Privateer Press: Hordes: Gargantuans (New Skorne Character Beast pg 31)

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**malfred**

Also, Burrowers.

Feat, Unburrow, RNG 8(!) POW 14 guns with a potential +6
to-hit (aiming bonus and rear and Mark the Target).

**RiTides**

Quoting onto the new page

I'm really excited about this warlock.

malfred wrote:
Grim Hunters Feat spoiled:

Feat: On My Mark
While in Grimʼs control area, friendly Faction models gain Mark Target and friendly Faction modelsʼ ranged weapons gain Snipe. On My Mark lasts for one turn. (Other friendly Faction models gain +2 to ranged attack rolls against enemy models within 5 ̋ of a model with Mark Target that are in its LOS.) (Ranged weapons with Snipe gain +4 RNG).

I'm going to make an army of BLITZERS!

**RiTides**

Midas, minion farrow warlock, feat spoilered:

Feat rumored: Return all destroyed warbeasts from this models battlegroup into play within 3" of Midas with 1 box in each aspect. Midas can spend 1 fury to heal 1 box of damage on all warbeasts in his battlegroup in his control area. Warbeasts returned gain undead, cannot be forced turn they return. Warbeasts destroyed the turn the feat was used cannot activate.

Spells:
Bad Blood
Calamity or Carnage (differing reports at this time but Calamity seems to be the one most are agreeing on)
Hex Blast
Battle Lust

**AgeOfEgos**

RiTides wrote:
Midas, minion farrow warlock, feat spoilered:

Feat rumored: Return all destroyed warbeasts from this models battlegroup into play within 3" of Midas with 1 box in each aspect. Midas can spend 1 fury to heal 1 box of damage on all warbeasts in his battlegroup in his control area. Warbeasts returned gain undead, cannot be forced turn they return. Warbeasts destroyed the turn the feat was used cannot activate.

Spells:
Bad Blood
Calamity or Carnage (differing reports at this time but Calamity seems to be the one most are agreeing on)
Hex Blast
Battle Lust

Battle Lust and Calamity? I guess they want hogs to kill high armor;

MAT 8 POW 20s + 4d6 charge damage is gonna put a dent in most things

Heck, that might even be a viable assassination attempt---charge up--pop feat to bring back a couple of hogs--bring them back within 3--cast calamity on caster, cast Battle Lust on a hog....

That's (assuming speed 5)---8 + 3 + 2ish for base threat range for 2 MAT 8 POW 18s with 3d6 damage and 1 POW 17? Sounds viable.

**Platuan4th**

AgeOfEgos wrote:
RiTides wrote:
Midas, minion farrow warlock, feat spoilered:

Feat rumored: Return all destroyed warbeasts from this models battlegroup into play within 3" of Midas with 1 box in each aspect. Midas can spend 1 fury to heal 1 box of damage on all warbeasts in his battlegroup in his control area. Warbeasts returned gain undead, cannot be forced turn they return. Warbeasts destroyed the turn the feat was used cannot activate.

Spells:
Bad Blood
Calamity or Carnage (differing reports at this time but Calamity seems to be the one most are agreeing on)
Hex Blast
Battle Lust

Battle Lust and Calamity? I guess they want hogs to kill high armor;

MAT 8 POW 20s + 4d6 charge damage is gonna put a dent in most things

Heck, that might even be a viable assassination attempt---charge up--pop feat to bring back a couple of hogs--bring them back within 3--cast calamity on caster, cast Battle Lust on a hog....

That's (assuming speed 5)---8 + 3 + 2ish for base threat range for 2 MAT 8 POW 18s with 3d6 damage and 1 POW 17? Sounds viable.

You mean 5+3+2ish. You can't force that turn if they're brought back, so no Charge.

Edit: Whoops, forgot about the Animus allowing a free charge, though that's gonna pretty much be Midas' entire Fury allotment just to get one Hog(that can't buy more attacks) on the target.

