Trollkin Sorcerer

Trollkin Sorcerer Trollblood Weapon Attachment

Unlimited Only This model can only be used in the Unlimited game mode. You can see the other models with / without mk4 rules on this page. Note that the rest of this page is about the model's Mark III rules.

The sorcerers of the trollkin are not timid lore masters but determined and lethal combatants. Typically born with the white skin and red eyes of albinos, making them easily recognized as trollkin sorcerers at birth, they often command powers associated with elements prevalent in the region of their birth. Thus, many originating from the north command the cold winds of winter as a powerful weapon that can be used to attack or defend.

Basic Info

Trollkin Sorcerer
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• Attachment [ Trollkin ] - This model can be added to a medium-based Trollkin unit.
• Attachment Deployment - If this model is attached to a unit with Advance Deployment, it gains Advance Deployment. If it is attached to a unit with Ambush, it gains Ambush.

Abilities

• Tough
• Combat Caster - When this model's unit receives the Press Forward order, before its Normal Movement, this model can make one Magical Ability special action or special attack. This model can then run or charge normally.
• Magic Ability [ 6 ] - 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.

Weapons

• Rune Axe - 1" reach, P+S 10 melee weapon
  • Damage Type: Magical

Spells

	COST	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF
Disbinding	(★ Action)	-	Unit	-	-	No
Enemy upkeep spells and animi on this model and its unit immediately expire.
Razor Wind	(★ Attack)	10	-	12	-	Yes
This spell has zero special effects.
Rituals of Power	(★ Action)	-	Unit	-	Round	No
While this model is in formation, the weapons of models in its unit gain Damage Type: Magical. Rituals of Power lasts for one round.

Theme Forces

Since it can be attached to any unit, it can be in every theme (as of 2019.07):

• Band of Heroes. In this theme he gains "Optional Take Down".
• Kriel Company. In this theme he can ignore friendly warrior models for LOS.
• Power of Dhunia
• Storm of the North. In this theme he becomes a Northkin model and gains Immunity: Cold.

Thoughts on Trollkin Sorcerer

Trollkin Sorcerer in a nutshell

The Sorcerer(s) is a utility weapon attachment that works really decently well with a number units and is superfluous on others.

It clears the unit of upkeeps with Disbinding, grants magic weapons to his entire unit so they can smite incorporeal models like the feared Wraith Engine or annoying Gremlin Swarm, additionaly it serves as a simple extra body in units that rely on their body count.

The sorcerer also gains any benefits granted by Tactics or Granted unit leaders or Fell Calls.

Weapon Attachment

You can't attach a Sorcerer to the following units:

• Any of the Pygmy units.
• Northkin Bear Handler & Battle Bears (the Bears are large-based)
• Northkin Fire Eaters (one of the Grunts is a Pyg)
• Trollkin Long Riders (large-based)
• Any of the weapon crew units (the guns are large-based)
• Any of the warlock units (1) because every warlock unit, at the time of writing (2019.07), has a small-based Pygmy and 2) their rules are written in a way that disallows attachments)
• Dannon Blythe & Bull - Dannon is small based.

Combos & Synergies

• Because of the wording on Granted and Tactics the Sorcerer is best taken with units already running a CA
  • With the Fennblades and CA he gets Reposition, Cleave and benefits from no quarter and vengeance.
  • With Skaldi he becomes Northkin, gains immunity cold, Practiced Maneuvers and overtake.
  • With Kriel Warriors he gets Rise and Reposition
• Trollkin Champions are probably the unit that can make use of one or more sorcerers. First an foremost they can spread damage around with Sanguine Bond, and the sorcerer(s) add his ARM and boxes to the pool of the unit. Secondly they have a CA that grants them several minor effects. Finally, giving POW 12 weapon masters with 2 initails per model that can recieve Kriel Stone buffs magical weapons lets them deal with Wraith Engines superbly.
• If attached to Fell Caller units such as the Sons of Bragg or Boomhowler's the Sorcerer will benefit from the Fell Calls, which can be cute on the Sons as magical weapon masters and sprays can deal with more dodgy and/or harder Incorporeal models.
• The sorcerer can cast razor wind before running to engage. This can be a useful way to set up gang for Trollkin Scouts or position for defensive line on champions.
• Attaching a sorcerer to a Krielstone lets it store an extra fury. Paying 9 pts to get 3" extra on the aura isn't exactly worthwhile, but if you need to shave 1 point off a list that contains a max stone+elder, dropping down to min stone+elder+sorcerer only loses 1" of aura.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He can only disbind on your turn, so if the opponent can just put a debuffon your unit and wreck it in one turn (e.g. Parasite), he doesn't help.
• Even with Combat Caster, you can't use Disbind before issuing/receiving an order. So he can't get rid of Rebuke until it's already hampered the unit.
• If your meta doesn't see much Grymkin, Cryx or Protectorate, you might not need magic weapons all that much.

