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On the Cover
Grind! by Franz Vohwinkel. Warjacks. Arenas built over molten lava. An enormous ball that
crushes everything in its path. This is Grind!
Franz Vohwinkel has done artwork for more than 200 games, including Magic: The Gathering,
Battletech TCG, and Dungeons & Dragons. He also illustrated many book covers for German
publishers and has repeatedly been shown in Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic
Art. Franz Vohwinkel and his wife moved from Germany to Seattle in 2006.
the
Cre d its
Editor in Chief: Nathan Letsinger

NQ Managing Editor: Eric Cagle
Creative Director: Matt Wilson
RPG Content Manager:
Nathan Letsinger
Hobby Content Manager:
Rob Stoddard
RPG Design: Doug Seacat
Continuity Editor: Jason Soles
RPG Rules Editor: Kevin Clark
Editor: Chris Bodan
Graphic Design: Josh Manderville
Contributors
Alex Badion, Wolfgang Baur, Rob Baxter, Dan Brandt,
David DC Carl, Kevin Clark, Jason Dawson,
Alfonso Falco, Duncan Huffman, David Lyons, Corey
Pemberton, Steven W. Ptak, Matt Schaning, Sean Wales,
Dan Weber, Matt Wilson
Miniatures Painters
You want individual parts? You got em!
Todd Arrington, Matt DiPietro, Alfonso Falco, Mengu
Jaime Rarick hand delivers the very first online order from the updated
Privateer Press Store. Now you can get individual bits and parts to customize
your army to your hearts content at http://store.privateerpress.com
Gungor, Adam Johnson, Ron Kruzie, Ali McVey, Mike

McVey, Dave Perrotta, David Ray, Doug Seacat,
Dan Smith, Rob Stoddard, Rob Strohmeyer
Art/Photography
Andrew Arconti, Steve Angeles, Mark Gibbons, Adam
President: Sherry Yeary Creative

Director: Matt Wilson Project Director:
Bryan Cutler Lead Developer: Jason
Soles Art Director: James Davis
Marketing Manager: Nathan Letsinger
Development: Rob Stoddard Production
Manager: Mark Christensen
Gillespie, John Gravato, Rob Hawkins, Rob Lazzaretti,

Glenn Loos-Austin, Daryl Mandryk, Torstein Nordstrand,
Brian Snoddy, Andrea Uderzo, Franz Vohwinkel, Chris
Walton, Matt Wilson, Pierre-Alexandre Xavier
Special Thanks To
Misty Mountain Games & Diversons, Fire & Sword Hobbies,
Genesis Games & Gizmos, Andy Brandt, Shawn Hopkins,
Nick Kendall, Jeff Hoy, Jason Remick, Jon Woodland
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Table of Contents
Fire in the Hole!...........................................4
Letter from the editor
Boatswains Call..........................................5
WARMACHINE and HORDES related news from around the world
20
New Releases ...............................................7

The latest Privateer Press products for January and February of 07
Modeling & Painting....................................12

Mike McVey discusses the ins and outs of the entire line of P3 paints\.
Also a step-by-step assembly guide for the Dire Troll Blitzer!
Grind.............................................................20
40
Heartpulsing action. Clashing warjacks. One gigantic metal ball.

......this is Grind!
Move Over Gridiron.....................................32

Football can no longer lay claim to the term gridiron. Alfonso The
Traitor Falco shows how to make your own arena for Grind
Secrets of Five Fingers:

The Great Dome of the Channels..............40
An underwater temple of Cyriss
46
Guts & Gears................................................46

Tougher than nailsTrollkin Champions. Also, Ashlynn DElyses big
metal brother, the Vanguard
Thicker Than Blood:

HORDES Bonding Rules..............................54
Make your warbeast do more than sit and roll over with these new
HORDES bonding rules and mini campaign.
64
A Dark Empires Legacy...............................59

Mini campaign for bonding rules.
Issue No. 10
The Wilding Way..........................................64

More than BlackcladsRPG stats for the Druids of the Circle of Orboros
Making the Best Better ............................72

Privateer Press Matt Wilson discusses Prime: Remix and how the
Best just got Better
Foundry, Forge, & Crucible.......................74

Fire, stone, and wood. Druids dont need no stinkin blacksmiths. Plus
gear for trollkin
72
2007 League Season....................................78

Get the inside scoop on WARMACHINE League Play for 2007
US Nationals Results................................82
Peek inside the brains of these WARMACHINE champions as they prep
for the coming year of tournament play
74
For Faith & Valor ......................................86

Force composition and strategy tips for Special Forces units. Tips and
tricks for the Umber Guard and the Stormknights of the 16th
Privateer Staff Tactics:

Horde of the Stonecleaver ......................90
Iron Kingdoms story guru Doug Seacat stops writing for a moment to
show off his personal HORDES Circle of Orboros army
78
Buried Treasure .........................................94
Where we dig up some of the very best our community has to offer.
Spotlight on the Buccaneer Bass fansite
Drawn & Quartered/Player Gallery........95

Cartoon by Rob Hawkins and Cyriss Cultist conversions
The Poop Deck .............................................96

The making of the Grinder and the parts store is now open!
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the Grind.
ports. Gamers dont play

popular sports goes the
clich. We never were the
quarterbacks of the hockey team,
says Doug Douglason in the indy
film Fear of Girls. I suspect its
closer to the truth to say that most
of us never had the chance to play
something that truly captured our
imagination, like the lightcycles
in Tron or playing Dance Dance
Revolution with flamethrowers.
I have to admit that the clich
rings true for me. I grew up
disliking basketball in Indiana,
which is tantamount to heresy. I
never found an organized sport
I could enjoy. Just not enough
flamethrowers.
Except the informal games
of soccer we played in middle
school. We used a swampy patch
of grass over an abandoned
underground coal mine in the
decaying berg of Coalmont.
Think of a backwater Ordic town
whose fortunes turned when the
coal veins ran dry and youll get
a good picture of my school days.
Hazards like sinkholes of muck
and knee-wrenching air vents that
once served the tunnels below
covered the field. We reveled in
the danger. I still get a thrill when
I think about charging the enemy
team across the snowy field,
shouting curses learned from our
coal miner fathers, and knowing
one side would leave winners and
others (or more likely both of us)
limping for the next few weeks.
Friday night lights looked pretty
dim compared to what we faced

back then.
While I never played a
sanctioned or organized sport
after that, I do enjoy playing
sports games. And Im not alone.
The most recent release of a
certain NFL-franchise game sold
over 5 million units, and the FIFA
soccer game sold over 2 million
units this year. The market isnt a
bunch of ex-jocks, my friends. Its
gamers like you and me who have
our competitive streak enhanced
with a penchant for strategy,
a preference for replays, and a
wide-angle POV. And sometimes
flamethrowers.
As I see it, given the right
environment, a born gamer will
enjoy a sport. Maybe its takes a
couch and a controller. Maybe
it requires a 4 ton spiked ball
slammed by smoke-spewing
warjacks on an iron grid
suspended over a lava pool. See
what I mean? Your pulse just
went up 12 bps, didnt it?
In this issue the development
team unleashes a Privateer-style
sports game, all steam, sparks,
and scorched metal. We call it
Grind. Its really not part of the
Iron Kingdoms but its a hell of a
lot of fun. And most importantly,
my Protectorate team has
flamethrowers. The staff has
painted up their warjack teams in
home and away colors and have
taken turns beating the snot out
of each other. Now were sharing
our new pastime with you, and we
want to know about your glory

on the gridiron. Send your team
photos and game reports to me at
editor.in.chief@noquartermagazine.com.
Where this goes from here rests
entirely with you. Let us know if
you want more Grind in the pages
of No Quarter.
Also in this issue:
Speaking of competition, this
January marks the launch of a
world-wide
WARMACHINE
league. When I questioned the
development team about the
league details they described
the kind of play environment
Ive always wanted. Coupled
with the updated rules in the
WARMACHINE: Prime Remix
(See Matt Wilsons expose in this
issue) youve got a recipe for more
fun than you can set fire to with a
flamethrower.
Grind is just the beginning.
Its a new year for Privateer and
youre only seeing the warm-up
here. We have more and grander
plans in the offing, and No
Quarter remains your best source
for the early word and the detailed
description of what we have
coming. Stick around and put
your game face on. Were sending
you in. With flamethrowers.
Play Like Youve Got A Pair
Nathan Letsinger
-Editor in Chief

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jackabouttown@privateerpre
If we like em, well print em.
General Shenanigans
Were taking a break from answering questions

this time around because we had so many cool
events going on around the world. So, hold onto
that curiosity and check out what your fellow
Privateer Press fans are doing.
Essen & Spellenspektakel Report

At over 60,000 attendees Spiel ranks among the
biggest event in gaming. Ulisses presented the
entire range of WARMACHINE and HORDES
in German, which means that every product in
those lines are now available in German. Many
old and new faces dropped by, including Primal
and Superiority artist Eva Widermann. A painting
workshop showcasing Formula P3 and tournaments
ran the whole weekend, drawing players from all
over Germany and requiring Press Gangers to come
in from Belgium and Sweden.

A scant week after Spiel, Spellenspektakel in
Eindhoven gave the Dutch their turn. Privateer is still
very new in Holland and the enthusiasm around the
demo tables was incredible! Battle boxes flew of the
shelf and a painting competition, WARMACHINE
tournament, and hourly speed painting contests kept
everyone busy. Next year should be even better for
both shows.
Kiley Hyatts Reckoner at Gen
Con So-Cal
Foodmachine
Charity Powered Miniatures Tournament

This November, WARMACHINE players in
Indianapolis, Indiana, and St. Louis, Missouri
set aside their disagreements in favor of vicious
competition for a good cause. For a few cans of
food, players purchased the chance to pound each
other in a unique charity tournament organizer
Josh Noe dubbed Foodmachine. By allowing
players to trading cans to reroll dice, Josh and coconspirators Brock Ecevit, & Chris Suhre collected
960 cans in Indianapolis alone. A few stats from the
Indianapolis event:
Most Cans Donated: Robyn Mounts (Menoth) 164
canned goods
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Overall Winner: Paul Starr (Cryx)

Best Cygnar: Kevin Hart
Best Protectorate: Jake Leeman
Best Khador: Eilif Vanderkolk
Best Cryx: Paul Starr
Best Mercs: Ross Hewitt
competed for different strategic objects while trying

to pummel each other into paste. Despite fantastic
competition and Khadors crushing Victory Point
advantage Cryx ultimately collected more scenario
points to take the win. The other commanders have
vowed that the undead will not succeed next year.
We hear from a reliable source that Lord Toruk
disagrees.
Coolest Caster Kill: Alex Daily A little positioning

and a lot of luck let his Mule put a miraculously direct
hit on an unscathed Haley and killed her in one shot.
Photos from the Mega Mega event
Tips for Running a Benefit

Alan Bengs, a Press Ganger from Fort Wayne,
Indiana, has run charity events like Foodmachine
for the past 3 years. He shares with us five tips for
running a successful benefit at your store:
1. Work with your food bank well ahead of
time. In my case, they happily deliver and pick up
food barrels. Very time-saving.
2. Include the whole game store when filling
up those barrels! Its okay to challenge the card
players and roleplayers to bring food. That said,
keep the WARMACHINE tournament the center
of the food drive.
3.
Include other nearby businesses. The
employees and customers may be happy to drop by
with some food (and the LGS loves this because they
get a little more foot traffic).
4. Send out press releases to local media with
the date, time, location, and a short description of the
event. The more people know the more successful
youll be.
5. When working with a food bank, you dont
have to worry about the legal and tax ramifications of
cash donations. You and your fellow players simply
supply non-perishable food items. Its as easy as pie!
WARMACHINE Mega Mega event

On Saturday, October 14th Misty Mountain games
in Madison, WI played host to the first annual
WARMACHINE Mega Mega event. Each of the
twenty participants controlled 500 points which
amounted to no less than 2500 points from each
faction. The game played out on six 4 x 8 tables
covered in custom terrain arranged to represent the
varied geography of the Iron Kingdoms. Each faction
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Cygnar Rangers
Cunning
and resourceful, Rangers are elite troops trained to blend into the terrain and mark
enemy targets for Cygnaran gunners. Equipped with an array of signal gear and detailed maps,
Rangers can blaze trails for friendly units and even bring them into the battle far behind the
enemys lines.
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brilliant new artwork, a Formula P3 painting guide, and new fiction
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Protectorate of Menoth Daughters of the Flame

The Daughters are virtually all widows of fallen Menite soldiers. Possessing peerless grace, they
become blurs of fluid motion in battle as they strike with synchronized precision. Their origins
shrouded in mystery, the Daughters of the Flame have become a surgical tool for removing threats
to the Protectorate both from within and without.
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Khador Assault Kommandos

Armed
with the most advanced weapons and equipment, Assault Kommandos are the finest light
infantry the Motherland has to offer. These elite soldiers can ignore most of the hazards of
modern war and blend canny marksmanship and determination with methodical ruthlessness.
Sculpted By: Bobby Jackson PIP 33046 $29.99 PIP 33047 (2) $9.99
Trollblood
Dire Troll Blitzer
Heavy Warbeast
Cryx Helldiver Bonejack

Sculpted By: Jeff Wilhelm
PIP 34049 $11.99
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Circle Orboros Druids of Orboros

Younger initiates to the Circle, these Druids bring a mastery of elemental forces against their
enemies. With a wave of their hands they can uproot and throw enormous rocks, wreath themselves
in wind and mist to confound their foes, or disrupt and unravel the magic of enemy spellcasters.
Sculpted By: Jose Roig PIP 72015 $29.99
Skorne Basilisk Krea

Light Warbeast
Sculpted By: Steve Saunders
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Protectorate Dervish
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Striders serve as the Legions scouts and infiltrators. The blight transformed these former rangers
into fleet hunters who navigate terrain with ease and twisted them into bitter, tainted killers who
kill casually with a grim satisfaction. Striders keep to the shadows and trees to fall on fleeing
enemies and mark the passage of the Legion with corpses.
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Legion of Everblight Striders
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Trollblood Kriel Warrior Unit Box

Brave
kriel warriors gather to fight in defense of their lands and form the core of Trollblood
armies. More than simple brutes, these trollkin can survive injuries that would kill a human
outright, and the war shamans who train and lead them call mighty powers from their
goddess to form the warriors into the finest fighters available.
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Light Warbeast
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Circle Woldwatcher
Light Warbeast
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Skorne Cataphract Cetrati Unit Box

The Cetrati
embody perfect skorne discipline and fearless tenacity. A wall of these warriors
charging across the field, with their shields locked and their wicked polearms aimed forward,
will crush through lines of lesser infantry and bring down warbeasts. They are the hard center
of the skorne army. They are the first to fight and the last to fall.
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Turquoise Ink
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Khador Red Base
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Ember Orange
Heartfire
Cygnus Yellow
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Umbral Umber
Bloodstone
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Bootstrap Leather
Hammerfall Khaki
Thornwood Green
Gnarls Green
Iosan Green
Ordic Olive
Traitor Green
Wurm Green
Necrotite Green
Exile Blue
Cygnar Blue Base
Cygnar Blue Highlight
Greatcoat Grey
Ironhull Grey
Frostbite
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Beast Hide
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The Formula P3 Range

In the last two issues of No Quarter we looked at aspects of the P3 range. This month we look at the
entire range and how the different elements come together to create a comprehensive painting system.
This system can be used in many different ways to suit your painting style. In this article, we look at
a miniature painted from start to finish entirely with Formula P3.
The Full Range

The entire P3 range is made from
paints, inks, and washes, and
while those elements are all quite
different, they have been designed
to be used in conjunction with each
other to provide a huge range of
possibilities. There are 64 paints,
six ink colors and two specific
washes. Lets take a moment to
explain what the difference is
between these.
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and painting tips at
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Paints
Anyone who has put brush to
miniature will be familiar with
paint. At least I hope they will! P3
2.
of the P3 line, including their

superior coverage and smoothness,
so I wont repeat myself here. The
whole range of paints comprises 64
colors, and these should really be
all you will ever need. We decided
very early on that we wanted to
keep the range compact while
still providing a full spectrum
of colors. The theory was
that if we provided a good
foundation people could use
it to create any shade or color
3.
1.
2. Shade the metals using Pig Iron with

Armor Wash and Molten Bronze with a mix
of Armor Wash and Turquoise Ink.
1. Base coat metals with Pig Iron and

Molten Bronze. Achieving a good flat coat
is important.
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are acrylic based like most other

specific miniature paint lines. The
last two NQ articles examined in
some detail the unique qualities
3. Base coat armor with Thornwood Green.
they wanted. If the line does not

include a favorite color you can
easily mix up a batch in an empty
pot. If we tried to cover every
Inks and Washes

One thing you will instantly notice
is that the inks and washes come
in a different container - a dropper
bottle! When we first announced
the P3 line, a great deal of
4.
seemed simple that the different

elements of the line should go in
the container most appropriate to
their use. It just makes more sense
to put the thinner, more liquid inks
and washes in a container that
makes them easier to dispense. It
also makes them a little more
spill-proof. If you knock
over an open pot of paint,
you can avoid spilling any if
you move quickly (believe me, I
have done this more times then I
6.
4. First stage highlights on armor. Apply this

mix of Thornwood and Rucksack Tan to the
edged and upper surfaces of the plates.
the discussion and arguments

centered around the container
(you might have thought that
what came in the container
would be the important thing).
Two opposing camps - those
for and those against dropper
bottles - immediately sprang up.
After defending the decision to
put the paints in flip-top pots,
it feels necessary to explain the
decision to use droppers for the
inks and washes. To me it always
5.
5. Second stage highlights on armor. Add

more Rucksack to the previous highlight
mix. Base coat the armor trim with a mix
of Khador Red Base and Sanguine Base. The
bottom section of the coat is painted with
Sanguine Base.
6. Final highlight on armor. Menoth White

Base is added to the highlight mix and
applied to the very edges. The red trim
is highlighted with Khador Red Base and
Highlight. The trousers are base coated
with Greatcoat Grey and the leather areas
with Battlefield Brown.
can remember). If an open topped

pot of ink goes over you might as
well reach for the paper towels.
Anyway, that is enough about the
containers; lets look at what
is in them.
Inks have so many uses
that they are one of the most
versatile tools in the miniature
painters arsenal. Dull or flat
colors can be magically imbued
with life after a quick glaze.
Shading washes can be created
quickly and easily. Paints can be
brightened by mixing in a spot of
the appropriate colored ink. Once
you have mastered the basics of
inks you will wonder how you ever
managed without them. The P3
range contains six inks. That does
not sound like a lot, but it should
pretty much cover everything you
will ever need. The pigments are

very pure, which makes it easy
to mix new colors without them
going dull and muddy.
So whats the difference
between a wash and an ink? Well,
quite a lot in this case. While you
can use inks to create washes,
we specifically formulated two
shading washes that you will use
on a really regular basis: Flesh
Wash and Armor Wash.
Both of these are a mix of
several different elements
that together give you the
color and consistency for
quick and effective shading. There
is a slight learning curve to using
them, and next month we will
look at how to use both washes
and inks in detail. There are brief
examples in the stage-by-stage
figure in this article to wet your
appetite though.
Modeling & Painting: formula p3 - The P3 Range
eventuality we would end up with

a range of several hundred colors.
7.
7. Back View. The coat is highlighted

with Sanguine Base, Khador Red base and
Menoth White Base.
8.
8. The skin is base coated with Khardic

Flesh. The trousers are highlighted with
Greatcoat and Ironhull Grey. The leather
is highlighted with Battlefield Brown and
Bootstrap Leather.
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9.
Painting
9. The skin is shaded with Flesh Wash. This
has just a drop of brown ink added to give
a deeper tone.
10.
So what are they like to use? Well

the short answer is great! You
might find a little bit of a
learning curve if you are
12.
is a lot better than they have

been used to previously. I talked
about the drying time before, and
the slightly longer time that P3
stays workable can really be an
advantage. Blending with P3 is
just so much easier when you have
a little more time to do it. This line
has some great advantages, and
the longer you paint with P3 the
more you will get out of it.
Of course there are no
absolute right ways to paint. One
of the great things about the hobby
is that everyone has their own take
on it. What we are trying to
present in these articles is the
Privateer Press studio way of
painting and how we have learned
to take advantage of the qualities of
P3. We do not insist you slavishly
follow these instructions. Take the
information you want and go your
own way.
In Practice
10. The skin is highlighted in stages with the
following colors. First - Khadic Flesh, then
- Khardic + Midlund, then - pure Midlund,
then Midlund + Iosan, then - pure Iosan on
the very edges.
11.
11. A little thinned down Bloodtracker

Brown is applied round the rivets to give a
rust effect
The P3 range possess 72

different parts designed to intermix
to create an infinite number of
combinations. The more you
use the paints, inks, and washes
the more combinations you will
discover that you never realized
existed. There is a great example
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in this article on the stageby-stage Epic Butcher. The

combination of Thornwood
Green, Rucksack Tan, and Menoth
White Base creates the perfect
Khador 5th Border Legion scheme.
I have included an updated mixing
chart for the paints, which shows
what colors can be combined to
create shade and highlight tones.
12. The red areas are glazed with Red +

Yellow Ink. At this stage the figure is given
a good coat of matte varnish for protection
before the metals are highlighted.
used to painting miniatures

with other ranges, but it is
well worth getting used to them.
I have talked to quite a few
professional painters about P3 and
one of the differences they had
to adjust to is that the coverage
13.
13. First stage highlights on the metals. Pig

Iron areas are highlighted first with Pig Iron
and then Cold Steel. The shaded Bronze
areas are first re-coated with Molten Bronze
and then Bronze + Cold Steel.
The rest of this article looks

at a stage-by-stage figure painted
exclusively with P3. I tried to
capture all the key stages with
photographs, to give you a true
idea about the progression of the
miniature, but space constraints
mean that we combined some of the
stages. You should still get a good
idea how the different elements
of the range come together in
one miniature. Of course you
can adapt the stages shown
here to fit any miniature. The
important thing is the way the
paints, inks, and washes combine
in certain orders and combinations
to complete a miniature. This
example is a warcaster, so hes
painted to a high standard. Future
articles will show you how to paint
units and troops in a quicker, but
equally effective, way.
As with any miniature you
paint, the first stage is to clean
and assemble the pieces. The only
piece that we left off the Epic
14. Top highlight on the metals. These both have Quick Silver added to the respective highlight mixes.
15.
15. The final stages were to add some battle damage to the edges of the armor and attach
the skulls to the axe.
What the hell

is blending?
14.
Butcher is the skulls on the axe.

