The Book of Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler

[Myriadite]

The Book of Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler

Master Set IV - Age of Annihilation



Basic Side:

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If you cannot see the Army Card graphic, check Renegade's Story Page for stats and special powers, plus "character biography" and other non-game unit info.

Character Bio: Stout of height and heart, Dorim is a dwarf of uncommon stubbornness. While he often stands beside strange creatures from distant worlds, Dorim has adjusted to life on Valhalla uncommonly swiftly. Formerly a close ally of the Valkyrie general Aquilla, Dorim is compelled to seek a permanent end to the ongoing war; a task he imagines cannot be accomplished alongside the Valkyrie Generals, whose very title is a military rank. He hopes one day they might right their differences. Until then, he does what dwarves do best, and follows his heart.

DORIM THE BULKHEAD BRAWLER
Aquilla / Feylund / Dwarf / Unique Hero / Pirate / Fearless / Small 4
Life 5 / Move 5 / Range 1 / Attack 4 / Defense 3 / Points 100

CHARGE!!!
If Dorim attacks an opponent's figure during his turn, the Move value of all os your Army Cards is increased by 1 until the next time you reveal an Order Marker.

CHAIN AXE
After rolling attack dice, before defence dice are rolled, you may re-roll one die that did not show a skull.

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-Rulings and Clarifications-

N/A

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Synergy Benefits Received

- ADMIRAL EJ-1M : Admiral's Orders:
As a Pirate, Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler may benefit from Admiral EJ-1M's ADMIRAL'S ORDERS. (AoA)

- ADMIRAL EJ-1M : Boarding Party Special Attack:
As a Pirate, Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler may be moved by Admiral EJ-1M's BOARDING PARTY. (AoA)

- CRIMSON WIDOW : Pirate Commander:
As a Pirate, Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler may benefit from Crimson Widow's PIRATE COMMANDER. (AoA)

- CRIMSON WIDOW : Midnight Raid:
As a Pirate, Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler may be moved by Crimson Widow's MIDNIGHT RAID. (AoA)

- DREADNAUTS OF NEW TORTUGA : Captain's Orders:
As a Pirate Hero, Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler may benefit from Dreanauts of New Tortuga's CAPTAIN'S ORDERS activation synergy. (AoA)

- FIRST OFFICER BOK-BUR-NA : Intimidate:
As a Pirate, Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler may benefit from First Officer Bok-Bur-Na's INTIMIDATE. (AoA)

- KNAVES OF THE SILVER SCIMITAR : Captain's Orders:
As a Pirate Hero, Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler may benefit from Knaves of the Silver Scimitar's CAPTAIN'S ORDERS activation synergy. (AoA)

- THE AXEGRINDERS OF THE BURNING FORGE : Dwarven Strategic Bonding:
As a Dwarf hero, Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler may benefit from The Axegrinders' DWARVEN STRATEGIC BONDING activation synergy. (Classic)

Synergy Benefits Offered

- CHARGE!!! : Figures that can move after Dorim attacks without revealing another Order Marker:

• Dreanauts of New Tortuga through CAPTAIN'S ORDERS
• Knaves of the Silver Scimitar through CAPTAIN'S ORDERS
• The Axegrinders of the Burning Forge through DWARVEN STRATEGIC BONDING

C3V and SoV Custom Synergies

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Synergy Benefits Offered

Synergy Benefits Received

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-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

Power Rankings

ryguy266: Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler: Certainly best as a Dwarf Hero than a Captain, Dorim gets the Axegrinders into battle quicker and can really dish out damage. A
(Subject to change)

OEAO: A-
(Subject to change)

Matthias Maccabeus (Melee Perspective): B+
(Subject to change)

Master Index
AoA Proxy Model Thread
Is this design finished?
Is this compatible with C3V/SoV?

Unit Strategy Review
- TBD

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-2022 Haslab Campaign Version-

Spoiler Alert!

“IF I DON’T KILL A MAN EVERY NOW AND THEN, THEY FORGET WHO I AM.” Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler NEVER backs down from a fight, ever! Dorim accepts every contract, every opportunity to prove himself against the odds, is one more tale to tell clasping mugs and shouting shanties. Like the strongest hull of an ironclad, Dorim stands firm against the largest of adversaries, with a tenacity and steadfast resolve which rivals even the Valkyrie Aquilla herself. The bigger a monstrosity roaring primal rage in his face, the higher Dorim the Bulkhead Brawler revs the engine of his mighty chainaxe in response. Not one to ever be left behind in a charge, Dorim insists on always being the first to slam into the enemy ranks like a naval ram!




