Sea Dog Pirates

Rowdy, disorganised and untrustworthy even to one another, Sea Dogs are gangs of sea-dwelling deck-hands who gather together in shadowy port bars, plotting their next great haul - they care not for whom they work, but only for the gold coins which they earn, which they quickly drink and gamble away before their next calamitous adventure.

Mustered together from disreputable coastal taverns and wharves, the Sea Dogs are motley pirates hungry for spoils. Armed with swords and pistols and barely kept in check by grizzled mates, the Sea Dogs serve any master with sufficient coin. What they lack in training and manners they make up for with frightening bluster and enthusiastic avarice.

Any Sea Dog worth his salt can lay claim to an old pistol, but those owning an accurate long rifle are doubly prized for being able to lay down fire at nearly twice the distance. Such shots from atop the crow's nest or the ship's prow have made all the difference by picking off enemy officers and boarders before they can close.

Packing more pistols than a paranoid gun mage, Mr. Walls is never seen without his pet monkey. Serving as Shae's quartermaster for the Sea Dogs, Mr. Walls knows how to motivate the men and inspire them to ferocity. His aim suffers from an old injury that took his eye, but he makes up for it by closing to give the enemy both barrels.

Basic Info

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

Abilities

• 'Leader & Grunts
  • Template:Tough
  • Template:Gang
  • Template:Point-Blank

• Rifleman (WA)
  • He has +2 RAT
  • Template:Tough
  • Gang - As above
  • Template:Si
  • Template:Wild Shot

• Mr. Walls (CA)
  • Mr. Walls has +1 STR, +1 MAT, +2 CMD, & 5 hitboxes.
  • Template:Officer
  • Template:Tough
  • Template:Monkey Bite
  • Template:No Quarter
  • Point-Blank - As above
  • Template:Tactics

Weapons

• Leader & Grunts
  • Pistol - 8" range, POW 10 ranged weapon
  • Hand Weapon - 0.5" reach, Template:Small, P+S 8 melee weapon.

• Rifleman (WA)
  • Long Rifle - 14" range, POW 10 ranged weapon
    • Template:Black Penny
  • Hand Weapon - 0.5" reach, Template:Small, P+S 8 melee weapon.

• Mr. Walls (CA)
  • Heavy Pistol (x2) - 8" range, POW 12 ranged weapons

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • Template:Operating Theatre Only if a Cephalyx Dominator is attached
  • Template:The Talion Charter

• Other Factions
  • Infernal players can use this unit in the Template:Hearts of Darkness theme, but only if Crosse2 is leading the army.
  • Furthermore, Mercenaries 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.

Thoughts on Sea Dog Pirates

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Mr Walls, Character CA

Sea Dog Pirates in a Nutshell

The Sea Dog Pirates are very cheap chaff that can be significantly buffed by the Privateer solos, and come with two attacks each so they soak up buffs. Either bring them for cheapness or because you have a way of debuffing the enemy into the ground.

Thoughts on adding the CA & WA

Adding Riflemen - Riflemen are even cheaper than normal Sea Dogs. Adding Walls - walls grants Advance Deployment and one turn of pathfinder, which gets them in there.

Combos & Synergies

• First Mate Hawk, Lord Rockbottom, Bosun Grogspar, Dougal Macnaille and Doc Killingsworth are all solos who explicitly buff either Privateers or Sea Dogs.
• Bloody Bradigan hides among them and adds hitting power.
• Captain Phinneus Shae has a buffing ability for Privateers
• Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord buffs units. Preferably big ones.

Drawbacks & Downsides

File:Seadog Rifleman.jpg

Weapon Attachment

• Unsupported they will die to pretty much everything.
• They can't hit the broad side of a barn door.
• They only do work on their own with Gang, meaning they have to bunch up.
• Enemies who can remove solos with spells can cripple them back to as weak as their stat line would indicate.

Tricks & Tips

• Rockbottom's Payday coupled with Hawk's Object of Desire is how this unit will print money if presented with the right target.

Other

File:Mrs Walls.jpg

Mrs Walls, Mini-Crate exclusive sculpt

Trivia

• Released in Forces of Warmachine: Pirates of the Broken Coast (2007)
• 2018 Limited edition sculpt for Mr Walls.