Flubbin

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Flubbin Mercenary, & Minion, Gobber Character Solo

Mark IV Status: Limbo - This model has not (yet) been updated with Mk IV rules, as of 2022.12. Privateer Press have promised it will get updated ... eventually. You can view the Mk3 models that have been updated on this page. Note that the rest of this page is about the model's Mark III rules.

The adorable Flubbin learned the art of explosives from her older brother when she was a baby. Unlike big brother, who prefers quantity over quality, Flubbin is all about style and sass. She has a bit of a competitive streak with Gubbin, and she’s always looking to outshine him in some friendly explosive-based sport. Flubbin takes to the Arena in her personal dirigible, which she flies over the heads of enemies to drop gravity bombs on their heads while cheering on both bomb and bomb recipient.

"Flubbin" redirects here, to Flubbin1. For Flubbin2 see Dreyfus & Flubbin, Storm Patrol.

Basic Info

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Riot Quest - Although this model has rules which allow it to be played in Warmachine and Hordes, it was primarily designed for the Riot Quest boardgame. RQ is set in an alternate and/or future timeline where the Infernals won the war. Some of the RQ models are slightly more goofy than their WMH equivalents.

Mercenary - This model will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, and Khador.

Minion - This model will work for Trollbloods.

Abilities

• Flight
• Gunfighter
• Flying High - Ranged attacks targeting this model with a RNG greater than 8" suffer –3 RNG, to a minimum of 8. Friendly models can advance through this model if they have enough movement to move completely past its base. This model loses Flying High if it loses Flight.
• Swift Hunter - When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a basic ranged attack, immediately after the attack is resolved it can advance up to 2".

Weapons

Gravity Bomb (x2)
		RNG			ROF			AOE			POW
		4			1			3			12
Carpet Bomb - After determining the point of impact, roll deviation for two additional 3" AOEs from that point. A model hit by one of the additional AOEs suffers a POW 6 blast damage roll. Sky-Dropped - Attacks with this weapon ignore cover. Models with Flight do not suffer blast damage from this attack.

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • The Irregulars

• Minion
  • The Blindwater Congregation
  • Vengeance of Dhunia
  • Will Work for Food

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Trollblood players can use this model in the Vengeance of Dhunia theme.
  • Furthermore, Minion models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.

Thoughts on Flubbin

Flubbin in a nutshell

Flubbin has a very specific role: lay waste to light infantry and be a cheap flag holder in Steamroller. Her pair of POW 12s are fine, but it’s really Swift Hunter and additional carpet bomb AOEs that define how she operates. Flubbin wants to float near a single-wound infantry unit around ARM 15 or lower or just make a ton of blast damage rolls to try to soften them up.

She is pretty squishy and low range, and her points cost reflects her low odds of success.

Combos & Synergies

• Durgen Madhammer, obviously. He is all about AOEs and Flubbin provides 6 of them a turn.
• General Ossrum - FFE can fully boost all of the AOEs o the first attack. But he has better targets to put it on...
• Rahera - rough seas and flying high stack reducing range by 6 inches
• She is one of the very few merc models outside of Strange Bedfellows whom Aurora2s buffs work on.
• Brigadier General Gunnbjorn- his feat turns her bombs into NOT halved blast damage, Flubbin may end up killing her self though due to the wording of Sky Dropped.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• 4" range is very low.
• Her armour is tinfoil.
• Countermeasure shuts her down completely.
• on the clock it takes a while to resolve what she does - plan accordingly.

Tricks & Tips

• Keep her behind your front lines, then float out and carpet bomb after lines have engaged.
• Even if you can’t target your intended model with bombs (due to submerge etc) just aim at something the range is so pitiful that deviation may play to your favour.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2020.05
• Flubbin and Gubbin are sister and brother, respectively, and Tubbin is their cousin.

