Mutated Invigoration +1 to S or +1 to T, Pact of Flesh heal 1d3 wounds and bring back 1 dead figure, Warp Marked +1 to wound rolls. The negative is using 2CP

or B Stay mid within range 18" of Possessed with Malefic Tome +1 to spell rolls, Spells are Mutated Invigoration, Pact of Flesh and Warp marked. This gives moving them +1T and heals until ready to fight for +1S and +1 to wound rolls. Negative is Lose out on Master of Union, but saves 1CP and far away from getting killed.

or C same as B but run with the Possessed. Loses Master of Union but saves 1CP and will be close to fight if needed

or D something I missed

It depends what you want the unit to do and how many CPs you're prepared to spend. You definitely want Mutated Invigoration and Pact of Flesh, and probably Mark of Slaanesh for Delightful Agonies. The Liber Hereticus is probably better than the Malefic Tome here as you can cast the 3 spells above in the same phase.

Master of Union is nice, but in lots of case the +1S isn't that useful and if it is you have Mutated Invigoration. +1AP is nice, but is it worth the 1CP and having to stay close to the Possessed? I don't know, depends how you want to use them. From what I've seen, most people seem to favour smaller units of Possessed to utilise their speed to get around flanks, often raising a banner on the way. So maybe 2 units of 5 might work better.

Thanks for the advice. I was thinking a 10 squad possessed with black rune of damnation -1 to wound with Mutated Invigoration of +1 Toughness T6 a must target to hit but hard to kill. Then either add the Cursed Earth for 4++ Invulnerability. to get into melee range. then switch to Mutated Invigoration S+1 if needed. But Cursed Earth only if the Master of Possession runs with the Possessed. And if he runs with the Possessed he needs Malefic Tome for the +1 to spell rolls as he cannot sacrifice Possessed. Now if he stayed somewhere else with range, then he can skip Cursed Earth and go with Malefic Tome and have 3 learned spells but still cast 2 +1 to rolls Mutated Invigoration and Pact of Flesh, but would lose Warp Power or lose pact of flesh and have Warp Power. Now if he took Liber Hereticus he would lose the +1 to rolls, and only know 2 spells plus casting a Mark power but not on possessed since they cannot have marks. Thus only Mutated Invigoration and either pact of flesh or Warp Marked.