Scrutator Potentate Severius

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Scrutator Potentate Severius Protectorate Scrutator Character Solo - ("Junior" Warcaster)

Severius loyally served multiple hierarchs in his time as a scrutator and was a significant voice in the caste even before being elevated to leadership over all of the Protectorate’s military forces. As a scrutator potentate, Severius saw fit to support Voyle in his bid for power, accelerating that great ruler’s rise to hierarch. When he wasn’t striding fearlessly into foreign lands as a missionary to convert unbelievers to the faith, Potentate Severius was a formidable presence in battle. He manifested holy power, inspiring zealots and warriors, and from the start he showed his facility at wielding the warjacks of the Protectorate against the theocracy’s enemies.

Basic Info

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	COST {{{cacost}}} UNIT SIZE {{{casize}}} FA {{{cafa}}} Warcaster 0 BASE Small SPD 6 STR 6 MAT 5 RAT N/A M.A. N/A DEF 15 ARM 15 CMD 7 ESSENCE {{{essence}}} FOCUS 5 FURY N/A THRS N/A HP 5 F. Field N/A WJP {{{wjp}}} WBP {{{wbp}}} IHP {{{ihp}}} FA C UNIT SIZE N/A COST 5 N/A N/A N/A Warcaster 1 COST N/A N/A Understanding the Statblock

Abilities

• Battlegroup Controller - (1) This model is not a warcaster but has the following warcaster special rules: Battlegroup Commander, Focus Manipulation, Power Field, and Spellcaster. (2) This model must have at least one warjack in its battlegroup at the start of the game.
• Eye of Menoth - While in this model's control range, friendly Faction models gain +1 to attack and damage rolls.

Weapons

• Staff of Law - 2" reach, P+S 12 melee weapon
  • Damage Type: Magical

Spells

	COST	RNG	AOE	POW	DUR	OFF
Immolation	2	8	-	12 (Fire)	-	Yes
Immolation causes fire damage. On a critical hit, the model hit suffers the Fire continuous effect.
Mystic Wards	2	SELF	Control	-	Round	No
(1) Enemy animi and enemy upkeep spells on models in the spellcaster's battlegroup and control range immediately expire. (2) Enemy magic attacks that target a model in the spellcaster's battlegroup suffer -5 RNG. Mystic Wards lasts for one round.
Road to War	3	SELF	Control	-	Upkeep	No
When a friendly Faction model in the spellcaster's control range destroys one or more enemy models with a melee or ranged attack during its activation, immediately after the attack is resolved one warjack in the spellcaster's battlegroup that is in its control range can advance up to 3". A warjack can advance as a result of Road to War only once per turn.

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Exemplar Interdiction
  • The Creator's Might. He gains Reposition [3] in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can take this unit in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Feora is leading the army.

Recent Changes

2021.10 Mega Update

• -1 points cost

Thoughts on Scrutator Potentate Severius

Severius0 in a Nutshell

Very useful support solo who also fuels a warjack. He can also personally beat things down pretty well and is surprisingly well defended at 15/15.

Combos & Synergies

• Who doesn't like a +1/+1 buff?
  • More specifically, Idrian Skirmishers are 12 models that are very good at shooting. A better version of Veteran Leader sure goes well with that!
  • Feora4 - Being effective FOCUS 7 during the early turns makes it easier for her to collect Anger Tokens. He can run a ranged jack who can trigger Road to War on Sevy and Feora at the same time.
  • Feora3 already provides a +2/+2 to offences with Incite. Sevy makes that a +3/+3.
• Malekus offers an extra die on the Immolation with the feat and if Sevy runs a Reckoner, Repenter or Vanquisher it can go on duty of lighting things on fire for him.
• In The Creator's Might he gains Reposition 3" which is very useful for keeping him safe.
• The Living Covenant - Sevy wants to be nowhere near the frontline with his stats, but melee warjacks like the Templar really love being made MAT 7 by him. Enter the Covenant, who can teleport him back into your backline after he and the recipients of his support have activated. A RAT 7, POW 15 gun thanks to eye is also always useful.