Other Theme Forces

Crucible Guard (Edit)

• Magnum Opus

Cygnar (Edit)

• Gravediggers
• Heavy Metal
• Sons of the Tempest
• Storm Division

Khador (Edit)

• Armored Korps
• Jaws of the Wolf
• Legion of Steel
• Winter Guard Kommand

Trollbloods (Edit)

• Band of Heroes
• Kriel Company
• Power of Dhunia
• Storm of the North

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification:  : Flight      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

Flight doesn't ignore: Impassable terrain. Most hazards. The exception is they do ignore Acid Bath and Burning Earth as long as they don't land in them. Templates that stay in play and do damage to models moving through them (such as a Scather). Free strikes. Trampling with a flying model (Edit) Flight allows you to trample "over" medium- and larger-bases. Although you trample "over" them, you don't get to make a trample attack vs them and you don't ignore their free strikes. Refer the core rulebook. Unless, of course, you have an exception like Blade Rush. Flight on a Cavalry model (Edit) Although flyers can move over obstacles/models, and horses can pause to do impacts while charging, flying horses cannot make impact attacks while overlapping models/obstacles. You need to pause in a legal position. Charging through models (Edit) You can't charge all the way through your charge target, with the intention to turn around and face them once you're on the other side. Because you aren't able to satisfy the "must keep the charge target in melee range" clause at the point after you are through the model but before you turn to directly face. At that point the target is behind you, not in your front arc, and thus not in your melee range. Your melee range only extends to your front arc. Refer to the latest errata. You can still "skim" through the edge of their base, if you're careful and smart with your positioning.

Rules Clarification:  : Gunfighter      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

