Homebrew Rhulic Twins (wasrcaster & Solo)

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Couple of homebrews I'm working on, I am yet to finish the fluff; what I have so far....

The Armstone's are from a mining background in a village on the eastern boarders of Rhul.

Desden (Des) was a successful miner in the employ of his father's mining enterprises.
He boxed as a hobby and for extra funds.

Desden has a bond with his twin sister that made him dedicated to her, he'd always looked out for her and protected her, no matter what.

In his boxing he could FEEL her willing him on and it seemed to give him new energy and re-new his vigour, he never lost a fight while she was there, he had presumed she was his lucky charm....

When it was discovered that Iselle Armstone had warcaster potential he insisted that he travel with her for her training.

Iselle was deep in training and he saw her less and less as her tutors found her Warajack control, after little training Adept and knew she had the potential for more.

Being a proud sort, in order to keep afloat in Groddenguard without having to rely on family money Des became a hand for hire, his muscles and boxing history easily lending him for manual labour or as a hired hand in family fueds.

Before long Des was back in the ring again and without Iselle, his victories were not assured, fighting now against Rhul's best boxers he soon understood that Iselle was more than a lucky charm, defeated time and again Des realised he was earning only bruises, both physically and to his ego.

In another bloody match Des wasn't doing to badly, until he took a thump to the head, as he lay bleeding on the mat he felt Iselle enter the room. Just as before he started to feel energy flow once more into his tired muscles and the will to fight return to him, unlike before however the strength of that energy was immense. As he returned to his feet he felt as though he could knock his opponent out of the ring with the energies ebbing through him.

Not wanting to cheat his opponent now that he knew he had an unfair advantage he bowed out of the match. Much to the delight of his opponent's coach evidently surprised that Des had risen from the last blow at all.

When she asked why Des had thrown in the towel Des told Iselle the truth, Iselle promised not to tell the miners at home lest Des be shamed for life, after all he had not known that it was her giving him the upper hand in his fights back home.

Once he had cleaned up from the fight, they spent the evening together walking through the streets, taking in the sights of *cityname* and refreshing their pallets in a bar by the docks. At the end of the evening Iselle had to return to her training, and Des knew he would not see her again for another week at least, he was on his own again in the city.

Not wanting to be a failure and knowing nothing else but boxing and mining, and with no mining guilds in the inner city, Des returned to the ring, this time however, no longer confident in his abilities he sought the help of a coach. His string of losses didn't immediately make popular amongst the coaches. However he soon found a coach, down on his luck and impressed, if by nothing else, by Des’s ability to take the hit paid out to him in his matches.

Soon enough Des was training with professional boxers and, not doing at all badly. Des certainly didn’t lack the Braun to be a boxer, being taller than average and with the muscles earnt from years of mining, no what he lacked was only finesse. When it came to professional boxing Des learnt the hard way that the fights are not all about the punches you can throw as much as they are the punches you can block and when to take a hit in order to land one of your own.

In a very short number of days Des was holding his own against seasoned boxers, and by the time Iselle came to see him again he had regained a level of confidence in himself that she was used to.

Blah blah blah

Legion invade.
Armstone family refugees and mining operation destroyed.

Iselle now a trained warcaster, if still green and Des sign up for active duty in the Searforge commission in order to attempt to aid in the fight against Legion.

*Note I don’t have any of the relevant books here…*

Des is suited and booted with his Steam armour and gauntlets and sent into the field while Iselle takes in combat training.

Before long Des & Company meet the enemy and are forced into the defensive, holed up in a guard post, they wait for re-enforcements, Iselle & Warjacks from Armstone’s mining operation and a company of highshields attempt to get through to Des & co, etc.

blah blah

Troops display unsurpassed loyalty to this duo, as they are known for their heroics and un-abashed defence of Rhulic lives.

The idea behind these two is that Des can be taken on his own, as a half decent beatstick solo for Searforge, but he HAS to be taken in any army with Iselle as he will not let her fight alone.
To represent how much better he gets with Iselle her warjack points are only 5 (low for the Rhulic casters to date).

She is designed to be a Warjack caster with Resourceful and a couple of decent upkeeps for her battlegroup. The feat will need to speed them up in some way I fear however otherwise the Rhulic jacks will be not be able to weather their slow advance to the enemy!

*Feat I have not decided on yet.

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Iselle Armstone WJ - 5
Rhulic Mercenary Warcaster

Iselle
SPD 5
MAT 5
RAT 6
STR 5
DEF 13
ARM 17
CMD 9
FOC 6


14 Damage
Armstone Hand cannon *magic
Sword POW 3 P+S 9

ISELLE

RHULIC MERCENARY WARCASTER - This model can have only Rhulic mercenary warjacks in its battlegroup and can reactivate only friendly Rhulic mercenary warjacks.

RESOURCEFUL - This model can upkeep spells on models in its battlegroup without spending focus.

Spells

Banishing Ward 2 FOC UP-YES RNG 6
Enemy upkeep spells on target friendly model/unit expire. Affected models cannot be targeted by enemy spells or animi.

Stonefists 2FOC UP-NO RNG Self
Models in this model’s Battlegroup add +2 to their melee attack damage rolls.

Fortify 2FOC UP-YES RNG 6
Target warjack in this model’s battlegroup gains +2 ARM. The affected model and any friendly model B2B with it cannot be knocked down, pushed, or slammed.

Escort 2 FOC UP-YES RNG Self AoE Ctrl
Warjacks in this model’s battlegroup beginning their activations in its control area gain +2˝ movement. This model gains +2 ARM while one or more warjacks in its battlegroup are within 3˝ of it.

Jump Start 1 FOC UP-NO RNG Self AoE Ctrl
Models in this model’s battlegroup that are currently in its control area can immediately turn to face any direction. Affected models that are stationary or knocked down are no longer stationary and stand up. Models that were knocked down this turn are not affected by Jump Start.

FEAT

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Desden Armstone PC 3
Rhulic Character Solo

Desden
SPD 5
MAT 7
RAT 5
STR 7
DEF 12
ARM 19
CMD 8


8 Damage
Steamfist x2 POW: 4P+S: 11

DESDEN

FEARLESS
TOUGH

KILLING SPREE - When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a melee attack during its combat action, after that attack is resolved this model can move up to 1˝ and make one additional melee attack.

RETALIATORY STRIKE - When this model is hit by a melee attack made by an enemy model during your opponent’s turn, after the attack is resolved this model can immediately make one normal melee attack against that model. This model can make one Retaliatory Strike per turn.

COMPANION [ISELLE ARMSTONE] - This model is included in any army that includes Iselle Armstone. If Iselle is destroyed or removed from play, remove this model from play. This model is part of Iselle’s Battlegroup.

AFFINITY (ISELLE ARMSTONE]) - Deseden may spend focus on Iselle to boost attack or damage rolls and purchase additional attacks as long as he is within CMD range of Iselle.

CLIENT (ISELLE ARMSTONE) - While within 6˝ Desden gains +2 to attack and damage rolls and never flees. If this model’s client has Advance Deployment, this model gains Advance Deployment.

STEAMFISTS

COMBO STRIKE (êATTACK) - Make a melee attack. Instead of making a normal damage roll, the POW of the damage roll is equal to this model’s STR plus twice the POW of this weapon.

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