Widget, Tinker Extraordinaire

Widget, Tinker Extraordinaire Mercenary Character Solo

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.

This wiz with a wrench has a place on your bench! As good at fixing things as she is at breaking them—you can see the advantage to that—Widget will leave your opponent asking where this angel got her wings. (Answer: She crafted them out of the sorry scraps of the last scavenger to get in her way.)

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 Convergence, Crucible Guard, Cygnar, Khador, and the Protectorate.

Abilities

• Flight
• Ancillary Attack (★ Action) - RNG 3. Target friendly Faction warjack. If the warjack is in range, it immediately makes one basic melee or ranged attack. A warjack can be targeted by an Ancillary Attack special action only once per turn.
• 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.
• 'Jack Hunter - This model gains an additional die on its melee and ranged damage rolls against warjacks.
• Mechanikally Adept - This model can target non-Faction models with Repair special actions.
• Repair [d3+2] (★ Action) - RNG B2B. Target friendly Faction construct model. If the model is in range, remove d3+2 damage points from it.
• 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.

Weapons

• Force Wrench - 2" reach, POW 6, P+S 11 melee attack
  • Damage Type: Magical
  • Critical Knockdown - On a critical hit, the model hit becomes knocked down.

Theme Forces

• Mercenary
  • Strange Bedfellows. She gains Swift Vengeance in this theme.
  • The Irregulars

• Other Factions
  • Convergence players can use this model in the Strange Bedfellows theme. She gains Swift Vengeance in this theme.
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Furthermore, Mercenary 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 Widget

Widget in a nutshell

Widget is the game's speediest mechanic who also brings Ancillary Attack, which, unlike the Powder Monkey, will work on any Mercenary Warjack. She's also a weapon master against warjacks in a pinch with a magic weapon. Finally, Flying High means if she camps a flag, she's hard to shoot off it. You could find worse uses for 3 points in any faction she works for. She is Mechanically adept so she can repair non faction jacks, you lose out on Ancilliary Attack but she is such a great flag camper that you will rarely regret spending 3 points on her. In mercs, she only runs in Irregulars, so you can think of her as an extra attack for a flanking marshalled warjack.

Combos & Synergies

In Mercenaries

• Galleon and Blockader are the best targets for Ancillary.
• The Swabber is an excellent choice on a budget, as it lets you get in an extra cannon before the drag, an extra melee after the drag, or a second drag if you have placed an intervening model in the right spot.
  • The Swabber can protect her with blast immunity, no knockdown and shield guard. Beware extra effects on AOEs such as Fire that will still affect her.
  • The trick with an intervening model involves placing a small base (literally anything in Mercs, most often a Servitor in Convergence) 1" in front of the Swabber, in a line with the initial target. The Swabber can see around the friendly small base, and the 1" + small base size is greater than the 2" reach anything the Swabber drags is likely to have.
• Since her Ancillary attack has a 10" range (when she moves), you could possibly use it on a Renegade that runs close enough to a high DEF target to as to be unable to scatter the blast off it (4")

In Strange Bedfellows

• She has a really solid home in Strange Bedfellows, where she becomes the same Faction as Convergence and Cryx 'jacks (as well as Merc 'jacks mentioned above).
  • She will be seen in most lists to get extra value out of hard hitting Convergence & Cryx ‘jacks. Swift Vengeance will occasionally mean she swings her wrench at something and it can hurt surprisingly well.
  • When a Diffuser hits its target the whole army benefits. A 2nd shot on another target is always welcome.
  • The previously mentioned Swabber is also an excellent choice, especially for the frail Mortenebra1.
  • Interestingly, this is also the only theme in which Widget has a valid target for Ancillary Attack while being fielded by the Convergence.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Irregulars, Hearts of Darkness & Strange Bedfellows only. This means she has access to every Merc, Convergence, Cryx, and Cygnar ‘jack, but only with very specific casters.
• She doesn’t really do anything outside of Ancillary Attack. Put another way, there’s a reason she’s so cheap.
• Arm 11 means if something hits her she will almost certainly die.
• Ancillary Attack is a faction only ability thus she is only a mechanic in the armies she isn’t in a theme with. Remember that in Crucible Guard armies the Vanguard and the Toro are not Mercenary models as per the wording of Makers Mark.
  • Additionally, there is no combination of models that allow her to even use Ancillary Attack when fielded by the Convergence outside of Strange Bedfellows.

Tricks & Tips

• Out of activation drags with Galleon or Swabbers are potentially very strong.
• Blockader sprays out of activation are also very strong.
• Bring her if you're jack marshalling to offset the fact warjacks without focus cannot buy additional attacks.

Other

Trivia

Widget Wonka; Minicrate Exclusive.

• Released 2019.07
• This model has a limited edition sculpt, released in 2020.10.

Other Theme Forces

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

Protectorate of Menoth (Edit)

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

Convergence of Cyriss (Edit)

• Clockwork Legions
• Destruction Initiative
• Strange Bedfellows

Crucible Guard (Edit)

• Magnum Opus

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 : Ancillary Attack      (Edit) You can't generate bonus attacks (such as Berserk) from an Ancillary Attack, because those bonus attacks are limited to during the attacker's activation. Or, at least, I can't think of a single example which isn't limited.

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

Rules Clarification : 'Jack Hunter      (Edit) 'Jack Hunter works vs stuff that "counts as" a warjack (such as Vectors and Karchev). It does not work vs Monstrosities.

Rules Clarification : Mechanikally Adept - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Repair      (Edit) When repairing warjacks, you can choose which damage boxes to heal - they don't all have to be the same column. If you get a +1 bonus to a repair roll, that is one extra hitpoint healed. Not +1 to the number of pips showing on the dice.

Rules Clarification : Reposition      (Edit) Models out of formation cannot move via Reposition. Refer to the "Out of Formation" rules in the core rulebook. End of Activation (Edit) You cannot resolve two end-of-activation movement effects (refer to "End of Activation Movement" in the core rulebook). For EOA stuff that doesn't involve movement, though, it gets a bit more murky: Some EOA abilities explicitly state your activation ends as part of resolving the ability (like Reposition), and some don't (like Refuge). Whether it is explicit it or not, by definition an EOA ability is the last thing you can do for that activation. For instance, if you resolve Refuge and then continue your activation to cast more spells, then you have not used Refuge at the end of your activation. You cannot do an "at any time" ability during or after triggering an EOA ability; you cannot cast spells, purchase additional attacks, use a mini-feat, etc. If you start resolving an EOA movement (such as Reposition) then you cannot trigger abilities that occur "at any time" (such as Go To Ground). Because you can't trigger it while resolving the EOA movement, and after the EOA movement your activation has ended. (Infernal Ruling) For units: if any model in the unit starts resolving the unit's EOA movement, then no model in the unit can trigger an any-time ability. (Infernal Ruling) See also the training article: LPG - End of Activation.

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 : Knockdown      (Edit) Knockdown (Edit) - Remember, knockdown only prevents what it says it does. Refer to the Knockdown page for a recap of what a model can/can't do.