Thamarite Advocate

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Thamarite Advocate Mercenary, & Minion, Thamarite Solo

The Thamarite Advocates are peerless masters of the forbidden arts who have dedicated themselves to the destruction of the infernals and the protection of humanity.

Basic Info

Thamarite Advocate
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• Mercenary - Thamarite Advocates will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, or Khador.
• Minion - Thamarite Advocates will work for Circle.

Abilities

• Blessed of Thamar - When this model is destroyed by an enemy attack, each Infernal model in its command range loses 1 essence point.
• 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.
• Reposition [3"] - At the end of an activation in which it did not run or fail a charge, this model can advance up to 3", then its activation ends.
• Sucker! - If this model is directly hit by an enemy ranged attack, choose a friendly non-incorporeal warrior model within 3" of it to be directly hit instead. That model is automatically hit and suffers all damage and effects.

Weapons

• Unarmed - This model has no weapons.

Spells

	COST	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF
Barring the Gates	(★ Action)	-	CMD	-	Round	No
When a model in this model's command range casts a spell, increase the COST of the spell by 1. Additionally, when an Infernal model in this model's command range summons a horror, the Infernal must spend 1 additional essence point to summon the horror. Barring the Gates lasts for one round.
Fell Curse	(★ Action)	-	(★)	-	Round	No
While within 5˝ of this model, enemy models lose Tough and cannot have damage removed from them. Fell Curse lasts for one round.
Hex Bolt	(★ Attack)	6	-	13	Round	Yes
A model hit by this spell cannot make special actions, special attacks, or power attacks for one round

Theme Forces

• Mercenary, Khador, or Cygnar
  • Flame in the Darkness. Her Faction will change to match whatever warcaster is leading the army.

• Pure Mercenary
  • Other than Flames, there are no Mercenary themes she can go in.

• Minions
  • Will Work for Food

• Other Factions
  • As a Mercenary/Minion, she can also be hired in a bunch of other Faction's theme forces. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.
  • Hearts of Darkness (Infernals). She can only go in this theme if Crosse2 is leading the army. She becomes an Infernal model in this theme.

Thoughts on Thamarite Advocate

New model - This article is a Work In Progress This model has only recently been released, and the content in the "Thoughts On" section is based more on theory-machine than actual gameplay experience. Please don't delete this warning unless you (1) have played several games with the final rules (games with CID rules don't count) and (2) you've reviewed this article and it mostly(★) matches your experiences. (★) Bearing in mind that other editors may make suggestions you don't think are the "best" but that doesn't make them "wrong". Don't delete stuff just because you disagree with it, please. See also Category: Recent Release and Category: Recent Change.

Thamarite Advocate in a nutshell

The Thamarite Advocate should be a cheap, accessible wizard option with some useful spellslinging. At only three points, the Advocate should find ways to slip into a variety of lists who are looking for a cheap, useful magic piece that brings some decent damage with Hex Bolt, or useful tools like Barrings the Gates, essentially a Lamentation-style effect. Reposition lets them get in-and-out pretty painlessly, and Sucker keeps them alive when the going gets tough.

Combos & Synergies

• Flame in the Darkness - this theme lets you take two as a single requisition option. It also gives units Vengeance as per its theme benefit, so you can Sucker! into unit members to get an extra 3" of threat range on them.
• Thamarite Archon - if you miss you can reroll.
• Zerkova2 lets her run and cast Hex Bolt for some much needed extra threat range. Or walk and cast twice.
• Constance or Stryker2 both have threat extention in either Crusader's Call or their feat, respectively.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Little defensive tech makes for a squishy model
• Low threat range puts them on the front lines

Tricks & Tips

• Barring the Gates increases the COST of friendly spells, too. Don't screw up your order of operations.

Other

Trivia

Released 2020.01

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

Circle Orboros (Edit)

• Secret Masters. This theme doesn't have a limit on how many Minion solos you can take. Also, you can spend Requistion Points on Minion solos.
• The Bones of Orboros
• The Devourer's Host
• The Wild Hunt

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Blessed of Thamar - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Magic Ability      (Edit) Using a Magic Ability counts as a spell, for effects such as Spell Ward, Witch Hunter, etc. Combat Action Nearly all Magic Ability spells require the spellcaster to use their Combat Action to cast the spell. As such it is not an "at any time" ability (like it is when warcasters/warlocks cast spells). This means ... You must complete your movement before you use a MA. A model in a unit cannot use its Combat Action to cast a spell until all members of the unit have completed their movement. (Infernal Ruling) You cannot make ranged or melee attacks on the same turn you use a MA. You cannot use a MA on the same turn you charge. Because a charge must (almost always) be followed by a melee attack. Non-Combat Action There are a few models that can use a Magic Ability at any time (eg Geomancy and Necromancy), or can cast a spell "for free" under specific conditions that would otherwise require their Combat Action (eg Battle Wizard and Combat Caster). These models get around all the restrictions listed above.