These are quite delicate and might
well come off with all the handling
during painting. I drilled two large
holes in the axe haft to accept the
round fittings on the skull piece to
make this part more secure. I also
decided early on to put him on a
custom base, so I mounted him on
a base for painting with a section
raised to match the position of the
right leg. Once the pieces were
assembled and dry they received
a black undercoat spray and any
bits missed with this got touched in
with Thamar Black to give a good
solid black base to work over.
16.
16. The last stage was to attach the miniature to the custom base. A long metal pin was
drilled into the left foot when the miniature was assembled for this purpose.
The word blending gets thrown around

freely in miniature painting articles but what is it? Well, blending has lots
of definitions, but the technique I use
involves applying a color over a dry base
and using a second (clean but damp)
brush to fade the edge out. So you are
not blending two wet colors together but
fading one out over the top of another
to give the effect that they are blended.
Its not as complex as it sounds, and
once mastered its the single most useful
advanced technique you will ever learn.
See the smooth graduation of color on the
Epic Butchers armor? Thats blending.
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Paint mixing chart

My last article included a basic mixing chart for P3 showing the highlight and shade tones for the first 36 colors. This month we expand that for
the whole 64 color paint range. The different columns show the shade, highlight, and top highlight tones for each color. These are intended to be
mixed with the base color you are using to create a subtle progression of tone. For example, when highlighting Thornwood Green you do not use
straight Rucksack Tan; you just add a little Tan to the Green and highlight with that. Then you add a little more and highlight with that, and so on
until you have created a subtle progression of color. You can carefully blend each color, or you can just layer them up on top of each other.
Base Coat
The colors of the P3 range are

designed to mix together, creating
huge variations in tone. The
Trollblood Base and Highlight
colors are a great example of this.
At first glance, there appears to be
no relationship between the two
colors - one is turquoise and the
other is a light, warm grey. If you
mix a little of the highlight tone
into the base it creates the perfect
highlight shade. Keep adding
more to create lighter highlights.
You can achieve deeper shading
by adding Sanguine Base with
Trollblood Base and create top
highlight colors by adding Midlund
Flesh to your highlight mix. The
blended color swatch shown here
illustrates how these four colors
work together to create a perfect
Trollkin skin tone.
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Shade
Highlight
Sanguine Base
Gnarls Green
Sanguine Highlight
Skorne Red
Sanguine Base
Cygnus Yellow
Khador Red Base
Sanguine Base
Khador Red Base
Morrow White
Ember Orange
Bloodtracker Brown Cygnus Yellow
Heartfire
Khador Red Base
Cygnus Yellow
Cygnus Yellow
Khador Red Base
Morrow White
Sulphuric Yellow
Ember Orange

Battlefield Brown
Exile Blue
Gun Corps Brown
Umbral Umber
Thamar Black
Bootstrap Leather
Bloodstone
Cygnar Blue Base
Rucksack Tan
Bloodtracker Brown
Umbral Umber
Moldy Ochre
Bootstrap Leather
Battlefield Brown
Rucksack Tan
Hammerfall Khaki
Gun Corps Brown

Thornwood Green
Battlefield Brown
Rucksack Tan
Gnarls Green
Sanguine Base
Iosan Green
Iosan Green
Gnarls Green
Wurm Green
Ordic Olive
Traitor Green
Moldy Ochre
Traitor Green
Battledress Green
Ordic Olive
Wurm Green
Iosan Green
Necrotite Green
Necrotite Green
Iosan Green
Morrow White

Exile Blue
Thamar Black
Morrow White
Cygnar Blue Base
Exile Blue
Cygnar Blue Base
Morrow White
Greatcoat Grey
Thamar Black
Morrow White
Ironhull Grey
Thamar Black
Morrow White
Frostbite
Greatcoat Grey
Morrow White

Coal Black
Thamar Black
Menoth White Base
Trollblood Base
Sanguine Base
Meredius Blue
Cygnar Blue Base
Arcane Blue
Arcane Blue
Meredius Blue
Morrow White
Underbelly Blue

Beaten Purple
Exile Blue
Arcane Blue
Murderous Magenta
Sanguine Base
Carnal Pink
Sanguine Highlight
Sanguine Base
Menoth White Base
Carnal Pink
Murderous Magenta Morrow White

Idrian Flesh
Bloodstone
Khardic Flesh
Beast Hide
Umbral Umber
Hammerfall Khaki
Khardic Flesh
Idrian Flesh
Midlund Flesh
Midlund Flesh
Idrian Flesh
Ryn Flesh
Ryn Flesh
Khardic Flesh
Morrow White

Battledress Green
Battlefield Brown
Jack Bone
Gun Corps Brown
Battlefield Brown
Hammerfall Khaki
Rucksack Tan
Bloodtracker Brown Menoth White Base
Moldy Ochre
Boostrap Brown
Sulphuric Yellow
Jack Bone
Beast Hide
Menoth White Base
Rucksack Tan
Menoth White Highlight Menoth White Base
Morrow White

Cryx Bane Base
Thamar Black
Cryx Bane Highlight
Bastion Grey
Battlefield Brown
Menoth White Base
Cryx Bane Highlight
Cryx Bane Base
Thrall Flesh
Trollblood Base
Midlund Flesh
Thrall Flesh
Bastion Grey
Morrow White

Thamar Black
Coal Black
Morrow White
Ironhull Grey

Pig Iron
Thamar Black
Cold Steel
Cold Steel
Pig Iron
Quick Silver
Quick Silver
Cold Steel
Radiant Platinum
Brass Balls
Quick Silver
Molten Bronze
Battlefield Brown
Cold Steel
Rhulic Gold
Molten Bronze
Solid Gold
Solid Gold
Molten Bronze
Quick Silver
Blighted Gold
Thamar Black
Cold Steel
Brass Balls
Battlefield Brown
Quick Silver
Further Highlight
Menoth White Base
Morrow White
Morrow White
Morrow White
Morrow White
Morrow White
Rucksack Tan
Rucksack Tan
Menoth White Base
Menoth White Base
Menoth White Base
Morrow White
Menoth White Base
Wurm Green
Sulphuric Yellow
Sulphuric Yellow
Menoth White Base
Sulphuric Yellow
Morrow White
Midlund Flesh
Morrow White
Morrow White
Midlund Flesh
Jack Bone
Ryn Flesh
Morrow White
Menoth White Base
Morrow White
Morrow White
Morrow White
Menoth White Base
Morrow White
Ryn Flesh
Menoth White Base
Quick Silver
Quick Silver
Quick Silver
Quick Silver
the Blitzer
Modeling & Painting - Assembling the Blitzer
Assembling
1.
1. The first stage is to clean all the pieces ready for assembly. Use a needle file and craft knife to
remove any of the marks left from casting.
2.
2. Score the join areas between the large pieces with a craft knife to give the glue something to key to and provide a stronger join.
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3.
3. There might be a small gap between the
two body halves.
4.
4. Fill any small gaps between the main body
pieces, legs, and jaw with modeling putty.
5.
8.
8. The hole is drilled in the base in the
appropriate place.
9.
5. Assemble the smaller components while the putty on the main body is drying.
9. Glue the body to the base. The chain

is left off until the pieces are painted to
make it easier, but its a good idea to dryfit the pieces to make sure they fit. The
chain should fit accurately, but if it doesnt
a little bending will fix that.
7.
6.
6. Insert a pin into the foot of the gunner to
fasten it to the main body.
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7. The left arm is glued in place (this

should fit snugly in the correct position),
and the body and base are held together
so you can see where the hole in the
base should be. No glue is applied at this
stage (its known as a dry fit)
10.
10. Dry fit the body, gun, and gunner to
make sure they go together. The gunner and
gun are pinned to the body but not glued.
12.
11. Pin the ammo belt to the side of the gun.
12. Glue the blinders to the sides of the head. A pair of tweezers
can be useful when handling small components like this.
11.
13.
13. Attach all of the separate pieces to bases to make painting easier.
Final assembled and

painted Dire Troll Blitzer
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flooring. With a rending sound

of protesting metal, the floor
buckled in a wave and toppled
the two nearest Krushers. Hisses
and angry shouting from the
crowd erupted at this dirty play.
Legbreaker instantly slumped
and its eyes dimmed as its cortex
automatically shut down.
Developed by
Kevin Clark, Duncan Huffman, Doug
Seacat, Jason Soles, Rob Stoddard, and
Matt Wilson Art by Franz Vohwinkel
Warjack Combat Sport
eavy Khadoran boots

stomped on the metal
flooring of the upper
decks. The air hung thick with
oppressive heat and the smell
of grease and blistering iron.
The racket of thousands of fans
shouting
encouragement
to
the warjacks below combined
with clashing metal to create a
deafening cacophony. Everything
came down to this tie-breaker
crush in the finals match, a threegoal battle between bitter rivals.
Last season the Khardov Krushers
shut out the visiting Northguard
Gravediggers. The Cygnarans had
come to their rivals home arena
looking for payback, but now their
situation looked grim.
The Gravediggers had taken
a beating from the enormous ironbanded Grinder and the Khadoran
warjacks. The Gravediggers
captaina new Stormclad named
Tornadohad been battered to
scrap against the spiked stone wall
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in the first crush. The wreckage

of its form was lit by the hellish
orange glow from below the thick
iron grating of the floor. Now two
Ironclads and a Hammersmith
were outnumbered by Khadoran
steel.
Two
Marauders,
a
Juggernaut, and a Destroyer all
converged on the rolling Grinder.
Legbreaker,
an
old
Ironclad, scanned the arena with
glowing eyes as it stepped up, its
right arm dangling and useless.
It received a directive from its
warcaster Coleman Stryker,
who watched from the sidelines,
that released its inhibiting locks.
Legbreaker already had one
penalty flag and another would
make it inert, but freed now to
violate the rules of the match its
eyes gleamed with eager malice.
Legbreaker ignored the Grinder
rolling toward the Cygnaran
goal. It strode instead toward the
Khadoran jacks and slammed
its quake hammer into the metal
The last two Gravediggers

followed at full steam just behind
Legbreaker.
Jackhammer,
the other Ironclad, slammed
straight into the Juggernaut
Painkiller like two freight
trains colliding. Jackhammer
lowered its shoulder and, backed
by all the mass of its armored
body and super-heated steam
engine, sent the Khadoran jack
flying. Painkiller skittered across
the rusted flooring and nearly
tumbled into the goal pit. Where
once three Krushers had blocked
the goal, the Gravediggers now
had a clear lane.
The last Marauder moved
to intercept but too slowly. The
Hammersmith Nails reached
the Grinder first and reared back
with hammers raised. Ringing
metal on metal filled the arena as
Nails pounded the sphere forward
and followed with a doublehammer strike that sent the ball
teetering across the lip and into
the goal pit. The gong of a score
sounded and bedlam engulfed
the arena as the match ended.
The two remaining Cygnaran
jacks faced the infuriated crowd
and shook their raised hammers
in victorious defiance.
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Introduction
Grind is a combat sport game for two players. Played in a gigantic, hazard
filled stadium, two opposing teams of warjacks attempt to push a massive metal
encrusted Grinder into their opponents Goal Pit. The first team to score a goal
wins the match.
Of course, pushing
the 12, 4-ton Grinder
around and scoring is
only part of the game.
Systematically annihilating
your opponents jacks with
your own fierce weaponry
and hazards keeps the
opposing
numbers
down and gives you the
upper hand on the way
for the score.
Although
only
warjacks compete on the Grind Field (the Grinder alone would crush men
to paste, not to mention the dozen marauding warjacks), each team includes
a warcaster who operates behind the scenes. The warcaster controls his
team, guides the action, and dictates the plays. Players build a team to fit
their own tactics.
Grind is a fun and exciting new way to play with your WARMACHINE
models in a fast paced arena with brutal metal on metal action. The merciless
sport of Grind does not exist in the true Iron Kingdoms universe. In this
alternate world a parody of the conflicts in western Immoren plays out as a
hyper-destructive sports entertainment event.
The Grind Rulebook

Grind is typically played on a 3x3 table. Each player has a 4 diameter
Goal Pit in the middle of the table, 3 from the rear of his deployment zone. A
Bumper, a 2 diameter spiked column Hazard, is placed 2 directly in front of
the Goal Pit. The Catch is a 2 diameter area in the center of the table where
the Grinder is dropped at the start of the game.
GRIND Rule Modifications
3
10
Deployment Zone
Goal Pit
2
2
Bumper
Richochet Template
Catch
Bumper
2
18
2
10
Deployment Zone
Goal Pit
Table before hazards are placed
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Grind utilizes the rules of WARMACHINE with

a few modifications. See WARMACHINE: Prime
Remix page 20 80 for more information.
Advance Deployment Models do not
benefit from Advance Deployment in Grind.
Arc Nodes Arc Nodes are not used in Grind.
Control Area Since the warcaster is a model
not represented during play there is no control
area. However, warjacks can be allocated focus
normally regardless of their position on the
Grind Field.
Slams A warjack making a slam does not
suffer a -2 penalty on its attack roll when
targeting a model with an equal or smaller-sized
base. A warjack slamming a model with a largersized base suffers -2 on its attack roll.
Playing Grind
Set-Up
Before the start of the game players decide
how many Hazards to use and then take
turns placing the Hazards.
Beginning
Once the Hazards have been placed,
each player rolls a d6. The highest roller
chooses any player, including himself, to
be the first player. Once established, the
turn order remains the same for the rest
of the game.
Players then deploy their teams
starting with the first player. The first
player may choose any edge of the playing
surface with a Goal Pit and deploy all his
forces completely within 10 of that edge.
This area is that players deployment zone.
The second player then deploys his team
on the opposite side of the playing surface
following the same guidelines.
Once both players have deployed
their teams, place the Grinder in the center
of the Catch.
The player who sets up first takes
the first turn.
Both teams struggle for control of the Grinder
Falling into the Goal Pit
A team scores a point and wins the match

when any part of the Grinders base enters
the opponents Goal Pit.
If a warjacks base touches the area of a Goal Pit, it falls in. At the start of the next
players Maintenance Phase, a crane lifts the warjack from the pit and drops it into the
Catch at the center of the table.
Place the dropped model in the center of the Catch. It suffers a POW 16 damage roll and
is knocked down. If a dropped model lands on top of a model, the models controller
pushes it back to make room for the falling model.
If a dropped model contacts a model with an equal or smaller-sized base, that model is
knocked down and suffers the same damage roll as the dropped model.
Flags
The Grinder touches the the edge of the goal, scoring a point for the Imer Incinerators
Winning
The rules of Grind limit the attack options

available to participating warjacks. When
a warjack makes an attack, other than a
power attack or a bash, that does not
target the Grinder or a model in control
of the Grinder after the damage roll, it
receives a Flag. The first Flag is a warning.
If the warjack gets a second it immediately
becomes inert. The warjack generally
remains inert for the rest of the Crush.
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The Grinder
The Grinder is a 12 tall, 8000 lb. ball of metal fragments and scrap wrapped
in multiple layers of steel cable and covered in rivets, studs, spikes, and other
protrusions.
The Grinder is a large-based model that is automatically hit by melee attacks
and has DEF 5.
The Grinder is never a friendly or enemy model.
Heavy Duty
The grinder cannot be knocked down, made stationary, removed from play,
or destroyed. A model screened by the Grinder gains an additional +2 DEF.
Attacks that ignore screening also ignore this bonus.
Control of the Grinder

A warjack with a functional Open Fist can gain control
of the Grinder by moving within of the Grinders base
during its activation if the Grinder is in its front arc and
uncontrolled.
When an uncontrolled Grinder moves within of
the front arc of a warjack with a functional Open Fist, its
controller may declare the warjack is taking control of the
Grinder. If the model takes control of the Grinder, the Grinder
stops moving.
Only one model may have control of the Grinder at a time.
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A model can give up control of the Grinder at any time during

its activation.
If the Grinder moves or is placed more than from its
controlling model or if it leaves its controlling models front arc, the
model loses control of the Grinder. A model also loses control if it is
knocked down, made stationary, goes inert, runs, charges, slams, or
tramples. A controlling warjack with two functional Open Fists may
run with the Grinder and not lose control.
Guard
When the Grinder is controlled it is not automatically hit by melee
attacks and has DEF 10.
A Grinder cannot be slammed through the warjack currently
controlling it. A Grinder moves into base contact and stops when it
comes in contact with the controlling warjack. The controlling warjack
is not knocked down.
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The Northguard Gravediggers and Five Fingers Stealers face off.
Moving the Grinder

Center the ricochet template over the Grinder with
the 2 pointing directly away from the point of origin of
the attack and roll a d3 to determine the direction the
Grinder moves. When moved by a ranged attack, the
While controlled, the Grinder may be rolled by its Grinder stops if it comes in contact with another model,
controlling warjack. While being rolled, the Grinder the table edge, an obstacle, or obstruction.
moves with its controlling warjack as it continues its
movement, directly away from the warjack at the same
rate it is moving. A rolled Grinder stops if it comes When the Grinder is targeted and hit by a ranged attack that
in contact with another model, the table edge, an received an Aiming bonus, the warjacks controller chooses
obstacle, or obstruction.
the direction on the ricochet template the Grinder moves.
The Grinder may only be moved in the following ways:
Rolled by a
Controlling Warjack
Aiming at a Grinder
Hit by a
Melee Attack
Slam
The Grinder is round and when slammed it moves further

When the Grinder is hit by a melee attack, it may be than other models that are sent sprawling to the ground.
moves directly away from its attacker. A melee attack The Grinder moves +2 when slammed by a light warjack
from a light warjack moves the Grinder d3. A melee and +4 when slammed by a heavy warjack.
attack from a heavy warjack moves the Grinder d6.
If a slammed Grinder collides with a model with
When moved by a melee attack, the Grinder stops if it an equal-sized base it continues moving if it has enough
comes in contact with another model, the table edge, movement remaining to move completely past the models
an obstacle, or obstruction.
base, otherwise it stops where it contacted the model. The
model the Grinder contacted is knocked down and suffers
collateral damage.
Hit by a
Ranged Attack
If the Grinder is slammed into the table edge, an

The Grinder may also be moved by ranged attacks. If obstacle, or obstruction it will ricochet and continue its
a ranged attack succeeds in hitting the Grinder make movement.
a damage roll. The Grinder moves 1 in a direction
When the Grinder is slammed into a Spiked Column,
determined by the ricochet template for each damage
center the ricochet template at the point the Grinder
point scored over 18.
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Moving the Grinder
Away
Colors
contacted the Spiked Column with the 2 pointing

toward the point of origin of the slam and roll a d3 to
determine the direction in which the Grinder continues
its movement.
Home
Colors
When the Grinder is slammed into a low wall, a

high wall, or the table edge, place the flat edge of the
ricochet template parallel with and centered at the point
the Grinder contacted the hazard or table edge and roll
a d3 to determine the direction in which the Grinder
continues its movement.
A model cannot take control of a slammed Grinder
until the slam has been resolved.
Being Slammed
into the Grinder
Five Fingers Stealers
When a model is slammed into the Grinder, the Grinder

suffers a damage roll equal to the POW of the slam.
The Grinder moves 1 directly away from the model for
each damage point scored over 18. When the Grinder is
moved in this fashion it stops if it comes in contact with
another model, an obstacle, or obstruction.
Throws &
Double-Hand Throws
The Stealers have a reputation for lightning fast

maneuvers and dirty tricks, drawing penalty flags at the
earliest opportunity. Fielding an impressive roster of light
warjacks like the Talon and Renegade, the Stealers also rely
on cheap heavies like the Nomad. They use numbers alone
to swamp opponents, tie up stronger jacks, and sneak the
Grinder into the goal. The Stealers are easily recognizable
in their stark lines of black, white, and yellow.
Hazards
Before the start of the game players each place one (1)
The Grinder may be moved by throws and double-hand Hazard. Hazards are terrain features that have specific
throws normally. A model does not have to succeed in a measurements and game effects. A Hazard cannot be
STR test to throw the Grinder.
placed within 3 of the Catch, a Goal Pit, a table edge,
or another Hazard, including the Bumper.
Jump Ball
When a model with two-functional

Open Fists throws the Grinder, instead
of making a normal double-hand throw,
the warjack can arc the Grinder through
the air over the heads of models that
would otherwise be in its path. The
Grinder is moved as if it was thrown
normally but does not stop moving if it
contacts an obstruction or a model with
an equal-sized base. The Grinder cannot
be targeted by free strikes during this
movement.
Center the Grinder on its point of
impact. If the Grinder contacts another
model when it is placed, push that model
out of the way. That model is then
knocked down and suffers a damage roll
with a POW equal to the STR of the
throwing model.
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Hazard
Dimensions
Special
Pool
5 diameter This is a shallow water pool

(See WARMACHINE: Prime Remix

Shallow Water page 78-79).
Spiked Column 2 diameter

Spiked Column is an obstruction

that cannot be damaged.
A model that is slammed or thrown
into the Spiked Column
suffers two additional dice of damage
for colliding with the terrain feature.
Low Wall
6x 1 This is an obstacle.
High Wall
6x 1+ This is an obstruction.
Pit Trap
3 diameter

If a model enters any portion of the

pit trap area, it is removed from the table.
If the Grinder was removed it is immediately
dropped into the Catch. If a warjack was
removed it follows the Falling Into at the Goal Pit
rules, see in the callout above.
Deep Water
3 diameter

