WHF - Arrival At Mordheim - Part 5

Hi all,
         This concludes the Dwarfs first arrival in Mordheim, Will it be their last, you may be wondering to yourself? Read on ....

Turn 11

Skaven Rout Test, (1.2.) passed. 

Nobbler - retreat test (already escaping) ,(6,5) failed again, so he is moved off the board.                                                                                                     

Movement

                                                                                                                                                   

Snifter is searching a ruined building for treasure, nothing was found, so comes out and looks to see where the others have gone.                                                                                                           
Iggy and Yellow Top are running towards the sound of battle.

Expecting them to return, Bronn charges into  the slightly faster Iggy as he comes around the corner.                                                                                                                                                         

Shooting

The Dwarfs are too close to Iggy to get a bow shot off and YT is not quite in view of anyone.

Combat

Bronn attacks Iggy, 4 a hit, 3 just a glancing blow from his kit.

Iggy defends itself, 2 a miss.

Turn 12

Skaven Rout Test taken by YT, (1.2.) passed.

Movement

Snifter is coming.

YT charges Gornish.

Yolm charges Iggy.

Grinder and Klacker both charge YT.

Stronn runs towards the battle. (He only has a move of 2), carrying the Battle Horn. He does not have a clear shot of either Skaven.

Combat

YT attacks Gornish, 3 Hit, 3 wound, (failed parry with Buckler, failed parry with Axe), 1 knock down.
Grinder attacks YT, 4 hit, 1 glancing blow.
Klacker attacks YT, 3 miss.

Turn 13

Skaven Rout Test, (5,3) failed. "Run away! Run away!" squeaks YT.

Scurrying to safety.

The Game Ends

Aftermath

The Treasure chest found by the Dwarfs, it contained 8 gold coins, a suit of light armour, a sword, 2 x Jems worth 10 Gold coins.

Undead

Hern and WH gain 1 XP each. Redclaw, Pike, Footsie and Clubber were re-animated. (There is no xp award for zombies).

Hern got a smashed leg. (NOTE house rule - minus 1 to move, now = 5). It will miss the next battle.

Dwarfs
Bronn and Strom gain 3 xp, Yolm and Klacker gain 2 xp, Grinder and Gornish gain 1 xp.

Skaven

Flicka, Greyface and Curly Tail are dead.

Yellow Top = 2 xp, Slasher = 2 xp, Nobbler =1 xp, Iggy = 2 xp. Snifter gets sold to a Pit Fight Club to serve as an example to the rest of the warband.

The Pit Fight

Snifter, with his sword, faces a veteran pit fighter, Tom Greyshirt, who is armed with a morningstar and a spiked gauntlet.

Turn 1

Snifter uses his greater speed and quickly moves in to attack Tom, but slips in some blood from a previous contest, and Tom dodges the blow easily, 3 Miss. The crowd hoot with laughter.

Tom defends using his morningstar, 3 hit, 3 wounded, (3, Snifter failed to parry with his sword), 1 a Knock Down.



Tom's second attack with his spiked gauntlet, Auto Hit, 3 Wounded, so, Out of Action. (Injury Roll, 2 - dead). Tom finishes it with a quick slash to the throat. The crowd cheer their hero on after another victory.  Tom gets 1 xp.

Exploration

The Undead and the Skaven find 1 wyrdstone each.

The Dwarfs find 4 wyrdstones and an overturned wagon containing 8 gold coins, light armour, a sword and a dagger. Checking under the seat he finds 2 gems worth 10 gold coins.

Recruiting replacements

Once Hern becomes corporeal again, it resurrects Redclaw, Pike, Footsie and Clubber, at a cost of 80 gold coins. Savings = 130 gc.

Yellow Top hires a dark runner and two verminkin into his gang, plus assorted weapons.
Savings = 82 gc.

Trade

Bronn finds a market, he sells 3 Wyrdstone for 65 gold coins and buys Eldrond, (who is now healed and can take part again) a shield, Stronn gets a shield and a sword. Klacker, Grinder and Gormish get a light sword. Savings = 57 gc.

Advancement

Bronn and Yolm gets +1 to Wounds stat, now 2. Strom and Klacker gets Master of Blades skill, Grinder and Gornish (Beardlings), get +1 to Toughness, now = 5.

Ratings

                                               Rank              Gold                Wyrdstone

Lizardmen                                  38                 235                        3

Beastmen                                   58                   38                        1

The Undead                               55                 130                        1

Skaven                                      68                   82                         1

Rank Average                            54.75

Dwarfs                                       91                 57                          4

Average of the 3 battles fought   76                                   

I hope you liked the action. The Skaven seem to be nasty opponents, but no doubt the others will have some nasty tricks too. I have not decided who will star in the next episode yet.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell