Lord Rockbottom

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Lord Rockbottom Mercenary Privateer Character Solo

The Rhulic pirate Lord Joln Rockbottom is Captain Shae's expedition financier. He ensures the pirates are well paid and equipped for the bloody work ahead. Coin is not his only weapon, for Lord Rockbottom enjoys employing a fire-belching firearm that has ended the lives of many who underestimated him.

Basic Info

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• Mercenary - This model will work for Crucible Guard, Cygnar, Cryx, Khador, or Protectorate.

Abilities

• Tough
• Coin - Rockbottom gains +1 CMD for each unmarked coin box.
• Paymaster [Privateer] - This model starts the game with 5 coins and can spend them at any time during its activation. For each coin you spend you choose one of the following Incentives. Incentives can only target friendly Privateer units within your CMD range. A Privateer unit can only benefit from one Incentive per turn.
  • Money Shot - Affected models gain +2 to ranged attack and ranged damage rolls for one turn.
  • Payday - Affected models gain boosted melee attack rolls and Overtake. (Overtake - When this model destroys one or more enemy models with a basic melee attack during its Combat Action, after the attack is resolved it can immediately advance up to 1".)
  • Walk It Off - If the affected models were suffering from continuous effects, knockdown, and stationary, those effects immediately expire.

Weapons

• Fire Breather - 8" spray, POW 12 ranged attack
  • Damage Type: Fire
  • Continuous Fire
• Cutlass - 0.5" reach, POW 4, P+S 10 melee attack

Theme Forces

• Mercenaries
  • The Irregulars
  • The Talion Charter. Lord Rockbottom gains Sacrificial Pawn [Sea Dog trooper] in this theme.

• Other Factions
  • Hearts of Darkness. This model/unit can only go in this theme if Crosse2 is leading the army. It becomes an Infernal model/unit in this theme.
  • As a mercenary model/unit, it can also be hired out to a bunch of other Faction's themes. Refer to #Other Theme Forces.

Recent Changes

2019.05 Talion Dynamic Update

• He can now affect all Privateer units (previously it was just Sea Dog models), and Walk It Off was changed (It used to grant tough)

Thoughts on Lord Rockbottom

Recent Errata - This article needs updating The "Basic Info" section has been updated to match a recent errata/spoiler, but the "Thoughts On" section hasn't been brushed up yet. If you play this Faction, please delete the old irrelevant info and then delete this warning. See also Category: Recent Change and Category: Recent Release.

Lord Rockbottom in a Nutshell

Rockbottom is one of the five privateer support solos alongside Hawk, Killingsworth, Dougal and the Bosun. He is arguably the best of the five because his boosts work on the Commodore Cannon. Rockbottom's function is to enhance the performance of the otherwise lackluster Sea Dog units with his coins. He is indispensable in a privateer army and should always be taken with Shae, or any privateer army that runs infantry-heavy

Combos & Synergies

He's a Privateer who supports Privateer units or models.

• The Talion Charter - the Privateer theme.
• Scharde Pirates (in The Talion Charter) - Money Shot is simply brutal on RAT 5 POW 12 assault sprays.
• Sea Dog Pirates can benefit from either Payday or Money Shot. Payday is especially effective on them as they gain Overtake as well as a second boosted melee attack.
• The Commodore Cannon & Crew love Money Shot, as does the Sea Dog Deck Gun.
• The Devil's Shadow Mutineers Money Shot works for Zira and Morland to a lesser extent. Pay Day can theoretically allow Mar to kill lots of infantry since she has Berserk, but this is an opportunity that doesn't come along often.
• Press Gangers use Payday for Overtake and boosted attack rolls to help them maximize their Gang and Shanghai abilities.

Drawbacks & Downsides

• He's a special order model.
• He only has five coins. Once they're gone, he doesn't have much to do. He'll look for a flag to score or a zone to contest.
• Despite being a dwarf, he isn't a Rhulic model and isn't allowed in Hammer Strike.
  In the fluff he's been excommunicated from Rhul, or something.

Tricks & Tips

• The combos described above outline what he does. It's up to you to figure out how best to spend those coins.
• He can spend coins on units. Not solos.

Other

Trivia

Released in Pirates of the Broken Coast (2007)

Other Theme Forces

Cygnar (Edit)

• Gravediggers
• Heavy Metal
• Sons of the Tempest
• Storm Division

Khador (Edit)

• Armored Korps
• Jaws of the Wolf
• Legion of Steel
• Winter Guard Kommand

Protectorate of Menoth (Edit)

• The Creator's Might
• Exemplar Interdiction
• The Faithful Masses
• Guardians of the Temple

Crucible Guard (Edit)

• Magnum Opus

Rules Clarifications

Rules Clarification : Tough - None yet. (Edit)
Rules Clarification : Coin - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Paymaster     (Edit) Restrictions on "Any Time" abilities     (Edit)         [Show/Hide] "Any Time" abilities can be used at any time during a model/unit's activation, except: Before any compulsory forfeiture of movement/action. See step 2 of the activation sequence, appendix A. After the model with the "Any Time" ability has had their activation end "prematurely". By this I mean you resolved something which includes the phrase "its activation ends". Examples include: Running, failing a charge, or failing a slam. Abilities that include "then its activation ends" (such as Reposition and Teleport). In between declaring your charge target and making your charge movement. (Infernal Ruling) In between completing your charge movement and determining whether it was a successful charge. (Infernal Ruling) When you're in the middle of moving. (Note: Impact Attacks count as being in the middle of movement). When you're in the middle of an attack. Which also includes effects that occur "after the attack is resolved". (Although the attack is "resolved" at Step 11, in terms of using an "Any Time" ability the attack is not "finished" until after Step 14. Refer to the first paragraph of Apdx A.) Your opponent interrupted your activation to trigger one of their own abilities (such as Countercharge). Units: See below. In general you can use "Any Time" abilities while you're knocked down or stationary (except Spells and Feats which specify you can't). If you have a gun with a random ROF, you can use an "Any Time" ability inbetween rolling the number of shots and actually making the first attack. (Infernal Ruling) Units with "Any Time" abilities You cannot use an "Any Time" ability before issuing/receiving orders. See step 1 and 2 of the activation sequence, appendix A. A model in a unit can't use an "Any Time" ability if they run, fail a charge, or use an ability like Reposition. Because doing one of those things makes that specific model's activation to end (even if the unit's activation is still ongoing) and you can't use abilities on models that are not active. So, for example: You cannot use a minifeat after the Officer runs. (Infernal Ruling) You cannot use a minifeat after anyone in the unit has begun a Reposition move. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification : Money Shot - None yet. (Edit)

Rules Clarification : Payday     (Edit) Rules Clarification : Swift Hunterand/or Overtake     (Edit) The free move must be resolved before other abilities that involve attacks (such as Quick Work or Berserk). Refer Step 12 vs 14 in Appendix A. This ability does not trigger off special attacks, only basic ones. An important difference: Swift Hunter can be triggered by any attack, including out-of-activation attacks. Overtake only works on attacks during your Combat Action. Even stuff like Impact Attacks won't trigger it.

Rules Clarification : Walk It Off - None yet. (Edit)