Tricks & Tips

• Remember you can attach 3 sorcerers to a unit (if you care to shell out the points, and the cash). There are some cheeky things that that enables, like extra durability on Champions or extra aura range on the Krielstone.

Other

Trivia

Released in Hordes: Gargantuans (2013)

Other Trollblood models

Trollbloods Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup & Similar
Warlocks	Borka1 - Borka2 - Calandra - Gunnbjorn1 - Gunnbjorn2 - Grim1 - Grim2 - Grissel1 - Grissel2 - Doomshaper1 - Doomshaper2 - Doomshaper3 - Horgle2 - Jarl - Kolgrima - Madrak1 - Madrak2 - Madrak3 - Ragnor
Warlock Attachment	Trollkin Runebearer	Lesser Warlocks	Horgle1 - Madrak0
Light warbeasts	Ice Troll - Night Troll - Pyre Troll - Slag Troll - Storm Troll - Swamp Troll - Troll Axer - Troll Basher - Troll Bouncer - Troll Impaler - Winter Troll
Heavy warbeasts	Dire Troll Blitzer - Dire Troll Bomber - Dire Troll Brawler - Dire Troll Mauler - Dozer & Smigg - Earthborn Dire Troll - Mulg the Ancient - Rök
Gargantuan	Glacier King - Mountain King - Sea King
Units, Solos, & Battle Engines
Units	Dannon Blythe & Bull - Boomhowler1 - Dhunian Knot - Kriel Warriors - Stone Bearer - NK Bears - NK Fire Eaters - NK Raiders - Pummeler Crew - Pyg Burrowers - Pyg Bushwhackers - Pyg Lookouts - Sons of Bragg - Scattergunners - Thumper Crew - T Champions - T Fennblades - T Highwaymen - T Long Riders - T Runeshapers - T Scouts - T Sluggers - Warders Special WA: Trollkin Sorcerer
Solos	Boomhowler2 - Boomhowler3 - Braylen Wanderheart, Trollkin Outlaw - Bumbles - Dhunian Archon - Fell Caller Hero - Fennblade Kithkar - General 'Thunderstone' Brug - Horgle1 - Horthol, Long Rider Hero - Janissa Stonetide - Ledfoot & Tredz - Madrak0 - Northkin Shaman - Pyg Tank - Stone Scribe Chronicler - Troll Whelps - Trollkin Champion Hero - Trollkin Skinner Valka Curseborn, Chieftain of the North
Battle Engines	Hearthgut Hooch Hauler - War Wagon
Theme Forces
Band of Heroes - Kriel Company - Power of Dhunia - Storm of the North - Vengeance of Dhunia
Minions that work for the Trollblooods
Refer to Who Works for Whom and/or Category: Trollblood Minion
This index was last updated: 2021.10

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Trollkin Attachment If a unit has a mix of base sizes (such as Dannon Blythe and Bull), then it is not a medium-sized base unit and the Sorcerer can't be attached to it. (Infernal Rulings) It could hypothetically be attached to a warlock unit, but so far each warlock unit contain Pyg models so don't count as a Trollkin unit.

Rules Clarification:  : Magical Damage      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

* The "Damage Type: Magical" is not inherited by "secondary" damage from a weapon. That is, stuff like arcs (Electro Leap) or hazards (Scather). (Infernal Ruling) All spells have "Damage Type: Magical" (refer errata). This is inherited by "immediate" secondary damage (such as Eruption of Spines). (Infernal Ruling) and might be inherited by "lingering" secondary damage (see below). If a spell leaves a template in play that does damage to models that walk around in it, then: if it is not described as a hazard it will do magical damage to models that walk around in it. (Example: Razor Wall) if it is a hazard then it will not do magical damage to models that walk around in it. Instead, it does whatever damage type is specified by the spell description. (Example: Breath of Corruption). (Infernal Ruling) If a weapon/spell includes Magic Damage and another kind of elemental damage it will still damage Incorporeal models. Incorporeal models are not affected by the rule "if an attack does multiple types of damage and a model is immune to at least one it is immune to the entire attack." The phrase "immune to non-magical damage" should be interpreted as "immune to damage that doesn't include Damage Type: Magical" (not interpreted as "has immunity to Corrosion and Electricity and Cold and etc.")

