Post by Paul on Aug 10, 2007 10:29:27 GMT 1
The Hochland Bandits presents:
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Hired Swords. Bandits have no compunction about hiring mercenaries, and may hire any Hired Swords allowed to a Human Mercenary warband.
Powder's Expensive! Bandits are often too poor to purchase or upkeep expensive equipment like
gunpowder weapons. The exception to this is Bandit heroes, who often see such extravagances as pistols as symbols of their status and higher wealth. The higher costs for black powder weapons in the equipment chart, and the fact that henchmen can't purchase them at all, reflect the extreme rarity of these types of weapons for Bandit warbands.
Foragers. Bandits are used to lean times, and know how to make their gold stretch. Because of this, they usually have fewer expenses between adventures. When determining Income for a Bandit warband, always use the next lower warband size category (a warband with 1-3??? members still uses the first column however!). For example, a warband with 15 members finds 4 Treasures in the
Exploration Phase. When they sell these Treasures, they use the 10-12 members column instead of the 13-15 members column, resulting in a gain of
gold pieces for the warband.
Know Who To Sell To. Bandits are used to getting rid of stolen goods, and have built up contacts for
doing so. When a Bandit warband sells equipment, they get half of any random element of the equipment cost, in addition to the normal half of the item's basic cost
Bandit Prince
Many young men of meager means and wild imaginations dream of forging their own empire out of the
wilderness. Some actually take steps to make their dreams reality, and gather a group of men together to seek their fortunes. Unfortunately reality often overtakes these small adventuring bands, and instead of forging ahead through hard times, many settle for claiming a small stretch of highway or forest as their 'domain', imposing 'taxes' or 'tolls' on any travelers unlucky enough to be traveling by. The leaders of such bands are sometimes bitter, hardened men who have seen their dreams trampled in the dust, but just as often they are carefree spirits who have found they actually prefer a more open forum for their 'court'. Many a romantic tale is spun about this latter sort, and often young ladies of noble birth find themselves falling in love with the ideal of the 'daring scoundrel'. Most are often disappointed (and slightly poorer) when they meet the real item in the flesh however.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 4 3 3 3 1 4 1 8
Weapons and Armour: A Bandit Prince may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Bandit Heroes Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Leader: Any warrior within 6" of the Bandit Prince may use his Leadership characteristic when taking any Leadership tests.
Footpads
Footpads specialize in sneaking behind their target (or ‘mark’) and taking him while he is unaware of their presence (preferably from behind…in the dark). While out in the open a Footpad fights no better than any other warrior, if given the opportunity to surprise his enemy, a Footpad can often be a dangerous opponent indeed.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 7
Weapons and Armour: Footpads may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Bandit Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Concealment: Enemy warriors often find it difficult to detect a Footpad until he strikes. If an enemy warrior wishes to charge a Footpad that he cannot see (but was not declared as Hidden), he must subtract 1 from his Initiative before making his Initiative test. Note that a roll of ‘6’ always fails when rolling to charge a Footpad that the warrior cannot see. Also, models halve their Initiative when checking the range to see if they can detect a Footpad who has been declared as Hiding
Duelist
It is inevitable that sometimes heated arguments just cannot be settled peacefully. On such occasions an injured party may decide that his honor cannot be restored with anything less than his enemy’s blood, and challenges his opponent to a duel. Among the rich and powerful in the cities of the Empire, life is often considered more important than personal honour, and a third party is hired to stand in for the challenged. A professional warrior who specializes in standing in on these occasions is known as a Duelist. Being a Duelist can prove quite a lucrative, if somewhat short, career. Many families take offense to a trained fighter cutting their kin down in the street, and will hire killers of their own to exact revenge. A situation such as this will often result in a Duelist joining a party of wandering brigands for a time, taking a short ‘vacation’ from life in the city until things cool down a bit…
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 4 4 3 3 1 4 1 7
Weapons and Armour: A Duelist may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Duelist equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Swordmaster: In order to remain alive, a Duelist picks up swordfighting techniques that few others master.
The Duelist successfully parries an enemy blow on a roll equal to or over the roll to hit, not just over the roll as with normal parries. Obviously a Duelist must first be armed with a weapon or armour that allows him to Parry in order to use this rule.
Weapon Knowledge: A Duelist must be prepared to fight an opponent with any weapon at any time, so a working knowledge of even exotic weapons is critical for his survival. The weapons in the Bandit equipment chart merely represent the weapons a Duelist may start with. A Duelist may use any close combat or missile weapon that the warband members can get hold of.
