Exemplar Errant Seneschal

Elevation to the rank of seneschal among the Exemplar Errants is no simple promotion. One of the superlative few chosen to command his brother knights must be a veteran of numerous missions on foreign soil. His most formidable asset may be his understanding of Menoth’s purpose for him on Caen. His brother Errants know he has a special duty, and so great is their belief in the Creator and their Seneschal that if the enemies of the Temple strike him down they will volunteer their own souls to take his place in Urcaen.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Advance Deployment
• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Call to Sacrifice

Leadership

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• Template:Quick Work
• Template:Unyielding

Weapons

• Heavy Crossbow - 10" range, POW 10 ranged weapon.
  • Template:Blessed
  • Template:Magical Damage
• Sword - 0.5" reach, P+S 9 melee weapon.
  • Template:Weapon Master

Theme Forces

• Protectorate
  • Template:Exemplar Interdiction. He gains Aegis in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this model in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Feora is leading the army.

Thoughts on Exemplar Errant Seneschal

Exemplar Errant Seneschal in a nutshell

The Exemplar Errant Seneschal is an elite Exemplar Errant that buffs all the Errants near him and essentially joins in their dodging damage mechanic thanks to his call to sacrifice. At 3pts he's now the Exemplar Interdiction equivalent of the Allegiant - a cheap scenario piece who contests or camps a flag and is hard to remove.

Combos & Synergies

• Exemplar Errants gain Unyielding if he's nearby. Which makes them tough enough to brawl with most infantry although not to take a charge.
  • Adding either Arcane Ward and especially Defender's Ward will make them fairly survivable and the enemy must first hit DEF14 and then crack ARM20, both is very manageable, especially if only one point of damage needs to be done to secure the kill.
• Gravus prevents knockdown as always.
• Severius0 for MAT 9 RAT 8. The Seneschal is decent at triggering Road to War as well.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Anything that prevents healing also shuts down Call to Sacrifice.
• Unyielding on Errants is a terrible rule, because as single wound infantry, being ARM 18 in melee will not help them survive even moderately powered charge attacks, not to mention that they are a ranged skirmish unit that does not want to tangle in melee anyway.
• He has a lot of overlap with Exemplar Warder Elias Gade even down to cost, stats and most of their abilities. Compared to him, the Seneschal has a Leadership ability of dubious value, Unyielding and +1 MAT, Gade has double the amount of weapons with the same stats, True Sight, Prey and Sniper. Basically there is no scenario where the Seneschal beats out Gade, except when in melee with a non-prey target.
• Despite the models clearly wielding a shield, the weapon, and thus the accompanying rule, are nowhere to be found on his card.

Tricks & Tips

• Keep the Seneschal near the middle of the Errants to spread the Unyielding.
• He is slow for a combat solo - deploy him with the flags he's going to go after in mind.

Other

Trivia

Released in Warmachine: Protectorate of Menoth (April 2010)