A Deep Water pool is a basin with a raised

edge that prevents the Grinder from entering.
It uses the Deep Water rules from
WARMACHINE: Prime Remix (page 78-79).
Teams
Before the start of a Grind match each player has to build his team.
Each player has 500 points and must include a warcaster and no more
than eight (8) warjacks. The warcaster and his warjacks must be
from the same faction. Warcasters are chosen from the Grind rosters
below. Warjacks are selected normally at their regular point costs and
are subject to normal Field Allowance.
Warcaster
The warcaster controls his team from off the table and is
not represented by a model during play. Each warcaster
has a FOC stat that determines the amount of focus
points that may be allocated to his team. Focus points can
also be spent for Maneuvers, which are comparable to
WARMACHINE spells. Each warcaster also has a Play
that may be used once per game much like a feat.
Unlike WARMACHINE, a warcaster does not activate.
moves, but not in the middle of its movement. Likewise,

he may use a maneuver before and after each attack,
but he cannot interrupt an unresolved attack, nor can
he use a maneuver between the movement and attack
portions of a charge. Maneuvers may be used prior
to initiating an attack or after completely resolving
an attack, including determining hits, damage, and
special effects.
The warjacks on a warcasters team are always in his Play

control area.
A warcaster can use his play at anytime he could use
a maneuver. A warcaster can only use a play once
Allocating Focus
per game.
During your Control Phase, your warcaster can allocate
focus points to the warjacks on your team. Up to three
focus points may be allocated to any friendly warjack, Each player must select one warjack on his team to be
anywhere on the table.
the Team Captain, commonly referred to as Captain.
Team Captain
Focus points that are not allocated may be spent on Some warcaster abilities, maneuvers, and/or plays
may be centered on the Captain in lieu of a control
Maneuvers throughout the turn.
area. If the Captain is disabled, totaled, or goes inert,
any maneuvers or plays that require the Captain to be
Maneuvers
the target cannot be utilized. Reduce the focus point
A warcaster can spend focus points to use maneuvers
costs of maneuvers used on friendly Captain by one
at anytime during his teams turn. However, he cannot
(1). This benefit cannot reduce the focus point cost of
interrupt a models movement or an attack to do so. A
a maneuver below one.
warcaster may use a maneuver before or after a model
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Alternate Game Types

Inert warjacks must sit out the next Crush while
While Grind is intended as a fast paced sudden death
match there are many ways to play Grind. Try playing a being reactivated.
match where the winning teams is the first to score three
(3) goals. Or maybe racing against the clock is more your
style and youd rather place a time limit on the match
When playing Timed Grind the participating players
The following are a few optional game types that all should agree on how long the match will last. The
participating players should agree on before the start of winner is the team that has scored the most goals at
the end of the set amount of time. If the match is tied as
the match.
time expires move to a Shoot Out.
Timed Grind
Multi-Goal Grind
Shoot Out
When playing Multi-Goal Grind both players should

agree on the number of goals need to win before the start Shoot Outs can be utilized to resolve Grind matches
that end in a tie to reveal a clear victor. Each warjack
of the match.
attempts to score a goal with a single activation. After
Multi-Goal Grind is divided into a series of Crushes all warjacks have activated the team that scores the
equal to the number of goals needed to win the match. most wins the match.
After each goal is scored the current Crush ends.
Warjacks disabled, destroyed, or inert at the end
of the match cannot participate in a Shoot out.
Scoring
A team scores a point and the Crush ends when any part
of the Grinder enters the opponents Goal Pit. After
a point is scored, remove all models from the table.
They will be deployed at the start of a new Crush.
End of a Crush & Repairs

At the end of a Crush, teams have time to repair their
jacks. Each player may remove a total of 6d6 damage
points from the warjacks on his team. Damage points
can be removed from anywhere on a warjacks damage
grid. Destroyed warjacks cannot be repaired.
Away
Colors
Captains in Multi-Goal
If a Team Captain is totaled or still disabled after end
of Crush repairs, its controlling player must choose a
Captain at the beginning of the next Crush. A player can
change his Captain at the beginning of each Crush.
Home
Colors
Flags
A warjack that goes inert due to Flags is removed from the
table at the end of the Crush but must sit out the following
Crush and is not placed on the table. After sitting out a
Crush, the warjack may return to play normally.
Starting a New Crush

At the start of a new Crush a crane lifts the Grinder
from the Goal Pit and places it back in the center of the
Catch.
The player who did not score the point deploys his
team first and takes the first turn.
Disabled warjacks that are not functional after being
repaired and destroyed warjacks cannot be deployed.
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Northguard Gravediggers
The mechaniks of Cygnars northernmost
fortress enter the Grind tournaments
with enthusiasm and turn warjacks
favoring Ironclads and Hammersmiths
into unstoppable arena competitors.
Going against their grim reputation
on the battlefield, the Gravediggers
adopt bright and almost garish colors
to flaunting their Cygnaran loyalty.
They favor blue, gray, and unmistakably
bright Cygnus yellow accented with
polished bronze.
Faction Rosters
Alternate game types - Continued
Cygnar
Starting a Shoot Out
Warjacks accessable:
All Cygnar Warjacks
Warcasters accessable:
Coleman Stryker FOC 6 Points 42
Play:
Strykers Wrath
Friendly warjacks gain +3 of movement and +3 ARM.
At the beginning of the controlling players next
Maintenance Phase, each enemy warjack in melee
range of a friendly warjack takes a POW 12 damage
roll. Warjacks damaged by Strykers Wrath suffer
Disruption. Strykers Wrath lasts for one round.
Maneuvers:
Gird Cost 2
Target warjack and friendly warjacks in base contact
with the affected warjack gain +2 DEF. Gird lasts for
one round. Gird may be cast once per turn.
Overload Cost 2
When target warjack is hit by an attack, the attacker
immediately suffers Disruption. Overload lasts for
one round.
Electric Charge Cost 3
Target uncontrolled Grinder gains Electric Charge.
After all friendly warjacks have activated this turn the
affected Grinder will discharge. All warjacks within 3
of the Grinder suffer a POW 12 damage roll. Warjacks
damaged by Electric Charge suffer Disruption.
Victoria Haley FOC 7 Points 52

Play:
Downhill
If the Grinder is within 18 inches of Haleys Team
Captain, the Grinder is immediately moved 2d6 inches
directly toward the Captain. If a Grinder moves within
of the Captain it immediately stops. Treat this
movement as if the Grinder had been slammed for the
purposes of collisions and collateral damage.
Each warcaster starts a Shoot Out with a number of focus points

equal to their FOC stat. Remove all hazards from the field
including the Bumpers in front of each goal pit. Each player must
organize their warjacks in the order they will make their Shoot
Out attempts. Each player rolls a d6. The highest roller decides
who will take the first scoring attempt. Before a teams first attempt
the warcaster may allocate focus to warjacks participating in the
Shoot Out. Players then take turns attempting to score until all
warjacks have had one attempt.
Attempts
Each warjack is allowed one Shoot Out attempt. Place the Grinder 8
from the opponents goal pit. Then place a single warjack anywhere
completely within 6 of the Grinder for its Shoot Out attempt. The
warjack then has one activation in which to attempt to score.
Once the warjack has completed its Shoot Out attempt, the
opposing team sets up for its first attempt. Players alternate in this
manner until all available warjacks have had one (1) attempt. Keep in
mind that if your opponent has more available warjacks at the end of
a match he will have more Shoot Out attempts than you.
Winning a Shoot Out

After every warjacks has completed its Shoot Out attempt the team
with the most scores wins the match. If there is a tie set up for another
Shoot Out until one team wins.
Away
Colors
Home
Colors
Maneuvers:
Assist Cost 3
Target friendly warjack in base-to-base contact with
Haleys Team Captain may immediately make one
attack with any of its weapons, regardless of the
weapons ROF. This does not effect the warjacks next
activation. The warjack does not receive a flag for this
attack. Assist may be cast once per turn.
Bump & Run Cost 2
Target friendly warjack may immediately move up to
its SPD in inches after completing its combat action
this activation.
Nudge Cost 2
Move an uncontrolled Grinder 2 directly toward a
friendly warjack. During this movement, the Grinder
stops if it comes in contact with another model, the
table edge, an obstacle, or obstruction. Nudge may
only be cast once per turn.
Time Slip Cost 5
The Grinder and enemy warjacks currently within 3
of target friendly warjack move at half rate. Time Slip
lasts for one round.
Khardov Krushers
No Khadoran team boasts more championship trophies than the Khardov
Krushers. Noted for unmatched aggression in the arena, they always try to
send at least one opposing jack to the scrapyard. Few adversaries can stand
before their heavily armored Marauders and Juggernauts, particularly when
led by the unpredictable Orsus Zoktavir. The Krushers put a new spin on colors
made famous by the 5th Border Legion and wear green, red, and white.
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Protectorate of Menoth
All Protectorate warjacks
Severius
Foc 8 Points 54
Play:
Stealing the Signs
Enemy warcasters cannot make maneuvers. Enemy
warjacks cannot make powers or make power attacks.
Stealing the Signs lasts for one round.
Maneuvers:
Khador
All Khador warjacks
Sorscha Kratikoff FOC 6 Points 45
for one round.

Enforcer Cost 3
Target warjack becomes an Enforcer. When one
or more friendly warjacks within 6 and LOS of the
Enforcer are damaged by an enemy attack, the
Enforcer may move up to its current SPD in inches
and make one melee attack after the attack is
resolved.
Intimidate Cost 3
Target friendly warjack cannot be targeted by
charges or slam power attacks by a model that began
the charge or slam in the affected models front arc.
Stacking the Box Cost 2

Target friendly warjack cannot be knocked down
or made stationary. The Grinder immediately stops
without effect if it comes in contact with the affected
Arcane Prevention Cost 3
While within 3 of target friendly warjack, enemy warjacks warjack. Stacking the Box lasts for one round.
cannot be targeted by maneuvers. Arcane Prevention lasts
Zone Defense Cost 3
Severius Team Captain and friendly warjacks within
3 gain Zone Defense. A warjack with Zone Defense
may advance up to its current SPD if any enemy
warjack ends its normal movement within 6 and
Away
LOS of the effected warjack. An affected warjack
Colors
does not benefit from Zone Defense while engaged.
Feora FOC 6 Points 43
Play:
Play:
Frozen Tundra
Enemy warjacks currently within 12 of Sorschas
Team Captain move at half rate and suffer -3 DEF
and -3 ARM. Frozen Tundra lasts for one round.
Flame Touch
Enemy warjacks damaged this round suffer a POW
14 damage roll and Fire. Fire is a continuous effect
that sets the target ablaze. A model on fire suffers a
POW 12 Damage roll each turn during its controllers
Maintenance Phase until the fire expires on a d6
roll of 1 or 2. Fire effects are magical or alchemical in
nature and are not affected by water.
Maneuvers:
Cold Hearted Cost 2
If target friendly warjack is damaged by an enemy
attack, the attacker is made Stationary for one
round. Cold Hearted lasts for one round.
Second Wind Cost 2
After all friendly warjacks have completed their
activations this turn, target friendly warjack
may move up to its base SPD in inches. After this
movement Second Wind expires.
Maneuvers:
Home
Colors
Fire Shield Cost 3

Target friendly warjack gains Fire Shield. Enemy
warjacks ending their activation within melee range
of a warjack with Fire Shield suffer an unboostable
POW 14 damage roll and Fire.
Shoulder Cost 3
Target warjacks next activation is a slam at SPD
+5. Models slammed by an effected warjack are
moved an addition 2.
Orsus Zoktavir FOC 6 Points 39
Hot Route Cost 2

Friendly warjacks beginning their activation within
2 of target friendly warjack gain +2 of movement.
Hot Route lasts for one round.
Play:
Unblockable
Friendly warjacks may activate once again after all
friendly warjacks have completed their activations
this turn. During this activation affected warjacks
may move up to their current SPD in inches and
make one melee attack.
Maneuvers:
Body Check Cost 3
Target friendly warjack may immediately perform
a slam power attack without spending focus and
regardless of the distance moved.
Pound Cost 2
Target friendly warjack rolls an additional die on its
first damage roll this turn.
Pumped Cost 2
Target friendly warjack gains +2 STR. Pumped lasts
for one round.
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Broiler Cost 3
If the Grinder is within 3 of Feoras Team Captain, it
is set ablaze. Enemy warjacks moving into or ending
their activation within 2 of the Grinder suffer an
unboostable POW 14 damage roll. Broiler lasts for
one round.
Imer Incinerators
Paying strict attention to the rules as
would befit an army of the Lawgiver, the
Imer Incinerators bring an inferno of holy
destruction to the arena. The pyrotechnic
antics of their Castigators and Crusaders
make for real crowd pleasers. This team
represents their theocracy wearing deep
blood red, gold, black, and bronze.
Cryx
All Cryx warjacks
Cryx Warjack Rule Modifications:

Deathjack:
Necromancy - Necromancy is not used in Grind
Unbound Unbound is not used in Grind.
Seether:
Uncontrolled Rage Uncontrolled Rage is not used in
Grind.
Asphixious FOC 7 Points 51
Away
Colors
Play:
Hail Toruk
Friendly warjacks may run without spending a
focus point and may perform a combat action
after running. The first attack an affected warjack
makes against an enemy warjack this turn does
not receive a flag. Hail Toruk lasts for one turn.
Maneuvers:
Dirty Player Cost 3
Target friendly warjack becomes a Dirty Player.
Attacks made by a Dirty Player against a knocked
down warjack do not receive flags. Dirty Player
Jack-to-Jack Cost 3
Target friendly warjack becomes a Defensive
Back. When this maneuver is used, the Defensive
Backs controller designates an enemy warjack
within 10 of the Defensive Back. After the
designated warjack completes its movement
during its activation, the Defensive Back may
move up to its current SPD in inches unless it is
currently stationary. The Defensive Back cannot
be targeted by free strikes during this movement.
Jack-to-Jack lasts for one round.
Rust Plague Cost 3
Target friendly warjack becomes a Carrier.
Enemy warjacks in base-to-base contact with a
Carrier, at the end of the Carriers movement,
suffer 1 damage point for each warjack and
Grinder, including the Carrier, with which it is
in base-to-base contact. Rust Plague lasts for
Mercenaries
Asheth Magnus FOC 6
Points 44
Home
Colors
Blackwater Body Snatchers

Few opponents inspire as much dreadful
in or off the arena floor as the Blackwater
Body Snatchers. Renown for unpredictably,
the Body Snatchers never bring the same
warjacks twice and rightly enjoy as much
respect for their tenacious Slayers and
sure-footed Harrowers as their nimble
Deathrippers and leaping Stalkers. The
Body Snatchers team colors come in green,
grey, and white.
Play:
Turn About is Fair Play
This turn Magnus may spend focus to use any
maneuvers of an enemy warcaster. Replace
references to the enemy warcaster with
references to Magnus. Friendly warjacks roll
an additional die on back strike damage rolls.
Turn About is Fair Play lasts for one round.
Maneuvers:
Field Awareness - Cost 2
Target friendly warjack may turn to face any
direction before moving or declaring a charge
or slam power attack.
Head Hunter Cost 3
Attacks targeting enemy warjacks that have
already suffered damage this turn gain an
additional die to attack and damage rolls.
Head Hunter lasts for one round.
MVP Cost 3
Target friendly warjack gains +2 SPD, MAT and
ARM. MVP lasts for one round.
Gorton Grundback - FOC 5

Points 38
Play:
Ball Control
Enemy warjacks within 6 of the Grinder are
pushed d6 directly away from the Grinder.
An affected warjack stops if it comes in
contact with another model, the table edge,
an obstacle, or obstruction. Affected warjacks
suffer -2 SPD and DEF. Ball Control lasts for
one round.
one round.
Trash Talk Cost 2
Target friendly warjack becomes an Instigator.
When an enemy model ends its movement with
an Instigator in its melee range, the enemy
warjack must attack the Instigator.
Skarre Ravenmane FOC 6 Points 48

Maneuver:
Playing with Pain
At the beginning of its activation each friendly
warjack adds d6 to its STR for the round. At the
end of an affected warjacks activation, it takes d3
damage points.
Plays:
Hazing Cost 3
TargetfriendlywarjackbecomesaBully.Whenever
the Bully damages an enemy warjack, all enemy
warjacks within 6 of the target suffer an equal
damage roll. Hazing lasts for one round.
Play Maker Cost 1
Target friendly warjack may boost attack and
damage rolls after making the rolls.
Prevent Cost 2
Target friendly warjack and friendly warjacks
within 3 gain +2 ARM. If an affected warjack
is damaged, the warjacks controller chooses
which column takes the damage. Prevent last
for one round.
Maneuvers:
Dash Cost 2
Target friendly warjack gains +3 SPD. Dash lasts
for one round.
Rubble Cost 3
While within 3 of target friendly warjack, enemy
warjacks treat open terrain as rough terrain and
suffer -2 DEF. Rubble lasts for one round.
Thunder Ball Cost 3
The next enemy warjack damaged or knocked
down by the Grinder suffers Concussion, after
which Thunder Ball expires. A model suffering
concussion forfeits its next activation.
Ashlynn DElyse FOC 6

Play:
Fast Break
When attacking the Grinder with a melee or
rangedattackthisround,friendlywarjacksdouble
the distance the Grinder is moved. Fast Break
Maneuvers:
Just the Right Touch Cost 3
Friendly warjacks roll an additional die on all
slam distance rolls. One of the dice for each slam
distance determined by Ashlynns controller is
discarded. Just the Right Touch lasts for one round.
Slippery Cost 2
Target friendly warjack gains +3 DEF. When the
warjack is targeted by an attack that misses, it
may immediately move 2. During this movement
the affected warjack ignores free strikes. Slippery
Steal Cost 3
When target friendly warjack comes within of
the Grinder under the control of an enemy, the
affected warjack immediately gains control of the
Grinder and may continue its normal movement.
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Terrain: Move Over Gridiron
move over
Gridiron
How to Build Your Own Arena for Grind
by Alfonso the Traitor Falco
I should have found the door locked. Instead, the south entrance to Corvis famed Sinking
Stadium grind arena squealed open with only a little work. I found Alfonso high in the stands
right where he said I would.
How did you get that door open? I asked.
I built this place, you know, he said without looking around. I had the feeling he had not
heard me. It wasnt that hard.
I nodded slowly. So this is what you wanted to show me. He handed me a round leather map
case and I passed over the two bottles of Old Gudraes Special Ordic reserve. You be careful, I said.
That stuff is strong enough to clean engines with. I cant imagine what itll do to you.
Alfonso actually grinned just a little bit. Lets find out, he said.
espite the apparent

complexity
in
the
pictures, making your
own Grind arena is actually quite
an easy project. You only need to
make the floor of the arena. We
made the walls so tall for backdrops
for the photos. In actual play youll
probably want them quite low, if
you want walls at all.
The Arena
1.) The arena is a 3 ft. x 3 ft. square
with two 4 circles as Goal Pits.
2.) A Catch that will hold a 50 mm
Base (2 inches).
3.) The Bumper, a 3 tall column
roughly 2 wide with lots of spikes.
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Making the Goal Pit

The Goal Pit is a simple circle 4
wide and I gave it a lip. Any
thickness of sheet styrene will do
nicely. I measured out a 4 circle
with my compass then a 4 circle.
Tip
Keep your styrene
scraps to make rivets.
I cut the outer ring out with scissors. I used a hobby knife to
very carefully score the inner circle and snapped it out.
Start with a poster tube roughly 2 wide and cut to 3 long.

