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The Weasel Rogue mini is kitted out with a cudgel, dagger, and armor of some kind, so I started my initial build that way. | The Weasel Rogue mini is kitted out with a cudgel, dagger, and armor of some kind, so I started my initial build that way. | ||
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Now the Duke has a fear of sorcery, having been banished from [[Arendelle]] by the Demon Queen [[Elsa]], but perhaps the idiot nephew isn't really an idiot after all and is a Magician in Disguise! | Now the Duke has a fear of sorcery, having been banished from [[Arendelle]] by the Demon Queen [[Elsa]], but perhaps the idiot nephew isn't really an idiot after all and is a Magician in Disguise! | ||
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For the tall guard Erik, let's go with a Massive mini. The Badger Mercenary figure has a two-handed weapon and at least Heavy Armour. | For the tall guard Erik, let's go with a Massive mini. The Badger Mercenary figure has a two-handed weapon and at least Heavy Armour. | ||
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Revision as of 07:34, 14 July 2017
How to create a Warband
Contents
Have an idea
After naming this site "Weaselpedia", I thought "maybe I can make a Warband featuring Weasels". There are currently two Weasel figures in the game line, a "Weasel Rogue" and a "Drunken Weasel" and who doesn't love a good Drunken Weasel? Then I was thinking about who these Weasels might be while browsing Facebook and someone posted a photo montage of Alan Tudyk's acting work including...the Duke of Weaseltown! I could use the Weasel Rogue for the Duke and the Drunken Weasel for his idiot nephew.
Clearly this would be a Royalist Warband, what with the Duke being a staunch aristocrat. He may be a thieving scheming bastard, but he's a proud thieving scheming bastard. Now a Royalist Warband has the following starting advantage:
Expert Training – Two of your characters have their Strike dice is improved by one level, to a maximum of d12.
I might give these to the Leader and Second (representing their aristocratic martial training) or I might give them to the Duke's bodyguards, Erik and Francis.
Den – You may choose either the Town Building or the Ruined Farm. Either way, it begins with the Smithy Upgrade.
The Town Building would seem more appropriate, and will provide me with d4 Materials, worth 6-24 pennies per turn, assuming I don't have to sell them. Expanding Weaseltown with Upgrades should be a piece of cake. The Smithy will likewise ensure I never have to pay for arms and armour and will let me slowly upgrade my Warband's Armour over time.
Royalist magic users may choose from the Natural, Light, Noble and Unbound spell lists.
We'll decide on Schools of magic later when we build Spellcasters. Each Spellcaster can choose a different School so if we have more than one School in the Warband, that can really free up our options.
Warband Rating so far: 5
Pennies Remaining: 350
Fearless Leader
Duke of Weaseltown
The Weasel Rogue mini is kitted out with a cudgel, dagger, and armor of some kind, so I started my initial build that way.
Move | Strike | Block | Ranged | Nimble | Conceal | Aware | Fortitude | Presence |
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d8 | d8 | d6 | d6 | d8 | d6 | d6 | d6 | d6 |
Fearless, Medium Size
36 Weasel / Stoat
8 Cudgel
8 Dagger
15 Light Armour
I'm a tad concerned about the d6 Presence in case Weaseltown starts losing units faster than their opponents, but the Duke is a renowned Coward, so we'll leave it where it is. With nothing else to go on but his weapons, let's give him a bonus to Strike. This will really come in handy with the +2 Strike bonus from dual-wielding. Given his status as a big target and his mistrust of Magic, we'll give him Resist Magic, which will help him avoid and survive spells.
Warband Rating so far: 10
Pennies Remaining: 283
Second in Command
Alistair of Weaseltown
Now the Duke has a fear of sorcery, having been banished from Arendelle by the Demon Queen Elsa, but perhaps the idiot nephew isn't really an idiot after all and is a Magician in Disguise!
The Drunken Weasel has a jug, a dagger, and a few armoury bits but if we're gonna make him a Spellcaster, we can ditch the armour for greater effect.
Move | Strike | Block | Ranged | Nimble | Conceal | Aware | Fortitude | Presence |
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d8 | d8 | d6 | d6 | d8 | d6 | d6 | d6 | d6 |
Fearless, Medium Size
36 Weasel / Stoat
15 Mage's Focus
8 Throwing Daggers
15 Spellsx3
For Skills, Inspire is tempting in that it would give Alistair yet one more different type of action, but Gifted looks really cool in that it would provide a hefty bonus to Spellcasting.
Haste, Curse, and Cure all look like Spells that Alistair could easily pull off without his uncle noticing, so let's go with all 3, which will also give Alistair Delicate(3) and Weak(3).
Warband Rating so far: 15
Pennies Remaining: 194
The Best of the Rest
For the tall guard Erik, let's go with a Massive mini. The Badger Mercenary figure has a two-handed weapon and at least Heavy Armour.
Erik
Move | Strike | Block | Ranged | Nimble | Conceal | Aware | Fortitude | Presence |
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d8 | d8 | d6 | d6 | d6 | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 |
Strong (3), Tough (2), Fearsome, Massive Size
65 Badger
13 Maul
25 Heavy Armour
Warband Rating so far: 35
Pennies Remaining: 91
For the short guard (who is still taller than the Duke), we'll go with a Large Creature like the Fox Rogue.
Francis
Move | Strike | Block | Ranged | Nimble | Conceal | Aware | Fortitude | Presence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
d8 | d8 | d6 | d8 | d6 | d4 | d6 | d6 | d8 |
Strong (1), Large Size
43 Fox
8 Dagger
15 Light Armour
Warband Rating so far: 45
Pennies Remaining: 25