**AgeOfEgos**

I wasn't using an animus--I was just doing;

5 inches + 3 inches for Midas to charge whatever you throw in front of him to get extra movement
Pop feat, cast spell on enemy caster--place Hogs within 3 inches (total 11 inches so far)
Resolve attack against your own
Hog base is 2ish and it's within not completely within---so there's another 2 inches (total 13 inches so far)
1/2 inch reach--so a pretty secure 13 inches

So two War Hogs--that's 6 attacks, all boosted by Calamity--1/2 boosted by Lust

**RiTides**

Oooh, you mean Midas charging and then popping out the Hogs. That's genius

and rather scary...

**AgeOfEgos**

Well, it's not crazy threat range--but for hogs it's ok!

The idea of Slaughterhouses under battle lust is pretty funny too. MAT 10 on the charge with 5d6 POW 13s against something damaged/calamity will make someone sad face

**Surtur**

RiTides wrote:
Midas, minion farrow warlock, feat spoilered:

Feat rumored: Return all destroyed warbeasts from this models battlegroup into play within 3" of Midas with 1 box in each aspect. Midas can spend 1 fury to heal 1 box of damage on all warbeasts in his battlegroup in his control area. Warbeasts returned gain undead, cannot be forced turn they return. Warbeasts destroyed the turn the feat was used cannot activate.

Spells:
Bad Blood
Calamity or Carnage (differing reports at this time but Calamity seems to be the one most are agreeing on)
Hex Blast
Battle Lust

That's... a very potentially powerful feat.

**oomiestompa**

RiTides wrote:
Midas, minion farrow warlock, feat spoilered:

Feat rumored: Return all destroyed warbeasts from this models battlegroup into play within 3" of Midas with 1 box in each aspect. Midas can spend 1 fury to heal 1 box of damage on all warbeasts in his battlegroup in his control area. Warbeasts returned gain undead, cannot be forced turn they return. Warbeasts destroyed the turn the feat was used cannot activate.

Spells:
Bad Blood
Calamity or Carnage (differing reports at this time but Calamity seems to be the one most are agreeing on)
Hex Blast
Battle Lust

What's the source? I can't find it in any of the usual places.

**Platuan4th**

AgeOfEgos wrote:I wasn't using an animus--I was just doing;

5 inches + 3 inches for Midas to charge whatever you throw in front of him to get extra movement
Pop feat, cast spell on enemy caster--place Hogs within 3 inches (total 11 inches so far)
Resolve attack against your own
Hog base is 2ish and it's within not completely within---so there's another 2 inches (total 13 inches so far)
1/2 inch reach--so a pretty secure 13 inches

So two War Hogs--that's 6 attacks, all boosted by Calamity--1/2 boosted by Lust

Ah, ok. And you get a bit further with the Hogs' movement, too. It's pretty brutal.

Surtur wrote:
RiTides wrote:
Midas, minion farrow warlock, feat spoilered:

Feat rumored: Return all destroyed warbeasts from this models battlegroup into play within 3" of Midas with 1 box in each aspect. Midas can spend 1 fury to heal 1 box of damage on all warbeasts in his battlegroup in his control area. Warbeasts returned gain undead, cannot be forced turn they return. Warbeasts destroyed the turn the feat was used cannot activate.

Spells:
Bad Blood
Calamity or Carnage (differing reports at this time but Calamity seems to be the one most are agreeing on)
Hex Blast
Battle Lust

That's... a very potentially powerful feat.

Yep. I'd say it beats out pThag's Feat handily. I'd much rather deal with a single full health Legion beast than 3 wounded Hog heavies. Barring outlier situations, of course.

**AgeOfEgos**

Platuan4th wrote:
AgeOfEgos wrote:I wasn't using an animus--I was just doing;

5 inches + 3 inches for Midas to charge whatever you throw in front of him to get extra movement
Pop feat, cast spell on enemy caster--place Hogs within 3 inches (total 11 inches so far)
Resolve attack against your own
Hog base is 2ish and it's within not completely within---so there's another 2 inches (total 13 inches so far)
1/2 inch reach--so a pretty secure 13 inches

So two War Hogs--that's 6 attacks, all boosted by Calamity--1/2 boosted by Lust

Ah, ok. And you get a bit further with the Hogs' movement, too. It's pretty brutal.