Huckster
Among the cities of the humans there are those who find that they have a natural gift for convincing others to help them in their endeavors. Typically very intelligent and possessing a silver tongue, a huckster can convince a man that the stones in his hand are really magical beans, or that ownership of a nearby bridge is the answer to his dreams. Often quite well-to-do until their victims track them down, hucksters often find a Bandit warband offers them considerably more security than life alone.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 6
Weapons and Armour: A Huckster may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Coward Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Convincing Manner: Hucksters specialize in convincing strangers of their benevolent intentions. When an enemy warrior attempts to charge a member of the huckster’s warband within 12” of the huckster, the enemy must first pass a successful Leadership test. If the warrior fails the test he may not charge and remains stationary for the turn (treat as a failed charge), exactly as if he had failed a test to charge a Fear-causing enemy. Note that individuals subject to Stupidity and animals are immune to this effect (they are too stupid to understand what the huckster is saying).
Slick Operator: In between games the player may choose to have the huckster run a con on the local
inhabitants of the region. Roll a D6: On a result of 2-5, the con is successful and the warband gains 2D6 gold (the huckster keeps the rest). However, on a result of 1 the huckster’s con has backfired and he is on the run (he misses the next game and no gold is received by the warband).
Thugs
Brawn without brains. Those stronger than their fellows are often drawn to a life of banditry, as it is an easy way for them to earn a living. Many a town bully has found that he has been, quite by accident, training himself for a life of crime.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 3 3 4 3 1 3 1 7
Weapons and Armour: Thugs may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Bandit Equipment list.
Looters
Not all members of a Bandit warband find close-up fighting enjoyable. Many are cowards who make their living off of shooting a victim from afar and then stripping the body for anything that can be sold.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 2 4 3 3 1 3 1 6
Weapons and Armour: Looters may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Coward Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Looting the Dead: Normally when a warrior is killed or his wounds cause him to leave the warband and he is taken off the warband’s roster, all of his equipment is lost. However, some unscrupulous individuals will stoop to robbing a dead or incapacitated warrior, thereby gaining his equipment for themselves. When rolling for warriors who were taken Out of Action at the end of a battle, the Bandit player may roll a D6 for any warriors who are to be removed from their warband’s roster. On a roll of 4+ the looter has taken all of the warrior’s equipment—it is the Bandit player’s to keep. Failure indicates that the Looter either didn’t notice the warrior going down, or he didn’t get the opportunity to rob the body. Obviously any warrior can only be looted once, but multiple Looters allow the Bandit player multiple chances that his warband members got the equipment off of each downed warrior. Note also that warriors to be looted can be from any warband participating in the game, including the Bandit warband—Bandits are certainly not above looting their own dead!
Blackhearts
Rapists and killers, Blackhearts are truly soulless individuals who represent the worst elements of any society. Such cruel and evil beings have usually seen the worst life has to offer and revel in it. Most Blackhearts have severely anti-social tendencies, so a Bandit warband will never be found with more than one or two of these depraved creatures.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 7
Weapons and Armour: Blackhearts may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Bandit Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Hardened: Blackhearts are not as put off by the evils of the world when they come across them…in fact persons of this nature are often more uncomfortable around situations where warmth and love are in abundance! Blackhearts are immune to Fear, and never have to take All-Alone tests (they prefer to work alone anyway…).
Poachers
While most members of a Bandit warband are hardened criminals, some are just individuals who were down on their luck for one reason or another, and were forced to resort to poaching the local lord’s game. While these individuals may not have the same temperment or lack of morals as the rest of the warband, they are usually hunted just as relentlessly. While they often find most of their fellows distasteful (to say the least!) poachers are so useful to the warband that they are usually given more slack than anyone else. After all, a band of outlaws needs places to hide and food to eat, and Poachers know where the best of both are to be found…
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 3 4 3 3 1 3 1 7
Weapons and Armour: Poachers may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Poacher Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Trailblazers: Poachers are experts at finding new game or safe campsites for the warband. In the game this is represented by allowing the warband to reroll one D6 for each Poacher in the Exploration phase. Poachers are not as good as Elf Rangers for scouting, but they are often darned close!
Gutterscum
Gutterscum are the lowest of the low—those whose laziness or other vices have driven them to a life they are utterly unsuited for. They often make up the bulk of a Bandit Warband, as the slums of most cities are filled with those desperate enough to view a life of preying on their fellow man and fleeing
from the authorities as an opportunity to improve their lot.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 6
Weapons and Armour: Gutterscum may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Coward Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Utterly Inept: Gutterscum have turned to a life of crime because they lack the ability to fit into normal society. They lack both the ambition and the capacity for self-improvement. Gutterscum do not gain experience.