Now wrap the tubes with a very thin (.010 in.) styrene
sheet. I used superglue for this. A little overhang on
the styrene is not a problem.
Now come the rivets. Lots of rivets. To make these, I used my 1/16th hole punch. You
can find these in the scrap book sections at art & craft stores or at fabric stores. I
used thin sheet styrene to make the rivets and plastic solvent cement to attach them.
The Catch
Draw the line and trim the overhang with

a hobby knife.
I used sheet styrene to cap off the ends. I just cut out
a square and glued it to the end with super glue. Let
it dry, cut off the excess, and sand smooth.
The Catch is just a

smaller version of the
goal with a square
around it. The inner
circle of the Catch ring
is 2, and the outer
circle is 3. Cut the
ring out as you did the
goal ring. The square
is just a 3 square of
sheet styrene. Glue
your circle to the
square and add your
rivets.
The Bumper
The bumper is the
most complex part of
the Grind arena and,
to be honest, it is not
that hard.
The bands are the trickiest part of the project. It

works just like wrapping the tube, but leave no
overhang this time. Just take your time and use
plastic solvent cement so, if you have to, you can
move the band around.
Ready for the bits!
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Glue on your rivets and spikes. I made the large spikes using wood dowels and a pencil sharpener. The others can be ordered on our website
(Part #s: 24 H & 201 H). I attached the rivets with plastic solvent cement and the spikes with superglue.
For More
Advanced Modelers
Some of you may want to make a
grid floor. It is really not hard, just
time consuming. You will need a lot
more sheet styrene. I suggest you
pick up 3 packs of the .030, 8 x
21, 4 sheets to a pack evergreen
scale model sheet styrene. You
will also need 16 sheets of crochet/
needlework plastic sheet.
And that is everything you need to start playing Grind.
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You can find this at fabric or craft stores in the crochet or yarn section.
You will also need 4 sheets of 20 in. x 30 in. foam core, used for structural support.
The Arena Floor

Make a 3 x 3 square out of your
solid, structural foam. I just cut out
two 2 x 2 sections 3 long and
three 2 x 2 x 2 8 sections and
glued them together with a hot glue
gun to make a frame.
I treated the center support
as the 50 yard line. Place your
foam core on the foam frame and
center the sections to meet on the
50 yard line. Measure and cut off
the excess. Now time to measure
and cut out your gird. Honestly, I
made mine a little on the large side,
so you might want to make more
grids or add more supports. Right
now, I have 4 rows across and 2
deep on each half, and I would go
at least 3 rows deep and 4 rows
across if I did it again. The most
important part are the goals. The
goals must be centered 3 from the
wall. Measure from the inner ring,
NOT the outer lip of the ring.
My 50 yard line is 4 wide. The side lines and the rear lines are 2 wide.
My grid lines are 1 wide, so measure your table accordingly.
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Mark our your Grid and Goal.
Cut out your grid and goal. Then paint the grid, strip styrene, and your plastic mesh black.
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Cut the plastic mesh to fit to your grid and butt the end of the mesh against the 2 side and rear borders.
Make sure that your 1 grids just get a of the mesh.
Glue down your grids with a hot glue gun. Just do one section at a time.
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Now glue down your styrene strips one at a time.
More rivets. I made these using three different types of hole punches: 1/16 in., 1/8 inch, and inch (standard hole punch).
I also made a bolt from a hex rod I shaved down and a thick styrene rivet. I hope this helps. When you get your arena done
post it on our terrain forums at www.privateerpress.com. I cant wait to see them.
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Sure were pirates, but well give

credit where its due. Special
thanks to Jon Woodland for the
original idea and inspiration for
the lava table.
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The Secrets
The
of
Five Fingers
Great dome
of the
channels
By Wolfgang Baur
Art by Brian Snoddy, Chris Walton,
and Matt Wilson
Cartography by Robert Lazzaretti
Nearly a century ago members of the Cult of Cyriss

in Five Fingers received a commandment from the
leading fluxions to create a great underwater chapel
to the goddess at the mouth of the Dragons Tongue
River. At a tremendous cost in resources and lives
the cultists spent two decades building a great
underwater dome as part of a larger mechanism
even they did not comprehend. Turbines tap
both the motion of the river and the arcane
geomantic energy pouring through it, just
one segment of the perfect and ineluctable
glory of Cyriss. While they await the Perfect
Conjunction, this machinery powers the
temples devices. Strangers are not welcome
here, and intruders will be met with bloodshed.
Cyriss and the

Perfect Conjunction
ach temple of Cyriss has a function in the

grand scheme. This one comprises a key
piece of the Perfect Conjunction of Motion
Aqueous, which taps into energy lines gathered
by great rivers as they spill into the ocean. Similar
projects are underway near Caspia, Berck, and Ohk.
The devices in the Dome remain incomplete. Their
construction will take lifetimes of holy work, and each
day the cultists continue designing, building, testing,
refining, and tuning their perfect engines.
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Setup for Adventure

A few of the many ways heroes can discover the Great
Dome include:
Arcane Detection: You cannot run arcane
turbines the size of those in the river without
attracting some notice. Any characters casting spells
on the nearby river or on Blackstone Island may
discern peculiar energies nearby. Spells such as detect
magic reveal a very dim and widespread aura of magic
(centering on nothing in particular). A few arcanists
in the city know about this (Gather Information DC
24), but write it off as typical arcane dispersal from
A Remorseful Cultist: Some cogs dont ever mesh

with Cyriss perfect hierarchy. Gunder Malstrom is
one such misfit, a cultist who heard about a tunnel
leading down into the rock of Blackstone Island
near the quarry. He rants in a tavern while the PCs
try to have a quiet beer and tells tales of the Cyriss
cults actual goals (which he doesnt actually know).
The cultists find and dispose of him shortly after the
PCs encounter him, perhaps before he is supposed
to meet them again. Any investigations lead to an
encounter with Igan the Warder or his minions. If
any PCs worship Cyriss this can prompt interesting

conflicts of loyalties. Only a chosen few may enter the
underwater shrine. Any who break this taboo may
become estranged from local members of their faith.
Things in the River: The gobbers of the Rigs
have recently been fishing with more than usual
enthusiasm. They have commandeered small fishing
skiffs and are dragging a section of river where they
are clustered for a few days. They are gathering
buoyant clockwork servitors of Cyriss flushed out of
the water channels when trying to repair one of the
broken turbines and arcane accumulators, and are
selling them to a scrap metal dealer eager to keep word
of these items from spreading very far. The gobbers,
however, are not discreet and happily discuss the
possible breeding habits of clockwork fish.
The Great dome of the Channel
a sunken arcane vessel. Speculation hold that an

Orgoth blackship sunk nearby, as several rest below
the islands. An Orgoth ship does lie near the Great
Dome, and adventurers seeking this salvage may
stumble on the temple.
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Key
1. Cult Front Building Entrance
2. Underground Tunnel
3. Airlocks
4. Cultist Quarters
5. Common Room Kitchen
6. Machine Room
7. Flood Room/Arcano Engines
8. Repair Rooms/Storage
9. Observation Room
10. Chapel Control Room
11. Armory
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While the Cult of Cyriss in Five Fingers numbers

several hundred adherents, only a few dozen may
enter the Great Dome. The friendly, outgoing
Thadish Orangegrove (male Midlunder Clr12/Exp3)
is the leader of the citys surface cult and its chief
recruiter, but he spends relatively little of his time
in the Great Dome. He works as an engineer in the
Hundred Smokes District while making sure supplies
and tools reach the dome on a regular basis.
Quarry Chief Olan Scray and the Blackstone
Prison warden Haig Crimstone control access, and
receive regular bribes to allow certain people to
enter and leave. Neither cares about the cultists.
They assign guards and watchers to cover the tunnel
entrance at all hours. However, the late night shift
is kept by Rastin Laster, a drunk neglecting
his duties.
The leader within

the dome is Sister
Somerville, a clockwork
priestess (Vessel of Cyriss
Clockwork Priest Clr 17). She prays
and toils without sleep or rest, her
fleshy shell long since abandoned,
and oversees every aspect of the
Domes operations down to the bilge
pumps. She senses that the Perfect
Conjunction is almost within reach, and
her infectious enthusiasm and devotion
mean followers leap to obey her orders. Her
tinny voice often mutters, soon, soon, soon when no
one is near. Sister Somerville considers the surface
cultists weak creatures of flesh and has little respect
for them, especially Thadish.
Sister Somervilles crucial staff include the
supremely talented Master Engineer Giles Porsalo
(male Tordoran Amk12) and the supremely suspicious

Warder of the Dome, Igan Wornly (male Thurian
Rog8/AdvSch1).
Engineer Giles lives elbow deep in the machinery
and has no interest in intruders unless they come to
help with the Great Work (as he calls the turbines
of the waterwheel). Giles health is failing, but he
holds on because he wants to live to see the Grand
Conjunction. Sister Somerville wishes to preserve his
mind for future generations, but has not yet received
the cults blessing.
Igan the Warder is responsible for keeping out
intruders and is much more suspicious. A fascination
with abstract mathematics called him to the goddess,
but the Cult values him for his less reputable skills. He
turns away lower-ranking cultists with a kind all in
good time and may imprison
or kill non-members
The Followers of Cyriss
if they know too much or (worse)

damage the machinery. Clever and
persuasive players trying to gain
entrance by peaceful means will find
Igan their primary obstacle.
Besides these three, from 20 to
30 cultists work in the Great Dome
at any given time, and about half of them
live there. These cultists range from 4-10 level;
almost all have expert levels, several are wizards or
arcane mechaniks, and many have one or several
levels as clerics of Cyriss. Only cultists displaying a
mastery the cults core principles may work in the
Great Dome.
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Locations
1. Blackstone Island Entrance: The main entrance to the Dome
is on Blackstone Island, near the quarry where prisoners work off
their sentences. (See Five Fingers, p. 74).
2. Tunnel: A long sealed tunnel leads from Blackstone Island
underwater to the Great Dome. It is usually empty, but could include
sentry servitors at the GMs option (Liber Mechanika, p. 105).
3. Airlocks: Two massive mechanikal airlocks, locked, sealed, and
pressurized, provide entry into the Great Dome. The first connects
to the Blackstone Island tunnel, and requires a key kept by cultists
who use the tunnel. Picking the lock requires a Open Locks check (DC
35) which will alert sentry servitors and Igan the Warder (successful
or otherwise) unless PCs discover and disable the alarm. First they
must find it with a Search check (DC 30) and then they must disable
it with a Disable Device check (DC 35) If they fail this check it sets
off the alarm.
A secondary, rarely used airlock on the northern face of the dome
allows cultists to enter the river to conduct repairs or maintenance.
This has a similar lock mechanism. The area outside the airlock is
safe, but moving within 10 feet of the intake pipes while the turbines
are operating sucks characters into the mechanism (no saving throw)
unless they have anchored themselves.
Coming in Through the Pipes
The lower portion of the temple is buried in the riverbed, so
the turbine portion meshes up with the upper level. Water
from the turbine tumbles as a waterfall into the flood room.
The vents into the turbines are well hidden and encrusted
with river rocks and debris. Entering through the intake
pipes is difficult and dangerous though technically possible.
A thick metal grill designed to keep plant and animal matter
out covers each pipe, and anything pulled into the pipes
presses up against this grill, to escape the pressure the PC
must make either a Escape Artist or Strength check (DC20) and
then must make a Climb check (DC 25 to get out of the pipe.
Breaking the grill (hardness 9, 15 hp) allows entry but sucks
anything in the pipe straight into the turbines, which inflict
4d10 crushing damage before the gears jam. Something large
and heavy, like an iron rod or thick wooden plank, could
jam the gears. Once the mechanism stops, squeezing through
to area #7 is time-consuming, likely drawing the attention of
numerous cultists investigating the malfunction.
The Great Dome (unnumbered): The largest open area of the

chapel is the opening below the dome itself. Huge intake valves
suck water into a flood room pool (area 7). Within the flood room,
three massive arcane dynamos throw out coils of energy that rise
up nearly to the roof and arc lightning to various pieces of geared
machinery. The inner surface of the dome portrays an exact copy of
the star constellations above and changes throughout the year.
4. Cultist Quarters: The senior cultist rooms contain both
devotional literature and books of engineering and mathematics.
With a successful Search check (DC 30), the party can find a paper
in Engineer Giles roomed entitled The Importance of Vigilant
Devotional Maintenance for the Main Turbine. Reading this entire
boring paper requires a Intelligence check (DC 15) but grants a +4
circumstance bonus to any attempt to destroy the Great Domes
machinery.
5. Commons/Kitchen: A kitchen and dining area that seats
twelve, unremarkable except for some rather peculiar coiled platter
apparatus that seems to convert electricity into heat for cooking.
Removing this mechanism destroys its functionality. Various food
and drink items, from Five Fingers and beyond, are stored here.
6. Engine Room: Thousands of pipes, conduits and banks of
machinery power everything from the spark lamps throughout the
Dome to the servitors that attend to the machinery. A PC may make
a Craft (Mechanika) check (DC 20) to understand the machinery
does; it transforms kinetic and geomantic energy from the river
into stored power And that the amount of power being stored is
massive, much more than required for tools, creating magical items,
or even powering an army of jacks. A PC may attempt to disable the
machine with a Disable Device check (DC 40) and any mechanik will
weep to smash such perfectly tuned devices.
7. Flood Room and Arcano Engines: Anyone touching the
energy coils for any reason suffers 6d6 points of electrical damage
per round. Once in contact with one or more of the coils the
creature must make a Strength check (DC 15) to pull away from the
coil as the energy locks up the victims muscles. If one or two coils
short out the others continue to function normally. If all three short
out the Domes spark lights all slowly fade (within 2 rounds) and the
pumps stop working. The Dome floods completely within 6 hours
without pumps.
8. The Repair Workshop: Lesser cultists usually work here,
polishing, fitting, and correcting parts under Giles orders.
9. Observation Room: All the flood room, energy coils, and
turbines can be seen fairly clearly from here. A novice cultist often
remains here to discourage theft and encourage pious devotion to
work. In combat situations the room can be warded with an energy
field that permits those within to see out.
10. Chapel and Energy Coils: The large upper deck area includes
considerable ancillary machinery and controls for the spark lamps,
turbines, water flows, and defenses of the Great Dome. Anyone who
knows how to operate this system can power lights, pumps, and
electrical current in any area of the temple, including a defensive
system that electrifies all doors to shock anyone touching them (3d6
electrical damage). Several walkways used for periodic inspections
extend out over the turbines where the water flows down into the
flood room,
A neglected Vessel of Cyriss, a metallic frame containing pistons
and limbs and two almost blank black eyes in a mask (see Liber
Mechanika, page 97), inhabits the chapel. This device houses the
soul of the Great Domes original architect, a priest named Volkram,
who remains to see his great work completed. The ancient architect
seems unconcerned that the cultists no longer refer to him by name
and mostly treat him as a piece of furniture or gear. He howls loudly
if unbelievers enter the Chapel or control room.
Spark Lamps
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(Steady actinic light, causes 1d4+1 electric damage if touched)
Intimidating
Greedy
but Reliable
Thadish Orangegrove
(Surface Cult Leader)
Sister Somerville
(Underwater Cult Leader)
Useful
High
Regard
Respect
Adequate
Meal
Ticket
Friend
Haig Crimstone
(Blackstone Prison Chief)
Disdain
Awe/Fear
Friend/
Mentor
Candidate
for Clockwork
Adept
Olan Scray
(Blackstone Quarry Chief)
Creepy
Fear
Loyal,
Stupid
Meal
Ticket
Poor Delegator
Incompetent Idiots
Giles Porsalo
(Master Engineer)
Waste of Talent
Igan Wornly
(Warder of the Dome)
Marginally Useful
Armus Lynch, Gars

Mitchlin, Rastin Laster
(Blackstone Prison Guards)
Explosive Potential
If the party manages to enter legitimately and includes a
devout Cyrissist, they might find themselves becoming
regular visitors and caught up in other projects to bring
about the Perfect Conjunction. Most incursions will
encounter violent resistance, however. If intruders
are discovered, Cultists try to capture and silence
intruders, and, once fighting starts, things can
get out of hand quickly. What happens if the
party starts tampering with forces beyond
their control, or setting off blasting
powder charges in a room full of nexus
accumulators and arcane turbines?
If you are generous you describe
the smoking ruin of the machinery,
the frantic attempts of the servitor
machines and cultists to fix things, and
the increasingly unbreathable air. If the
party flees they may get out alive.
The resulting explosion of stored
arcane energies should create a huge
waterspout in the middle of the river as the
carefully constructed machinery destroys
itself. Exploding this temple will be treated as
an act of war by the larger Cult of Cyriss, and
could lead to them hunting the party.
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ears
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the Beasts and machines of the Iron Kingdoms

Written by Rob Baxter Art by Adam Gillespie, John Gravato, and Andrea Uderzo
Trollkin Champions
I have lost everything I have, my kriel, my wife, my children.
In the vales I have trudged ankle deep in the blood of my ken.
So here I stand with my axes ready and my armor bound tight.
You swear oaths in anger, but I have none left within me. I
swear my oath in hatred. My words are cold, for I have no heat
left in my heart. I shall fall upon our enemies and leave them
nothing but ashes and blood.
Ganthar One-Eye, kithkar
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he unwavering champions
are epic heroes among
the trollkin. Each of these
forlorn warriors bears the scars of
a personal tragedy which haunts
them like a specter. They fear
nothing and tread into battle with a
grim resolve to snatch victory from
the jaws of death or to succumb
themselves to that dark release.
They have gathered under oaths
of blood, set differences aside,
forgotten old wounds, and fixed
themselves on the singular task of

destroying their foes.
Unified by the threats that
press upon their race, the trollkin
champions serve as stoic sentinels
and wardens of a threatened
people. While warlocks call upon
the dim and physically powerful
trolls to serve them, these warriors
of nearly mythical reputation act
as a fighting front for any trollkin
kith in need. Champions form a
wall of hardened flesh, armor, and
sharpened steel that moves with
a cunning and intent unrivalled
amongst their people. These bands
of heroes are unique, for they
draw members regardless of kith
or kriel. They embody the martial
spirit and resilience of the trollkin
and walk a path to war with
undisputable resolve that borders
on a death wish.
Only a short time ago, such an
assemblage of champions would
have gathered as a war party
to serve and protect a chieftain
embarking on some mighty task.
Only a tremendous threat or the
call of a great chieftain in need of
heroes could have assembled this
many fearsome warriors. Usually
only a single group of trollkin of
this stature existed in a single kriel
and fought alongside their leader.
In this dire time the champions
have become the core of trollkin
war parties and fight vicious battles
against forces that they all too
frequently oppose in the wilds.
Warriors of a champions level

of skill and strength are extremely
rare even amongst the trollkin and
few kith can assemble such a band.
Many consider a kriel bordering
Many of these
mighty warriors
have suffered greatly
and bear scars in
body and mind.
the lands of man lucky if it can
actually muster enough warriors
of this caliber to form a cohesive
crew of fighters. With so many
trollkin kriels eroded by conflict
the champions of different groups
have taken to banding together
under a single leader. Each band
has a name that speaks of their
reputation. The Warden Blades
of Horthol, Grimhands Bloody
March, and Bloodthorns Dirge
are all legendary for their efforts
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along the edges of the Bloodstone

Marches and the deep thickets of
the Thornwood.
These warriors have taken the
traditions of the ancient war councils
and forged their loyalties under
blood oath or kulgat. Their bond
of brotherhood lends each of them
the skill and fortitude to see a battle
through to the bitter end. The kulgat
serves as a pact of loyalty that never
dies even with a trollkins last breath.
The champions select their leader
from the eldest and most powerful
warriors of the group and calls him
kithkar, which means firstborn in the
language of Molgur-trul. The kulgat
Guts & Gears - Trollkin Champion and Vanguard
Painted by David Ray
Many of these mighty

warriors have suffered greatly
and bear scars in body and mind.
With the winds of war lashing at
the forests of western Immoren
there are many champions who
are sole survivors, helpless in the
knowledge that even their great
skill in battle could not forestall
the progress of their enemies.
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serves as the stones of the champions

foundation, and the kithkar serves as
the mortar that binds it.
While figuratively the head
of the group, the true meaning
of kithkar is more akin to elder
brother. This leader serves less of
a hierarchical role and acts as more
of a voice of guidance and council
amongst the warriors. The kithkar
is the most accomplished warrior of
the group and, by the nature of the
skill and wisdom required, often a
revered chieftain of his own kriel.
He takes responsibility for each of
the champions who take the kulgat
oath. His duties and obligations are
complex and sometimes difficult,
for he must organize his brothers in
battle, provide aid and advice, and
offer encouragement to those who
need it in times of sorrow. He also
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judges each brothers conviction,

engaging in the Tohmaak Mahkieri
when needed. If a champions faith
in his chosen comrades falters, he
is forced to confront the fears and
motives that might pull him away
from his loyalty to his fighting
brothers. It is the kithkars duty to
ensure this happens.
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The trollkin have become

ever more reliant on the skill
and prowess of these bands of
champions as creatures stir in dark
places and the forces of fiendish
invaders press from the east. These
expert warriors receive great
latitude in their actions. It is not
unusual for a group to demand
the aid of a trollkin village without
offering payment. Scores of trollkin
warriors seeking to train and serve
with such veteran fighters often
swear themselves to follow a
greater chieftain, such as Madrak
Ironhide. Some bands of champions
have what amounts to small armies
of aspiring warriors following them
and hoping to fight alongside them
in glorious battles to come. These
less experienced trollkin eagerly
seek the council of champions in
matters of martial prowess, tactics,
or simply to hear the tales of their
exploits. Champions are often

offered weapons, food, and even
payment in coin for their services
in providing such assistance. While
this may seem mercenary, amongst
the trollkin these war bands appear
as a gift sent from the bosom of
Dhunia herself.
In this time of crisis, the
trollkin have made tremendous
attempts to organize their warriors
and warlocks into a true army,
and this requires creating a chain
of command. Proud trollkin chiefs
and kith elders have surrendered
their authority and now heed the
will of others. The champions exist
outside these burgeoning, tribalized
command structures and heed only
those they deem their superiors.
Many
champions
are
themselves chieftains and sole
survivors of devastating battles
Blood always follows where

trollkin
champions
march.
Serving where needed, called
on by councils of war, the
champions of the trollkin people
are no longer the rare band of
ancient heroes that assembled
for a single great purpose. Now
they form the core of a fighting
force which exists to pound
back the threats that surround
their kith and kriel. Relentless,
bloody minded, and brutal, these
warriors tread a treacherous
path and leave a swath of ruin
and death in their wake.
Quitari patterns are particularly significant to the trollkin champions who defend the
kriels. Most groups wear the same pattern, but in some cases champions have gathered
together from scattered or decimated kriels may bear different quitari. Below are sample
quitari patterns.
Golmfar Kriel
Jortor Kriel
Among the first trollkin warriors to journey

east from the Gnarls with Hoarluk Doomshaper,
the quitari of the Golmfar Kriel has become a
welcome and recognizable sight.
Counted among the most staunch defenders

of the Glimmerwood were the decimated
champions of the Jortor Kriel, which once lived
in the Bloodsmeath Marsh south of Northguard.
Chieftain Madrak Ironhide
Quitari of Claysoil Wash,

worn by Grissel Bloodsong
Adopting the pattern of an individual great

chief is a recent phenomenon first seen among
followers of Madrak Ironhide. Champions of
many displaced Thornwood trollkin wear his
subdued brown quitari in addition to their own
family patterns.
Guts -&Champions
Gears - WIDOWMAKERS
Guts & Gears
and Vanguard
Quitari Patterns
in the chaos of fleeing the
Thornwood. These groups are
rare and often contain warriors
with reputations exceeding even
those of some warlocks: Tassek
Bloodthorn,
who
crushed
the skull of the Bane Knight
Shaxraze; Beremen Fensword,
who felled a dozen skorne
cyclops with his twin axes Bitter
and Bite; Ganthar One-eye, the
sole survivor of the Legion of
Everblights siege on the kriel of
Azuk Farrowbane; and Horthol
Haleblade, the steadfast guardian
and friend of Madrak Ironhide.
Legendary names such as these
are spoken with reverence and
attributed mythical prowess.
An assembly of such individuals
under kulgat is a sign that times
are dire indeed and woe to any
foolish enough to draw the ire
of such incredibly dangerous
fighters.
Since the death of her mate, Turgol Redeye,

