Rafkin


 * Rafkin, the Embalmer, Resurrectionist Minion **toc

=__Overview__= Apprentice to Nicodem, and messenger of McMourning, Rafkin eagerly serves both masters and assists them in their work. Able to produce Body-Parts like McMourning - he is able to assist in the organ harvest for the psycho/super surgeon,

=__Mobility__= Per the training and passion inherited by McMourning, Rafkin also has Passion for his Work - allowing him to discard 1 Bodypart to gain (+1) Fast. Also, similar to McMourning, he collects Body-Parts with each successful hit he delivers with his blade -

=__Offense__= (As per Master, w. Subheadings as needed.)

=__Resilience__= (As per Master, w. Subheadings as needed.)

=__Tips and Tricks__= Similar to McMourning, you want to start Rafkin with 1-Bodypart. This will reduced your Soul-Stone Cache by -1, but it will get your ball rolling.

Hasty disposal is a great spell, and can change the dynamics of a game. Mindless Zombies are great if you're running Nicodem, but Guild autopsies are significant, so whichever master you're running him with this can be a great spell. Hasty disposal is a costly spell to get off (9 Crows and an //ALL// action) so whilst its important to get the most out of a casting of it (ie, When you have a lot of body parts) it is important not to wait so long that rafkin isn't in a position to cast it (either dead, or needs to attack a key opponent in melee, or interact with an objective.)

=__Master-Specific Tips__= One use of Rafkin is to summon zombies. Without Nicodem as your master, you wont be able to control these zombies, so they can end up attacking your own crew. You can get around this by summoning guild autopsies, but you'll summon half as many or less, and it wont be worth the high crow to summon one autopsy.

__**Nicodem**__ - If Nicodem uses (0)Arise! while Rafkin has Preserve Bodies active he will gain a body part counter for each corpse counter within 6" of Rafkin sacrificed by Nicodem. Also, Nicodem normally has to strike a balance between having enough zombies around to protect him, and using bolster undead to make all nearby undead much harder to kill, and hit much easier. Rafkin can help with this, summoning enough zombies turn 3 or 4 if you've saved alot of body part counters to protect Nicodem for turns to come, so he can bolster undead and mop up the opposing crew. Zombies are a very good choice to summon with Nicodem, but remember guild autopsies are significant, so if you have objectives to complete, play the mission.

A good tactic for Nicodem to use with Rafkin is to take 3 Canine Remains, deployed in base to base with Rafkin, so a single blast will hit the other models in contact. Have one Canine Remains use Defensive Stance. Rafkin then uses his Flask of Formaldehyde to blast all the dogs and himself, giving them and himself poison 2. Rafkin should also use Preserve bodies.

When next they activate the dogs will die, and when Nicodem uses Arise, and then Reanimator, Rafkin will gain a Body Part Counter for each counter used. Not to mention Rafkin will now be able to heal 2 wounds at will from the Poison thanks to Mithridization.

=__Minion-Specific Tips__= If you don't mind killing your own minions to gain body parts, Rafkin can quite easily kill a number of **Canine Remains**with a single attack of Formaldehyde (feel free to include Rafkin in the blast to give him a nice stock of 2 poison tokens), leaving one AP left for (1) Preserve Bodies. The poison will kill each dog when they activate, dropping a Corpse Counter. Leave one Canine Remains alive to pick up all the counters and then use "For you, Master", which //discards// the counters giving one Corpse Counter to the Master and one body part counter to Rafkin for each counter discarded.

=__Playing Against [Minion]__= Threat level, how to kill/neutralise it, what to watch out for etc.

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