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Hired Swords. Bandits have no compunction about hiring mercenaries, and may hire any Hired Swords allowed to a Human Mercenary warband.
Powder's Expensive! Bandits are often too poor to purchase or upkeep expensive equipment like
gunpowder weapons. The exception to this is Bandit heroes, who often see such extravagances as pistols as symbols of their status and higher wealth. The higher costs for black powder weapons in the equipment chart, and the fact that henchmen can't purchase them at all, reflect the extreme rarity of these types of weapons for Bandit warbands.
Foragers. Bandits are used to lean times, and know how to make their gold stretch. Because of this, they usually have fewer expenses between adventures. When determining Income for a Bandit warband, always use the next lower warband size category (a warband with 1-3??? members still uses the first column however!). For example, a warband with 15 members finds 4 Treasures in the
Exploration Phase. When they sell these Treasures, they use the 10-12 members column instead of the 13-15 members column, resulting in a gain of
gold pieces for the warband.Know Who To Sell To. Bandits are used to getting rid of stolen goods, and have built up contacts for
doing so. When a Bandit warband sells equipment, they get half of any random element of the equipment cost, in addition to the normal half of the item's basic cost
Heroes:
Bandit Prince
Many young men of meager means and wild imaginations dream of forging their own empire out of the
wilderness. Some actually take steps to make their dreams reality, and gather a group of men together to seek their fortunes. Unfortunately reality often overtakes these small adventuring bands, and instead of forging ahead through hard times, many settle for claiming a small stretch of highway or forest as their 'domain', imposing 'taxes' or 'tolls' on any travelers unlucky enough to be traveling by. The leaders of such bands are sometimes bitter, hardened men who have seen their dreams trampled in the dust, but just as often they are carefree spirits who have found they actually prefer a more open forum for their 'court'. Many a romantic tale is spun about this latter sort, and often young ladies of noble birth find themselves falling in love with the ideal of the 'daring scoundrel'. Most are often disappointed (and slightly poorer) when they meet the real item in the flesh however.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 4 3 3 3 1 4 1 8
Weapons and Armour: A Bandit Prince may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Bandit Heroes Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Leader: Any warrior within 6" of the Bandit Prince may use his Leadership characteristic when taking any Leadership tests.
Footpads
Footpads specialize in sneaking behind their target (or ‘mark’) and taking him while he is unaware of their presence (preferably from behind…in the dark). While out in the open a Footpad fights no better than any other warrior, if given the opportunity to surprise his enemy, a Footpad can often be a dangerous opponent indeed.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 7
Weapons and Armour: Footpads may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Bandit Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Concealment: Enemy warriors often find it difficult to detect a Footpad until he strikes. If an enemy warrior wishes to charge a Footpad that he cannot see (but was not declared as Hidden), he must subtract 1 from his Initiative before making his Initiative test. Note that a roll of ‘6’ always fails when rolling to charge a Footpad that the warrior cannot see. Also, models halve their Initiative when checking the range to see if they can detect a Footpad who has been declared as Hiding
Duelist
It is inevitable that sometimes heated arguments just cannot be settled peacefully. On such occasions an injured party may decide that his honor cannot be restored with anything less than his enemy’s blood, and challenges his opponent to a duel. Among the rich and powerful in the cities of the Empire, life is often considered more important than personal honour, and a third party is hired to stand in for the challenged. A professional warrior who specializes in standing in on these occasions is known as a Duelist. Being a Duelist can prove quite a lucrative, if somewhat short, career. Many families take offense to a trained fighter cutting their kin down in the street, and will hire killers of their own to exact revenge. A situation such as this will often result in a Duelist joining a party of wandering brigands for a time, taking a short ‘vacation’ from life in the city until things cool down a bit…
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 4 4 3 3 1 4 1 7
Weapons and Armour: A Duelist may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Duelist equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Swordmaster: In order to remain alive, a Duelist picks up swordfighting techniques that few others master.
The Duelist successfully parries an enemy blow on a roll equal to or over the roll to hit, not just over the roll as with normal parries. Obviously a Duelist must first be armed with a weapon or armour that allows him to Parry in order to use this rule.
Weapon Knowledge: A Duelist must be prepared to fight an opponent with any weapon at any time, so a working knowledge of even exotic weapons is critical for his survival. The weapons in the Bandit equipment chart merely represent the weapons a Duelist may start with. A Duelist may use any close combat or missile weapon that the warband members can get hold of.
