Sorren Dirtblade

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Focus 6			CMD 8
SPD	STR	MAT	RAT	DEF	ARM
5	6	7	6	15	15
Scribe
M		Special		POW	P+S
		Multi		7	13
Handcannon
R		RNG	ROF	AOE	POW
		12	1	-	12
Sorren's Damage					17
Point Cost					68
Field Allowance					C
Victory Points					5
Base Size: Small

Description

SORREN DIRTBLADE, RHULIC ARMY WARCASTER CHARACTER

Sorren Dirtblade has perhaps risen faster than any other through the honours of Rhul. Granic met the young warcaster in training when he had hired a large portion of the Horgenhold troops to guard against incursions by Khador who were crossing Rhuls boarders to attack Cygnar and other threats to the west. Cut off from supplies and with the Mercenary Commander dead by stray mortar fire, Sorren took charge of both the men and the jacks and enacted a hasty retreat which turned out to be a trap in which he caught and destroyed most of the Khadoran army. He was paid handsomely and on release from his charter with the company was quickly approached and hired by the nation of Rhuls newly formed wartime council.

The sordid tale of Sorren Dirtblades life would explain how he became as he is. Rough, unkempt and seemly unproffesional, Sorren pays so little to discipline and structure it is a wonder how he is such an effective commander on the field of battle. Travelling abroad and drawn to the wonderous inovations of the Iron Kingdoms, he has witnessed first hand the effects that the newly industrialised world is having on Caen. A desperate obsession overwhelmed him once after seeing a Juggernaught tear through a khadoran village, crushing buildings and leveling fences and trees in his wake as it single handedly repelled a bandit attack. It was then he decided that he wanted to have such a machine and took to bodging, joining with scavengers and other raiding parties who would pay him to take metal and scrap or recover wealth from Orgoth temples. The dangerious life paid well until he released that he was good enough to do freelance mercenary work. Employed by various parties, at one stage he was even hired by the great Professor Pendrake and was asked to perform a zoological study of monsters within the Scharde islands.

After several years, he had scrapped together enough spare parts, scrap and coal to operate a functioning heavy warjack. Effortlessly commanding the iron giant, he did not realise the power and nature of his gift was akin to professional warcasters. He joined the Searforge Commison for two years who gladly paid to upkeep and replace his warjack after recognising Sorrens ability. It was after this time that he was enlisted by Granic Marsh himself.

Sorren finds it unbelievable how humans and other races underestimate dwarves, believing their height to be a serious handicap, he takes great pleasure in demonstrating his natural craftyness and talents. Alongside his arcane skill, some time spent abroad has taught him to be resourceful and cunning. Few can survive the horrors of the Scharde Islands untouched without learning a thing or two, and Sorren has been an apt pupil of lifes harsh lessons.

It has taken some time, but Sorren has developed a strong reporte with his men, who are infected with this warcasters industrious and charasmatic spirit. His troops see themselves not as soldiers, but heroes on a desperate and important mission to protect and save Rhul from it enemies. His wide array of arcane powers and support

Special Rules

Sorren

• Heightened Control - When measuring to determine if warjacks in Sorrens Battlegroup are within his control area, add 6".
• Inspire - When this model hits with a charge attack against an enemy model, friendly warrior models/units within 6" gain +2 on attack rolls.

Scribe

• Brutal Charge
• Critical Blind - On a critical hit, target model is blind.

Feat

• Get Em'
  

Turning the tides at the right moment, Dirtblade performs an amasing about face and outright charges the enemy line. Caught off guard, the advance comes down hard and confounds the lines so

Friendly models currently within Sorrens Control area immediately stand, may change facing, gain +2 SPD and may charge across difficult terrain without receiving orders or spending focus. Enemy models hit by attacks while within Sorrens control area are staggered. Staggered models forfeit their initial attacks during their next activation.

Spells

Spell	Cost	Range	POW	AOE	UP	OFF
Extension	2	8	-	-	-	-
Target Rhulic model/unit gains +3 RNG on its ranged attacks and gains reach on its melee weapons. Extension lasts for one turn.
Quick Fix	2	CTRL	-	-	-	-
Warjacks within Sorrens battlegroup may immediately remove three damage boxes from anywhere on their wargrid. Models that repair damage suffer D6 after all models have activated this turn.
Controlled Burst	3	8	-	-	X	-
Target unit that makes a succesful ranged attack may move 2" ignoring freestrikes after making a succesful ranged attack against an enemy model at the end of its combat action.
Battering	2	10	12	-	-	X
Target model damaged by Battering may be pushed D6". A model may only be moved by Battering once per turn.
Machine Empathy	2	CTRL	-	-	X	-
While within Sorrens control area, warjacks in Sorrens Battlegroup gain +1 SPD, MAT, RAT and cannot be moved except during their activation.
Burst Flare	3	10	-	-	-	X
Target model/unit must forfeit eithers its movement or action during its next activation.

Concept Notes

A Speedy, ranged and melee support caster. Supplements many of Rhullic models weaknesses and turns them into strengths. Granting reach, increased range and mobility. He has two spells for ranged support in lethality and controlled burst. Lethality improves melee threat and two great jacks spells. He can have a very wide ranging force with his extended control area for his jacks and can trigger off an inspire which will help buff Rhulic accuracy alot. His critical hit will virtually immobilize or restrict a target outright. Burst Flare

Playtesting Notes

See also

Army of Rhul