Photograph courtesy of @caps


Photograph courtesy of @caps




















*NOTE: Promotional art shows the incorrect name, "Dorim the Fierce."

[Myriadite]

@caps uploaded the Gen Con 2022 photographs to the gallery, but if someone else took the photographs, let me know and I will credit accordingly.

[caps]

Originally Posted by Myriadite

@caps uploaded the Gen Con 2022 photographs to the gallery, but if someone else took the photographs, let me know and I will credit accordingly.

I did take those pictures.

[ryguy266]

Dorim was the only update to the power rankings post-Scapecon. He earned it and cemented his place as a top Axegrinder hero. He is now sitting at Rank A next to his buddies.

[Myriadite]

Originally Posted by ryguy266

Dorim was the only update to the power rankings post-Scapecon. He earned it and cemented his place as a top Axegrinder hero. He is now sitting at Rank A next to his buddies.

Nice! I have updated the book accordingly.

For those interested, here are some excellent battle reports from this year's Scapecon that document Dorim's usefulness well:

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Originally Posted by KnightOfLight

. Age of Rebirth:
This was the first side event I got to play in and I was super excited. Funnily enough, I had playtested quite a bit for this event but changed my army to axegrinders (an army I hadn’t playtested) as I felt they were a really good meta call. I played 4X axegrinders, Dorim, Darrak, and Marcu (sit one). I waffled on whether I should go Syvarris or Darrak and Marcu for the last 100 points of the build. Ultimately I decided a second bonding option and Marcu was better than the range Syvarris offered. Not sure if it was the right call but I’m fairly certain I was the only one who made that decision because in addition to being 20 points short, it also meant I had to sit a figure.

Round 1 vs Taelord Dees on ascension:
A rematch already! Having lost to Taelord early that day, I was excited to see Nillfheim sitting across the table. His army was Nilfheim, ROTV Raelin, 2X greenscales, Zetacron, and Kita the spring runner. I sat Marcu here as I’d rather have one more dwarf to throw at nilf. Ascension was an interesting map and Taelord found a really nice perch for nilf on the right side of the map which made things difficult, however the disengage glyph on this map allowed me to slip a few dwarves around his screen to hit nilf for some early wounds. Dorim didn’t do much this game, but I fell in love with his chain axe. Eventually, the numbers of the dwarves took out nilf and headed straight for zetacron. It came down to a squad of dwarves vs Raelin and a greenscale, Raelin put up a good fight, but the dwarves took the win without any casualties.

Round 1: 1-0

Round 2 vs Earl_of_Sandwich on dark fulcrum:
Earl was running the same core as I was but with the Syvarris piece. I sat Marcu again as in the mirror I wanted the same number of dwarves, especially since he was going to get attacks with syv as I developed. Dark Fulcrum was a good map for me in this matchup as it made Syvarris’ early snipes less likely to go through. Eventually, I ran Dorim up on height to attack down on dwarves in Earl’s startzone and began to see just how good charge is. 5 move dwarves on top of bonding is really good. My Dorim was killed very quickly, but I had much better board position than Earl. The early OMs on Syvarris kinda backfired as I swarmed the middle of the map claiming a large portion of height and shadow. Earl’s Dorim proved far tougher than mine, but I was killing a lot more dwarves than he did. Eventually his hero fell making my 5 attacks to his 4 eventually win out and I won with about 6 dwarves and Darrak alive.

Round 2: 2-0

Round 3 vs NecroBlade on healing waters:
Here we go, necroblade beat me the very first game I played at scapecon so I was happy to get to play him again so soon. Necro was playing what I assumed was going to be the dominant core; death chasers. He had deathchasers X5, Adelbern, Pulverizer, and Isamu. I sat an axegrinder for this game as wannok was on the map, and in and end game where death chasers are spread out, the low defense of the chasers would give Marcu good healing. Adelbern is the main reason I chose dwarves, he is an absolute monster, 8 lives, with chomp, and 5 attack is seriously good, especially when bonding with death chasers. Dorim really shined this game, his chainaxe continued to impress, effectively 5 attack is really good into death chasers as I could (relatively) safely go for attacks up at death chasers, then buff my dwarves’ movement making it easier to take their place. I had a huge init switch where I used Dorim plus 4 dwarf attacks to take out NecroBlade’s 5 remaining death chasers, taking order markers and giving me a prime opportunity to surround Adelbern. These attacks were pretty lucky, as I hit 2 3v3s up at death chaser, 1 4v3 down, and one 3v2 over. I then surrounded Adelbern with 3 dwarves and Darrak taking him out after 2 turns of concentrated fire. The Pulverizer didn’t fare much better and I wound up winning with ~7 dwarves, Darrak, and Marcu at full health.

