J.A.I.M.s

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J.A.I.M.s Mercenary, & Minion, & Convergence Partisan, Character Solo

She slices! She dices! (But don’t ask her to make you julienne fries if you value your life.) Just another iron maiden, she is not. As inventor Jasper Jacobsen's last surviving specimen of clockwork automata, “Jacobsen’s Amazing Iron Maiden” (“J.A.I.M.s” for short) is a merciless tornado of blades, as beautiful as she is deadly.

Basic Info

J.A.I.M.s
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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 - J.A.I.M.s will work for Convergence, Crucible Guard, Cryx, Cygnar, Infernals, Khador, Protectorate, and Retribution.
• Minion - It will also work for Circle, Grymkin, Legion, Skorne, and Trollbloods.
• Partisan [ Convergence ] - When included in a Convergence army, this model/unit is a Convergence model/unit instead of a Mercenary model/unit.

Abilities

• Construct
• Parry
• Acrobatics - This model can advance through other models if it has enough movement to move completely past their bases. This model ignores intervening models when declaring its charge target.
• Blade Shield - This model gains +2 DEF vs ranged attack rolls.
• Prey - After deployment but before the first player's turn, choose an enemy model/unit to be this model/unit's prey. This model gains +2 to attack and damage rolls against its prey. When the prey is destroyed or removed from play, choose another model/unit to be the prey.
• Side Step - When this model hits an enemy model with an initial melee attack or a melee special attack, it can advance up to 2" after the attack is resolved.
• Soul Vessel - This model generates soul tokens as if it were a living model.
• Spring Blades - If a model hits this model with a melee attack, the attacking model suffers d3 damage after the attack is resolved unless this model was destroyed or RFP'd by the attack.

Weapons

• Ripping Claw (x2) - 0.5" reach, POW 3, P+S 11 melee attacks
  • Weapon Master
  • Grievous Wounds - A model hit by this weapon loses Tough and cannot have damage removed from it for one round.

Theme Forces

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

• Minion
  • Will Work for Food

• Convergence
  • Destruction Initiative. She uses up your "up to one merc solo" slot in this theme.
  • Clockwork Legions
  • Strange Bedfellows. She gains Swift Vengeance in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Mercenary/Minion 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 the J.A.I.M.s

J.A.I.M.s in a nutshell

J.A.I.M.s is a highly-deliverable melee solo who will likely die the turn after she charges unless she plays on the wings where she can cause some trouble for flanking units. Alternately, she can put Grievous Wounds onto models that your opponent may want to heal next turn, which is helpful. She faces stiff competition as a Merc or Minion solo pick, even in Mercs or Minions and will likely only be seen in Convergence armies where she is a faction model.Her natural stats are good but not so good that a boosted power 12 isn't a threat.

Strange Bedfellows seems to be her perfect theme improving her threat range and adding to her volume of attacks

Combos & Synergies

Convergence

• Aurora1 lets her fly and speeds her up with her Areogenesis spell. Jaims can also use her focus to boost thanks to arcane might.
• Lucant has the tools to buff her arm, he can deliver her and make the most from spring blades. Positive charge on a vector near her prey target makes her very deadly also.

Mercenaries

• Macbain can use his feat to keep her alive and have Boomhowler stand her up allowing her to get into the back lines.
• Theme - The Exalted for Skorne gives JAIMS Immovable Object, but Skorne are more likely to employ other minion solos in that theme.
• in Theme - Strange Bedfellows she gains Swift Vengeance which is very potent on her. Helping to deliver her and put her where she wants to be
• As a melee solo she is one of the many great targets for Shae's Storm Rager spell in the Irregulars. The problem is there are many other, equally good or even better, targets in that theme.

Minions

• • Azazello has storm rager and polishes infantry so much. Retalitory Strike works with spring blades.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Melee combat solos struggle to earn back their points, especially with only two attacks.
• She has so much competition in mercs and minions, most of whom are just way more specialized.
• She doesn't really have a good target to go after, her low volume of attacks makes infantry swarms and assassinations an issue her p+s won't hurt heavies (well maybe with prey) and if she is hunting solos most cost less than she does so she needs to survive multiple terms to make back her cost.

Tricks & Tips

• She is fairly straight forward. Deliver her and watch her wreck face, or use her as a bait piece to distract the opponent from a more valuable target.
• In convergence Grievous wounds is in short supply (Crit on the Galvanizer only) using her to deny healing can mess up a key model for the enemy
• Charge a target and use side step to drift into an easy to kill model nearby - OR use both attacks to jam as many models as possible baiting out spring blades or a free strike.

Other

Trivia

• Originally she was a pledgers-only reward for the PP artwork book Kickstarter (2019.05)
• Later she was released for general sale (2020.06)

Other Theme Forces

Hordes Factions
Circle Orboros (Edit) Secret Masters. This theme doesn't have a limit on how many Minion solos you can take. Also, you can spend Requistion Points on Minion solos. The Bones of Orboros The Devourer's Host The Wild Hunt	Legion of Everblight (Edit) Ravens of War Children of the Dragon Oracles of Annihilation. In this theme (1) There is no limit on the number of Minion solos you can take, (2) Minions become Blighted models, and (3) enemy models that end their activation within 2" of a Blighted model in this theme suffer continuous corrosion. Primal Terrors
Skorne (Edit) Disciples of Agony. There is no limit to the number of Minion solos you can take in this theme. The Exalted Masters of War Winds of Death	Trollbloods (Edit) Band of Heroes Kriel Company Power of Dhunia Storm of the North
Grymkin (Edit) Bump in the Night Dark Menagerie

