Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes

Sacred monuments of the trollkin, krielstones are carried into battle as reservoirs of spiritual energy. Only the strongest trollkin can bear the immensely heavy stones, which radiate an aura that protects nearby warriors. The accompanying stone scribes bear witness to the brave deeds of their kin and help capture the stone’s sacred power in their scrolls.

Basic Info

Main Unit

Abilities

• Leader & Grunts
  • Template:Tough

• Leader only
  • Template:Awaken the Stone
  • Template:Fury Vault
  • Template:Protective Aura
  • Template:Self-Sacrifice

Weapons

• Leader
  • Template:Unarmed

• Grunts
  • Hand Weapon - 1" reach, P+S 10 melee weapon

Stone Scribe Elder (CA #1)

Abilities

• Template:Officer
• Template:Tough
• Template:Stone Warp
  • Template:Combat Warding
  • Template:Spirit Chaser
  • Template:Stone Strength

Weapons

• Hand Weapon - 1" reach, P+S 10 melee weapon

Northkin Elder (CA #2)

Among the Northkin leadership are their revered elders, many of whom are also powerful mystics, either shamans or sorcerers who can lend the cold of the north to the power already contained in krielstones to strengthen their allies. The winds they summon can speed an army into the fray or lend bite to the winter magics of other mystics. Template:Infobox-Model

Abilities

• Template:Immunity Cold
• Template:Officer
• Template:Tough
• Template:Stone Warp
  • Template:Stone Cold
  • Template:Wild Winds
  • Template:Winter Magic
• Tactics: Northkin - Models in this model's unit are Northkin models and gain Immunity:Cold.

Weapons

• Template:Unarmed

Weapon Attachment

As with most Trollkin units, the Krielstone can take up to 3 Trollkin Sorcerers. The Sorcerer's info has been omitted for brevity. Due to the wording of Fury Bank each sorcerer adds +1 to the maximum amount of Fury the unit can have thus extending the area +1 inch.

Theme Forces

• Trollbloods
  • Template:Band of Heroes. They gain "Optional Take Down" in this theme.
  • Template:Kriel Company
  • Template:Power of Dhunia
  • Template:Storm of the North. They become Northkin models and gain Immunity: Cold in this theme.
  • Template:Vengeance of Dhunia

• Other Factions
  • Minion players can also use this unit in the Vengeance of Dhunia theme.

Thoughts on Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes

Krielstone Bearer & Stone Scribes in a nutshell

The Krielstone Bearer is the unit that makes the Trollbloods the Trollbloods. Every player owns one, complete with a Stone Scribe, and it sees play almost every game.

Because the faction is built around the +2 armour the stone provides it makes playing a ’brick’ a lot easier the downside to this though is that it makes scenario play harder as you likely will have to choose between extra armour and contesting every point.

Thoughts on adding the CA

The Stone Scribe Elder is just good for any kind of force (both +1 STR and countering a lot of hard to counter stuff) while the Northkin is brutal in Storm of the North theme force when running a lot of infantry. Template:Tipbox

Base Unit

• Anything Trollblood especially if it has decent armour and multiple wounds. Which is everything except most of the infantry, and even they like it.

Stone Scribe Elder

• models with thrown weapons really appreciate +1 strength as it improves their guns on the approach Trollkin Scouts, Ice Trolls, Troll Impalers and Madrak1 especially.

Northkin Elder

• Northkin models naturally

Drawbacks & Downsides

• The Protective Aura is tied to the "this model" that activated it. If you're forced to Field Promote the Leader model, then the Aura will be "turned off" until next time the unit activates and turns it back on.
  • Keep an eye out for stuff which gets around Self-Sacrifice because players will use it to "snipe" the Leader model. For instance, Electro Leap damage is "not considered to be from an attack".
• It needs charging up.

Tricks & Tips

• Keep it in the middle of your army.
• A great counter to Stealth and Incorporeal.

Other

Trivia

• Original unit was released in Primal Mk1 (2006)
• The Elder CA was added in Hordes: Metamorphosis (2009)
• The Northkin CA was added in the Northkin CID (2017.07)
• Nicknames: The Stone.