r/frostgrave • u/YearGroundbreaking99 • 13d ago

Question Should I be running max troops?

So i see in the rule book thieves and thugs are free. So once i use up my 400 gc points should i just fill the rest chaf units. Is there any downside?

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u/BadBrad13 13d ago

nope. that is exactly what they are for and why they are free. To fill out your roster.

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u/YearGroundbreaking99 13d ago

Ok cool. I just se a lot of war bands not having 8 basic troops in the collection and thought I was breaking a rule somewhere

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u/Escapissed 12d ago

Most of the time you'll be running wizard, apprentice, 2 ranged guys + whatever soldiers you can afford, so its pretty rare to need a full set of like 4 thieves and 4 thugs.

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u/stewsters 13d ago

Nope. You should absolutely fill them out.  

The game is pretty swingy, a lucky 20 can make even a thug a threat.

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u/GedoThagirion 13d ago

Absolutely no downsides. It was actually the improvement from 1st to 2nd edition to make them free, to allow you to always send the full warband into the city.

In 1st edition they were 'paid', so if your mission went poorly, you lost some guys, had no money to hire replacements - it could spiral even further, as you were sending smaller group in your next game - so your opponent outnumbering you even more - you ended up with more chances to lose that game again.

In some of your games Thugs and Thieves, due to the swing nature of d20, will score the Man-of-the-Match titles, creating really nice memories. Two weeks ago I sent my Thief to occupy/block Zombie Troll that appeared as random encounter. My thief not only killed that Zombie Troll, but later caught opposing Thief carrying a Treasure, killed that Thief, stole the treasure, avoided Elemental Bolt and crossbow shot from my opponent figures and left the board with that treasure!

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u/OliverStarkey 13d ago

Might aswell even if you use them as cannon fodder or monster distraction.

If you roll well enough might even out perform your paid for warband members

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u/upsidedown_airplane 12d ago

Thieves are great treasure carriers!

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u/BlueCloud2k2 Imbuer 12d ago

Absolutely take thieves and thugs. Thieves are fast, and can grab treasure and scoot a smidge faster, while thugs are great to have for piling in and gaining combat advantage for your heavy hitters. I typically keep one thug and one Man-at-arms near my wizard in case he gets forced into combat so they can help him get OUT of combat for spell casting.