Delaque Master of Shadow

A Master of Shadows moving in like a Boss.

Delaque Master of Shadows, are the leaders of spoopy baldmen group; House Delaque, and are in charge in overseeing the entire operations and activity of Necromunda's Men in Black.

Overview

As leaders of the syndicate of creepy Alopecia sufferers, the Master of Shadow are the only ones who actually knows who is who, whereas from an outsider's perspective, they are simply another Delaque who looks like the same as the rest.

Masters of Shadow attain their power by having a strong connection to the Psychoterica. Some members of the House are born with this strong connection, while others must nurture it over many years. The greatest Masters of Shadow are seen as living embodiments of the Silent Ones, their humanity almost completely consumed by the ancient alien will. How Delaque managed to avoid the curiosity from the Ordo Xenos for thousands of years is a feat on itself.

Although they look nearly identical as their lesser kin, the Master of Shadow is equipped with a Web Gauntlet, Imperial Mesh Armour worn under Delaque's standard-issue overcoat, a Plasma Pistol or Plasma Gun, a Meltagun, a Flechette Pistol, Combat Knives and a Pimpin Cane.

Crunch

On Necromunda, the Masters of Shadow are versatile models with 3+ in both WS and BS. Their House weapons don’t include any truly powerful Basic weapons, but good Special choices and one good melee option (the Web Gauntlet). With Agility, Cunning and Leadership as skill options, the Master of Shadow is really the same thing as any of the Phantoms.

Agility skills might open up some options (Spring Up is fairly reliable with a base 3+ Initiative, but a Nacht-Ghul will outdo a Master as a melee specialist), but most players would probably build theirs to take advantage of a special weapon. Building yours as a credit-saving option with Overseer is therefore understandable. The other unique selling point is their facility for using Psychoteric Whispers with their Willpower of 5+.