Doc Killingsworth

Doc is both the ship's cook and the ship's surgeon, and he finds his talent with sharpened knives useful in both roles. Doc has an enthusiasm for treating the wounded, but his patients are uneasy, such that often the mere threat of treatment is enough to convince them to fight on.

Basic Info

Mercenary - This model will work for Template:Crucible Guard mercenary, Template:Cygnar Mercenary, Template:Cryx Mercenary, Template:Khador Mercenary, or Template:Menoth Mercenary.

Abilities

• Template:Tough
• Template:Anatomical Precision
• Template:Heal
• Template:No, I'm Fine

Weapons

• Dirty Throwing knives - 6" range, POW 9 ranged attack
  • Template:Poison
  • Template:Thrown
• Meat Cleaver - 0.5" reach, P+S 11 melee attack

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • Template:The Irregulars
  • Template:The Talion Charter. Doc Killingsworth gains Sacrificial Pawn [Sea Dog trooper] in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Mercenary models can be hired by other Factions. Normally those Factions' themes will have a limit on how many models they can hire. Refer to #Other Theme Forces, below.
  • Aside from that, there are a few themes that will change what Faction this model counts as (and thus what "friendly Faction only" buffs it can receive). They are:
    • Infernal players can use this model in the Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.

Thoughts on Doc Killingsworth

Doc Killingsworth in a Nutshell

Killingsworth is part of the pirate suite of solos that theoretically make a boat load of sea dogs difficult to remove. The idea is you have Doc and Grogspar semi-forward projecting two bubbles of 4+ tough with no knockdown to all nearby sea dogs. In practice, the Sea Dogs advance deploy farther forward than Doc and are faster so he can't keep up, and if he moves too far forward he gets picked off lickety-split.

Combos & Synergies

He buffs Tough Privateers

• Bosun Grogspar combines with him to make a number of models no-knockdown tough.
• Press Gangers and Sea Dogs have tough are great sac pawn targets, so are perfect for him to stay close to.
• Bloody Bradigan is a tough sea dog solo.
• Captain Phinneus Shae speeds up all Privateers and should probably cast Phantasm on him so he can play up some. Or maybe cast it on Grogspar and put Doc right behind him.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Despite Sea Dog units gaining 4+ tough they will still die pretty quickly in practice.
• CMD 7 makes for a fairly small buff bubble and he's slow.
• Surprisingly, he does nothing to keep himself standing.
• Spot removal cripples all Privateer solos.
• At least 1 point overpriced.

Tricks & Tips

• Keep him back and you sometimes get use out of his heal.

Other

Trivia

Released in Pirates of the Broken Coast (2007)