The Battlegroup

Blessing of Vengeance is his pet warjack that he can take in any theme.

• As a "junior warcaster", Severius is required to take a 'jack.
• Both the Dervish and Purifier have abilities (Side Step and Overtake, respectively) that allow for extra movement after they've moved which, with combines well with Road to War, to increase their threat ranges.
• Devout - 7 points for a sturdy Shield Guard with Defensive Strike and Spell Barrier is great at keeping him safe!
• Repenters and Redeemers get good value from Road to War as it allows them to both move and get the aiming bonus.
• Blessing of Vengeance is Severius' character warjack which he can take in any theme. Which allows him to cast Immolation with the +2 to attack and damage rolls on spells, making Blessing of Vengeance a tempting choice, though a reasonable investment on a junior warcaster.
• Reckoner - It loves being able to aim and still move thanks to RTW and the +1/+1 from Eye of Menoth. It sets up other ranged elements in the list with Flare.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Sometimes you don't want an extra warjack, and being forced to take one is a bit of a points tax, especially in Exemplar Interdiction.
• Juniors tend to be high-priority targets for the enemy, and Severius0 is no exception. Although he has the best defensive stats of any Junior, he's no warcaster when it comes to durability.

Tricks & Tips

• He applies the +1/+1 buff to himself.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2018.08
• Releasrd to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Warmachine, alongside Caine0, Deneghra0, and Sorscha0.

Rules Clarifications

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 : Battlegroup Controller      (Edit) This model has a completely separate battlegroup to your main warcaster. Your main warcaster cannot allocate focus to warjacks under this model's control (and vice versa). Any spells/effects that apply to your main warcaster's battlegroup (such as Energizer) do not apply to warjacks under this model's control (and vice versa). This model is not a warcaster It is affected by stuff which specifies "non-warcaster models" (such as Seduction). It is not affected by stuff which specifies "warcasters" (such as Black Arts). Even if it has "Warcaster" in its name (such as the Journeyman Warcaster or Trencher Warcaster Lieutenant) it is still not a warcaster, and won't benefit from warcaster-only stuff (like free upkeeps in Sons of the Tempest). (Infernal Ruling) Warjacks this solo controls can still benefit from Power Up exactly as if it were a warcaster. (Closed thread) When this model dies, any warjacks they are controlling go inert exactly as if it was a warcaster. (Infernal Ruling) See this article for the Inert warjack rules and how to re-activate them. Inert warjacks Abilities that say they cannot be used if the model is stationary (such as Shield Guard) cannot be used while a warjack is inert, either. Refer "Warcaster Destruction", page 59 of the core rulebook.

Rules Clarification : Eye of Menoth - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Immolation      (Edit) Rules Clarification : Fire      (Edit) If you deploy in fire hazard terrain (Burning Earth), then you get set on fire before the game starts. Deploying a model in a hazard counts as being "put into play" in the hazard. Being put into play counts as "entering". When you enter a hazard, you trigger the hazard. Moving into "Shallow water" standard terrain does not cause continuous fire to expire. It's magic fire. You can always use non-standard terrain if you agree with your opponent before the game starts, however. A weapon can inflict continuous fire without itself being a fire damage weapon (for example, the Helios's fists). In this case, the attack can hurt models with Immunity:Fire it just won't apply the continuous effect. In terms of which player's clock is running down during the Maintenance Phase: The active player will roll for expiration of all the continuous effects. Then the inactive player will roll for all the damages of the continuous effects. (Judge Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Mystic Wards      (Edit) The -5 RNG buff continues to apply even if the warbeast moves out of Brad's CTRL area.

Rules Clarification : Road to War and/or Warpath and/or Rites of Torment     (Edit) Note that this spell triggers when a model is destroyed. RFP attacks might interfere with it.