Round 3: 3-0

Round 4 vs OEAO on origin:
OEAO had 3X phantom knights, Ordo Borealis, Concan, and ROTV Raelin. I sat Marcu again as wannok wasn’t on the board and I wanted the extra dwarf to combat the phantoms. Another large unit from aoa makes an appearance, the Ordo are super cool units, and their synergy with Concan is sweet. Unfortunately for OEAO, the was an excellent matchup for the dwarves as his main fighting force is large and bonding melee will almost always win into phantoms. The crazy thing was when I had Dorim attacking while I held valda. Bonding and having 7 move dwarfs is disgustingly good. The PKs didn’t last long against the dwarves and eventually I broke through his screen. I misplayed the end a bit as I split attacks between Raelin and Concan, when I should have focused on Raelin. The Ordo had a hard time fighting back as the dwarves’ boosted stats made it easier to block the Ordo’s attacks and then the ones that did fall were quickly replaced thanks to 8 move dwarves. I finished it out with about ~6 dwarves and Darrak.

Round 4: 4-0

There could have been a round 5 for this event but since we had 3 3-0s and the start of round 4 one of them had to be paired down to a 2-1. The 2-1 won that game leaving me the only 4-0 and the winner! I came to scapecon aiming to win some dice and I did it! Super pleased with this run as Dorim was way better than I’d expected, and the dice are super cool. The shield symbols are the lions on the knights of Weston’s shields and the skulls are the dragon on Sir Hawthorne’s shield. Perfect for me, as the knights are my favorite squad in the game! The AoA event was a blast and it was cool to see them on the board. Very excited to see more of these designs on the board in the future!

[KnightOfLight]

Originally Posted by Myriadite

Nice! I have updated the book accordingly.

For those interested, here are some excellent battle reports from this year's Scapecon that document Dorim's usefulness well:

Spoiler Alert!

Dorim is seriously good, when I built that army I was expecting him to feel more like a Migol in terms of power/usefulness, but he is much more on par with the likes of darrak and mogrimm. Charge really changes the way you can play dwarves. I will also add Dorim gets significantly worse if he is your only bonding option. Migol and Mogrimm are both very solid units who can tank really well. Darrak has hide in darkness, and wants to come in only for sneak attack. Dorim however wants to be right up in the fray the whole time, but he doesn’t have any defensive capabilities meaning he usually goes down pretty quick. While he is alive your dwarves are doing amazing, but if he is the only bonding option, you are forced to either accept he will die or use him sparingly.

[Sir Dendrik]

Sooo "Chain Axe" is suspiciously close to having 5 base attack value (but you can't roll more than 4 skulls). Is it just me or could they have saved some text and just given him 5 attack? Or is there some synergy I'm not aware of that makes Chain Axe worth it?

[Myriadite]

The satisfaction of rerolling an uncooperative die at least.

[MegaSilver]

Originally Posted by Sir Dendrik

Sooo "Chain Axe" is suspiciously close to having 5 base attack value (but you can't roll more than 4 skulls). Is it just me or could they have saved some text and just given him 5 attack? Or is there some synergy I'm not aware of that makes Chain Axe worth it?

It's basically 5 attack dice yes, but the damage cap is 4.

[Killometer]

I wish I remember enough from Stats to work out the differences between Chain Axe and 5 attack. But regardless, like @Myriadite said, getting to reroll a die you needed a skull on in a clutch moment would outweigh a slight mechanical advantage of 5 attack

[Nukatha]

It isn't that different.
Just take row 6 of Pascal's triangle:
1 5 10 10 5 1
With 5 dice that's:
1/32: 0
5/32: 1
10/32: 2
10/32: 3
5/32: 4
1/32: 5
Average of 2.5 hits.
The 4-dice-with-one-reroll case is just the 5-dice case where a 5 counts as a 4, so just change the '4' to 6/32 and drop the '5' category.
The average only drops to 2.46, which is still a lot better than the '2' average of 4 dice.

[Garenex]

Of all the figures, I think I'm most excited for Dorim. Getting 5 move bonded dwarves, is a bit limited, since he has to attack, but just means being that much more careful to slow roll (as one should anyway). He is a bit squishy, with only 3 defense, so won't last long if he gets surrounded.