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{{Protbox|{{Protectorate}} {{Scrutator}} [[Battle Engine]]}} [[Category:Model]]
[[Protectorate of Menoth]] [[Temple Guardians]] [[Battle Engine]]
{{4P|'''Temple Guardians'''}}
 
[[Category:Protectorate of Menoth]]
[[Category:Final Interdiction]]
[[Category:Temple Guardians]]
[[Category:Battle Engine]]
[[Category:Legacy]]
[[Category:Prime]]


''Each Vessel of Judgment is a reliquary containing the sacred remains of one of the Menite priest kings of old and is capable of the most potent manifestations of Menoth’s power on Caen. The blazing fury of the Creator scourges infidels who venture too close, and the faithful who fall in battle around it can stave off death long enough to strike one last blow for their god.''


=Basic Info=
== Model stats and abilities ==
{{Infobox-Model
{{Model-stats
| name = {{PAGENAME}}
| name= Vessel of Judgment
| image = VesselOfJudgement.jpg
| base= 120 mm
| base  = Huge
| hp    = 32
| spd  = 4
| spd  = 4
| str  = 10
| mat  irrelevant
| rat  = 6
| rat  = 6
| def  = 10
| def  = 10
| arm  = 20
| arm  = 20
| cmd  = 10
| hp    = 32
| cost  = 15
| fa    = 2
| fa    = 2
| cost  = 13
| abilities =
{{AbilitySingle|Unstoppable}}
{{AbilitySingle|Resistance-Fire}}
{{AbilitySingle|Pathfinder}}
{{AbilitySingle|Gunfighter}}
{{AbilitySingle|Construct}}
{{AbilitySingle|Destructive Power}}
{{AbilityComplex|main=Holy Reliquary|sub1=Bonds of Faith|sub2=Doors of Judgement|sub3=Eruption of Faith|sub4=God's Wrath}}
}}
}}


{{Battle Engine}}
=== Weapons ===
{{Weapon|weapon=Divine Wrath|type = R |rng = 12 |rof = 1 |aoe = -|pow = 15| loc = - |abilities ={{AbilitySingle|Damage Type-Magical}}{{AbilitySingle|Pistol}}{{AbilitySingle|Admonisher}}
}}


===Abilities===
== Warjack Rules ==
* {{Construct}}
{{Category:Warjack}}
* {{Gunfighter}}
* {{Pathfinder}}
* {{Fire Immunity}}
* {{Destructive Power}}
* {{Holy Reliquary}}
** {{Bonds of Faith}}
** {{Doors of Judgment}}
** {{Eruption of Faith}}


===Weapons===
== Changes and Updates ==
* '''Divine Wrath''' - 12" range, POW 15 ranged attack
===Release Trivia===
** {{Magical Damage}}
** {{Admonisher}}
** {{Reload_1|suffer d3 damage}}
 
===Theme Forces ===
* {{Exemplar Interdiction}}
* {{The Creator's Might}}
 
 
=Thoughts on {{PAGENAME}}=
==={{PAGENAME}} in a nutshell===
The Protectorate Battle Engine has a nice gun for hurting heavies, toasting infantry, and provides some useful tricks. Admonisher is the Protectorate version of Lightning Generator, and unlike electro immune things, very few units are resistant to magic damage. Unfortunately, it only triggers upon hitting an enemy first, so not useful to unjam your heavies - but eliminating squishy support pieces, or fragile infantry standing close to some Girded heavy is always fun. Divine Wrath is a great gun, and it is boostable without spending focus. It is especially useful against Hordes and/or upkeep heavy armies, as Bonds of Fate can remove annoying enemy animi and upkeeps from '''every''' model in its respectable 10" CMD range, while leaving yours in place. Eruption of Faith is useful mainly when the enemy tries to jam your Vessel, while Door of Judgement can be a really nasty surprise for an unprepared enemy.
 
===Combos & Synergies===
There's a lot of models that can get a lot of work out of Doors of Judgement. You're looking for accurate, hard-hitting models such as:
* Units: [[Knights Exemplar]], [[Exemplar Cinerators]].
* Solos: [[Pyrrhus,_Flameguard_Hero|Pyrrhus]], [[Nicia, Tear of Vengeance|Nicia]], [[High Paladin Dartan Vilmon|Vilmon]], [[Exemplar_Bastion_Seneschal|Bastion Seneschal]].
* Special Mentions
** [[Exemplar Bastions]] can whack enemies twice in the enemy turn (once with Defensive Strike, second with the Doors)
** [[Captain Sam MacHorne & the Devil Dogs]] (and an [[Attendant Priest]]) can knock down the enemy in the enemy's turn via Doors of Judgement. Models can't stand on the turn they were knocked down, so they lose the turn.
 
A few models to repair the Vessel when it hurts itself:
* [[Vassal Mechanik]] fixes the Vessel when it hurts itself.
* [[Colbie Sterling]]. Probably only necessary if you're taking double vessels and need ''more'' repairs than just the full FA of Vassal Mechaniks.
 
Caster Synergies
* [[Kreoss1]] - The Vessel can emulate Kreoss1's Purification (though in a smaller radius), and also under his feat it can hit reliably hit knocked-down enemies and trigger Admonisher.
 
===Drawbacks & Downsides===
* It's expensive for a support piece and not hurting heavies much. (Light infantry on the other hand should be very afraid).
* It eats its own HP to be effective - on a particularly bad turn you can lose up to 11 HP.
* You basically have to add the price of the repair solos to its cost to keep it working, while inflicting damage upon yourself.
* It is painfully slow, and anything that messes with your SPD, will make a sitting duck out of it.
* Range denial tricks will make it near-useless.
* Not a battlegroup member, so battlegroup feats and spells will not support it. Neither the Choir.
* Its abundant health boxes are deceiving - if you take too much damage, you won't have enough left to hurt yourself to support your army.
 