Rules Clarification : Reposition      (Edit) Models out of formation cannot move via Reposition. Refer to the "Out of Formation" rules in the core rulebook. You cannot trigger abilities that occur "at the end of activation" (such as Sprint) after resolving Reposition, because your activation has ended. (Infernal Ruling) See also this article for a detailed explanation. You cannot trigger abilities that occur "at any time" (such as Go To Ground) during a Reposition. Because you can't trigger it while moving, and after moving your activation has ended. (Infernal Ruling) This holds true even if it's a unit with multiple Reposition moves. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification:  : Sacrificial Pawn and/or Sucker! and/or Grim Salvation     (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

Differences Sacrificial Pawn is optional. Grim Salvation and Sucker are not optional. Grim Salvation only works vs basic attacks, not special attacks, power attacks, chain attacks. Spells are not basic attacks, because they are not "made with a weapon". (Infernal Ruling) CRA and CMA are basic attacks. (Infernal Ruling) If a Special Attack generates an additional attack (such as Multi-Fire), the second attack will be basic and as such can have Grim Salvation used vs it. (Infernal Ruling) Sacrificial Pawn & Sucker! don't work against melee attacks. None of them work vs magic attacks (spells). All of them work against Magical Ranged attacks, though. The model the attack is transferred to is always hit, even if they have an ability that makes them automatically get missed (such as Stealth). Automatically missing is determined earlier in the timing sequence than when the attack is moved. (Infernal Ruling) From here down, the terms Sacrificial Pawn, Grim Salvation, and Sucker! are interchangeable Using Sac Pawn moves all damage and effects onto the other model. Including stuff that triggers "on hit" (such as Blind) (even though the Pawn kinda wasn't "hit"). (Infernal Ruling) Because the other model counts as the one "hit", it can break a Chain Attack. (Infernal Ruling) The new model hit may use any abilities that trigger on being hit/damaged by an enemy attack (such as Vengeance and Shock Field). Sprays and AOEs With reference to the timing chart in Appendix A: placing a spray template down occurs at Step 3. Using Sacrificial Pawn occurs at step 6. Placing an AOE template down occurs at step 7. Therefore if you use Sac Pawn vs a spray, the placement of the spray template does not change. If you use Sac Pawn vs an AOE, the placement of the AOE template does change. A model indirectly hit by an AOE attack cannot use Sac Pawn vs it. Since a spray template doesn't move, it may cause the Pawn to be hit twice by the same spray. So you then resolve two damage rolls against it. When/if you shift an AOE template, the original target may be clipped by the edge of the AOE anyway (depending on how far apart the original target and Pawn are). Sacrificial Pawn multiple times If a model with the Sacrificial Pawn ability passes it to another model that also has Sacrificial Pawn ability, that second model may pass it along to a third model. Models can only use Sac Pawn once each, you cannot set up an infinite loop! Quick Draw vs Sacrificial Pawn (Edit) If enemy "Model A" shoots you, and then you use Quick Draw against "Model A", but they use Sac Pawn to move your Quick Draw attack to "Model B" then ... Quick Draw has no effect (or rather, it affects "Model B" who isn't currently shooting you so is irrelevant). Point is, "Model A" can continue shooting you. This won't happen with Shield Guard though (outside of a very low-probability scenario) because Shield Guard can only be triggered during an enemy turn.

Rules Clarification : Unarmed      (Edit) Since this model has no weapons it does not have a melee range. This means it can't engage other models, declare charges, or make free strikes Also it can't gain abilities that require a melee range (such as Ragman granting this model Dark Shroud). However, other models that do have melee weapons can engage this model. So this model can still gain the "target in melee" shooting bonus.

Rules Clarification : Barring the Gates      (Edit) Barring the Gate increases the cost of all spells, including friendly. Many abilities let you cast "a spell with COST 3 or less" for free (Geomancy, Spell Slave, Blood Boon, etc). Barring the Gate doesn't affect what spells can/can't be cast by those abilities. (Infernal Confirmation) When combined with other abilities that change COST (such as Lamentation) use normal maths: double/halve first, then add/subtract. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Fell Curse - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Hex Bolt - None yet. (Edit)