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''The court of King Baird Cathor II of Ord is known for its subtle intrigues and stunning courtesans. Madelyn Corbeau may not have been the most beautiful woman to grace the Bandit King’s court, but she is certainly the most brilliant intriguer to enter his service. Having charmed half the courtiers in western Immoren, it is simple enough for her to gain access to the commanders of armies. She sells her services as an adviser to any army with coin. No matter which army she accompanies, her loyalties remain firmly with the Baird, and she passes her intelligence on to the King’s spies whenever possible. Madelyn may be the most formidable asset in the Bandit King’s struggle to keep his nation independent of his hungry neighbors.'' | ''The court of King Baird Cathor II of Ord is known for its subtle intrigues and stunning courtesans. Madelyn Corbeau may not have been the most beautiful woman to grace the Bandit King’s court, but she is certainly the most brilliant intriguer to enter his service. Having charmed half the courtiers in western Immoren, it is simple enough for her to gain access to the commanders of armies. She sells her services as an adviser to any army with coin. No matter which army she accompanies, her loyalties remain firmly with the Baird, and she passes her intelligence on to the King’s spies whenever possible. Madelyn may be the most formidable asset in the Bandit King’s struggle to keep his nation independent of his hungry neighbors.'' | ||
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Madelyn Corbeau is one of the stranger models in the game. She keeps melee infantry from attacking her and her warcaster, has limited stealth removal, and Seduction is sometimes helpful. | Madelyn Corbeau is one of the stranger models in the game. She keeps melee infantry from attacking her and her warcaster, has limited stealth removal, and Seduction is sometimes helpful. | ||
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Revision as of 21:11, 27 February 2019
Madelyn Corbeau, Ordic Courtesan |
The court of King Baird Cathor II of Ord is known for its subtle intrigues and stunning courtesans. Madelyn Corbeau may not have been the most beautiful woman to grace the Bandit King’s court, but she is certainly the most brilliant intriguer to enter his service. Having charmed half the courtiers in western Immoren, it is simple enough for her to gain access to the commanders of armies. She sells her services as an adviser to any army with coin. No matter which army she accompanies, her loyalties remain firmly with the Baird, and she passes her intelligence on to the King’s spies whenever possible. Madelyn may be the most formidable asset in the Bandit King’s struggle to keep his nation independent of his hungry neighbors.
Contents
Basic Info
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- Mercenary - This model will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, Cryx, Khador, Protectorate, or Retribution.
Abilities
- Attached - Before the start of the game, attach this model/unit to a friendly warcaster/warlock for the rest of the game. Each warcaster/warlock can have only one model/unit attached to it.
- Intrigue (★ Action) - RNG CMD. Target enemy warrior model/unit. If the model/unit is in range, it loses Stealth for one round.
- Parlay (★ Action) - While in this model's command range, enemy warrior models cannot cannot target this model or its warcaster/warlock with attacks. Parlay lasts one round.
- Seduction (★ Action) - RNG 3. Take control of a living enemy non-warcaster, non-warlock warrior model. If the model is in range, you can immediately make a full advance with the enemy model followed by a basic melee attack, then Seduction expires. The enemy model cannot be targeted by free strikes during this movement. A model can be affected by Seduction only once per turn.
- 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.
Theme Forces
As a mercenary solo, she can also go in a bunch of themes for other Factions. See #Other Theme Forces.
Thoughts on Madelyn Corbeau
Madelyn Corbeau in a nutshell
Madelyn Corbeau is one of the stranger models in the game. She keeps melee infantry from attacking her and her warcaster, has limited stealth removal, and Seduction is sometimes helpful.
Combos & Synergies
- Drake MacBain's feat can keep her alive for an extra turn.
- Pretty much any Warcaster that wants to play forward and is thus prone to melee retaliation. Examples include Thyra, Flame of Sorrow, Kommander Andrei Malakov, and both versions of Sturgis.
Drawbacks & Downsides
- Don't rely too heavily on Parlay. It doesn't affect warbeasts, warjacks, or battle engines. Also, a lot of models can simply stand outside Parlay range and shoot her dead. Parlay is more to keep her alive than your caster. Casters almost never get killed by melee infantry. It's almost always guns, magic or heavies. Unless you see Butcher3 or Saeryn and Rhyas a lot...
- Intrigue is near-useless. If a fragile, backline, support attachment is near enough to the action to remove Stealth and the main battlelines are so far apart that Stealth is still an issue ... then something weird is going on.
- Sucker means you MUST allocate a direct hit, even if it then hits your warcaster. That is not an issue with battle-engine casters, but frankly, they'd rarely take her due to her slow speed.
- Just about every other warcaster attachment in the game is more useful.
- This might be a dangerous game against models with Assault as well; as they still get their ranged attacks, if they fail their charge outside Madeline's CMD range.
Tricks & Tips
- If there is a zone or a flag guarded by nothing but melee infantry, they won't be able to get her off it.
- Creative use of Seduction will make the most of her abilities. She will likely die to magic, blasts or shooting if she advances far enough forward to use Intrigue.
- Seduction's obvious targets are powerful solos, but unit commanders also worth a consideration. Pulling back the unit commander can potentially put models out of formation. Such models do not benefit from spells/upkeeps on the unit (but still count as having spell/upkeep on them, thus, making them vulnerable against things like Purgation). Outside their activation they also cannot move (Admonition, Countercharge, Pursuit, etc.), or attack (Counterblast, free strike, etc).
- Even if you cannot attack with a seduced model, you should turn it around, so your enemy gets the back strike bonus. Don't forget, it does not affect undead models (understandably).
Other
Trivia
- Released in Forces of Warmachine: Mercenaries (July 2010)
Other Theme Forces
Cygnar (Edit) | |
Protectorate of Menoth (Edit) | Khador (Edit) |
Retribution of Scyrah (Edit) | Crucible Guard (Edit) |
Other Mercenary models
Rules Clarifications
Rules Clarification : Madelyn
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Rules Clarification : Attached (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Intrigue - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Parlay (Edit)
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Rules Clarification : Seduction (Edit)
Taking Control of an Enemy Model (Edit) [Show/Hide]
General
Movement
Attacks
Destroying the Controlled model
Taking control of an enemy Trooper (member of a unit)
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Rules Clarification: : Sacrificial Pawn and/or Sucker! and/or Grim Salvation (Edit) | |
Differences
From here down, the terms Sacrificial Pawn, Grim Salvation, and Sucker! are interchangeable
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- Mercenary
- Character
- Ordic
- Solo
- Model
- Crucible Guard Mercenary
- Cygnar Mercenary
- Cryx Mercenary
- Khador Mercenary
- Protectorate of Menoth Mercenary
- Retribution of Scyrah Mercenary
- Attached
- Intrigue
- Parlay
- Seduction
- Sucker!
- Unarmed
- The Kingmaker's Army
- The Irregulars
- Soldiers of Fortune
- Gravediggers
- Heavy Metal
- Sons of the Tempest
- Storm Division
- The Creator's Might
- Exemplar Interdiction
- The Faithful Masses
- Guardians of the Temple
- Armored Korps
- Jaws of the Wolf
- Legion of Steel
- Winter Guard Kommand
- Defenders of Ios
- Forges of War
- Legions of Dawn
- Shadows of the Retribution
- Magnum Opus