The Book of Ulfrid Hornwrangler

[awesomeunleashed]

The Book of Ulfrid Hornwrangler

C3V Wave 2 - Age of Chaos - Dwarf and Soulborgs



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GRIM DETERMINATION SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 1. Attack 4.
If Grim Determination Special Attack does not destroy a figure, Ulfrid Hornwrangler receives a wound and must attack that figure again with his Grim Determination Special Attack, if possible.

SHIELD OF VALOR
When defending with Ulfrid Hornwrangler, each shield rolled counts for one additional block.

The figure used for this unit is a Legendary Encounters figure. Its model name is Dwarf Warrior 20034.

Character Bio:

Spoiler Alert!

Ulfrid Hornwrangler didn't particuarly care for standing rear guard. But he had been the rear guard his whole career.

His entire company--his father’s company, to be more accurate--was currently engaged with a large orc horde. While his brothers and friends were up front, tasting battle and glory, as all dwarves should, he was stuck in the back with the other "undesirables." He held this position because he was the son of a great dwarven war hero.

His father had had such high hopes for him ... until he was born. When his mother and father saw his size, his father had written him off, and his mother had decided he would be a miner. As he aged, he began to chafe each of them. His father tried to ignore him; he trained with the other military cadets. His mother called him "her little digger"; he enlisted with the other warriors. Always he was relegated to minor roles, even after he finally hit his growth spurt--the disapproval of his father was as contagious as it was irrational--despite the fact the he had excelled at everything he put his mind to. Ulfrid did not care. Ulfrid soldiered on.

Thus, he found himself at the back of a major battle, watching the carnage through a spyglass. As he peered, he muttered to himself, "This makes no sense ..." The orcs were ruthlessly attacking a position that was so well defended that there was no chance of them taking it. They were making a huge show of it ... all eyes in the valley must be on them. Suddenly, Ulfrid's gut was gripped with fear.

"We are all watching them!" he shouted as he spun around.

He scanned the horizon, looking for the force he now knew must be coming. At first he saw nothing, then a hint of movement and a telltale plume of dust rising from the east. He focused on the slowly growing dots at the base of the dust cloud to see how much trouble they were in.

"For the love of Moradin, those are giants!" A handful of the great brutes were lumbering toward the unguarded flank.

Ulfrid turned toward the closest warrior and shouted, "Galvin, if you ever could run fast, run now! Warn my father that an attack is coming from the rear."

Ulfrid hefted his warhammer, grabbed his shield and began to trudge toward the giants. Galvin called to his retreating back. "Ulfrid! can you stop them?"

Ulfrid glanced back over his shoulder, and responded with a grim smile. "No ... but I will die trying."

-Rulings and Clarifications-

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Received

• AXEGRINDERS OF BURNING FORGE: Dwarven Strategic Bonding:
  As a Dwarf Hero, Ulfrid Hornwrangler may benefit from the Axegrinders' DWARVEN STRATEGIC BONDING activation synergy.

Synergy Benefits Offered

• 4th MASSACHUSETTS LINE: Valiant Army Defense Bonus
  Having a Valiant personality, Ulfrid Hornwrangler may aid the 4th Massachusetts Line with their VALIANT ARMY DEFENSE BONUS.
  *NOTE: See The Book of 4th Massachusetts Line for proper application.

-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

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Power Ranking and Master Index

Ulfrid Hornwrangler: A strong frontline hero with a powerful special attack that can be used to assassinate a key hero or clear a key space. And even if it backfires, at least your Axegrinders are fast. A-

[awesomeunleashed]

Tell me if I missed anything. And yes, I did ask first.

[Seb from space]

Very nice hero !
Tell me if I make a mistake : when Ulfrid attacked a figure once, and took a wound, he must attack again, and then... If he missed again to kill this figure, he must attack again, until he (or the figure) dies.

[awesomeunleashed]

Originally Posted by Seb from space

Very nice hero !
Tell me if I make a mistake : when Ulfrid attacked a figure once, and took a wound, he must attack again, and then... If he missed again to kill this figure, he must attack again, until he (or the figure) dies.

Yep. Really lame if you aren't rolling any skulls...

[ZBeeblebrox]

Never mind

[awesomeunleashed]

Originally Posted by ZBeeblebrox

Yes, this guys picks a foe and is determined to take down that foe regardless of the cost and he could fall at the same time as his target.

Absolutely... Incorrect. He doesn't take a wound if he kills his opponent.

Shame, ZB...

[Aldin]

awesomeunleashed has it right. Someone will be standing over someone else's body by the time it's all over.

~Aldin, referencing his old sig... hmmm may be time to change back now that the CoN is over

ETA changed!

[ZBeeblebrox]

Originally Posted by awesomeunleashed

Absolutely... Incorrect. He doesn't take a wound if he kills his opponent.

Shame, ZB...

See this is what happens when you are involved in every process...because I remember the debate at one point about this...but it was resolved

Sorry

[dok]

Originally Posted by Aldin

awesomeunleashed has it right. Someone will be standing over someone else's body by the time it's all over.

...unless Ulfrid was attacking Isamu, or someone else who has the power to escape adjacency with Ulfrid.

(That's why the "if possible" is in there.)

[MegaSilver]

Ulfrid can take a beating from attacks, but doesn't is determined when he's attacking.

[Major Q23]

In my opinion Ulfrid is the worst dwarf hero. That in no way means he is bad though. He fits very nicely into a 500 pt dwarf army with 4 Axegrinders and Mogrimm. He is also a good special attacker in a 4th Mass build. Raelin is a wonderful partner to Ulfrid, considering she practically gives him +4 defense dice. On average he would get 3.333 shields while he is in Raelin's aura. Which does make him hard to kill. A fun 400 pt army I can think of would be Ulfrid, Sentinels x2, and Raelin, talk about hard to kill. Grim Determination is a cool effect that could either kill him or kill Q9 depending on how the dice gods feal that day. In a dwarf build I would much rather spend 10/20 more pts if I could afford it to get Migol/Morgrimm.

[awesomeunleashed]

Originally Posted by Major Q23

In my opinion Ulfrid is the worst dwarf hero.

I think you may be forgetting someone-Ulfrid is, IMO, certainly better for the cost than Darrak most of the time.