Herne & Jonne

Herne & Jonne Mercenary Rhulic Character Unit

This unique pair of Dwarf and Ogrun bring massive firepower to your army. Hire Herne Stoneground, the dwarven weapon inventor and his companion, Arquebus Jonne with his triple barrelled barrage arquebus and watch them lay waste to the enemy - at a very safe distance.

Basic Info

Special Order Model This model is no longer available through normal US distributors (as of 2018.04). Instead your local game store needs to order it through PP's Special Order Service. More info is available at PP Retailer Support As of 2019.09, PP have removed the SOS info from the Retailer Support website. International distributors can still access the entire catalog of models. See also the Official Press Release and/or Category: Special Order Model.

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• Mercenary - This unit will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, Khador, or Protectorate.

Abilities

• Herne
  • Officer - This model is the unit commander even if the unit has a Leader model.
  • Artillerist (★ Action) - Target friendly Faction model in CMD range gains +2 RAT on its next AOE ranged attack this turn. Also, it can reroll direction and/or distance if it does not directly hit.

• Jonne
  • Tough - When this model is disabled, roll a d6. On a 5 or 6, remove 1 damage point from this model; it is no longer disabled and becomes knocked down. While knocked down this model loses Tough.

Weapons

• Herne
  • Pistol - 8" range, POW 10 ranged attack.
  • Axe - 0.5" reach, P+S 9 melee attack.

• Jonne
  • Barage Arquebus - 12" range, 3" AOE, POW 14 ranged attack.
    • Scattershot (★ Attack) - To make this attack, Jonne & Herne must be in B2B. Make a basic ranged attack, determine the point of impact, then roll for two more 3" AOEs that scatter from there. Models in an AOE are hit and suffer POW 7 blast damage.
  • Great Axe - 1" reach, P+S 13 melee attack.

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • Hammer Strike. Herne gains Tough in this theme.
  • Operating Theater (Only if a Cephalyx Dominator is attached)
  • Soldiers of Fortune
  • The Irregulars

• Other Factions
  • Hearts of Darkness. This model/unit can only go in this theme if Crosse2 is leading the army. It becomes an Infernal model/unit in this theme.
  • As a mercenary model/unit, it can also be hired out to a bunch of other Faction's themes. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.

Thoughts on Herne & Jonne

Herne & Jonne in a Nutshell

Herne and Jonne are an anti-infantry unit with a bit of suppport tossed in in the form of Artillerist. In the right matchups, they are great, though such matchups are not common.

Combos & Synergies

• Durgen Madhammer for lots of blast fun
• Remember that Herne's Artillerist ability doesn't have to be used on Jonne - Herne works well with other sources of AoEs.
• Before the Siege Crawler and Horgenhold Artillery became prominent, General Ossrum often cast Fire For Effect on them.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• They're a special order model.
• Blasts don't kill much other than light infantry
• Because light infantry are so vulnerable to blasts, most people build lists with ways to allow their infantry to shrug them off either through Dig In, Iron Flesh, Recursion or Unhallowed.

Tricks & Tips

• Herne doesn't have to use Artillerist on Jonne.
• Firing at very short ranges can sometimes pay off. A POW 7 blast is unlikely to hurt either of them, but often will softer targets like Satyxis, Eyriss, or other stealthy models that might be lurking.
• Speculative shots can be well worth it as long as you have no light infantry likely to be hit; with the initial scatter and the extra blasts you have a good chance of something interesting happening.
• If there's a big target in the centre of the enemy lines you can aim for it and hope for useful scatters.
• All damage rolls are boosted for all three scatters if Ossrum casts Fire for Effect on this unit.

Other

Trivia

released in Warmachine: Prime (2003)

Other Theme Forces

{Protectorate of Menoth (Edit)

• Exemplar Interdiction
• Guardians of the Temple
• The Creator's Might
• The Faithful Masses

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

| Crucible Guard (Edit)

• Magnum Opus

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Officer      (Edit) Even if they're not on the Officer's card, an Officer can give (and benefit from) any non-standard orders that are on the unit's card (such as Shield Wall). Refer main rulebook. A Ranking Officer can't do this, though. When the Officer dies, the Leader model becomes the new Unit Commander (you don't get to choose). But if your unit doesn't include a Leader model, then you do get to choose any of the remaining models to be the new Unit Commander. You don't swap the model, but it may be worth putting a token down so you can tell that grunt apart.

Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Artillerist and/or Lucky Shot and/or Spotter     (Edit) This ability doesn't work on weapons with AOE (★) weapons (such as Old Witch2). (Infernal Ruling) Roll both direction and distance, then choose which (if any) you want to reroll, then reroll those. Don't do something like roll direction, then re-roll it, then roll distance, etc.

Rules Clarification : Scattershot      (Edit) All three AOEs can benefit from Artillerist and/or Fire For Effect. The additional shots deviate the full d6" regardless of the original range. (refer Tactical Tip) A model in more than one AOE will take a damage roll from each AOE. (refer Tactical Tip) You don't halve the POW 7 blast damage - it is already blast damage.