Grissel Bloodsong has worn the quitari of the
trollkin who lived along the Claysoil Wash
River.
Hoarluk Doomshaper
& the Fighting Kriels of the Gnarls
Greygore Boomhowlers
Trollkin Mercenaries
This quitari represents Doomshapers Kortorl

Kriel of the Gnarls, adopted by many reinforcing
champions and warriors heeding the shamans
call to battle.
Not worn by champions, but shown for

contrastBoomhowlers quitari is of his own
garish design. Traditional trollkin consider this
pattern the mark of traitors to their own kind.
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vanguard
ad the Llaelese taken

warfare as seriously
as internecine politics,
that nest of snakes that passed
for nobility would still preside
over the kingdom today. Where
Cygnar and Khador had scores
of warcasters, at the time of
the Khadoran invasion Llael
possessed a meager handful. For
centuries Llael relied on Cygnar
and an array of mercenary
contracts to bolster their small and
inadequately supplied army. Yet
not all Llaelese nobles ignored this
weakness. Some took measures to
bolster the Llaelese army during
the reigns of the kingdoms last
two true kings. The Vanguard
warjack exemplifies what could
have been if not for Prime Minister
Glabryns efforts to undermine
military projects.
The first ten Vanguard
warjacks strode from the foundries
of
Thunderhead
Fortress
stronghold of the Order of the
Golden Crucibleon the morning
of Malleus 6th, Rowen in the
year 566 AR. King Rynnard di
la Martyn and a gathering of
Llaelese and Cygnaran military
commanders
witnessed
this
proud march accompanied by
the father of the Vanguard, Duke

and Marshall Knight Bastian
dMaxinault.
Practically
a
political outcast by the time of the
warjacks inception, dMaxinault
proudly declared to the king and
his entourage that a new age in
Llaelese capability had begun.
Duke Bastian dMaxinault
struggled for decades to convince
the Llaelese crown of the need for
a new military order. The duke
argued with the scholarly sovereign
King Artys di la Martyn VII and
his Council of Nobles that Llael
required a well organized military
infrastructure. Scorned by the king
and his sycophants, dMaxinault
found himself forced to operate
on the fringes of legitimacy and
organize his plan without the
crowns permission. The duke
accumulated sufficient funds
from a variety of smaller projects
and his own family holdings to
secretly commission the Vanguard.
Constantly on the verge of scandal,
the duke bided his time for a new
and more receptive man to take the
crown.
The Vanguard formed a
keystone in Bastians quest to
modernize the Llaelese army.
Cygnar had long ago negotiated
to provide Llael with warjacks.
Rather than state-of-the-art designs
the Cygnarans sent ill-fitted and
poorly maintained surplus jacks
put through decades of service
and at the end of their usefulness.
Decommissioned and worn down
Talons, Mules, and Nomads
made up the bulk of the Llaelese
armory, few of which could stand
against Khadoran Destroyers and
Juggernauts.
In the eyes of Duke
dMaxinault, Llael could no longer
depend on Cygnaran generosity
Vanguard Light Warjack

Large Construct (mechanikal, steamjack)
Armaments: Guisarme, Tower Shield, Shield
Gun
Hit Dice: 14d10+30 (107 HP)
Base Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 21 (-1 Size, +1 Dexterity, +11
Armor), touch 10, flat footed 20
BAB/Grapple: +17/+21
Attack: Guisarme +17 (2d6+7, x3), Shield +17
(1d8+7), or Shield Gun +11 (3d8, x3)
Full Attack: Guisarme +17 (2d6+7, x3), Shield
+12 (1d8+7)
Space/Reach: 10ft. by 10 ft. (10 foot reach/ 20
foot reach with Guisarme)
Saving Throws: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +5
Abilities: Strength 24, Dexterity 12
Cortex: Modified Arcanum grade
Intelligence 10, Wisdom 10
Build DC/Construction Time: Trade Secret
of the Order of the Golden Crucible
Special Attack: Assault, Close Combat
Special Qualities: Mechanikal construct
traits, steamjack traits, damage reduction 10/
Serricsteel, darkvision 60 feet, low light vision
Vanguard Assault: During a charge the
Vanguard can make a ranged attack with its
shield gun against the target of its charge. You
can move before and after this attack provided
that your total distance moved is not greater
than your charge distance.
Chassis: Vanguard
In Service: 566 A.R.
Height: 87
Weight: 3.8 tons
Carrying Capacity: 932 Lbs
Maximum Load: 1400 Lbs
Fuel Load: 165 Lbs
Fuel Consumption: 7 hrs general, 1.75 hrs
combat
Designer Notations: It must be as quick as
any Cygnaran jack, yet more heavily armored.
It must bear both cannon and blade, yet still
provide shelter to our finest warcasters. It must
serve as a warden and a weapon against our
foes. Marshall Knight Bastian dMaxinault
Battlefield recommendations: As one
feints with the foil, one should seek to draw
an enemy in with what appears to be a rush,
a charge, or perhaps simply indecision. Fool
the enemy. Bring them closer to the tip of
the blade. They must not realize until the last
possible moment that it is far too late for them
to change their minds. Ashlynn dElyse
Vanguard
Light Warjack
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Vanguard
to protect Llaelese soldiers in the

field. Continually patched and
rebuilt warjacks, dMaxinault
knew, reinforced the reputation of
Llaels army as unsuitable for real
combat. A standing army required
fully
modernized
equipment,
sufficiently powerful to deter
Khadoran adventurism. At the same
time he knew the Llaelese foundries
could not compete with Cygnar or
Khador in the manufacturing of
heavy warjacks, and so he decided
to focus his efforts on fabricating
a premiere and uniquely Llaelese
light warjack.
This proved an auspicious choice

as this Llaelese order of wizardry,
eager to demonstrate mechanikal
prowess, wished to expand its
operations beyond blasting powder
and alchemical innovation. Duke
dMaxinault used his own funds
to secretly commission advanced
military grade cortexes from the
Fraternal Order for installation in
these new machines. The Order
designed the Vanguard specifically
for war, with no holdovers from
labor jacks.
Because of the lack of support

from the king and leading nobles,
who comprised many of the upper
officers in the Llaelese Army,
dMaxinault retained the services of
the Order of the Golden Crucible.
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Eschewing the style of the

Corvis Engines East mechaniks,
the Order built the Vanguard along
new lines. dMaxinault hoped to
prove Llael need no longer rely on
Cygnaran cast-offs, and to use this
success to leverage for additional
warjack designs. The mechaniks of
the Order of the Golden Crucible
considered the project a matter of
Llaelese national pride and took to
it with similar enthusiasm.
Unfortunately King Rynnards

enthusiasm for military projects
waned as the king was distracted
quite literally by other affairs. The
high cost to produce the Vanguards
proved an ongoing problem,
particularly as the Order of the
Golden Crucible never intended
their foundry for mass production.
Other planned Llaelese warjack
designs rarely saw life beyond
drawings on paper or the odd
prototype.
One of the most noticeable and
useful features of the Vanguard is
the massive tower shield it bears
on its left arm. This solid wall of
alloyed steel easily protects anyone
sheltering behind the jack in
combat and serves as an offensive
weapon with the addition of a
cleverly designed, compact shield
cannon mounted on the front of
the shield. A mechanikal interface
through the left arm patches the gun
to the jacks cortex, and allows the
warjack to assault the enemy while
its warcaster remains safely in the
shields protective shadow.
The Vanguard wields a
powerful guisarme modeled after
the standard weapons appointed to

Llaelese military guardsmen. The
Order forged each of these massive
weapons from fine imported
dwarven steel, and they remain
razor sharp even when struck
against thick armor plating.
The guisarme has proven an
ideal deterrent to troopers
trying to swarm the warjack as it
easily cleaves men in twain, a fact
Khadoran foot soldiers have had the
misfortune of discovering.
The
Vanguard
uses
a
customized Arcanum grade cortex
modified specifically for the
Vanguards weaponry and flexible
battlefield role. This cortex allows
the warjack to display advanced

tactical behavior, knowing when
to shift from defensive to offensive
without explicit orders from its
warcaster. Those who have worked
with the warjack claim it has an
uncanny knack for anticipating a
warcasters needs and responds to
jack marshals perfectly.
The Vanguard saw excellent
service in covert battles along the
western border in the decades before
the invasion. Quick thinking Llaelese
warcasters employing the Vanguard
quelled Khadoran incursions,
uprisings of ambitious nobility, even
the occasional intrusion by Menite
zealots, Cryxian interlopers, and
trollkin marauders. These warjacks
served with distinction against
the inexorable tide of Khadorans
that invaded Llael. In the rubble
outside Redwall Fortress a number
of battered Vanguard frames lie
where they stood their ground
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against Juggernauts, Marauders,

and other Khadoran heavies in a
doomed defense.
The Vanguard has become a
vital addition to both mercenary
companies and the Llaelese
Resistance. The Llaelese Resistance
uncovered several stashes of these
jacks tragically stowed far from the
battlefield, perhaps intentionally
diverted from the defense of the
kingdom by Glabryn. While
deploring such treachery, those
few warcasters left struggling
against the occupiers have gained a
glimmer of hope from these cashes.
Others smuggled Vanguards out
of the nation along the Black River
to Cygnar and Ord to sell in black
markets to other mercenaries for a
tidy profit. The Ordic Army seems
especially interested in adding the
more modern Vanguard to their
antiquated stable of old Cygnaran
creations. Bolstered by an influx
of Llaelese arms and armor, King
Bairds men have acquired a taste
for smuggled weaponry to mix
Crucible-crafted weapons with their
pistols and broadswords.
The Vanguard has become a
symbol for the Llaelese resistance.
In their eagerness to reclaim every
Vanguard they have gone so far as
to steal the jacks from mercenaries
who have done nothing to aid the
cause. To those stalwart few this
warjack represents hope, defiance,
and embodies Llaelese endurance.
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The elegant configuration

of this warjack lends it speed,
maneuverability, and power.
The designers deemed these
characteristics essential for the
jacks primary combat role of
shielding the rare and precious
Llaelese
warcasters.
Each
warcaster would have received
two Vanguards to serve as combat
escorts.
Duke
dMaxinaults
dream seemed realized when King
Rynnard the Fruitful took the
throne, a sovereign demonstrating
greater willingness to revitalize the
Llaelese military. The Vanguard
debuted to great fanfare and
deployed along the western border
fortresses. King Rynnard promoted
Duke dMaxinault to Marshall
Knight in part for his efforts to
innovate new warjack designs.
Thicker than
Blood
Hordes Bonding Rules
Rules by Jason Soles with Matt Wilson,
Fiction by Doug Seacat, Art by Daryl Mandryk
arlocks share powerful

connections with their
warbeasts that link their life
essences. Extended telepathic
contact sometimes forms a bond
between a warbeast and a specific
warlock that deepens the channel
through which fury and animi
flow. In some cases a warbeast
may unconsciously emulate its
bonded warlock by demonstrating
eerily similar mannerisms or
adopting complementary tactics
in battle. Warbeasts experiencing
this bond may become more clever
and adaptable but sometimes
also more intractable. Extended
exposure to the thoughts of a
warlock can expand a beasts mind
and strengthen its sense of self.
Because this type of lasting
bond often takes place in moments
of extreme emotional duress, such
as the heat of battle, it gives rise
to unpredictable results. None
can predict the emergence of such
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a bond nor anticipate its exact

nature. A warlock must learn to
work with the warbeast and utilize
its personality quirks as assets
instead of distractions in combat.
One bonded warbeast might fly
into a maddened protective frenzy
whenever its warlock takes injury,
while another may demonstrate
independence by roaming far from
its warlock without disconnecting
from his mind.
Such warbeasts rarely frenzy
even when pushed to their limits
in battle. Their warlocks thoughts
constantly fill their minds, and
this mental voice helps bonded
warbeasts maintain self-control.
Such bonds do require time to
establish. Although bonding is
best suited to campaign or league
play, if all players agree each may
begin a game with one or more
bonded warbeasts. Bonding does
not affect the points cost of a
warbeast.
Forging a Bond
fter a player completes a

campaign or league game,
he may make a roll to determine
if a bond forms between each
warlock who participated and
survived the battle and each of the
warbeasts that were not destroyed
or removed from play during
the battle. Warlocks that were
destroyed or removed from play
during the battle may not make
bonding checks, but their existing
bonds are unaffected. After
games with multiple warlocks, the
controlling player decides which
warlock to roll bonds for first.
The longer a particular
warbeast has served in a horde,
the greater the chance a bond will
be established after each game.
During league or campaign play,
a player should keep track of the
number of consecutive battles in
which an unbonded warbeast has
not been destroyed or removed
from play and has been part of the
same horde as the warlock.
When determining if a bond
is formed, roll a d6 and add one to
the roll for each consecutive battle,
including the one just completed,
in which the warbeast served in
the same horde as the warlock. A
bond is formed on a roll of seven
(7) or greater.
For example, after finishing a
campaign battle Mark rolls to see
if a Carnivean in his horde bonds
to Vayl. Since this was the third
game in which the Carnivean
has participated without being
destroyed or removed from play,
the bond forms on a roll of 4 or
more.
A warlock may bond to more
than one warbeast, but each
warbeast can only bond to a single
warlock. Furthermore, if a bond
already exists for a warbeast, do
not roll to see if another is forged.
Effects of Bonding
While in its bonded warlocks
control area a warbeast gains +2
THR.
Bonding also influences a
warbeasts behavior while in the
proximity of its bonded warlock.
When a bond is established, roll
2d6 plus the warlocks CMD and

consult the corresponding faction
table at the end of this section to
determine the effects of the bonding.
The player may add one to or
subtract one from his die roll when
determining the effects of a bond.
Trollblood Bonds
2d6 + CMD Result
10 or Less
Mad Dog If the warbeast is in its bonded
warlocks control area when its bonded warlock is damaged
by an enemy attack the warbeast automatically frenzies
during its controllers next Maintenance Phase. When the
warbeast frenzies as a result of this bond, it charges a legal
target chosen by its controller instead of charging normally.
The warbeast gains +2 on its attack rolls this activation.
11
Bulldozer If the warbeast begins its
activation in its bonded warlocks control area, it may make
power attacks without being forced and the warbeasts
first melee attack each turn must be a power attack. If the
warbeast cannot make a power attack, it can make its initial
melee attacks normally.
12
Indomitable If the warbeast begins
its activation in its bonded warlocks control area, it may
charge, slam, and trample across rough terrain and obstacles
without penalty and gains +2 on trample attack rolls.
13
King of the Beasts While in its bonded
warlocks control area, the warbeast gains +2 to attack and
damage rolls targeting warbeasts and warjacks.
14
Rastler While in its bonded warlocks
controlarea,thewarbeastmaymakeheadlocks/weaponlocks,
headbutts, throw, and double-hand throws without being
forced and it cannot be knocked down, pushed, or slammed
as a result of a melee attack made by a model with a smaller
base.
15
Lightning Reflexes While in its bonded
warlocks control area, anytime a model successfully hits the
warbeast with a melee attack it may make one melee attack
against the model that hit it after the attacking models
activation ends. If the attack succeeds, the damage roll
is boosted.
16
Warder The warbeast may
charge or slam an enemy model in its bonded warlocks
control area without being forced. When resolving this
charge or slam, the warbeast gains an additional +2 of
movement.
17
Long Leash When checking to see if the
warbeast is in its bonded warlocks control area, double the
area of the warlocks control area.
18
Hyper Protective When the warbeasts
bonded warlock is screened by the warbeast, the warlock
gains an additional +2 DEF. While in base-to-base contact,
the warlock gains +2 DEF versus melee attacks.
19
Rapid Regeneration When the
warbeasts bonded warlock forces it to regenerate, it
removes 2d3 damage points.
20 or More Symbiotic Link Even if the warbeast
has a number of fury points equal to its FURY stat, its bonded
warlock can still transfer damage to it.
thicker than blood: hordes bonding rules
Once a warbeast is bonded, it

remains bonded to the warlock
until the bonded warbeast is
destroyed or removed from play.
If a warlock is destroyed or
removed from play during a battle,
a warbeast bonded to it loses all
benefits from its bond, but the
bond itself is not broken.
Catch!
If Madrak is lucky enough to get a dire troll with the
Rastler bond, remember this trick. Sure Foot another dire
troll and have the bonded dire troll two-handed throw the
first for some free extra movement.
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Circle Orboros Bonds

When determining a bond for an
elemental construct, add 3 to the roll.
Warpwolf, You Are Cleared

For Launch
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If Krueger can bond to a warpwolf with Warder he has acquired a

guided missile. Place Lightning Tendrils on the Warpwolf, select the
+2 movement from Controlled Warping, and let slip the dog of war for
a (free!) 13 charge with 2 1/2 Melee Range.
2d6 + CMD
Result
10 or Less
Sick Em While in its bonded
warlocks control area, the warbeast may
voluntarily fail a threshold check and frenzy. When
the warbeast frenzies as a result of this bond, it
charges a legal target chosen by its controller
instead of charging normally.
11
Howler While in its bonded
warlocks control area, the first time the warbeast
destroys an enemy model in melee each activation,
enemy models/units within 6 of it must pass a
command check or flee.
12
King of the Beasts While in its
bonded warlocks control area, the warbeast gains +2
to attack and damage rolls targeting warbeasts and
warjacks.
13
charge or slam an enemy model in its bonded
warlocks control area without being forced. When
resolving this charge or slam, the warbeast gains an
additional +2 of movement.
14
Symbiotic Link Even if the
warbeast has a number of fury points equal to its
FURY stat, its bonded warlock can still transfer
damage to it.
15
Heightened Awareness While
in its bonded warlocks control area, the warbeast
may change its facing at the start of its activation
before moving or declaring a charge or slam. The
warbeast may also change its facing at the end of its
activation.
16
Long Leash When checking to
see if the warbeast is in its bonded warlocks control
area, double the area of the warlocks control area.
17
Playin Possum While in its
bonded warlocks control area, the warbeast cannot
be targeted by ranged or magic attacks if it is knocked
down. Additionally, if the warbeast is in its bonded
warlocks control area, it may forfeit its movement to
automatically be knocked down.
18
Retriever If the warbeast began
its activation in its bonded warlocks control area and
it destroyed one or more enemy models, at the end
of its activation it may move up to its current SPD in
inches directly toward its bonded warlock.
19
Forest Dweller While in its
bonded warlocks control area, the warbeast gains
All Terrain and Tree Walker. A model with All Terrain
ignores movement penalties from rough terrain and
obstacles. A model with All Terrain may charge, slam,
and trample across rough terrain and obstacles. A
model with Tree Walkers LOS is never blocked by
forests. While within a forest, a model with Tree
Walker gains +2 DEF against melee attacks and may
move through obstructions and other models if it
has enough movement to move completely past the
obstruction or the models base.
20 or More Arcane Awakening While
may use its animus without being forced to do so.
The warbeast can still only use its animus once per
activation.
2d6 + CMD
Result
10 or Less
Foul Temper If the
warbeast is in its bonded warlocks control
area during its controllers Maintenance
Phase and was damaged in the last round, it
automatically frenzies. When the warbeast
frenzies as a result of this bond, it charges a
legal target chosen by its controller instead
of charging normally. Ignore the effects of
lost warbeast aspects when resolving this
activation.
11
Berserk While in its
bonded warlocks control area, anytime the
warbeast destroys another model with a melee
attack, it must immediately make one melee
attack against another model in melee range.
12
Pain Conditioned If the
warbeast suffers damage while in its bonded
warlocks control area, it gains +2 on melee
attack and damage rolls for one round.
13
Sick Em While in its
bonded warlocks control area, the warbeast
may voluntarily fail a threshold check and
frenzy. When the warbeast frenzies as a result
of this bond, it charges a legal target chosen by
its controller instead of charging normally.
14
Bulldozer If the warbeast
begins its activation in its bonded warlocks
control area, it may make power attacks
without being forced and the warbeasts first
melee attack each turn must be a power attack.
If the warbeast cannot make a power attack, it
can make its initial melee attacks normally.
15
Long Leash When
checking to see if the warbeast is in its bonded
warlocks control area, double the area of the
warlocks control area.
16
King of the Beasts
While in its bonded warlocks control area, the
warbeast gains +2 to attack and damage rolls
targeting warbeasts and warjacks.
17
Symbiotic Link Even if
the warbeast has a number of fury points equal
to its FURY stat, its bonded warlock can still
transfer damage to it.
18
Merciless While in its
bonded warlocks control area, if the warbeast
damages a model with a melee attack, the
damaged model must make a command check.
If the damaged model fails, it must forfeit its
movement or attack during its next activation.
19
Rastler While in its
may make headlocks/weaponlocks, headbutts,
throw, and double-hand throws without being
forced and it cannot be knocked down, pushed,
or slammed as a result of a melee attack made
by a model with a smaller base.
20 or More Broken Will While in its
never frenzies and automatically passes all
threshold checks.
Skorne Bonds
By Pain Alone I Set My Titan In Motion

True to form, Master Tormenter Morghouls Pain Conditioned titan
performs with excellence on the battlefield. Hit the titan with Abuse for
a total of +2 movement +2 STR and +2 to melee attack and damage rolls!
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Legion of Everblight
Bonds
A Teraph Is An
Ice Witchs Best Friend
Vayl brings her best with a favorite Lap Dog teraph. Abilities and
spells such as Incite and Dark Sentinel makes Lap Dog the logical
choice for her personal warbeast guard.
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2d6 + CMD
Result
10 or Less
Berserk While in its bonded
warlocks control area, anytime the warbeast
destroys another model with a melee attack, it must
immediately make one melee attack against another
model in melee range.
11
Mad Dog If the warbeast is in
its bonded warlocks control area when its bonded
warlock is damaged by an enemy attack the warbeast
automatically frenzies during its controllers next
Maintenance Phase. When the warbeast frenzies as
a result of this bond, it charges a legal target chosen
by its controller instead of charging normally. The
warbeast gains +2 on its attack rolls this activation.
12
charge or slam an enemy model in its bonded
warlocks control area without being forced. When
resolving this charge or slam, the warbeast gains an
additional +2 of movement.
13
Sick Em While in its bonded
warlocks control area, the warbeast may voluntarily
fail a threshold check and frenzy. When the warbeast
frenzies as a result of this bond, it charges a legal
target chosen by its controller instead of charging
normally.
14
Carnivorous While in its
bonded warlocks control area, if the warbeast
destroys a living model with a melee attack, it may
remove d3 damage points from anywhere on its life
spiral. Remove the destroyed model from play.
15
Long Leash When checking to
see if the warbeast is in its bonded warlocks control
area, double the area of the warlocks control area.
16
Draconic Aura While in its
bonded warlocks control area, the warbeast gains
Terror and +2 DEF versus magic attacks. Enemy
models/units within melee range of a model with
Terror and enemy models/units with a model with
Terror in their melee range must pass a command
check or flee.
17
Heightened Awareness While
may change its facing at the start of its activation
before moving or declaring a charge or slam. The
warbeast may also change its facing at the end of its
activation.
18
Lap Dog While in its bonded
warlocks control area, when the warbeast is the
closest model to its bonded warlock, it never frenzies
and gains boosted attack and damage rolls.
19
Blood Bank The warbeasts
bondedwarlockmaytransferdamagetothewarbeast
once per round without spending a fury point.
20 or More Arcane Awakening While
may use its Animus without being forced to do so.
The warbeast can still only use its animus once per
activation.
legacy
A Two-Player Mini-Campaign using Bonding Rules for HORDES
ittle evidence remains of

the Empire of Morrdhs
influence
on
western
Immoren save scattered ruins and
ancient battlefields. Only fragments
of their history survive through
story, song, and myth. Even the tales
of their campaign against the Molgur
tribes are lost in antiquity and
remembered only as legends given
life by bards in alehouses throughout
the Iron Kingdoms.
One of these legends describes
a tall stone obelisk once used by the
Molgur in religious ceremonies that
the Morrdh turned into a powerful
weapon against them. Stories place
the relic somewhere in the marshy
peat lands west of the Thornwood.
Of course, the obelisk is worthless
without the proper key to unlock its
power; a key long lost to the ages.
A Dark empires Legacy: a 2 player HORDES Mini campaign
A Dark Empire s
by Dan Weber Illustration by Mattias Snygg

Now rumors have spread of a ruined
Morrdh settlement where lies buried
a stone tablet containing the rituals
necessary to unlock the obelisks
power.