Rules Clarification : Attachment      (Edit) You cannot field this model "just by itself". Adding an Attachment doesn't change the unit type for targeting purposes. For instance, if you add a Soulless Escort to a Houseguard unit, it is still a Houseguard unit and can still be targeted by stuff that only works on "Target Houseguard unit" (like the Houseguard Thane's abilities). (Infernal Ruling) If you can add an Attachment to multiple unit types (such as the Soulless Escort, Trollkin Sorcerer, or Ranking Officer) then there's a few weird interactions: The Attachment will benefit from any Granted abilities, and any Orders given. If the unit gets a benefit from a theme force, the Attachment will too. (Infernal Ruling) For example, a Trollkin Sorcerer will gain Serenity if its attached to a Dhunian Knot unit in a Power of Dhunia theme force. The Attachment can benefit from and/or trigger any "models in this unit..." style abilities that aren't actually on its card, but only if at least one model with that rule is still in play. Depending on the wording of the rule, the attachment may have restricted benefits. Example 1 "If a model in this unit is ... each model in the unit can ..." : an Attachment can benefit from a Vengeance move and attack. Or, conversely, its unit can get Vengeance if the attachment is killed. But if everyone except the Attachment is killed, the Attachment won't benefit from Vengeance. Example 2 "This model can ... to other models in its unit" : an Attachment can have damage assigned to it via Sanguine Bond, but if it takes damage it can't share it to the main unit.

Rules Clarification : Attachment Deployment - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Combat Caster      (Edit) The unit has to receive the order before you can trigger Combat Caster, so you cannot use it if you are suffering from "cannot give/receive orders" (such as Rebuke) or a "the order does not take effect" (such as the Pandemonium Arcana). You can still move and cast a spell normally, though. Special Mention: The Trollkin Sorcerer & Sevryn can't trigger Combat Caster while suffering Rebuke (even though one of his spells would make Rebuke expire).

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 initial ranged or initial melee attacks on the same turn you use a MA. You cannot buy additional melee/ranged attacks after using a MA special attack. Refer to the core rulebook, "Special attacks listed as a rule of the model itself are neither melee attacks nor ranged attacks. The rules for these special attacks indicate the nature of any additional attacks that can be made afterward, if any." 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 without using their Combat Action. These models get around all the restrictions listed above. Models with Geomancy or Necromancy can use a Magic Ability at "any time" just like a warcaster/warlock. Models with Battle Wizard or Necrophage can make melee attacks then get a bonus "free" spell. Models with Combat Caster can cast a spell before charging, then do a normal charge + melee attack. Note that Battle Wizards, Combat Casters, etc have the option to use their Combat Action to cast a spell. Their special rule is in addition to the normal spell casting, not instead of.

Rules Clarification : Disbinding - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Razor Wind      (Edit) The text description has no in-game effect. It's just for flavour.

Rules Clarification : Rituals of Power      (Edit) Rules Clarification:  : Magical Damage      (Edit) (Click Expand to read) * The "Damage Type: Magical" is not inherited by "secondary" damage from a weapon. That is, stuff like arcs (Electro Leap) or hazards (Scather). (Infernal Ruling) All spells have "Damage Type: Magical" (refer errata). This is inherited by "immediate" secondary damage (such as Eruption of Spines). (Infernal Ruling) and might be inherited by "lingering" secondary damage (see below). If a spell leaves a template in play that does damage to models that walk around in it, then: if it is not described as a hazard it will do magical damage to models that walk around in it. (Example: Razor Wall) if it is a hazard then it will not do magical damage to models that walk around in it. Instead, it does whatever damage type is specified by the spell description. (Example: Breath of Corruption). (Infernal Ruling) If a weapon/spell includes Magic Damage and another kind of elemental damage it will still damage Incorporeal models. Incorporeal models are not affected by the rule "if an attack does multiple types of damage and a model is immune to at least one it is immune to the entire attack." The phrase "immune to non-magical damage" should be interpreted as "immune to damage that doesn't include Damage Type: Magical" (not interpreted as "has immunity to Corrosion and Electricity and Cold and etc.")