Other Faction models

Convergence Index       (Edit)
Battlegroup
Warcasters	Aurora1 - Aurora2 - Axis - Directrix - Locke - Lucant - Orion - Syntherion
Light	Corollary (Attached) - Diffuser - Galvanizer - Mitigator - Negator - Tesselator
Heavy	Assimilator - Cipher - Conservator - Inverter - Modulator - Monitor
Colossals	Prime Axiom - Prime Conflux
Units, Solos, & Battle Engines
Units	Asphyxious4 - Clockwork Angels - Eradicators - Obstructors - Optifex Directive - Negation Angels - Perforators - Reciprocators - Reductors Special CA [Any Unit] : Transverse Enumerator
Solos	Accretion Servitors - Algorithmic Dispersion Optifex - Attunement Servitors - Destructotron 3000 - Elimination Servitors - Enigma Foundry - Frustum Locus - J.A.I.M.s - Prefect Hypatia - Reflex Servitors - Steelsoul Protector - Widget, Mathlete Archeologist
Battle Engines	Nemo4 - TEP
Theme Forces		Mercenaries
Clockwork Legions - Destruction Initiative - Strange Bedfellows		Refer to Category: Convergence of Cyriss Mercenary
This index was last updated: 2021.11

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification:  : Partisan      (Edit) (Click Expand to read)

Which Faction am I? Partisans are Mercenary (or Minion) models unless they're taken in their "Home" Faction. For example, a Mercenary model that is Partisan [Cygnar]: When used in most armies it is "friendly Faction" only to other Mercenary models. When used in a Cygnar army it is "friendly Faction" to Cygnar models ... and stops being "friendly Faction" to any other Mercenaries in that Cygnar army. In a multi-caster game, Partisans count as the main army's Faction and not as a Mercenary models (if playing a Faction other than Mercaneries). (Infernal Ruling) Attachments If a Partisan unit can get a special attachment from their Partisan Faction (for instance a Soulless Escort or Trollkin Sorcerer) then they can only get that attachment when they're in the Partisan Faction. They can't take it when working as a regular Mercenary. (Locked thread) When taken in their Partisan Faction, they can't have a Ranking Officer attached. Partisan warcasters If you have a Partisan caster, you must choose whether your army is a Mercenary force or a [Partisan Faction] force. What warjacks the caster can take are then limited by your choice. Partisan casters can be taken in [Partisan Faction] theme forces. Refer to the main rulebook. Partisan casters can be fielded in multiple-caster games. (Locked thread) See also the Category: Partisan for what happens if you mix and match Partisan casters and Merc casters in multi-caster games. Partisans & Theme Forces (Edit) Partisans are Mercenary/Minion models, so there are two ways you can add them to a theme force: Freely: If the Partisan is on the list of allowed models, then you can take as many as you want plus another Mercenary unit/solo. (Infernal Ruling) They can be explicitly allowed (for example Jaws of the Wolf allows "Kayazy models/units" so Partisan Kayayz can be used freely). They can be implicitly allowed (for example Scourge of the Broken Coast allows "living Cryx models/units" and Partisan Cephalyx fit that criteria, so they can be used freely). (Infernal Ruling) Limited: If the Partisan isn't on the list of allowed models, it does use up your "Up to one Mercenary/Minion" slot, so you can only have the one. Whether you used option 1 or 2 above, once they're in your theme force they count as a Faction model and so: They can be taken as a Requistion Option (if they fit the Requistion description). For example Lanyssa can be taken as a free solo in the Legion of Dawn theme. (Infernal Ruling) They will get any theme benefit that they fit the description for. For example Storm Division gives all Cygnar models Immunity Electricity, so Partisan Mercs in that theme get immunity too. For example Nemo4's Mechaniks get Reposition [3] in Heavy Metal. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Construct - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Parry - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Acrobatics      (Edit) 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 : Blade Shield - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Prey      (Edit) When you declare your Prey target, it has to be used on a model that is currently on the table. You can't use it on models that are in Ambush, Burrow, etc. (Infernal Ruling) If you have both Prey and Ambush, then you declare your Prey target at the normal time (even though the Prey-er isn't currently on the table). (Infernal Ruling) Prey bonuses apply to "non-attack" damage, such as Electro Leap. (Infernal Ruling) If you hit your Prey target, but your attack is "shifted" to a non-Prey model (via Shield Guard etc) then you don't get the damage bonus vs the new target. If a model with Prey can return to play, then: If the Prey target is still alive when the Prey-er returns, then it stays as your Prey target. If the Prey target died while the Prey-er was off the table, you get to pick a new Prey target when you return to play. This is based on a MK II ruling.

Rules Clarification : Side Step      (Edit) You can't trigger Side Step by hitting friendly models. You can't trigger Side Step from additional attacks that you buy, or out-of-activation attacks (such as free strikes). If you have multiple initial attacks, you have to step after each one. You can't "save up" all your side steps then get a single big 4" or 6" move.

Rules Clarification : Soul Vessel      (Edit) The only thing the Soul Vessel rules does is, the model produces a soul when it is destroyed as if it were a living model. For similar logic, things that prevent living models from generating souls (such as Annihilator) also prevent Soul Vessels from generating souls. (Infernal Ruling) A Soul Vessel is not a living model for the purposes of anything except soul generation & collection. Special rules that interact with living models but which aren't soul-related (such as Bloodthirst or Poison) don't do anything vs Soul Vessels. For example: An attack that RFPs living models (such as Snacking) would normally prevent that living model from generating a soul token; but Snacking doesn't work vs non-living. So a Soul Vessel doesn't get Snacked and will produce a soul token.

Rules Clarification : Spring Blades - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Weapon Master - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Grievous Wounds      (Edit) GW prevents "repairs" as well as "heals". It does not stop a warlock transferring damage, or stop the wounded model from being able to 'heal' someone else. Does not affect models with the Massive rule.