The Trollbloods have used
the stories of their Molgur ancestors
to locate the ruins in the hope that
the obelisks power will aid them
against the encroaching Skorne. The
Skorne have learned of the obelisk
from captive trollkin and seek it for
study by their Extollers, masters
of both stone and spirit. The Circle
would possess the obelisk to bury or
destroy it lest it fall into their enemies
hands. Finally, Everblights minions
now scour the countryside for the
tablet. The artifact was touched by

Everblights subtle influences when it
was created, and the dragon seeks to
recover the power contained within.
Campaign Rules
A Dark Empires Legacy is a twoplayer HORDES campaign with
each player playing a different
faction. These scenarios are open
to any HORDES factions. Each
scenario builds upon past results, so
scenarios must be played in the order
presented.
Though the scenarios are
intended for 500-points they may be
played at higher point levels if both
players agree.
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Warbeast Bonds
One of the purposes of this campaign
is for players to familiarize themselves
with the new bonding rules, see page
54-58. To achieve that end, each
player begins the campaign with one
warbeast bonded to a warlock in his
horde. Rather than rolling to determine
the effect of this bond normally, each
player chooses his bond.
Terrain
Some of the scenarios in A Dark
Empires Legacy dictate terrain required
for play. Some groups may not have all
the types required. Substitutions are
permitted in the case of limited terrain
selections. When placing terrain
features begin by rolling to determine
which player places first unless the
scenario dictates terrain placement.
Players then alternate placing terrain
features with each taking a turn placing
one terrain feature at a time. Terrain
features cannot be placed within 3 of
another terrain feature or a table edge
with the exception that terrain features
may be placed on top of hills.
Since every gaming group has
access to different terrain features no
hard and fast rules exist on terrain
placement. Players must rely on a
few guidelines and common sense.
Terrain features should remain
moderately sized and no larger
than 6 across unless mandated by
a scenario. A player may place one
(1) large terrain feature instead of
two (2) moderate ones. Large terrain
features may not exceed 12 across.
Hills form the only exceptions to the
terrain size rules. A hill up to 16 x
16 may be placed and counts as a
moderately sized terrain feature.
Victory and Defeat

Each scenario includes rules
specifying its victory conditions and
turn limits (if any) for that scenario.
When neither player has achieved
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a scenarios victory conditions by

the end of the turn limit, players
use victory points to determine the
winner.
Hammertime
Beginning as indicated in the scenario,
a random chance exists in which the
game concludes at the end of each
round. At the end of the last players
turn on the round indicated, the
player who took the first turn should
roll a d6. On a result of 1, the scenario
ends. Otherwise, players continue to
play until the end of the next round,
called the Hammertime round. At the
end of each Hammertime round, roll
to see if the hammer falls. The chance
of the scenario ending is increased by
+1 for each additional Hammertime
round until the third round. From the
third round on, the game concludes
on a roll of 1-3.
Rewards
Scenarios in A Dark Empires Legacy
include a reward for the victorious
player. The scenarios indicate when
and how these rewards can be used.
Bonded Warbeasts
A Dark Empires Legacy uses the
rules for warbeast bonds found on
pages 54-58.
SCENARIO 1:
Buried Secrets
500 POINTS
I could not believe the tales until

I laid eyes on the ruins. It was
humbling to think that a childs
rhyme held the key to an ancient
riddle, and perhaps the key to
our salvation.
Hurgid Molok, Trollkin
Fell Caller
A player wins when a model carrying

the tablet moves into contact with the
back edge of his deployment zone.
If the game ends do to Hammertime
before a player wins, a player
controlling a model carrying the
tablet is the winner. If no model is
currently carrying the tablet, the
player who scored the most victory
points is the winner.
Reward
Description
Following a convoluted trail of
legends and myths hidden in song and
story, two armies have located the
ruined Morrdh settlement rumored
to contain the massive stone tablet
necessary to activate the obelisk.
Both armies now must search the
ruins for the tablet while preventing
their opponent from doing the same
Special Rules and Setup

Players each place two (2)
rubble piles (represented by an extra
medium base, or other similar-sized
terrain feature) within 8 of the table
center. The rubble piles must be at
least 10 from one another.

Players then alternate
placing up to three (3) moderate
terrain features each. Terrain features
cannot be placed within 3 of a table
edge, nor can they be placed atop the
rubble piles.
The four rubble piles represent
possible locations of the rumored stone
tablet. Players roll a d6 during their
Maintenance Phase for each rubble pile
their models Hold. On a 6, the tablet is
found. A players models Hold a rubble
pile if all models in base contact with it
are controlled by that player during his
Maintenance Phase. Models that are
engaged in melee combat cannot Hold
a rubble pile. Warrior models with

CMD stats of 1 or less, or Incorporeal
models, cannot Hold a rubble pile.
When the tablet is found, it must
be assigned to one of the models holding
the rubble pile. During its activation,
a warrior model carrying the tablet
cannot run or charge, and can only
advance up to 1. A warbeast carrying
the tablet can advance normally, but
cannot run or charge. A friendly model
in base-to-base contact with the model
carrying the tablet may forfeit his
action to take the tablet. Incorporeal
models cannot carry the tablet. If the
model carrying the tablet is knocked
down, destroyed, or removed from
play, the tablet is dropped and remains
at the models last location. If a model
carrying the tablet is slammed, thrown,
or placed, place a marker representing
the tablet where the model was standing
before being moved. A model in base
contact with the tablet when it is not
being carried may forfeit his action to
pick it up and carry it.
Hammertime begins once the
tablet is found. See the Hammertime
rules above.
Beginning
Players determine first player
and deploy forces as described in
HORDES: Primal, page 27.
The winning player in this scenario

is the defender in scenario 2, Chasing
Ghosts, and gains a new warbeast
bond. The bond is rolled normally.
Remember, a warbeast can only
be bonded once, so provided the
warbeast that was bound at the
beginning of the game survived, you
now have two bonded warbeasts.
Before starting the next scenario,
both players should roll to see if
their surviving warbeasts formed
additional bonds during this battle.
Once again, do not roll for warbeasts
that already have bonds.
Victory Conditions
SCENARIO 2:
CHASING GHOSTS
Two-player game
500 POINTS
The shrewd general commits

the appropriate resources to
defeating an enemy. Whether
it be Cetrati, or a gladiator, or
even his fastest messengers, the
correct tool ensures victory.
Alkitillo, Praetorian Dakar
Description
Now in possession of the tablet,
one army must race to the obelisks
location and unlock its secrets
before it is overtaken by the enemy.
Unfortunately, fast runners have
brought word to enemy troops ahead,
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A Dark Empire s Legacy: a 2 player HORDES Mini campaign
The attacker deploys his models

within the two forest terrain features
along the north table edge..
The attackers models do not
beneft from Advance Deployment in
this scenario.
The defender then chooses if he
will take the first or second turn.
Victory Conditions
The defender must get the tablet off
the opposite table edge, either via the
road or within 6 of it.
The attacker must retrieve the
tablet and get it off a table edge
touching forest terrain.
Hammertime begins at the end
of the sixth round. The player with
possession of the tablet at the end of
Hammertime, or who moves it off
the appropriate table edge before
Hammertime ends wins.
Reward
which are even now preparing an
ambush along a wooded trail. Which
army will emerge from this encounter
with the tablet in its possession?

See the map. A 4 wide road runs
through the middle of the table from
the north to south table edge. Place a
6 x 24 forest terrain feature in the
northwest and north east corners of
the table as shown on the map.
The attacker may also place
one (1) moderate terrain feature
anywhere outside of the defenders
deployment area. The feature cannot
be placed on the road or in forest
terrain. The defender may then
place up to two (2) moderate terrain
features anywhere outside the road
and forest terrain. Neither player
may add forest terrain to the table.
At the start of the game, the
stone tablet discovered in the previous
scenario must be assigned to a model
in the defenders horde. During its
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activation, a warrior model carrying

the tablet cannot run or charge, and
can only advance up to 1. A warbeast
carrying the tablet can advance
normally, but cannot run or charge.
A friendly model in base-to-base
contact with the model carrying the
tablet may forfeit his action to take
the tablet. Incorporeal models cannot
carry the tablet. If the model carrying
the tablet is knocked down, destroyed,
or removed from play, the tablet is
dropped and remains at the models
last location. If a model carrying the
tablet is slammed, thrown, or placed,
place a marker representing the tablet
where the model was standing before
being moved. A model in base contact
with the tablet when it is not being
carried may forfeit his action to pick
it up and carry it.
Beginning
The defender deploys first and may
place his models on or withing 3 of
the road up to 10 from the south
table edge.
The winning player in this scenario

is the defender in scenario 3, Ancient
Treasure, and gains a new warbeast
bond. The bond is rolled normally.
Remember, a warbeast can only
be bonded once, so provided the
warbeast that was bound at the
beginning of the game survived, you
now have two bonded warbeasts.
Before starting the next scenario,
both players should roll to see if
their surviving warbeasts formed
additional bonds during this battle.
Once again, do not roll for warbeasts
that already have bonds.
SCENARIO 3:
Ancient Treasure
500 POINTS
Ambition. Greed. Hubris.

Thrice cursed be he who would
use this stones power against
the Morrdh.
Fragment of the
inscriptions on the Morrdh
Obelisk
The obelisk thrums with a power

only a warlock can feel. It has already
come alive to the arcane touch of the
warlock now gazing in awe upon
it. What secrets does it contain? A
crashing in the vegetation around the
clearing and scattered shouts tells the
warlock further experimentation will
have to wait.
Having used the tablet to activate
the obelisk, the defending warlock
now awaits the opportunity to test it
against his persuing enemies.

Place the obelisk in the center of the
table. The obelisk is represented by a
4 diameter obstruction. The obelisk
cannot be damaged.
Players then alternate placing
three (3) moderate terrain features
each anywhere on the tabletop.
Terrain suggestions include: dead
vegetation, dead trees and tree
stumps, and broken rocks as evidence
of a brutal battle once fought on this
location.
8 of the obelisk. Place these fury

points next to the obelisk.
If the obelisk is within a
warlocks control area during his
activation, he may make a command
check to take control of the obelisk.
When resolving this check, add +1 to
the die roll for each fury point on the
obelisk. Before rolling, the warlock
may spend fury points to reduce
the die roll by -1 for each fury point
spent. Only one warlock can take
control of the obelisk each turn.
A successful command check
allows the warlock to to spend fury
points on the obelisk to cast spells,
heal, make additional attacks, and
boost attack and damage rolls while
the obelisk is in his control area this
activation.
Beginning
The defender sets his forces up first
within 6 of the obelisk.
The attacker sets up second,
anywhere within 3 of any table edge.
The defender takes the first turn.
Victory Conditions
A player wins when his opponents
last warlock has been destroyed or
removed from play. The winning
warlock may then study the obelisks
considerable powers at their leisure.
Escalating Conflict Variety

The escalating conflict variant shows
the importance each faction places on
controlling the obelisk. The variant
alters the game sizes as follows:
Scenario 1:
350 or 500 points
Scenario 2:
750 points
Scenario 3:
1000 point
A Dark Empires Legacy: a 2 player HORDES Mini campaign
Description
The Obelisk
6x24
Forest Template
Attacker
Deployment
6x24
Forest Template
Attacker
Deployment
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Scenario 2
Once a Molgur tribute to Dhunia and

the Devourer, the tall carved stone
obelisk was defiled and corrupted by
the Morrdh for use as a tool in their
dark empires war to exterminate the
Molgur. Crude Molgur carvings and
pictograms covering the surface are
completely scratched out or carved
over with spidery Morrdh runes.
The obelisks power calls to warlocks
and warbeasts alike, boosting the
strength of their mental communion.
This power does not come without
a price, and only the most powerful
warlock would dare control it.
Place two (2) fury points on the
obelisk at the start of the game. At the
start of each players Control Phase,
warlocks leach fury, remove one (1)
fury point from each warbeast within
4 wide road
10x10
Forest Template
Defender
Deployment
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wilding
the
by Jason Dawson and Doug Seacat

The druids of the Circle Orboros belong to
one of the most ancient and enigmatic cabals
in western Immoren. This class can be used
by players or GMs to create powerful and
flavorful characters for campaigns exploring
the wild side of the Iron Kingdoms.
way
e carve our territories from primeval

woodlands to preserve their power and
prevent civilization from growing like a
cancer into every untamed place, but even were we
gone the wilds would endure. Our order does not
focus on safeguarding a few acres of forest or saving
a stream. We have a deeper agenda.
Our order embraces a higher power named Orboros.
Possessed of many aspects and names, the essence
of Orboros is bound into the body of the world
and provides the vital spark essential to life. The
Devourer Wurm is part of Orboros, but the two are
not synonymous. The Devourer is a hunting beast set
loose to stalk Menoth whose thirst for law and love
of enclosing the wilds behind walls would choke the
flow of natural power. The Devourer followed when
Menoth retreated to Urcaen to build the fortress city
for the souls of his followers and they remain locked
in unceasing battle. The power of nature fuels the
Wurm. Volcanoes, storms, earthquakes, the flow of
rivers, and the raging surf all feed the Beast of All
Shapes in his assault upon the Creator of Man.
The body of Orboros remains on Caen. The Wurm
is its conscious will, but Orboros is the sum of all.
Orboros life-blood pumps in the raging river, and
he sees through the hunting predators eyes. We
must ensure the body of Orboros remains strong
so the Devourer stays focused on Urcaen. If he
returned the Wurm would consume Caen in fire,
storm, and flood.
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and Torstein Nordstrand
While we revere natural chaos, our

plans grow from the preparations of
centuries and require hierarchy. Some
of us scheme and plot as a way of life,
but internal politics do not disrupt our
goals. Our numbers are too few and our
purpose too large to let disagreements
prompt factionalism.
Always three in number, the omnipotents
stand at the pinnacle of our order and
closest to the will of Orboros. They
command the full strength of Orboros
and wield unparalleled might. Their
combined decisions direct the course of
our shadow war against the rising tide of
humanity and other forces which would
strangle the natural world. Included
among the threats counted most dire are
Lord Toruk and his spawn. Dragons by
their presence interfere with our power.
Each spreads a blight inflicting grievous
wounds on Orboros.
Below omnipotents rank the rare
but more numerous potents, each a
singularly impressive druid charged
with orchestrating detailed plans and
leading battles against our enemies.
Overseers follow next in rank and have
charge of specific regions. They preserve
key territories and enact the plans of the
potents. Overseers task Warders, every
one an experienced and veteran druid,
with smaller territories and finding
those who undergo the wilding to train
them in our mysteries.
Circle Druid Class

Even as we hone our ability, we must
remember that this power has a purpose.
We cannot be reluctant to act...ahead is a
time of crisis. The era of scheming is over.
- Omnipotent Lortus,
Watcher of Blighterghast
eared by civilized folk,

druids harness the primordial
power of the whitewater torrent,
the explosive volcano, and the
furious thunderstorm. They call
and command the beasts of the
wild, and bend ferocious animals
and elemental constructs to their
will. Their might comes through
elemental mastery and the ability
to harness the incalculable energies
produced by the natural world.
Description
As divine spell casters, druids draw
their power from one or more gods
associated with nature, yet do so in
a fashion distinctly different from
clerics. Druids do not work
by prayer. Rather,
they use more
systematic
than reverential methods based

on occult rites, astronomical
conjunctions, and the primal
energy held in blood and flesh.
Moreover, the gods whose
strength they borrow do not seem
directly aware of them. Their
unusual relationship lets them use
divine energy without serving a
gods agenda.
the wilding way
Our work preserves humanity from

itself. It is not destruction we seek, but
our efforts may not be enough to prevent
the coming wrath. Civilization marches
on, and there may come a reckoning.
Forestalling that time is our burden.
Adventurers:
Druids
make
good supporting spell casters, by
augmenting a partys abilities and
increasing their effectiveness on
and off the battlefield. Most druids
rival wizards or sorcerers in their
magical offensive potential. Others
gain great control over shaping
stone and earth or summoning
and commanding beasts.
Alignment: Druids stand against
the fabricated laws of civilization
and embrace natural chaos. Some
druids retain compassion and
exercise caution in the use of their
powers, while others are selfishly
greedy for power.
Advancement requires proven ability

to manipulate the primal energies of
Orboros. The wilding comes to every
druid differently. No two great druids
are identical. Those seeking the upper
ranks must broaden their power to
encompass all of the great aspects of
our discipline: the shaping of earth,
the shaping of beasts, and the shaping
of storms. Each path branches into
other mysteries, equally powerful when
wielded by a master.
Bradigus Thorle,
Potent of the Circle Orboros
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called the wilding. This inborn

talent allows individuals to harness
natural energy.
Circle Druids
in the Iron
Kingdoms
The class and role described here
applies to the human druids of
the Circle Orboros. This is the
only organized group in western
Immoren referring to themselves
as druids. They have no bias
against other races, but they have
organized themselves around
humans who undergo a process
The Circle Orboros is a

secretive cabal. While other groups
may recognize a druid by his garb,
their exact motives and agenda
remain mysterious and often
misunderstood. Outsiders avoid,
shun, and fear druids, suspecting
them of questionable practices.
Most humans believe druids best
left alone and do not confront them.
General superstition holds that
druids bring ill-fortune and disaster.
Druids of the Circle are often called
Blackclad for their mode of dress,
and are avoided when seen in towns
or cities. When a regular person
must interact with a druid they
usually limit the contact to as brief
a period as possible.
Some humans, particularly
those of zealous temperament
who consider druids allied
to dark cults and enemy
gods,
react
more
violently. Worshipers
of Menoth exemplify
this attitude because
they believe druids worship the

