Hand Cannon 6.pdf

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Lucas Smith

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Brandon Gromis

Jessica Carl

Matt Kutchins

- Cover Art By -

Matt Wilson

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Anthony Bouvier

- Special Thanks -

David Carl, David Steussy,

Jason Lang, Christfer Anderson, Zaphod

Zarniwoop , Stephan Thomas,Timothy

Nahm, David Carl, Chris Decker, Jim

Ebert, Tim Hoyt, Timothy Nahm, David

Steussy, and Anthony Woods

and everyone else who has contributed.

Contents

Stop Gap Warcasters

pg 4

New Scenarios

pg 9

Iron Kingdoms: World Guide Reviews

pg 12

Jack Handling (d20 Charger stat block)

pg 13

Card Images for Stop Gap Warcasters

(Print Size)

pg 16

Legal Page

pg 20

Stopgap Warcasters

By David Carl and David Steussy

The Brief

The stopgap warcasters are not the

greatest heroes of their nations but neither are

they common wizards, mechanics, or knights.

They have the powers to command warjacks

and the abilities required to lead troops in bat-

tle. They simply are not as adept as the war-

casters you are used to ﬁelding on the tabletops

of battle in Warmachine.

If both players agree, an army may use

a stopgap warcaster in place of a standard war-

caster. While these warcasters’ powers do not

compare to those of Deneghra or Sorscha, their

point cost is signiﬁcantly lower. In fact, each

stopgap warcaster has a cost of 0 points.

Some readers may wonder how a

warcaster can cost 0 points without being

“borken.” The concept is really not too dif-

ﬁcult to understand when you consider exist-

ing warcasters. The most obvious example

is Goreshade. For 80 points, you receive a

7-focus warcaster capable of summoning an

82-point unit to his location. This model is

obviously worth far more than 80 points. Any-

one who’s been frozen by Sorscha or knocked

down by Kreoss will probably claim that they,

too, are worth more than their point cost alone

would imply. The reason this works is that

only 1 warcaster can be ﬁelded per 500 points.

If the concept of 0-point warcasters

still worries you, you can also think of it this

way – for the same point cost, you can take

Magus Damien Sperling and a Charger, or you

can take Nemo. Nemo has more focus, a bet-

ter spell list, and some spiffy special abilities.

Sperling, on the other hand, leaves you with

enough leftover points to take a “free” Charger.

Which is better? The answer to that question is

entirely up to you.

If you choose to ﬁeld a stopgap war-

caster, you will need to use your “extra”

points carefully. Taking Lanyssa Ryssyl over

Deneghra could buy you a pair of Deathrip-

pers, but is that enough to make up for Crip-

pling Grasp, The Withering, Stealth, etc.? It is

a difﬁcult choice to make.

Each stopgap warcaster has been designed to

match up with one of the Iron Kingdoms Full

Metal Fantasy miniatures

King Leto shook his head as the young captain

left. This war was really taking a toll, and the

trials facing Cygnar showed no sign of slow-

ing. This new threat from the Protectorate

could not go ignored. He turned to his military

advisors and reviewed their options.

“I realize that we have already deployed the

greatest heroes of our nation, but what of that

loose cannon, Lieutenant Caine? I suppose

we’ll need to pay the soldiers something extra

to serve with him, but…”

Leto’s advisors shook their heads as one.

“Already deployed, sir, and he’ll not return

for weeks. I suppose he may not return at all

after facing the latest abominations of the Lich

Lords.” The members of the council con-

ferred brieﬂy among themselves and offered up

another possibility, “We could send Damien

Sperling.”

Leto ﬂinched at the name. “The Journeyman

Warcaster?” he asked incredulously. “You

would send a Journeyman to lead my troops in

battle?”

“He has learned much in the past year, your

highness. His experience and power have

grown greatly, and he is now deserving of the

title of a full Warcaster. When things quiet

down, we will award him that honor ofﬁcially,

but, for now, we have little choice.”

King Leto leaned back in his throne and

rubbed his eyes. His advisors waited a long

moment before they dared to speak. “Sire?”

the eldest in the council ﬁnally asked.

“What choice do I have?” Leto asked. He

waved his hand noncommittally towards the

east and shrugged resignedly, “Send the Jour-

neyman.”

– Damien Sperling, Sir Ekkrion Ganis, Hugo

Lobanov, and Lanyssa Ryssyl. We have, how-

ever, provided new background information on

these characters to coincide with the ﬂavor we

have developed for the four stopgap warcast-

ers.

While these stopgap warcasters can be

played in 500-point games or alongside exist-

ing warcasters in 1000-point games, 350-point

games are a perfect arena for them. Three hun-

dred ﬁfty points of warjacks, troops, and solos

tend to be just right, and that game size makes

for a nice, quick game of Warmachine. These

warcasters are not recommended for Mangled

Metal play, however; and you will likely ﬁnd

them very lacking in that environment.

Trained as a Journeyman Warcaster

and only recently given full command, Magus

Damien Sperling is one of the new breed of

warcasters. Despite their mortality rate and the

disrespect given them by their superiors, some

journeymen are deemed ﬁt for full command.

Their numbers are growing, and, while the

natural-born warcasters still outnumber these

made men, the ﬂood of young hopefuls seeking

tutelage to become journeymen may see this

change in the future.

Sperling spent most of his tours of

duty as Journeyman under Stryker’s command

on the Cygnar-Khador border, though he was

transferred to Captain Haley for an action

against a Cryx raiding party for a time. He is

ﬁercely patriotic, and, while he may dream of

being transferred to warmer climes, he will

fervently serve his king wherever he is sent.

Sperling lacks the experience and spell power

of the famed warcasters of Cygnar, but he

relies on military precision and by-the-book

tactical maneuvers to succeed on the battle-

ﬁeld. This attitude trickles down to the men

under his command – while they may not be

innovative and risk-taking, they are precise,

methodical, and stalwart.

The Crew

 Magus Damien Sperling

“I wish I could be there so we could handle

this matter together, but I’m needed urgently

elsewhere. Time to show them you’ve got what

it takes, kid…”

–letter from Cmdr. Stryker to Damien Sperling

regarding the Protectorate insurgents

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