ToMB Episode 1.4 - The Choice Is...

The choice is made

After the box set I had $20 left over, which would be enough to buy 1 box/blister. To play straight off the bat at 50ss I needed something that came to at least 12ss, so my initial decisions were between a blister of hanged ($14), a box of void wretches ($15, same as Ice Gamin) or Ama No Zako ($18) and it was a tough choice. The Hanged would either be this month or next at the worst, Ama is going to be soon too but in the end I went for the Void Wretches to give me some objective running and a bit of activation control / support. It’s a model I have used with Tara but not a lot as I used to run Tara as a Resser.

Void Wretch – Outcast, Minion, 4ss

They clock in at 4WD incorporeal and DF 8 but lose 1 DF for each card in your hand due to Pure Nothingness,  which means if they get hit first activation they are usually toast, but there is quite often something more tempting to hit in the first activation. They are pretty speedy at WK5 but their attack is a weak ML4 2/3/4 damage.

The attack (Siphon Existence) has the Glimpse the Void trigger on a tome which forces the target to win a WP13 duel or become buried but the tome isn’t built in.

They have a (2) attack, Void Maw, which targets buried models and I can’t see this being used very much out of a Tara crew and finally they have a range 4 (0) attack The Hectic Glow which can give an enemy model either slow of fast.

Their Tactical Action (A (2) action, Satiating Void) can remove conditions and heal a buried model.

So, what they gonna do then?

 Well objective running is a job they can do, being walk 5 and incorporeal. If you use a Guilty to make them Tormented they can also get a 3” push from Jack when they activate.

Their Siphon Existence attack may be useful when in proximity of Ligeia if you have a tome to hand. This will mean that the enemy will not be able to cheat either their DF or the WP resist for the trigger, thus giving a higher chance of the target becoming buried.

Finally the last little trick is the bury / heal and a friendly model which is achieved by hitting you own model (remember the min damage is 2) hitting the Glimpse the Void trigger and then using the other Void Wretches to heal said model (It pops back out when something is killed).

So as a general support model they look great, but they are going to die.

So next up is my league game against Pete Wright, (who’s a pretty reasonable Arcanist player) so as long as I don’t draw reckoning I might just about be OK with this selection…