Wyrd Games has released more previews for an Above the Law advanced pursuit and a new unit for The Other Side. Let’s take a look!
It is a new year and we have a new preview from Wyrd Games of the Guild Lawyer, a new Advanced Pursuit found in Above the Law. Above the Law is the upcoming Through the Breach Guild supplement. When you are a lawyer, you will realize your powers over reality with such talents as Objection!, which forces a character to redo an action they just performed or force characters they are speaking with to tell the truth, no matter their personal inclinations. The most powerful skill available to Lawyers is Sign Your Life Away. With this skill, a Lawyer can draft up a contract that forces anyone who signs it (whether they do so voluntarily or not) to fulfill the terms of the contract, no matter what they might be.
Guild Lawyer
The Guild Lawyer is an advanced pursuit in the upcoming Guild supplement, Above the Law. As one might expect, Guild Lawyers are, well… lawyers who are employed by the Guild. Mixed in with the standard legal questions of Malifaux’s bar exam are a number of moral and ethical questions that don’t have any sort of actual legal answer. Instead, they serve to highlight prospective lawyers whose mindset is sufficiently cruel enough to serve the Guild’s purposes. Such characters are brought to the office of Lucius Mattheson and offered a contract guaranteeing them employment in exchange for their souls. Nobody who has refused to sign the contract has ever made it out of Mattheson’s office alive.
Once a lawyer has joined the ranks of the Guild, they gradually begin to realize that their contract with Mattheson has given them some degree of control over the laws of reality. For instance, they can use their Objection! talent to force a character to redo an action they just performed or force characters they are speaking with to tell the truth, no matter their personal inclinations. Skilled lawyers can even make powerful Closing Arguments, which have a chance of Paralyzing and debuffing every enemy in a wide area around the Lawyer… at the cost of making her Slow for the rest of the scene.
By far the most interesting and powerful talent available to Guild Lawyers is Sign Your Life Away. It allows the Lawyer to draft up a contract that forces anyone who signs it (whether they do so voluntarily or not) to fulfill the terms of the contract, no matter what they might be. With a simple signature, someone might be forced to turn over their entire fortune to the lawyer, assassinate a troublesome pest, commit suicide, or even to fall in love with a specific person. Destroying the contract nullifies the agreement, so most Guild Lawyers are very particular about just where they store their paperwork.
Always read the fine print!
Next, for The Other Side preview, we have the Steel Legion. The Steel Legion serves the Abyssinian Empire and are the most feared unit in Africa. Their buzzsaw weaponry is proprietary and can cut through any material. Their powerful armor allows them to wade into the thickest of engagements and turn aside most attacks. When on your table, they serve only one purpose: cutting down the enemy.
Steel Legion
At the pinnacle of the Abyssinian armed services sit the mighty Steel Legion. Filled with veterans of dozens of battles, the Steel Legion are the most respected, and feared, unit in Africa (and possibly the world). Their iconic buzzsaws are proprietary technology that seem capable of cutting through almost any material. The powerful armor turns aside most bullets, allowing them to enter into the thick of any combat to take down the enemy troops. Backed up by the mighty Cutter Titan, the Steel Legion are prepared to face any threat to the empire.
On the tabletop, the Steel Legion have one role: cutting down the enemy. Using them for anything else is a waste of their talent. They are incredibly hard to take down, requiring a concentrated effort, and while the opponent is trying to kill them, they will be ripping through the heart of the opposing Company.
Be sure to head over to the Wyrd Forums to discuss the Guild Lawyer and the Steel Legion.
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