Doh, I read that as could not be forced or advance that turn--in that case, that's 17 inches of threat with a couple of beasts! Or 19 inches threat with a whole pigpen full of Razorboars

**RiTides**

Our pressganger emailed it to us, I've asked him where he got it (I had assumed the PP boards).

**AduroT**

I heard these as Very Unconfirmed rumors, not an actual spoiler, unless that changed since this morning.

**malfred**

Heard it as a rumor, too. Also nothing confirmed.

**RiTides**

Adjusted title to "rumor" rather than "spoiler". We'll know for sure really soon

(assuming this warlock is in the Gargantuans book)

**Dysartes**

Less than a week now, in fact - I can't make up my mind if I'm happy that nothing about Midas other than his weapon name & art have been spoilered yet or not.

**AduroT**

Part (or all? I forget) of Midas' Theme Force bonuses were spoilered by if I recall a fairly reliable source. The part I remember, because its really weird out of context, was that he got a free dead beast. Exactly what that means is unknown, though it does make more sense given the rumored Feat we've heard about.

**Anung Un Rama**

That sounds like a really cool feat. But it also makes them quite vulnerable, when all the beasts come back and can't be activated. Or am I missing something?

**Laughing Man**

Anung Un Rama wrote:
That sounds like a really cool feat. But it also makes them quite vulnerable, when all the beasts come back and can't be activated. Or am I missing something?

They can be activated. They just can't be forced. The only time they can't be activated is if you killed them yourself (or via freestrike or similar) during the turn you pop the feat.

**Surtur**

Platuan4th wrote:
Yep. I'd say it beats out pThag's Feat handily. I'd much rather deal with a single full health Legion beast than 3 wounded Hog heavies. Barring outlier situations, of course.

I think Thaggy is feeling a little jealous, but we'll have to see what else the caster brings to the table as well. Thagrosh in and of himself brings a good toolkit, a nasty debuff and can be a good beatstick. I'm a too tired atm to dig through books to figure out what Midas' spells do so I can't comment on him.

**RiTides**

Dysartes wrote:
Less than a week now, in fact - I can't make up my mind if I'm happy that nothing about Midas other than his weapon name & art have been spoilered yet or not.

I can't wait to get my hands on it

and I was feeling the same way about Grim, but my mind is a bit more at ease now that his feat has been spoilered (which I personally really like, since it's quite different than any of trolls' other feats, and allows us to run a shooty list without relying so heavily on an impaler's Snipe animus).

**malfred**

Not that anyone takes her for this purpose, but Alexia Ciannor's
Dominate Undead could be hilarious against him.

**AduroT**

Witch Doc Crocs. They've got the same Dominate Undead and are FA:2.

Automatically Appended Next Post:

Other spoilers, also from Trevor's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChainAttackTrev

Mugs and Krump are RAT6 with granted abilities. Reform and Circular Vision. Snare Gun and a Blunderbuss.

Reptile Hounds pow 8, 13/13 with 13 hp, slaughterhouse animus, flank [reptile hounds] 2pts a piece

Troll Warders are spd4, arm 17, with Battle Driven, P+S10 Weapon Master, 8 wounds, and 5/8 point cost

and then from Trollblood Scrum:

New Light Warbeast
Night Troll
Night troll 4 pts
mat 5 defense 12 arm 15
Beguile - within 5" warrior models must advance directly towards
eyeless sight
stealth
man eater
pow 12 claws auto paralisys (stationary)

Fennblade Kithkar 2pts
+1 Mat +1 Arm
unyielding
8 damage
commander
hard
righteous vengence
Reach
2 x pow 13

**Laughing Man**

Night Troll. Not a cave troll, but totally not undead. What did I win?

Also, I want five reptile hounds now, please.

**RiTides**

Sounds great

. Lots of troll tidbits, makes me happy

**kenshin620**

Another 4 pointer troll, should be interesting

**malfred**

Ninja'd!

**Laughing Man**

You've been beaten to it, along with the source link.

**malfred**

Thanks!