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{{Protbox|{{Protectorate}} {{Flameguard}} {{Daughter of the Flame}} {{Character}} {{Solo}} }} [[Category: Model]]
[[Protectorate of Menoth]] [[Temple Guardians]] [[Solo]]
{{4P|'''Temple Guardians'''}}


''The widow of a proud Menite soldier, Nicia hopes only that by the time she meets her own inevitable, bloody death she will have killed enough unbelievers to join her husband at Menoth’s side. This peerless Daughter of the Flame strides through battle with lethal grace and speed, each movement gauged to bring her within striking distance. Even as she cuts through one foe, she fells another with cannon fire, wheeling her blade around for another kill. Few enemies have witnessed Nicia's murderous devotions and lived.''
[[Category:Protectorate of Menoth]]
[[Category:Temple Guardians]]
=Basic Info=
[[Category:Legacy]]
{{Infobox-Model
[[Category:Prime]]
| name  = [[Nicia|Nicia1]]
[[Category:Solo]]
| image = Nicia.jpg
 
| base  = Small
 
==Model stats and abilities==
{{Model-stats
| name  = Nicia 1
| base  = 30 mm
| hp    = 5
| spd  = 7
| spd  = 7
| str  = 5
| mat  = 7
| mat  = 7
| rat   = 7
| rat = 7
| def  = 15
| def  = 15
| arm  = 13
| arm  = 13
| cmd  irrelevant
| fa = C
| hp    = 5
| cost = 3
| cost  = 4
|abilities=
| fa    = C
{{AbilitySingle|Unstoppable}}
{{AbilitySingle|Stealth}}
{{AbilitySingle|Pathfinder}}
{{AbilitySingle|Dual Attack}}
{{AbilitySingle|Ambush}}
{{AbilitySingle|Advance Deployment}}
{{AbilitySingle|Acrobatics}}
{{AbilitySingle|Sprint}}
}}
}}
== Weapons ==
===Abilities===  
{{Weapon|weapon=Sword Cannon|type =R |rng =10|rof = 1 |aoe = - |pow = 12| loc = -| abilities ={{AbilitySingle|Pistol}} }}
* {{Advance Deployment}}
{{Weapon|weapon=Blade|type = M |rng =2|rof = - |aoe = - |pow = 10| loc = -| abilities ={{AbilitySingle|Weapon Master}}{{AbilitySingle|Grievous Wounds}} }}
* {{Parry}}
* {{Stealth}}
* {{Acrobatics}}
* {{Blast Resistance}}
* {{Elite Cadre|nolink=[[:Category:Daughters of the Flame|Daughters of the Flame]]|1=[[:Category:Daughters of the Flame|Daughters of the Flame]]|2=Blast Resistance}} [[Category: Blast Resistance Elite Cadre]]
* {{Quick Work}}
* {{Rapid Strike}}
* {{Sprint}}
 
===Weapons ===  
* '''Sword Cannon''' - 10" range, POW 12 ranged attack.
* '''Blade''' - 2" range, P+S 10 melee attack.
** {{Weapon Master}}
 
===Theme Forces===
* '''''Protectorate
** {{Guardians of the Temple}}
 
* '''''Other Factions
** '''[[Infernal]]''' players can take this unit in the {{Hearts of Darkness|notbold=}} theme, but only if [[Feora]] is leading the army.
 
 
=Thoughts on {{PAGENAME}}=
==={{PAGENAME}} in a nutshell===
A ninja-assassin widow of the Protectorate Nicia can cause a lot of headache for your opponent. Not geared for protracted frontline combat or going toe to toe with heavies, she is adept at sneaking up on your enemy's flanks, and strike where it hurts the most. Depending on your play style you can go after solos or over-extended infantry formations, kill them, then sprint back to safety. Or you can go all-in, charge into the heart of the enemy for a juicy target, and hope that you can sprint away. In either case Acrobatics and Parry will allow you to ignore any enemy screening models.
===Combos & Synergies===
*[[Daughters of the Flame]], obviously. She grants them [[Blast Resistance]].
Direct support on solos compared to units is usually wasted, unless you absolutely positively want to pull off an assassination run with Nicia. Force multipliers are still the best on her:
* [[Feora,_Priestess_of_the_Flame|Feora1]] - Veteran Leader bonus plus Ignite usually end up in quite telling strikes.
* [[Feora,_The_Conquering_Flame|Feora3]] - Incite is self evident, and you can set fire to quite a few models under her feat.
* [[Thyra]] - Carnage pushes her MAT even further and she can Blend In with her.
* [[Kreoss1]] and [[Kreoss2]] - both incarnations' feat are universal MAT fixers.
* [[Boundless Charge]] - either from [[Anson Durst, Rock of the Faith|Durst]] or [[Servath_Reznik,_Wrath_of_Ages|Reznik2]] can give much needed pathfinder. [[Vice_Scrutator_Vindictus|Vindictus']] True Path is also a honourable mention.
* [[Harbinger]] - Crusader's Call and an occasional Guided Hand helps you on the attack, while Martyrdom will keep Nicea safe, if a spiked blast damage roll would bring her down before hitting the enemy lines.
* [[Rhupert_Carvolo,_Piper_of_Ord|Rhupert]] - another Pathfinder source, who can also occasionally hand out Tough.


