Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron
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Boil Master & Spirit Cauldron |
The boil master is terrifying to look upon as he stirs his spirit cauldron, a large cast-iron pot full of a bubbling, sickly soup of melted fat, body parts, and blood. The boil master feeds this cauldron a steady supply of dead and dying meat in order to coax forth the feral spirits of decay and death, happily chopping up any who draw near lured by the fragrant smell of the stew.
Basic Info
- Minion - This unit will work for Circle, Legion, Skorne, or Trollbloods
Spirit Cauldron
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Abilities
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Construct
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Officer
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Pathfinder
- Assisted - The Cauldron is not a warrior model. It can advance only during its unit’s Normal Movement. When it advances, it can move up to 5˝ if the Boil Master is within 2˝ of it at the beginning of this unit’s activation. This model is automatically hit by melee attacks. It cannot become stationary or knocked down and never suffers Blind.
- Bring Out Your Dead! - When an enemy living or undead model is destroyed while in this model's CMD range, this model gains the destroyed model's corpse token. When a friendly living model is destroyed by a continuous effect/enemy attack/collateral damage from an enemy attack while in this model's CMD range, this model gains the destroyed model's corpse token. This model can have up to five corpse tokens at any time.
- The Feeding - During its activation, the Cauldron can spend corpse tokens to boost an attack or damage roll for each token it spends.
- Magic Ability [ 7 ] - This model can cast spells. Normally this uses up the model's Combat Action and as such is limited to one spell per activation, but exceptions do exist.
- Special Delivery - Once per turn at any time during its activation, this model can remove any number of corpse tokens and place them on a friendly model with the ability to gain corpse tokens that is within 5˝ of it.
Weapons
- Unarmed - This model has no weapons.
Spells
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Puppet Master
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(★ Action) or (★ Attack) | 10 | - | - | Round | (★) | |
When Puppet Master targets an enemy model/unit, it is a magic attack. You can have one affected model reroll one attack or damage roll, then it expires. Puppet Master lasts for one round. | |||||||
Seasoning the Sauce
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(★ Action) | - | - | - | - | - | |
The Cauldron gives itself d3 corpse tokens. | |||||||
Spectral Lash
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(★ Attack) | 10 | - | - | 12 | - | |
When an enemy model is hit by this attack, it can be pushed d6˝ directly towards the Cauldron. |
Boilmaster
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Abilities
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Amphibious
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Tough
- Gatorman - the Boilmaster is a Gatorman. The Cauldron is not, and the unit is not a Gatorman unit.
Weapons
- Meat Cleaver - 1" reach, P+S 12 melee weapon
Theme Forces
Minions
Non-Minion themes
This unit may be used in the following theme forces without using their single minion unit option:
- Disciples of Agony (Skorne)
- Oracles of Annihilation (Legion) In this theme, this Minion becomes a Blighted model. Also, enemy models that end their activation within 2" of this model suffer continuous corrosion.
- Secret Masters (Circle)
As a minion unit, they can also be taken in a bunch of other Faction's themes as their single allowed minion unit. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.
Thoughts on the Croc Pot
Croc Pot nutshell
A support unit for models who use corpses (like Barnabas, Lord of Blood or Gatorman Bokor & Bog Trog Swamp Shamblers). He also can be used as an expensive but reliable spot removal tool, with his boosted hand cannon that can push people toward him ; boosting to hit with base magic 7 mean he often have >50% odds of killing an engaged infantry model. And d6" of extra threat range is really nice utility.
Combos & Synergies
- The Boil Master is one of the free options for The Blindwater Congregation
- Barnabas, Lord of Blood wants one to keep him stocked with corpses.
- The Sacral Vault and the Spirit Cauldron between them work on a waste-not, want-not principle as one gets the corpses the other the souls.
- The Gatorman Bokor & Bog Trog Swamp Shamblers likes extra corpses.
- Midas collects corpse tokens.
- Basically, every reference that need corpses tokens.
- Puppet Master isn't bad either if you're getting it for free.
Drawbacks & Downsides
- Shoot the Gator and the Cauldron can't move. This can severely limit the unit's effectiveness, especially with a caster like Barnabas, Lord of Blood who wants to move up the table.
- Or just shoot the cauldron - it's large based with a very low DEF but can admittedly take a pounding.
- While the pot is alive they are not a warrior unit, and as such do not score circular zones in Steamroller scenarios. If the cauldron dies, however, the boil master can score a zone. Unfortunately, that's all he's good for once his stew is gone.
Tricks & Tips
- All three abilities are good - use whichever is appropriate.
- Remember, it's the Cauldron that is the model doing all the work, including being the Officer. For stuff like Spell Vortex, be careful where you put the Cauldron.
- The Cauldron has Pathfinder. The Boil Master, however, does not.
Other
Trivia
- Released in Blindwater CID (2017.09)
- Ha! The "Master" is not the Officer!
- Nickname: Croc pot
Other Theme Forces
Circle Orboros (Edit)
- Secret Masters. This theme doesn't have a limit on how many Minion units you can take.
- The Bones of Orboros
- The Devourer's Host
- The Wild Hunt
Legion of Everblight (Edit)
- Ravens of War
- Children of the Dragon
- Oracles of Annihilation. In this theme (1) There is no limit on the number of Minion units you can take, (2) Minions become Blighted models, and (3) enemy models that end their activation within 2" of a Blighted model in this theme suffer continuous corrosion.
- Primal Terrors
Skorne (Edit)
- Disciples of Agony. There is no limit to the number of Minion units you can take in this theme.
- The Exalted
- Masters of War
- Winds of Death
| Trollbloods (Edit)
Other Minion models
Rules Clarifications
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Rules Clarification : Pot unit
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Rules Clarification : Unarmed (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Construct - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Officer (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Assisted - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Bring Out Your Dead! (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : The Feeding - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Magic Ability (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Puppet Master (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Seasoning the Sauce - None yet. (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Spectral Lash (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Special Delivery (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Amphibious - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)
- Minion
- Unit
- Model
- Circle Orboros Minion
- Legion of Everblight Minion
- Skorne Minion
- Trollblood Minion
- Construct
- Officer
- Pathfinder
- Assisted
- Bring Out Your Dead!
- Corpse Taker
- The Feeding
- Magic Ability
- Special Delivery
- Unarmed
- Puppet Master
- Seasoning the Sauce
- Spectral Lash
- Amphibious
- Tough
- Gatorman
- The Blindwater Congregation
- Will Work for Food
- Disciples of Agony
- Oracles of Annihilation
- Secret Masters
- The Bones of Orboros
- The Devourer's Host
- The Wild Hunt
- Ravens of War
- Children of the Dragon
- Primal Terrors
- The Exalted
- Masters of War
- Winds of Death
- Band of Heroes
- Kriel Company
- Power of Dhunia
- Storm of the North