Devourer Wurm and consider
them therefore an abomination.
Some zealous Morrowans believe
similarly, although most who
follow the Prophet will not accost
a druid without reason or evidence
of misconduct. Nonetheless most
pious Morrowans expect the
worst from a druid unless this
prejudice is countered by lengthy
exposure and deeds proving the
druids trustworthiness.
The Circle Orboros has a
complex religious philosophy
dissimilar from other faiths of
western Immoren. They do not
worship the Devourer Wurm
but rather believe the Devourer
Wurm a lesser name for a greater
entity called Orboros. Inextricably
bound to the world-spirit named
Dhunia, Orboros represents
natural power and the seed of
all predation and wild natural
energy. Druids of the Circle name
the Devourer as the sentient will
of Orboros and a cohesive entity
that stalks after Menoth and his
works of civilization from Urcaen.
Yet they believe the actual body
of Orboros to be forever tied to
Dhunia on Caen and represented
by many aspects of natural
phenomena, including floods,
storm, volcanoes, earthquakes,
and predation. Druids do not
attempt to explain the true nature
of Orboros to outsiders but allow
the expedientif inaccurate
notion that they draw on the
power of the Devourer. Individual
druids have at times exploited
this connection to establish
friendly relations with cults of the
Devourer and manipulate them as
needed.
Adventuring in the Iron
Kingdoms: Druids fit easiest
in a party intended to explore
the wilds and less focused on
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the druids raise these children

until they prove ready to learn
how to master their powers. For
this reason, most druids have
no awareness of their parents
and rarely attempt to reestablish
contact with blood relations. The
Circle Orboros becomes their only
family and they accept the mystery
of their origins. Understandably,
rumors of this practice have not
endeared the Circle Orboros to
communities where children have
gone missing.
Druids of the Circle Orboros in the

setting should use the following
class, replacing other variants.
Race: Any Human
Abilities: Wisdom determines how
powerful a spell a druid can cast, how
many spells he can cast per day, and how
hard those spells are to resist. Other useful
abilities depend on the role the druid seeks
to fill. Dexterity is advantageous as most
druids prefer lighter armors, while both
Strength and Constitution are useful to
those expecting to serve in combat. Certain
paths of specialization may require better
than average ability scores.
Alignment: Any non-lawful.
Hit Die: d6
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urban environments. Barbarians,

rangers, sorcerers, wilderness
rogues, and fighters all make
for good companions and peers
for a druid. However, ongoing
plans of the Circle Orboros
allow individuals to cooperate
with less typical outsiders. A
Circle druid could work amiably
alongside Morrowans or even
cultists of Cyriss if still furthering
objectives important to the Circle
Orboros. Menites directly oppose
druids, considering them agents
of their gods ancient nemesis,
the Devourer Wurm, and druids
avoid them at all costs.
The Wilding
A tiny percentage of human
children undergo a confusing
time called the wilding. Most
ignorant laypersons mistake this
for madness or other problems as
a child begins to manifest strange
behavior, including: tearing off
ones clothes, running away from
home and into the forest in the
middle of the night, barking or
howling, or staring for hours
into the eyes of a nearby animal.
Most communities shun such
odd children, though others
may abandon them or, in extreme
cases (such as in certain Menite
communities), slay them for fear
of sorcery or a taint of the Wurm.
Druids of the Circle Orboros try
to anticipate this and intervene
whenever possible.
Senior druids are responsible
for anticipating these manifestations and dispatching one or
more warders to gather a wilding
child. In some cases parents feel
this a mercy and voluntarily offer
such a child into the druids care.
In other cases, druids must abduct
wilding children in secret. Druids
or families closely affiliated with
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Class Skills
The druids class skills (and the key ability
for each skill) are Climb (Str), Concentration
(Con), Craft (Int), Creature Lore (Int),
Diplomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha),
Intimidate (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge
(arcana, geography, history, nature,
religion), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex),
Ride (Dex), Rope Use (Dex), Spellcraft (Int),
Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), and Swim (Str).
Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 + Int
modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional

Level: 6 + Int modifier
Class Features
Weapon and Armor Proficiencies:
Druids are proficient in light and medium
armor, but not shields. Druids are proficient
in club, greatclub, dagger, handaxe,
quarterstaff, shortbow, all spears, sling,
voulge, and one other martial weapon of
their choice.
Spells: A druid casts divine spells, which
are drawn from the druid spell list (below).
His alignment may restrict him from casting

certain spells opposed to his moral or
ethnical beliefs: no druids can cast lawful
spells, evil druids cannot cast good spells,
and good druids cannot cast evil spells. A
druid must choose to prepare his spells in
advance.
To cast a spell, a druid must have a Wisdom
score of 10 + the spells level. The Difficulty
Class of a saving throw against a spell is
10 + the spells level + the druids Wisdom
modifier. A druid can cast only a certain
number of spells of each spell level per
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Druid Advancement Table

Class Level Base Attack Bonus
Fort
Ref
Will
Special

1
+0
+2
+0
+2
Extended Lifespan,

Eyes of the Wild,

Wild Empathy, Rejuvenation,

Superstitious Dread
2
+1
+3
+0
+3
Woodland Stride
3
+2
+3
+1
+3
Trackless Step
4
+3
+4
+1
+4
Resist Glamours
5
+3
+4
+1
+4
Path of Orboros
6
+4
+5
+2
+5
7
+5
+5
+2
+5
Natures Cloak
8
+6/+1
+6
+2
+6
9
+6/+1
+6
+3
+6
Venom Immunity
10
+7/+2
+7
+3
+7
Path of Orboros
11
+8/+3
+7
+3
+7
12
+9/+4
+8
+4
+8
13
+9/+4
+8
+4
+8
Bonus feat
14
+10/+5
+9
+4
+9
15
+11/+6/+1
+9
+5
+9
Path of Orboros,

Timeless Body
16
+12/+7/+2
+10
+5
+10
17
+12/+7/+2
+10
+5
+10
18
+13/+8/+3
+11
+6
+11
19
+14/+9/+4
+11
+6
+11
20
+15/+10/+5
+12
+6
+12
Path of Orboros
Spells per Day

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31
42
421
532
5321
5332
64321
64332
644321
644332
6544321
6544332
65544321
65544332
655544321
655544332
6555544321
6555544332
6555554433
6555554444
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day, as indicated on the advancement

table. In addition, he receives bonus spells
per day if he has a high Wisdom score. The
druid does not have access to any domain
spells or granted powers, as a cleric does.
Otherwise a druid prepares and casts spells
the way a cleric does, though he cannot
lose a prepared spell to cast a cure spell in
its place (see Spontaneous Casting, below).
A druid may prepare and cast any spell on
the druid spell list provided that he can
cast spells of that level, but must choose
which spells to prepare during his daily
meditation.
The druid does not risk Infernal attention
(as described in the IKCG, pp. 264-266)
when using Summon Natures Ally spells or
other Conjuration spells due to the unique
nature of druidic magic.
Spontaneous Casting: A druid can
channel stored spell energy into certain
spells that he has not prepared ahead of
time. Each time a druid gains access to a
new spell level he may choose one spell of
that level or lower to cast spontaneously.
He can lose a prepared spell in order
to spontaneously cast one of these
chosen spells of the same level or lower.
For example, a druid who has prepared
dominate animal (a 3rd-level spell) may
lose dominate animal in order to cast
plant growth (also a 3rd-level spell) if
that was a spell he chose to be able to
spontaneously cast.
Extended Lifespan (Ex): Druids
gain a cumulative 10% bonus to their life
expectancy for each spell level attained.
This applies to each age category separately.
For example, a human druid able to cast
5th level spells gains a 50% bonus to life
expectancy (rounding up) and will not incur
the adjustments listed for middle age until
he reaches 53 years rather than 35 years. Do
not remove penalties already incurred by
aging after attaining new spell levels.
Eyes of the Wild (Ex): A druid trains
extensively in all matters involving the
wilderness in addition to an innate affinity
to the outdoors. Druids gain a +2 bonus on
Knowledge (nature), Survival and Creature
Lore skill checks while in natural settings.
Being underground does not count as a natural
setting unless it is an unworked, naturallyformed cavern or caves.
Rejuvenation (Su): As a standard action

the druid may lose a prepared spell in
order to cure himself of 1d6 hit points per
level of the spell lost. Pain of Healing does
not affect this ability.
Wild Empathy (Ex): A druid can improve
the attitude of an animal. This ability
functions just like a Diplomacy check made
to improve the attitude of a person. The
druid rolls 1d20 and adds her druid level and
her Charisma modifier to determine the wild
empathy check result.
The typical domestic animal has a starting
attitude of indifferent. Wild animals usually
start as unfriendly.
To use wild empathy, the druid and the animal
must be able to study each other, which
means that they must be within 30 feet of one
another under normal conditions. Generally,
influencing an animal in this way takes 1
minute but, as with influencing people, it
might take more or less time.
A druid can also use this ability to influence a
magical beast with an Intelligence score of 1 to
4, but she suffers a -4 penalty on the check.
Superstitious Dread: Druids of the
Circle Orboros who are identified in cities
or other urban areas are feared due to their
reputations as baby stealers and harbingers
of ill luck. Druids receive a -4 penalty to
Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Sense
Motive but gain a +2 bonus to Bluff and
Intimidate checks in cities or urban areas
due to this fear. The GM may wave these
penalties and bonuses when dealing with
individuals accustomed to druids.
Woodland Stride (Ex): Starting at 2nd
level a druid may move through undergrowth
(such as natural thorns, briars, overgrown
areas, and similar terrain) at normal speed and
without taking damage or suffering any other
impairment. Thorns, briars, and overgrown
areasmagicallymanipulatedtoimpedemotion
still affect him.
Trackless Step (Ex): Starting at 3rd level, a
druid leaves no trail in natural surroundings
and cannot be tracked. He may choose to
leave a trail if so desired.
Resist Glamours (Ex): By 4th level, the
druid gains a +2 on saving throws against the
supernaturalandspell-likeabilitiesofmagical
beasts and grymkin.
Paths of Power
Druids of the Circle Orboros have access to specialized paths of power
developed over several millennia of organized exploitation of natural power.
These paths are offshoot branches of the Paths of Orboros which require
additional prerequisites and training to unlock. Visit privateerpress.com/
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Path of Orboros: Upon attaining 5th level

and every 5 levels thereafter (10th, 15th,
20th), the druid gains a Path of Orboros of his
choice from the following options. When first
chosen the druid becomes an Initiate of that
path, when chosen a second time, the druid
becomes a Disciple, if chosen a third time the
druid becomes a Master, and if chosen a fourth
time the druid becomes Prime. No druid can
gain the title of omnipotent unless initiated
in all three of these categories, rather than
specializing in one. These paths are required
to qualify for additional specialized abilities
called Paths of Power.
Earth Shaper (Ex): The druid becomes an
Earth Shaper Initiate. Add +1 to the DC for
all saving throws against spells cast with the
[earth] descriptor. The character receives a
+1 competence bonus to all saving throws
against spells with the [earth] descriptor. The
druid may gain this path multiple times and
the bonuses are cumulative.
Storm Shaper (Ex): The druid becomes a
Storm Shaper Initiate. Add +1 to the DC of your
evocation [air, electricity] spells. The druid
gains +1 to all saves verses these evocation
spells. The druid may gain this path multiple
times and the bonuses are cumulative.
Beast Shaper (Ex): The druid casts
enchantment and transmutation spells at one
level higher. Add +1 to the DC for all saving
throwsagainstenchantmentortransmutation
spellstargetingananimal,vermin,oramagical
beast. The druid may gain this path multiple
times and the bonuses are cumulative.
Natures Cloak (Su): By 7th level the druid
can continually and intuitively call on the
energy of the natural world to protect himself
from harsh conditions. So long as the druid
remains in natural surroundings they gain the
permanent benefit of endure elements.
Venom Immunity (Ex): At 9th level, a
druid gains immunity to all poisons.
Timeless Body (Ex): After attaining 15th
level, a druid no longer takes ability score
penalties for aging and cannot be magically
aged. Any penalties he may have already
incurred, however, remain in place. Bonuses
still accrue, and the druid still dies of old age
when his time is up. This benefit is cumulative
with the druids Extended Lifespan.
Ex-druids
A druid who changes to a lawful alignment or
who deliberately violates the core precepts
of the natural god that is the source of their
power loses all spells and druid abilities (not
including weapon and armor proficiencies).
He cannot gain levels as a druid unless
he undergoes a significant rite of sacrifice
involving the permanent loss of a finger, toe,
or other appendage. A high ranking druid (one
with access to 7th level or higher spells) must
conduct a ceremony of reacceptance before
the druid regains his powers.
0-level Create water, detect magic, detect

poison, flare, guidance, know direction, light,
mending, purify food and drink, read magic,
resistance, virtue
1st-level Calm animals, charm animal,
detect animals or plants, detect snares and
pits, endure elements, entangle, faerie fire,
feather fall, goodberry, hide from animals,
jump, longstrider, magic fang, magic stone,
obscuring mist, pass without trace, produce
flame, shillelagh, shocking grasp, speak with
animals, summon natures ally I
2nd-level Animal messenger, animal
trance, barkskin, bears endurance, bulls
strength, cats grace, chill metal, delay poison,
fire trap, flame blade, flaming sphere, fog
cloud, gust of wind, heat metal, hold animal,
obscure object, owls wisdom, reduce animal,
resistenergy,restoration(lesser),seeinvisible,
soften earth and stone, spider climb, summon

natures ally II, summon swarm, tree shape,
warp wood, wood shape
3rd-level Call lightning, contagion,
daylight, diminish plants, dominate animal,
magic fang (greater), meld into stone,
misdirection,neutralizepoison,plantgrowth,
poison, protection from energy, quench,
remove disease, silence, sleet storm, snare,
spike growth, stone shape, summon natures
ally III, water breathing, wind wall
4th-level Control water, dispel magic,
flame strike, freedom of movement, giant
vermin,icestorm,lightningbolt,nondetection,
repel vermin, rusting grasp, scrying, solid fog,
spike stones, summon natures ally IV
5th-level Awaken, borne on the winds,
call lightning storm, commune with nature,
control winds, death ward, insect plague,
stoneskin, summon natures ally V, transmute
mud to rock, transmute rock to mud, tree
stride, wall of stone, wall of thorns
6th-level Antilife shell, bears endurance

(mass), bulls strength (mass), cats grace
(mass), dispel magic (greater), fire seeds,
ironwood, liveoak, move earth, owls wisdom
(mass), repel wood, spellstaff, stone tell,
summon natures ally VI, transport via plants,
wall of fire
7th-level Animate plants, bind guardian,
chain lightning, control weather, creeping
doom, fire storm, flesh to stone, reincarnate,
scrying (greater), summon natures ally VII,
stone to flesh, sunbeam, transmute metal to
wood, true seeing, wind walk
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Druid
Spell List
8th-level Animal shapes, earthquake,

repel metal or stone, reverse gravity, summon
natures ally VIII, sunburst, whirlwind
9th-level Antipathy, foresight, implosion,
storm of vengeance, summon natures ally IX,
sympathy
Druids and their allies take on a Dire Troll
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Privateer Press was founded with
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and your stat cards are all you need to reference rules.
into a more clear, concise, and
balanced document that improves
an already very successful play
environment.
Whats different
about the Remix?
When you thumb through the
Remix, the first and most obvious
change youll notice is that we have
completely remastered the visuals.
We incorporated full color artwork,
of the rules material from Escalation,

Apotheosis, and Superiority, along
with any errata to those rules and a
complete errata and clarifications
appendix for models not covered
in Prime. The end result is a single,
complete source for rules and any
necessary errata in one tome. No
need to carry multiple books. No
need to tote along extra papers. The
Prime Remix and your stat cards are
all you need to reference rules.
In addition to rules polishing,

weve made a few significant changes
to individual models that we feel
will bring an overall positive affect
to the play environment. Countless
conventions, tournaments, and
forum threads have allowed
us to observe interaction and
trends in play, and clearly certain
situations have continued to be a
challenge for a majority of players
to compete against. After a great
deal of deliberation, playtesting,
and consideration, we made
adjustments to what we feel are the
two most challenging model rules in
the gameKommander Sorschas
Feat, Icy Gaze, and Captain
Haleys spell, Temporal Barrier
in order to foster a more
level play environment.
Both effects give many
players a difficult
time, particularly
in timed games
or
certain
objective based scenarios, leading

to some frustration that we feel
undermines our objectives for the
play environment.
Icy Gaze now only affects
models in Sorschas line of sight.
This allows opponents to utilize
terrain and the formations of
their models to defend against the
effect. Temporal Barrier required
a great deal of measuring and
backtracking, particularly in large
games, that squeezed the fun out
of an otherwise fast paced and
dynamic game. By limiting the
spells effect to only those models
within the AOE at the time the spell
is cast we can maintain the desired
pace of the game. These characters
remain every bit as competitive as
ever, but the changes go a long way
towards our ultimate goal of a great
gaming experience for everyone.
While we tempered a couple
of models, we also helped out a
few models to reach the potential
we always wanted for them. Both
Cygnar and Khador mechaniks
received improved Repair abilities
that dont require affected jacks
to give up their activation, and
the much disparaged Repenter
now gets to set things on fire. All
totaled, we made changes to only
a select few models, and in no
case did we change point
values. The Remix is not
an overhaul of models,
but rather a fine-tuning
based on data collected
from a great deal of field
testing.
Risk vs. Reward

or Remix FTW
The changes in the Remix may
shock some people. Others may
find them obvious decisions we
could have made a long time ago.

In truth, the Remix has been in
the works for over a year. These
kinds of changes must be made
slowly and methodically because
the ramifications are risky at
bestits much easier to let issues
go unaddressed. The Remix
isnt a version 2 as we took the
approach that if it aint broke,
dont fix it. The only impact on
your game should be that things
run smoother. WARMACHINE:
Prime Remix both creates a level
play environment and remains a
perfect entry point for new players.
We confidently stand behind the
Remix as our best work to date,
and if weve crossed our ts and
dotted our is in all the right places,
it should remain the definitive rules
source for steam powered combat
for a long time to come.
Changes in Prime: Remix

Haley
TEMPORAL BARRIER Affects enemy
models currently in Haleys control area.
Sentinel & Trencher

Chain Gun Crew
AUTOMATIC FIRE They both gain +2 on
additional Strafe attack rolls.
Field Mechaniks
JACK MARSHAL (1) Thats right. Jack
Marshal, baby.
REPAIR [9] (ACTION) Warjacks no
longer forfeit their activation when repaired.
Sorscha
Icy Gaze Only affects enemy models
currently in Sorschas LOS and control area.
Battle Mechaniks
JACK MARSHAL (1) You think these guys
didnt get Jack Marshal too? Silly southerners.
REPAIR [7] (HACTION) The Motherlands
jacks also get to activate after repairs.
Repenter
FLAME THROWER
FIRE - Target model hit by the Flame Thrower
suffers Fire. Burn, heretic, burn.
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Foundry, Forge,
& rucible
C
By David Lyons with Kevin Clark

and Doug Seacat. Art by Franz
Vohwinkel and Andrew Arconti
For thousands of years the blackclad druids of the Circle Orboros have drawn power from the
wild places. The druids continue to rely on their ancient methods and tools to fight the rising
tides of civilization. The druids are not alone in their ability to harness the spiritual power
of natural places and imbue potent items with that power. Dhunian worshipers in wilderness
regions have developed their own unique crafting and enchanting processes. The organized
trollkin kriels possess the most potent of these items.
Druid and Trollkin Gear

Light Armor
Cost
Armor of Orboros 110 gp
Armor of
Orboros
rmor of Orboros begins

with the dark robes that
mark a blackclad, and adds
layers of toughened leather beneath
to help protect vital areas. Most
pieces include a short leather vest or
a thick belt combined with a skirt or
leather strips woven into leggings.
Metal platesoften thin layers of
bronzegrant additional protection
and result in armor similar to, but
lighter and more mobile than, that
worn by the Wolves of Orboros.
Individual druids customize their
armor over time with specific
enchantments. Any individual
wearing such armor is presumed
to be a druid. Non-druids wearing
Armor of Orboros suffer the
Armor Max Dex Armor. Arcane Spell

Bonus
Bonus Chk. Pen. Failure Chance
Speed
+4
+3
-1
20%
Superstitious Dread penalty, and

are likely to be recognized by other
druids as imposters and dealt with
accordingly.
Overseer Armor
Overseer Armor is an enchanted

and powerful example of Armor of
Orboros worn by those who have
achieved the rank of Overseer
within the Circle. The armor worn
by druids of this rank has more
elaborate decorations and additional
runes and sigils to bear greater
enchantments. The armor always
has the symbol of Orboros present
somewhere, often on the cloak clasp
or metal plates adorning the belt.
All Overseer Armor is +3 Armor
of Orboros with improved shadow and
improved silent moves. Some overseers
add additional enchantments to
suit their specific needs, such as
30 ft./20 ft.
Weight
20 lbs.
longstrider, greater cold resistance,

greater electricity resistance, or greater
fire resistance.
Weapons of
Orboros
Druid Voulge
While many druids are content to

wield iron or bronze-shod staves,
others prefer to utilize tempered
wooden voulges. These consist of a
heavy wooden blade similar to an axe
carved into a length of stout wood,
preferably oak. Low ranking druids
rarely wield enchanted voulges,
but those carried by higher ranks
often have magical enhancements.
Overseers and higher may boast
weapons of greater powers,
including properties such as anarchic,
bane (humanoid), shock, shocking burst,
thundering, or vicious.
Two Handed Cost Dmg (S) Dmg (M) Critical Range Weight Type
Martial Weapon
Druid Voulge
15 gp 1d10
1d12
x3

10 lbs.
Slashing

or bludgeoning
Materials of the Circle Orboros

While druids regularly utilize metal weapons and armor, they often prefer readily
available materials from the wilds shaped without the need of forge or foundry.
The druids rely on ancient crafting techniques thousands of years old. Their
power over natural forces lets them craft viable weapons from bone, wood, or
stone using only knives, chisels, and hammers. In some instances these materials
respond more readily to later druidic enchantments than iron and steel.
Circle Orboros Feat