Huckster
Among the cities of the humans there are those who find that they have a natural gift for convincing others to help them in their endeavors. Typically very intelligent and possessing a silver tongue, a huckster can convince a man that the stones in his hand are really magical beans, or that ownership of a nearby bridge is the answer to his dreams. Often quite well-to-do until their victims track them down, hucksters often find a Bandit warband offers them considerably more security than life alone.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 6
Weapons and Armour: A Huckster may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Coward Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Convincing Manner: Hucksters specialize in convincing strangers of their benevolent intentions. When an enemy warrior attempts to charge a member of the huckster’s warband within 12” of the huckster, the enemy must first pass a successful Leadership test. If the warrior fails the test he may not charge and remains stationary for the turn (treat as a failed charge), exactly as if he had failed a test to charge a Fear-causing enemy. Note that individuals subject to Stupidity and animals are immune to this effect (they are too stupid to understand what the huckster is saying).
Slick Operator: In between games the player may choose to have the huckster run a con on the local
inhabitants of the region. Roll a D6: On a result of 2-5, the con is successful and the warband gains 2D6 gold (the huckster keeps the rest). However, on a result of 1 the huckster’s con has backfired and he is on the run (he misses the next game and no gold is received by the warband).
Henchmen:
Thugs
Brawn without brains. Those stronger than their fellows are often drawn to a life of banditry, as it is an easy way for them to earn a living. Many a town bully has found that he has been, quite by accident, training himself for a life of crime.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 3 3 4 3 1 3 1 7
Weapons and Armour: Thugs may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Bandit Equipment list.
Looters
Not all members of a Bandit warband find close-up fighting enjoyable. Many are cowards who make their living off of shooting a victim from afar and then stripping the body for anything that can be sold.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 2 4 3 3 1 3 1 6
Weapons and Armour: Looters may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Coward Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Looting the Dead: Normally when a warrior is killed or his wounds cause him to leave the warband and he is taken off the warband’s roster, all of his equipment is lost. However, some unscrupulous individuals will stoop to robbing a dead or incapacitated warrior, thereby gaining his equipment for themselves. When rolling for warriors who were taken Out of Action at the end of a battle, the Bandit player may roll a D6 for any warriors who are to be removed from their warband’s roster. On a roll of 4+ the looter has taken all of the warrior’s equipment—it is the Bandit player’s to keep. Failure indicates that the Looter either didn’t notice the warrior going down, or he didn’t get the opportunity to rob the body. Obviously any warrior can only be looted once, but multiple Looters allow the Bandit player multiple chances that his warband members got the equipment off of each downed warrior. Note also that warriors to be looted can be from any warband participating in the game, including the Bandit warband—Bandits are certainly not above looting their own dead!
Blackhearts
Rapists and killers, Blackhearts are truly soulless individuals who represent the worst elements of any society. Such cruel and evil beings have usually seen the worst life has to offer and revel in it. Most Blackhearts have severely anti-social tendencies, so a Bandit warband will never be found with more than one or two of these depraved creatures.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 7
Weapons and Armour: Blackhearts may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Bandit Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Hardened: Blackhearts are not as put off by the evils of the world when they come across them…in fact persons of this nature are often more uncomfortable around situations where warmth and love are in abundance! Blackhearts are immune to Fear, and never have to take All-Alone tests (they prefer to work alone anyway…).
Poachers
While most members of a Bandit warband are hardened criminals, some are just individuals who were down on their luck for one reason or another, and were forced to resort to poaching the local lord’s game. While these individuals may not have the same temperment or lack of morals as the rest of the warband, they are usually hunted just as relentlessly. While they often find most of their fellows distasteful (to say the least!) poachers are so useful to the warband that they are usually given more slack than anyone else. After all, a band of outlaws needs places to hide and food to eat, and Poachers know where the best of both are to be found…
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 3 4 3 3 1 3 1 7
Weapons and Armour: Poachers may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Poacher Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Trailblazers: Poachers are experts at finding new game or safe campsites for the warband. In the game this is represented by allowing the warband to reroll one D6 for each Poacher in the Exploration phase. Poachers are not as good as Elf Rangers for scouting, but they are often darned close!
Gutterscum
Gutterscum are the lowest of the low—those whose laziness or other vices have driven them to a life they are utterly unsuited for. They often make up the bulk of a Bandit Warband, as the slums of most cities are filled with those desperate enough to view a life of preying on their fellow man and fleeing
from the authorities as an opportunity to improve their lot.
Profile M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Human 4 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 6
Weapons and Armour: Gutterscum may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Coward Equipment list.
SPECIAL RULES
Utterly Inept: Gutterscum have turned to a life of crime because they lack the ability to fit into normal society. They lack both the ambition and the capacity for self-improvement. Gutterscum do not gain experience.
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