Chuck Dogwood

How much wood would Chuck Dogwood chuck if Chuck Dogwood could chuck wood? You’ll never know—because he’ll teleport your keister into the sun.

Chuck Dogwood! He may look like an insane hobo, but he also is one. Even though the Last Druid of Orboros was driven a tiny bit crazy by all the apocalyptic nonsense.

Basic Info

Abilities

• Template:Pathfinder
• Template:Stealth
• Template:Magic Ability
• Template:Veteran Leader

Weapons

Whistling Staff
File:Sword icon.jpg		RNG				POW				P+S
		2				4				10
Template:Damage Type Magical Template:Banish

Spells

{{Category: Template:Craft Talisman SpellTemplate:Phase SlideTemplate:Puppet Master }}[[Category: Template:Craft Talisman SpellTemplate:Phase SlideTemplate:Puppet Master ]]

Theme Forces

• Template:Secret Masters. Chuck Dogwood gains Sacrificial Pawn [Minion Warrior] in this theme.
• Template:The Bones of Orboros
• Template:Si
• Template:The Wild Hunt

Thoughts on Chuck Dogwood

Chuck Dogwood in a nutshell

In Riot Quest Chuck is very random and unpredictable, but in Warmachine/Hordes he removes a bit of unpredictablity by handing out a +1 to hit rolls for constructs and re-rolls for key targets. Often he will find himself in a Bones of Orboros list hidden behind a Woldwrath and seldom casting anything other than puppet master.

Banish is a wonderful ability if you can hit with his melee weapon, you can turn the target around, essentially providing a +3 to hit swing to any construct model in charge range. However if he is in melee he is unlikely to survive any follow up from your opponent as his defensive stats are nothing special. All in all Chuck is a good alternative to a Wayfarer if you are running construct heavy. If you aren’t 4 points is a lot to pay for puppet master and craft Talisman when a Gallows Grove could offer a lot more spell based board control for half the value.

Combos & Synergies

• Bradigus - helps to start the synergy chain with puppet master and Vet leader
• Baldur1 and Baldur2 both like to run constructs and can protect Chuck in their own way. They also like to throw themselves into the fight in the late game and Puppet Master increases the chances of them applying Weight of Stone to the target.
• Krueger2 likes craft talisman and Puppet Master when using Telekinesis.
• All Constructs with weapons; this includes Wold Warbeasts, the Celestial Fulcrum, Well of Orboros, Stoneward & Woldstalkers, etc.
  • Celestial Fulcrum - They give Veteran Leader to each other, so he can cast offensive Puppet masters at M.A. 8. But he probably should not be within 10" of any enemy model unless you want to lose him on the opponent turn.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• Phase Slides is unpredictable - unless you can fit Chucks base in a clump of other models you will always risk stumbling out of melee range.
• Standard defensive stats even with stealth a wandering Aoe can take him out.
• a rather small cmd for a veteran leader.
• Support Bloat
• people will continually tell you how they do not like riot quests goofy aesthetic - for those individuals you will feel obligated show them the power of the Wold puppet.

Tricks & Tips

• Look for models cramped together before using phase shift. If you can fit your base in but can’t move you cannot stumble out of melee range.
• by considering your order of activation you can make Vet leader work for more of your army. First activate static ranged models, such as the well, then activate Chuck, move forward do Chuck things, then activate melee models like Megalith to take advantage of the +1 to hit on Geomancy and fists.
• Use Banish to let other models get back strikes - you can also use it as a very weak threat extender by moving the model closer to your army. Finally if you ever see a Seether and you like taking risks you can totally take it out of the game for a turn by charging it, damaging it and turning it completely around - due to the wording of Uncontrollable Rage.
• If Chuck gets a free strike and damages his opponent you can Banish them away. If they are charging they should immediately fail the charge if you change the direction they are facing.
• His Veteran Leader has the word "Faction" included in it (unlike most other Veteran Leaders). So he doesn't buff Malvin & Mayhem.

Other

Trivia

• Released 2020.02