Extending the Dwarf Holds with Missing Profiles - Common Formations [Part 6b/13]

The next Army List to be extended is The Dwarf Holds. Recall from Part 2/12 that the set of missing profiles for the Dwarf Holds Army List included the following:

• Thorin Oakenshield
• Thorin Oakenshield, King Under the Mountain
• Dwalin the Dwarf
• Dwalin, Champion of Erebor
• Balin the Dwarf
• Balin, Champion of Erebor
• Dori the Dwarf
• Dori, Champion of Erebor
• Nori the Dwarf
• Nori, Champion of Erebor
• Ori the Dwarf
• Ori, Champion of Erebor
• Oin the Dwarf
• Oin, Champion of Erebor
• Gloin the Dwarf
• Gloin, Champion of Erebor
• Bifur the Dwarf
• Bifur, Champion of Erebor
• Bofur the Dwarf
• Bofur, Champion of Erebor
• Bombur the Dwarf
• Bombur, Champion of Erebor
• Fili the Dwarf
• Fili, Champion of Erebor
• Kili the Dwarf
• Kili, Champion of Erebor
• King Thror
• King Thrain
• Erebor Warrior Kinband
• Grim Hammer Kinband
• Thorin's Company
• Thrain the Broken
• The King's Herald
• Dwarf King

Each of the SBG profiles were considered carefully and determined the best means by which they would be integrated into the WotR list. It was finally decided that there would be 2 new common formations (the Erebor Warrior Kinband and the Grim Hammer Kinband with their respective captains), 3 new legendary formations (Thorin's Company, The King's Herald, and Thrain the Broken), and finally 28 new Epic Heroes from the list above. Also, there are updates for several other of the Dwarf Profiles to make them more in line with the intent of their army list - being defensive foot units.

It turns out that due the number of changes that are included in the updates to the Dwarves one post would be too large to attempt to cover everything, so to mitigate that to some degree I've split it up into multiple sub-parts. The first part was technically the "sneak peak" for Thorin's profiles (by the way, they have since been finalized). This part will deal with the Common Formations that have been added and the minor changes that have been updated. The third part will be the new Legendary formations and finally the forth part will cover a sub-set of the Epic Heroes.

Might as well get on with it ...

As mentioned above, the Dwarves are intended to be the slow but hard "tanks" of an Army List. To allow for this to be accomplished, we have given the majority of the common formations an ability to "upgrade" their armor to be more robust. Here is an example of Dwarves that are wearing Standard Armor in their profile - and now have the ability to up to Heavy Armor or Mithril Armor (this could be an upgrade that would make the dwarves more apt to tackle that Dragon head-on):

Furthermore, the Shieldbearer has always been a rather "boring" command hero - We have upped his special rules to be more in line of a worthy hero and increased his point cost accordingly.

UPDATED COMMON FORMATIONS FOR DWARVES

1. Dwarf Warrior Kinband

The Dwarves within Vanilla WotR are initially armed with Two-Handed weapons. We have changed it to make the profile easier to read - and to be consistent with other profiles to start them with Shields and allow them to exchange their shields for Two-handed weapons for free as an Upgrade Option. Also, as mentioned above, the new upgrade options for Heavy Armor and Mithril Armor are also available to the formation. The Shieldbearer has been given his new rules to make him more of a viable hero and the Dwarf King has also been added as a command hero (with the "now standard" Heroic Strike Special Rule that Kings have seemed to acquire across factions). All-in-all, I think that this has finally made the dwarves a great core unit ... adding in an Epic Hero with Bestow Pathfinder (Mountain) and possibly Bestow Terror - with their upgrade to Mithril Armor - and 6 companies strong ... they could be a real scary force to recon with, now!

NEW COMMON FORMATIONS FOR DWARVES

1. Erebor Warrior Kinband
2. Grim Hammer Kinband

1) EREBOR WARRIOR KINBAND

The Erebor Warrior Kinband is a rather straight forward core unit of Dwarves - with the exception that they are armed with Pikes.

Due to their anti-Cavalry charge equipment they do not get the upgrade option for armor, but I am sure they are more then capable then holding their own.

2) GRIM HAMMER KINBAND



The Pick Hammers of the Grim Hammers is very reminiscent of the Mob Rule special rule that evil rank-and-file armies have (i.e., Goblins and Orcs). This will allow them to be more effective in spite of their smaller Company Size Limits (4). Combined with the +1 to hit from their Two-handed weapons, this small but destructive force will bring down some major damage!

There we have it for the Common Formations - after Thanksgiving we will get into the other parts, so stay tuned!

LINKS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE SBG TO WOTR CONVERSION SERIES

1. Describing the Process [Part 1/13]
2. Creating the Full List of Needed Profiles and Assigning WotR Armies [Part 2/13]
1. Status Update for Progress on Profile Creation and Army List Document Writing - Good Armies [Part 2a/13]
2. Status Update for Progress on Profile Creation and Army List Document Writing - Evil Armies [Part 2b/13]
3. Extending the Gondor & Arnor List [Part 3/13]
4. Extending The Kingdom of Rohan List [Part 4/13]
5. Extending The Elven Kingdoms List [Part 5/13]
6. Extending The Dwarf Holds List [Part 6/13]
1. Sneak Peak at the Profiles for Thorin [Part 6a/13]
2. Common Formations [Part 6b/13]
3. Legendary Formations [Part 6c/13]
4. Epic Heroes [Part 6d/13]
7. Creating The City of Dale List [Part 7/13]
8. Extending The Forgotten Kingdoms List [Part 8/13]
9. Extending the Mordor List [Part 9/13]
10. Extending The Fortress of Isengard List [Part 10/13]
11. Extending The Misty Mountains (Moria) List [Part 11/13]
12. Extending The Fallen Realms List [Part 12/13]
13. Extending the Angmar List [Part 13/13]
1. Common and Rare Formations [Part 13a/13]
2. Legendary Formations [Part 13b/13]
3. Epic Heroes [Part 13c/13]