===Tricks & Tips===
* It's theoretically possible to have a last ditch win by using Doors of Judgement on your warcaster just as they are dying to counter-assassinate. Theoretically.
* It's almost always worth boosting both attack and damage rolls on any worthy target.
* Low DEF targets (knocked down heavies, super heavies or objectives) are all excellent targets for delivering Admonisher to weaker targets nearby.
 
 
=Other=
===Trivia===
Released in the [[Warmachine: Wrath]] expansion (2011)
Released in the [[Warmachine: Wrath]] expansion (2011)


===Other Protectorate models===
===Mk3 to Mk4===
{{Index Menoth}}


===Rules Clarifications===
==Lore==
{{RC Magical Damage}}
''Each Vessel of Judgment is a reliquary containing the sacred remains of one of the Menite priest kings of old and is capable of the most potent manifestations of Menoth’s power on Caen. The blazing fury of the Creator scourges infidels who venture too close, and the faithful who fall in battle around it can stave off death long enough to strike one last blow for their god.''
{{RC Admonisher}}
{{RC Reload}}
 
{{RC Battle Engine}}
{{RC Construct}}
{{RC Gunfighter}}
{{RC Pathfinder}}
{{RC Fire}}
{{RC Destructive Power}}
 
{{RC Holy Reliquary}}
{{RC Bonds of Faith}}
{{RC Doors of Judgment}}
{{RC Eruption of Faith}}

Revision as of 08:18, 28 December 2024

Protectorate of Menoth Temple Guardians Battle Engine


Model stats and abilities

Model Statistics

Base size = 120 mmSPDRATDEFARM
Health = 32
FA = 2
Cost = 13461020
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Model Advantages and Abilities

Unstoppable
Unstoppable
This model does not have to forfeit its Combat Action when it advances or is placed out of one or more enemy models' melee ranges during its Normal Movement.

No errata for Unstoppable (Create)

Resistance-Fire
Resistance-Fire
When this model suffers a fire damage roll, remove one die from the damage roll.
  • This model is immune to the Fire continuous effect.

No errata for Resistance-Fire (Create)

Pathfinder
Pathfinder
This model treats rough terrain as open terrain while advancing. While charging, slam power attacking, or trample power attacking, this model does not stop its movement when it contacts an obstacle.

No errata for Pathfinder (Create)

Gunfighter
Gunfighter
When this model makes a ranged attack while engaged, it does not have to target the model engaging it with the attack.

No errata for Gunfighter (Create)

Construct
Construct
This model is a construct, and is not a living model.

No errata for Construct (Create)


Destructive Power
During its activation, this model can suffer 1 damage point to boost an attack or damage roll. This damage is suffered immediately after the attack is resolved.

No errata for Destructive Power (Create)

Holy Reliquary
This model can use each of the following miracles once per turn. This model suffers d3 damage points each time it uses a miracle. This damage is suffered immediately after the miracle takes effect.
Bonds of Faith - This model can use this miracle at any time during its activation. Remove d3 damage points from each other friendly Faction models within 10 inches of this model. Additionally, when this miracle is used, enemy upkeep spells and animi on models/units within 10 inches of this model immediately expire. A spellcaster can keep any of its upkeep spells in play by suffering d3 damage points per spell.
Doors of Judgement - Once per turn when a friendly living Faction warrior model within 10 inches of this model is disabled by an enemy attack at any time except while it is advancing, this model can use this miracle. The disabled model can immediately make a full advance and can make one basic attack, then the disabled model is destroyed.
Eruption of Faith - This model can use this miracle once per turn at any time during its activation. When this miracle is used, enemy models currently within 2 inches of this model suffer an unboostable POW 12 fire damage roll and the Fire continuous effect and are pushed 4 inches directly away from this model in the order you choose.
God's Wrath - This model can use this miracle at any time during its activation. This model can make one additional ranged attack during its Combat Action this activation.
No errata for Holy Reliquary (Create)
No errata for Bonds of Faith (Create)
No errata for Doors of Judgement (Create)
No errata for Eruption of Faith (Create)
No errata for God's Wrath (Create)



Weapons

Divine Wrath
 RNG   ROF   AOE   POW   LOCATION 
12 1 - 15 -
Damage Type-Magical
Damage Type-Magical
This weapon causes magical damage.

No errata for Damage Type-Magical (Create)

Pistol
Pistol

A model making an attack with this weapon targeting a model it is in melee with ignores the Target in Melee bonus when resolving this attack.

  Errata-Pistol (2023-09-17)
Question: Does the pistol benefit apply to models not in melee with the attacking model when the pistol is on a spray?
Answer: No, it only applies to models with which the attacking model is in melee.
Explanation: The intent is that a model only ignore the penalty for being in melee with the models that model is in melee with. Pistol only works against the models in the melee with the attacking model.
Infernal Ruling: Dark Legacy - PP Community forum



Admonisher
When an enemy model is directly hit by an attack with this weapon, the d3 nearest enemy models within 4 inches of the model hit suffer an unboostable POW 10 magical damage roll. These damage rolls are not considered to have been caused by an attack. Resolve damage resulting from Admonisher simultaneously with the damage resulting from the attack that directly hit.

No errata for Admonisher (Create)


Warjack Rules

Category:Warjack

Changes and Updates

Release Trivia

Released in the Warmachine: Wrath expansion (2011)

Mk3 to Mk4

Lore

Each Vessel of Judgment is a reliquary containing the sacred remains of one of the Menite priest kings of old and is capable of the most potent manifestations of Menoth’s power on Caen. The blazing fury of the Creator scourges infidels who venture too close, and the faithful who fall in battle around it can stave off death long enough to strike one last blow for their god.