===Drawbacks & Downsides===
== Solo Rules ==
* No Pathfinder on a close combat solo is an insult for any believer of the True Law.
{{Category:Solo}}
* Without Assault, her ranged abilities will often be wasted.
* MAT7 and ARM13 are plain average stats for a combat solo.
* If she doesn't kill and Sprint away, she will be dead in no time.
* Not suited to hurt heavies on her own.
===Tricks & Tips===
* Just like with [[Rhyas]], enemies within 12" are not safe from your blade.
* If there are countercharging models near your intended target, try to end your move in their back arc. They cannot charge what they cannot see.


=Other=
== Changes and Updates ==
===Trivia===
===Release Trivia===
Released in the [[Warmachine: Wrath]] expansion (2011)
Released in the [[Warmachine: Wrath]] expansion (2011)


===Other Protectorate models===
{{Index Menoth}}


===Rules Clarifications===
==Lore==
{{RC Advance Deployment}}
''The widow of a proud Menite soldier, Nicia hopes only that by the time she meets her own inevitable, bloody death she will have killed enough unbelievers to join her husband at Menoth’s side. This peerless Daughter of the Flame strides through battle with lethal grace and speed, each movement gauged to bring her within striking distance. Even as she cuts through one foe, she fells another with cannon fire, wheeling her blade around for another kill. Few enemies have witnessed Nicia's murderous devotions and lived.''
{{RC Parry}}
{{RC Stealth}}
{{RC Acrobatics}}
{{RC Blast Resistance}}
{{RC Elite Cadre}}
{{RC Quick Work}}
{{RC Rapid Strike}}
{{RC Sprint}}
 
{{RC Weapon Master}}

Latest revision as of 01:57, 29 December 2024

Protectorate of Menoth Temple Guardians Solo


Model stats and abilities

Model Statistics

Base size = 30 mmSPDMATRATDEFARM
Health = 5
FA = C
Cost = 37771513
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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)

Stealth
Stealth
Ranged and magic attacks targeting this model from a point of origin greater than 5˝ away automatically miss. This model is not an intervening model when determining line of sight from a model more than 5˝ away.‎

No errata for Stealth (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)

Dual Attack
Dual Attack

This model can make melee and ranged attacks in the same activation. When this model makes its initial melee attacks, it can also make its initial ranged attacks. A model with Dual Attack can make its initial melee and ranged attacks in any order you choose. This model cannot make ranged attacks after making a power attack.

  Errata-Dual Attack and Unit Charges (2023-10-27)
Question: If a unit with Dual Attack charges a single model, are all placed in melee range, and the first model kills the charge target, can the remaining members of the unit make ranged attacks, or do they forfeit their Combat Action because they don't have any enemy models in their melee range?
Answer: The check for melee range is done at the end of movement. If you kill the targets before they attack, they can still do their ranged attack. (Malkav13)
Explanation: This post is correct.
Infernal Ruling: elswickchuck (Bulldog) - PP Community forum


  Errata-Dual Attack and Special Attacks (2023-08-10)
Question: Can a model with Dual Attack make any combination of ranged special attack and normal melee initial attacks, or its melee special attack and normal ranged initial attacks? (Example: Bison Both Barrels and Ram, or Mariner Thresher and gunshot).
Answer: No.
Explanation: The bison can not use dual attack and also make a special attack. That is correct in that (Thresher) example too.
Infernal Ruling: elswickchuck (Bulldog) - PP Community forum



Ambush
Ambush
In most scenarios, this model/unit does not have to be deployed at the start of the game. Instead, it can be placed at the end of any of your Control Phases after the first round.
  • Choose any table edge except the back of your opponent's deployment zone.
  • Place the models/units completely within 3 inches of the chosen table edge.
  • Place so that every model in the unit is within 3 inches of every other model in the unit.
  • Ambushing models/units must forfeit either their Normal Movement or Combat Action during the turn they are put into play.

  Errata-Ambush (2024-1-16)
Question: When can Ambush happen - the rule book conflicts with app.
Answer: End of Control after the first round.
Explanation: N/A
Infernal Ruling: pps_Loren Privateer Press Staff/Dev - PP Community forum


Advance Deployment
Advance Deployment
In most scenarios, this model can be deployed after normal deployment, up to three inches beyond the established deployment zone.

No errata for Advance Deployment (Create)


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.

No errata for Acrobatics (Create)


Sprint
At the end of an activation in which it destroyed or removed from play one or more enemy models with melee attacks, a model with Sprint can immediately make a full advance, then its activation ends.

No errata for Sprint (Create)


Weapons

Sword Cannon
 RNG   ROF   AOE   POW   LOCATION 
10 1 - 12 -
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


Blade
 RNG   ROF   AOE   POW   LOCATION 
2 - - 10 -
Weapon Master
Weapon Master
When resolving an attack with this weapon, add an additional die to damage rolls.

No errata for Weapon Master (Create)


Grievous Wounds

A model hit by this weapon loses Tough and cannot have damage removed from it for one round.

No errata for Grievous Wounds (Create)


Solo Rules

Solos are independent warrior models.

Changes and Updates

Release Trivia

Released in the Warmachine: Wrath expansion (2011)


Lore

The widow of a proud Menite soldier, Nicia hopes only that by the time she meets her own inevitable, bloody death she will have killed enough unbelievers to join her husband at Menoth’s side. This peerless Daughter of the Flame strides through battle with lethal grace and speed, each movement gauged to bring her within striking distance. Even as she cuts through one foe, she fells another with cannon fire, wheeling her blade around for another kill. Few enemies have witnessed Nicia's murderous devotions and lived.