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.
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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-

TBA

-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-

TBA

-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]

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]

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]

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...

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]

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]

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.

 

[caps]

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.

Maybe, but Darrak can get 6-7 attack if you position the axegrinders right. That's nothing to sneeze at for 60 points.

 

[Toogwick_tuk]

When I played with Ulfrid he seemed to be a high variance unit. this morning he got his but kicked when playing against the Incendiborgs and only getting 3 wounds on Raelin and in one of my playtests with him he gave Charos a lot of wounds and his axegrinders then ate charos up. I really like the unit and it is nice to see some Jandar love in fanscape.

 

[Schulzy]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but if you use Grim Determination, you keep attacking until someone dies, be it Ulfrid or his target?

 

[Arrow Grut]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but if you use Grim Determination, you keep attacking until someone dies, be it Ulfrid or his target?

Correct; it's kill or be killed. Or just not attack and bank on your shields of valor.

 

[Schulzy]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but if you use Grim Determination, you keep attacking until someone dies, be it Ulfrid or his target?

Correct; it's kill or be killed. Or just not attack and bank on your shields of valor.

Well now, THAT'S no fun.

 

[ZBeeblebrox]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but if you use Grim Determination, you keep attacking until someone dies, be it Ulfrid or his target?

Correct; it's kill or be killed. Or just not attack and bank on your shields of valor.

Well now, THAT'S no fun.

Ulfrid goes out and will take on all comers regardless of the cost. If he uses Grim determination; its a mano-to-mano fight to the death. He's actually a lot of fun, especially if you want to take down a Opponent's Hero...imagine getting Cyprien stuck in a Grim Determination fight

 

[Bloody Bogle]

As far as rebasing goes, does the C3V suggest simply gluing him, as is, onto a scape base, or do they suggest removing him from his Reaper base first?

 

[ZBeeblebrox]

As far as rebasing goes, does the C3V suggest simply gluing him, as is, onto a scape base, or do they suggest removing him from his Reaper base first?

I removed mine from the reaper base first.

 

[The CEE]

As far as rebasing goes, does the C3V suggest simply gluing him, as is, onto a scape base, or do they suggest removing him from his Reaper base first?

I removed mine from the reaper base first.

I too removed the Reaper base before putting Ulfrid on a 'Scape base. I think the result looks much better this way than the alternative, but that's just my opinion.

 

[Fi Skirata]

As far as rebasing goes, does the C3V suggest simply gluing him, as is, onto a scape base, or do they suggest removing him from his Reaper base first?

I removed mine from the reaper base first.

I too removed the Reaper base before putting Ulfrid on a 'Scape base. I think the result looks much better this way than the alternative, but that's just my opinion.

Yes, and it actually was pretty easy to remove.

 

[Leaf_It]

The "Fulumbar, Dwarf Warrior" Unpainted Reaper figure is the exact same sculpt as "Dwarf Warrior 20034" so if you're looking for this figure, and can't find it you can still get an unpainted one.

https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/77011/sku-down/77011#detail/77011_w_1

 

[DewNoHarm]

Ulfrid Hornwrangler is one of the most fun custom units I've used. Each roll with Grim Determination makes both me and my opponents hold our breaths because of the stakes involved. One side or the other shouts happily at the results of each roll. That's one mark of a solidly fun unit.

If you can pick the right target he's absolutely devastating. For me, his grim determination has worked best against lower-life type heroes (e.g., Agent Carr). Yesterday he took Racheim with only 3 wounds to show for it. I've also had fun pairing him with Theracus in the past.

 

[BeardBeyond]

Does the current pdf link not work? I tried in two separate browsers on two different computers. (Mind you, I've downloaded from here since https://www.heroscapers.com/community/downloads.php?do=file&id=3677 but I believe the OP's link to be nonfunctional and figured I'd report it).