General You cannot Aim if you start your activation in melee. (Infernal Confirmation) A free strike with a ranged weapon still gets the +2 to hit and boosted damage (I'm pretty sure - I'd like to double check it though). If you have a Gunfighter stuck in melee and the Gunfighter wants to shoot a friendly model, then you can only do so if that friendly is within the Gunfighter's melee range. Also, if that friendly model is engaged by an enemy, that friendly model will always get the +4 DEF bonus (because the point of origin of the attack, the Gunfighter, is not "in melee" with the friendly model). Targeting Outside of melee If the Gunfighter isn't in melee, and didn't charge this turn, then it shoots just the same as a normal model. In melee, but didn't charge If it didn't charge, it can target anyone it's "in melee" with. This can be any model in the Gunfighter's melee range, plus any models that have the Gunfighter in their melee range. If a Gunfighter kills all the enemies it is in melee with, and still has the ability to make more ranged attacks, then those attacks just follow the normal Ranged Attack rules. (Infernal Ruling) Charged into melee If it did charge, its initial attacks can only target models that are in the Gunfighter's melee range. If all models in the Gunfighter's melee range are killed before it makes its initial attacks, it loses any unspent initial attacks. (Infernal Ruling) However if it can purchase additional attacks (via Reload for instance) and/or get free attacks (via Black Spot for instance), then those non-initial attacks can target anyone it's "in melee" with, as per #2 above. Other targeting notes Remember, you can never be "in melee" with a friendly model, so a Gunfighter can pretty much never choose to target a friend while it's in melee. If the gunfighter is unengaged, it can still shoot a friendly model, which would just be a normal ranged attack. Gunfighter doesn't change the RNG of your gun, it just provides you an ability to use it while in melee and imposes some targeting restrictions. If you're affected by a debuff that reduces your RNG to 1", that will further limit who you can target. If you're affected by a debuff that reduces your RNG to 0", you cannot make attacks (refer 'Weapon Statistics', page 19 of rulebook). Attack Roll You use the Gunfighter's RAT for the attack roll. Gunfighters do not ignore the Cover/Concealment bonus. (Infernal Ruling) How the +4 DEF bonus for "being in melee" works with Gunfighters is: they always ignore it vs enemies, because the "point of origin of the attack is in melee with the target". they never ignore it vs friendlies, because you cannot be in melee with a friendly target. Incorporeal Gunfighters Note that enemy models without magic weapons can't hurt you in melee, but they can engage you. If they engage you then you're in melee and your target selection is limited to just models in melee (as explained above). Gunfighter + an AOE weapon If you miss then the AOE will deviate as per the normal AOE rules. Not very far, though, considering the max distance you'll be apart is 2". If you use an AOE weapon to make a free strike, you get the +2 to hit and you get boosted damage against everything under the blast template. Gunfighter + a spray weapon Who you can target with the spray is limited as described above, but you get to put the whole spray template down and potentially hit models well outside the melee. If you use a spray weapon to make a free strike, you get the +2 to hit and you get boosted damage against everything under the spray template. Units of Gunfighters If a unit of Gunfighters successfully charge, but someone else in their unit kills their charge target before they get a turn to attack, then they may redirect their attack. Redirected attack: If they're still engaged, their initial attack (s) must be vs someone in their melee range. If they're still engaged, but no one is in their own melee range, they don't get any initial attacks. If they're unengaged, they are now free to shoot anyone within the gun's normal range. Other interactions Gunfighter vs Point Blank (Edit) If a model has both Gunfighter and Point Blank, then you should declare whether you're using it as a ranged attack or melee attack whenever you shoot the gun. Because that can limit what other initial/additional attacks you can make. (Infernal Ruling) These two abilities are subtly different, but it's an important difference. Gunfighter allows you to make ranged attacks while in melee. Point blank allows you to make melee attacks with your ranged weapon. Since you can't make both ranged and melee attacks in the same turn, a Gunfighter model has a choice of either initial melee attack(s) or initial ranged attack(s). (unless it has Virtuoso or something). Whereas a Point Blank model chooses to make initial melee attacks, and then gets to make attacks with both weapons. Furthermore, the types of bonuses, penalties, and special effects you (or your opponent) can trigger will change dramatically: Any buffs/triggers on ranged attacks (such as Evasive, Shield Guard, Deadeye, etc) will affect Gunfighter attacks, but not Point Blank attacks. Any buffs/triggers on melee attacks (such as Battle Lust, Riposte etc) will affect Point Blank attacks, but not Gunfighter attacks. Gunfighter & Cavalry ( Edit ) A cavalry model that charges then makes a Gunfighter attack will not gain a boosted charge attack roll, because a ranged attack is not a charge attack. (Infernal Ruling) You also won't gain a boosted charge damage roll, as per normal for a Gunfighter. Gunfighter vs RNG modifiers (Edit) Unlike what most people might tell you, Gunfighter doesn't have a "range", it just lets the model make ranged attacks while in melee. The gun's actual RNG is unaffected though, until you put something like Windstorm (-5 RNG) on it. Then what happens is: If the gun is RNG 7, Windstorm will reduce it to 2". Thus it won't affect any Gunfighter attacks. If the gun is RNG 6, Windstorm will reduce it to 1". Thus you can only make Gunfighter attacks vs models within 1" (if you can - charging Gunfighters may be more limited). If the gun is RNG 5, Windstorm will reduce it to 0". Thus you can't make any attacks as per 'Weapon Statistics' (page 19 of the core rulebook). (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Flying High - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Swift Hunter and/or Overtake     (Edit) The free move must be resolved before other abilities that involve attacks (such as Quick Work or Berserk). Refer Step 12 vs 14 in Appendix A. This ability does not trigger off special attacks, only basic ones. An important difference: Swift Hunter can be triggered by any attack, including out-of-activation attacks. Overtake only works on attacks during your Combat Action. Even stuff like Impact Attacks won't trigger it. If you make a free strike during your Combat Action (for instance the enemy used a special rule to move during your Combat Action) you can trigger Overtake on that free strike. It still counts as being during your Combat Action. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Carpet Bomb      (Edit) Additional AOE (Edit) The special rule states what the blast damage POW is - you don't need to halve it a second time. If the deviation distance is short and the AOEs end up overlapping a model, that model will take a damage roll for each AOE it's in. The distance of the second deviation is a d6 roll, unless the rule on the card specifies otherwise (Infernal Ruling). If you have an ability to reroll deviation (such as Artillerist) then you can reroll each additional AOE independent of the others. If the deviation direction of the additional AOEs is limited (such as Bounce) then the direction of the reroll is limited too. (Infernal Ruling) The additional AOEs are treated as if they "came from the weapon" exactly the same as the first AOE. If the weapon has Damage Type: Magical, then the additional AOEs will do magical damage too. (Infernal Ruling) If the weapon has a bonus to damage rolls (such as Bring It Down or Fire for Effect) then the additional AOEs will too. (Infernal Ruling) If the weapon has something which modifies its blast damage (such as Full Force or High-Explosive), then that modifier will apply to the additional AOE blast damage too. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Sky-Dropped      (Edit) If you lose Flight (via Turbulence for example) then you can damage yourself with this weapon.