Druidic Tempering [Society]
Druids of the Circle Orboros have developed techniques to provide bone, wood,
or stone weapons and armor with metal-like ductility, durability, and hardness.
Though a mystical transmutation process the resulting item is not considered
enchanted and does not detect as magical. In some cases druids may use item
creation feats to enchant these weapons or armor.
Prerequisites: Craft (bonecarving, woodworking, or stoneworking) 5 ranks
and Earth Shaper Initiate society feat (see The Wilding Way page 64).
Benefit: This feat allows a druid to craft non-magical weapons and armor from
bone, wood, and stone. They may use the appropriate craft skill (bonecarving,
woodworking, or stoneworking) in place of weaponsmithing or armorsmithing.
Items created using Druidic Tempering gain the hardness, hit points, and weight
of their normal counterparts. For example, a stone great sword will use a normal
great swords weapon type and damage. They are otherwise identical in all ways
to their normal counterparts. Use the normal counterparts price to determine
the cost of materials and the crafting time. Outside the Circle Orboros these
items are rare and unusual, and might sell as objects of art or curiosity for 2x to
5x their actual value.
Fang of Calder
This slightly curved ritual blade

ranks among the more ancient
and dark weapons of the Circle
Orboros. An obsidian relic passed
down since the time of the Molgur,
its volcanic glass sharper than the
finest steel, set within an antler
hilt, and kept in a sheath of bone,
the Fang traces its history back
to the earliest druids of the order.
The Fang has ritually ended the
lives of uncounted thousands over
centuries of bloodletting in dark
sacrificial rites to appease the
Devourer Wurm and strengthen
the body of Orboros on the blood
of enemies of the wild. The weapon
has taken on power of its own

drawn from the life force of its
victims and tied to the unchanging
cycle of the moon Calder.
While some druids frown on its
use as a remnant of barbaric times,
others embrace its power and the
need to ritually spill the blood of
those standing in the way of the
Circle. Rumor persists it may have
greater powers tied to rare and
obscure astronomical conjunctions.
A special conjunction of the Eye of
the Wurm with the three moons of
Caen will occur in 608 AR. At this
time inheritors of the blade plan
to conduct a special rite they hope
will unlock its full potential.
Fang of Calder
Foundry, Forge, & Crucible
The Fang of Calder is a +4

keen short sword of bloodletting.
Bloodletting deals an additional
2d6 damage on a critical hit. The
wielder gains temporary hit points
equal to this additional damage.
This additional damage cannot
exceed the subjects current hit
points +10. Temporary hit points
disappear one hour later. The
weapon temporarily loses all
magical abilities if a new moon of
Calder passes without the weapon
being used to sacrificially kill a
humanoid target at either a Circle
Orboros ceremonial ring or a site
sacred to the Devourer Wurm. A
single sacrifice restores the blades
powers no matter how long it has
lain dormant.
When Calder is near fullthree
days every monththe obsidian
blade can cast greater scrying (DC
20 to negate) once per day on a
pool of freshly spilled blood. This
scrying lasts for up to an hour. If
Calder is reflected in the pool it
imposes a -5 Will save penalty to
the subject. If the Fang of Calder
has ever damaged the subject this
Will save penalty increases to -10.
Strong necromancy; CL 20th;
Weight 2 lb.
Natural
Amulets and
Talismans
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Both druids of Orboros and

Dhunians use runic talismans
for protection and power.
Constructed from metal, wood, or
bone and engraved with runes of
power, these talismans commonly
hang from belts, loops, chains, or
armor. Not all of these runes hold
magical power. Ancestral jewelry
or decorative marks of station
commonly sit alongside runes of
power as each is valued for purely
symbolic reasons.
Druids and Dhunian clerics

create magic items like rings,
belts, bracers, gloves, amulets,
and periapts as runic talismans
instead of the typical description
of these items. Runic talismans
worn on a body location preclude
the wearing of other magic items
in that location. For example a
talisman affixed to a belt takes
the slot of a magical belt, or
talismans tied to the wrists of their
user take the place of bracers.
These talismans are created with
the Craft Wondrous Item feat.
Talismans attached to an item, like
a belt, are done so permanently
during the creation process and
cannot be later swapped to a
different item without destroying
its enchantment.
Trollkin talismans often consist
of multiple plates of metal
or stone tied together on
necklaces or chains,
sometimes including
the
names
of
significant
ancestors. Druid
amulets
usually
consist of single pieces of stone or

bone bearing one or more runes or
ceremonial decorations.
Rune Belt of
Margor
The trollkin of the Scarsfell
Forest in Khador crafted this
belt centuries ago to serve a great
hunter among the Margor kriel.
Constructed of thick leather and
covered with iron plates, the belt
has several large runes carved
into each plate of metal. The belt
grants a +5 competence bonus to
Hide, Move Silently, and Survival
checks while also increasing the
wearers base speed by 10 feet.
Faint transmutation; CL 5th;
Craft Wondrous Item, cats grace,
owls wisdom; Price
9,500 gp; Weight 8 lb.
Wilderness trollkin kriels have a

long-standing tradition of carrying
a great torch into major battles to
light the way for the warriors to
follow and inspire them to heroics.
These torches last saw wide
use during the Trollkin Wars.
The Cygnaran Army and others
recognized them as harbingers of
bloody battles against these brave
trollkin. Only worthy fell callers
who have fought in the defense of
their kriels may bear these symbols.
These massive and cumbersome
stone torches contain a brazier to
fire flammable materials and long
burning oils. When strapped to
a fell caller and lit before battle
such torches become a beacon and
rallying point.
Foundry, Forge, & Crucible
Torch of the
Fell Caller
Torch of the Fell Caller
Ancestral runes and Dhunian

blessings cover the surfaces of
these torches. The sight of a
fell callers torch worn by
a trollkin grants allied
trollkin within 40 feet a
+2 circumstance bonus
to saving throws against
fear. Additionally, when
the wearer uses a fell call to
Inspire Courage or Fell Call,
the torch increases the morale
bonuses to +2 and morale penalties
to -2 for the duration of the fell
call. Fell caller torches only grant
these bonuses while lit. A stone
torch weighs 70 pounds, holds
three pints of oil, and burns for up
to 10 hours. Wearing a fell caller
torch takes up a robe slot.
Faint enchantment; CL 6th;
Craft Wondrous Item, creator
must be a trollkin, bane, bless; Cost
4,000 gp; Weight 70 lb.
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Inside The
Official
WARMACHINE
League
Report By Nathan Letsigner
Four Seasons of Leagues in 2007

This January is about to heat up as the WARMACHINE League
hits your game store. If you enjoy adapting to new battlefield
challenges, meeting hard fights head on, and playing often, then
this League is going to be more fun than a bag of live shells and a
nine-pound hammer.
For full details on the rules or how to start a league you should
visit our league support site at leagues.privateerpress.com.
How it Works
he 2007 WARMACHINE
league is divided into four
6-week seasons where players
challenge each other though a
series of games. A league is ideal
for a local community of players
of eight or more that can meet
regularly. Players divide up
into teams representing a single
faction and play opponents from
rival teams. A player scores
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League Points for each game they

play. A players League Point
total determines their placement
on the League scoreboard, the
Ladder. At the end of the season
the highest scoring player and
team are determined and prizes
awarded. Then after a few weeks
break the next season begins
with all new scenarios, Weather
Effects, Bounties, and other
league features.
WARMACHINE
League Nights
For your games to count toward league
play you need to play them at your
League Venue. The Venue is the place
hosting the League, generally a hobby
store or game club.
A store sponsoring a League should have
League nights set aside specifically to
encourage League play.
Scenario Terrain Needed

The Winter League scenarios have a
number of terrain feature requirements.
The following list includes the terrain
features mandated by this seasons
scenarios:
One (1) 12 diameter hill.
One (1) 3 x 24 river.
One (1) 12 frozen water terrain feature.
One (1) 12 forest.
Two (2) 5 x 16 crescent shaped hills.
Four (4) 8 diameter hills.
Six (6) 4 diameter forests.
Nine (9) 3 diameter forests.
Get the Weekly

Dispatch!
Each week Privateer Press will
supply you with the conditions
of the battlefield at the
Weekly Dispatch league website,
dispatch.privateerpress.com.
Visit often to get details including
scenarios, weather conditions,
and several new features for your
league games.
How do I get
involved?
Ask fellow players or your local

game store to find out if you
area has a league. If not, visit
leagues.privateerpress.com
for
details on starting a league in
your area.
Preparing for
League Play
A League Organizer runs each

league. Usually a store employee
or a Press Ganger sets up and
maintains a league but anyone
can act as your Organizer.
When selecting an Organizer
choose someone responsible,
knowledgeable about the rules,
and willing to not participate in
order to preserve his impartiality.
The league support site has

more details on becoming an
Organizer.
After you have an Organizer, you
need plenty of players. Advertise
at your store and do all you can to
find new players; the more people
that play the more fun everyone
will have.
League Features:
The WARMACHINE League
makes use of rules found in
like Attrition, warjack Bonding,
and interactive terrain. You also
use some great features only
found in the League format such
as Weather Effects, Bounties,
Boasts, Mercenary Options, and
custom scenarios. Lets take a
look at them:
weather but dont expect your

opponent to wait when the winds
of war blow his way.
Expect lots of challenges from

players trying to win Bounties
when they have your faction in
their sights! You have plenty of
chances to take them down a notch
or two, including the next feature
called Boasts.
Sample Weather
Effect: Blizzard
Sample Faction Bounty:

Reconnoiter
Beginning on the second round, each

player places one (1) 3 diameter
snowdrift terrain feature at the start of
his Maintenance Phase. The snowdrift
may be placed anywhere on the table.
When a player places a snowdrift, his
opponent may immediately move it up
to 5 in any direction. Snowdrift terrain
features are rough terrain and provide
concealment to a model with any part of
its base inside the perimeter. Snowdrifts
do not block LOS.
warmachine league
Bounties
Bounties are one of the most exciting
features of the WARMACHINE
league. A bounty is a challenging
goal that, if met in the game, will
net you bonus League Points even
if you lose the game. Each week
Privateer Press issues new bounties
to every faction against an opposing
faction. Moreover, your factions
bounty lasts the whole week so the
more you play the more bounties
you can capture and the more
bonus Points you can attain.
When playing a game this week against

a player on a Cygnar team, a Cryx player
scores two (2) additional League Points
if his warcaster enters his opponents
deployment zone.
Boasts
Last night you said you could take
those Cygnarans with one arm
tied behind your back, fielding
only warjacks, and not even using
Weather Effects
Each week the weather changes
as you carve your bloody path
to victory. The grey skies and
cold winds of winter firmly grip
the battlefield in the first season.
Each week, before games are
played, the weeks Weather Effect
will be announced. All games that
week are affected by that weeks
Weather Effects. Dont want play
in the snow? If both players agree
then their armies can wait out the
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warmachine league
Prizes
Every league ends with prizes going to the
winners. Participating in the whole league season
earns you recognition; after all you just fought a
war! How much and how well you fought gains
you greater rewards.
A League Patch For Every Year At War
The first time a player participates in a full
season of a WARMACHINE League he receives a
participation patch for that year. Every year has
its own design.
A League Patch For Every Season Survived
Every season comes with additional patches
added to the participation patch to complete that
years design. Only by participating in all four
season in a given year can you complete that
years entire design.
A Little Bling to Brag About Your
Achievements
At the end of the League players receive
achievement pins to add to their patch to mark
their accomplishments during the League. Its a
little bling to distinguish your valor and skill on
the battlefield.
Champion Pin
The player at the top of the Ladder at the end
of the League is the league champion and
receives a pin to prove it.
Winning Team Pin
At the end of the League, the League Points
scored by all players on a team are added
together. The team with the highest total
number of League Points wins. Each member
of the team receives a winning team pin.
Unstoppable Award Pin
The player who played the most games during
the season wins the Unstoppable Award pin
for his efforts.
Tactician Award Pin
The player who scored the most League
Points for Faction Bounties wins the Tactician
Award pin.
Additional Awards
League Organizers should work with their League
Venue to create additional awards for their
league members. Creating your own trophies for
the winning team is great and a common practice
for many gaming groups. Some teams even make
awards for MVP of their team. League Organizers
are known to award a new pair of dice to the
lowest player on the ladder.
The No Quarter
Trophy Challenge
Creating additional awards really personalizes your league. If your group makes a
custom trophy we want to know about it.
Your challenge: create a custom trophy for
your league and send the photo and info to
submissions@privateerpress.com with
the subject line No Quarter Trophy
Challenge. The staff of No Quarter will
select a winner at the end of the season and
award a special prize to the entire league!
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Players make boasts before the start

of a game and this allows a player to
voluntarily restrict his play choices
in order to win additional League
Points. Unlike Bounties you have
to pull off a win in order to get your
Points and have something to brag
about after the game.
The best answer to an opponents
boast? A boast of your own of
course!
Sample Boast
By the Numbers
The player making this boast loses the
game if he destroys his opponents last
warcaster before succeeding in the
primary victory condition outlined in
the scenario. If his opponent destroys
his own warcaster, the boasting player
wins normally.
Star Syndicate or Magnus Agenda

contracts. A player need not play
a mercenary army through the
entire season. It is merely one
of the army composition options
when you decide to join battle
each game.
The Mercenary Option

The WARMACHINE league
focuses on the conflict between the
four factions. Players of cutthroats
and sell-swords will have to take
up sides, often pitting themselves
against fellow mercs bought by
another faction. Mercenaries,
even those composing an entire
army, fight for someone. A player
on a team can play a mercenary
army instead of a faction army by
choosing a Mercenary Contract
suited to the teams faction.
warmachine league
your feat. Can you do even one of

those things, or was that the pints
talking?
For example, a player on a Cryx

team could choose to field a
mercenary army using the Four
Contract
Four Star Syndicate
High Born Covenant
Magnus Agenda
Searforge Commission
Sample Winter League Scenario

Copse Full of Corpses
We included this scenario from the Winter Season to
give you a taste of league play. You may recognize it
as a variation on King of the Hill with some specifically
placed forests. Couple this with the earlier sample
Weather Effect and Bounty, and perhaps a Boast of
your own, and you get a game like youve never played
before. This gives you an idea of how each weeks
Weather Effects, Bounties, and Scenarios keep play
fresh and challenging throughout the league season.
Cryx
Yes
No
Yes
No
Cygnar
No
Yes
No
Yes
Khador
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
10
Deployment Zone
Protectorate
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Forest
12
Forest
Hill
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Forest
Description
Two rival forces battle for control of a hill in the middle
of a forest glen.
Forest
Special Rules
See the map. Place a 12 diameter hill in the center of
the table. Place four (4) 4 forests around the hill as
Deployment Zone
10
shown on the map.
A player scores Control Points by having more models
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on the hill than his opponent. At the end of each players turn, a player with more models on the hill than his
opponent scores one (1) Control Point. A unit counts as one model for the purposes of calculating who has more
models on the hill. The first player to reach three (3) Control Points wins the game.
Set Up
Players take turns placing terrain until one player wishes to stop. The other player may then place one additional
piece. Each player must place a minimum of two (2) terrain features.
Beginning
Determine deployment and turn order with a standard starting roll. Players place their forces completely within
10 of the tables edge.
Victory Conditions
The first player to score three (3) Control Points scores a primary victory condition and wins the game.
A player wins if his opponent no longer has any warcasters in play. If time runs out before one player has won,
the player with the most Control Points wins. In case of a tie, the player with the most Victory Points wins.
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US
Nationals
Results
Interviews with the Top 5 Players as they Begin the Trail of Champions
Report By Nathan Letsigner
At Gen Con Indy this fall Privateer Press hosted the WARMACHINE: Steamroller National
Open. The first round series of 750 point metal grinding battles determined the eight players who
slugged it out over three rounds at 1000 points in the next days battle for the championship. With
glory comes fame and we interviewed the top 5 players for No Quarter Magazine in a segment we call
the Trail of Champions. In this installment we will look at the final championship match and talk to
the other champions as they begin their journey to next years competition.
What is the Trail of Champions?

We will follow the progress of the top five players
from the 2006 US Nationals as they gear up for next
years tournament at Gen Con Indy. We will supply
them with the models to create 1000 point fully
painted armies to their specifications, discuss their
army building strategies, and hear battle reports on
their trail to the 2007 competition. Find out what it
takes to be the best of the best.
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Introducing The Champions

Placing
Justin Herring
Adam Poirier
Duane Boyd
David Carl
BA Sparks
2006 winning army

Cryx
Khador
Khador
Khador
Cryx
2007 army choice

Khador
Cygnar
Mercenaries
Cryx
Protectorate of Menoth
Justin Herring (Cryx) Vs. Adam Poinier (Khador)

Scenario: Pendulum
The final match was a fast and
fierce battle between Justin
Herring from Washington DC,
and Adam Poirier of southern
California. This game came
incredibly close and drew a crowd
of other players. The Pendulum
scenario awards Control Points
to the player with models across
the midpoint of the board without
enemies on his half. A match-up of
a blindingly fast Cryx army and
a movement-denial force lead by
Sorscha and the Old Witch made
this an exciting game.
Justin won the starting
roll and chose to go second. He
came to regret that choice as
Adams Khadorans moved with
frightening speed toward the
center of the battlefield. The Old
Witch delivered the Scrapjack
22 deep into the board using
Unseen Path, and then centered
her feat, Field of Talons, on the
Scrapjack. This ensured that any
step would prove painful if not
fatal for the lightly armored Cryx
and practically pinned them in
their deployment area. Though
taking a great risk advancing like
that, with the proper combination
of Sorschas and the Old Witchs
feats Adams army stood poised to
race across the midpoint, grab a
Control Point, and take the fight
to Cryx. On Justins first turn the
Cryxians held their ground except
for a few units moving around
the edge of the Field of Talons.
Goreshade also cast Mage Blight
which proved an excellent choice
for what happened next.
Blight her feat and spells would

not save her. Now came Cryxs
revenge. After spells and ranged
attacks from a total of 15 models,
most of which missed, Justin
managed to suck every ounce of
Sorschas blood with Goreshades
Bleed. Seizing his chance to pull
out a win, Croes Cutthroats ran
across the center line of the board
to give Justin a Control Point. As
time ran out that single Point gave
Justin the win.
Adam Poiriers Army

List
Kommander Sorscha
Old Witch of Khador
Scrapjack
Eiryss
Alexia and the Risen
Iron Fang Uhlan x 3
Widowmaker unit
Gorman di Wulfe
Behemoth
Kovnick
Destroyers x2
Iron Fang Pikemen Unit (8)
Iron Fang unit attachment
US Nationals Results
US Nationals: The Battle for the Championship
We will hear more from Justin and Adam in future

installments of Trail of Champions.
Justin Herrings
Army List
Goreshade the Bastard
Warwitch Deneghra
Nightwretch x5
Skarlock x2
Pistol Wraith x4
Bile Thrall unit
Croes Cutthroats
Ogrun Bokur x2
Gorman Di Wulfe
Tartarus
The next round Sorscha

advanced to the hill in the center
of the board intent on raining
down hell and then Wind Rushing
to safety. Adam recognized his
mistake too late. With Sorscha
caught in the Bastards Mage
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US Nationals Results
Duane Boyd: Thank Morrow for Hand Cannons

Duane
Boyd
started
his
WARMACHINE experience with
the release of Escalation. We spoke
to Duane about the tactics that got
him to the top 8.
NQM: You mentioned the
competition was fierce and the game
that qualified you for the top 8 was
particularly close.
Duane: Skeleton Key Ed, from
the Privateer Press forums, was
the best Cryx player I have ever
played. His use of the Coven
during the first day forced me to
retreat and regroup for the first
time ever in any war game. He
should have been in the top 8.
NQM: How did you pull off the
win?
Duane: It was actually Sorschas
hand cannon and the Iron Fang
Uhlans charging over rough terrain
to kill the Coven that brought me
back from the brink.
NQM: What is the strategy behind
your Khador list?
Duane:
Widowmakers,
the
manhunter, Doom Reavers, Eiryss,
and an ogrun Bokur go a long way to
tying up your enemys forces while
you advance. Killing key elements
of his force will slow him down.
Anytime I run Sorscha Kovniks
always marshal all my jacks. This is
not optional.
NQM: Any tactics advice for those
hoping to compete?
Duane: I cannot stress enough
how important it is to know your
opponents forces and combos.
You should know when your
opponent makes a tactical mistake
before he does. Then make him
pay for it dearly.
NQM: Spoken like a true Khadoran.
You will be building a mercenary
army for next year. Tell us what
you have planned. What mercenary
contracts are you contemplating?
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Duane: I have some mercs but I

typically run them to compliment
my factions. I will probably run
Epic Magnus for 750 and the
Searforge Commission for 1000
points. Almost six full units of
Hammerfall High Shields and
six ogrun Bokurs, all advanced
deployed, FTW!!! I like Magnus
Agenda. I hate those Cygnar dogs
but have always been partial to
Trenchers. Epic Magnus with
Bullet Dodger and screened by a
Vanguard has a DEF vs. ranged
attacks comparable to Sorscha
when she Wind Rushes.
NQM: So you I guess you are not
a Leto fan? You think Magnus
has got the right of it?
Duane: Magnus is right!
We will study the
Searforge Commission
army in a future issue.
Day 1 Army Lists

Kommander Sorscha
Kovnik
Destroyer
Berserker
Iron Fang Uhlan unit
Widowmaker unit
Doom Reavers unit
Ogrun Bokur
Manhunter
Eiryss
Winter Guard Mortar Crew x2
(Add 5 points to play
Vlad for the second list.)
David DC Carl:
Life is better with
Witchbarbs
David Carl began playing
WARMACHINE in the summer
of 2003 after Deneghra Dark
Seduced him in a demo. He claims
that the cinematic feel of the game
and the unique concept of the
warcaster and battlegroup brought
him in, but we think he is a sucker
for pretty girls with witchbarbs.
Active in the WARMACHINE
community, DC joined the Press
Gang and runs tournaments in the
St. Louis area. He also regularly
contributes to this magazine. Gen
Con is one of the few places that
our volunteers have a chance to
enter competitions. DC will share
his thoughts on army building
for WARMACHINE in a future
issue, but we spoke to him about it
and his plans for next year.
NQM: You have played at
every major WARMACHINE
tournament at Gen Con over
the last three years. Any tips for
new players looking to build a
successful competitive army?
DC: Balance is key balance
between warjacks and troops,
balance between anti-armor and
anti-infantry, balance between
ranged and melee, balance between
a fast-hitting front line and a

hard-hitting second wave. Any
time you put all your eggs in one
basket you really open yourself to
a bad match-up. Ive seen Cygnar
all-range armies curl up and die
to Safe Passage or Protectorate
infantry swarms die in droves to
bile thralls or Cryx assassin lists
look at two Devouts and cry.
Over-reliance on any one tactic is
a huge roll of the dice. I prefer to
cover over potential weaknesses
as thoroughly as possible.
NQM: You will be building a Cryx
army for next year. What insight
can you give us about that?
DC: Cryx is my first love so Im
pretty excited. I find very few
things in the game more satisfying
than driving a chainsaw into
Sorschas prone body.
As far as casters go I started with
Deneghra. Shell always have a
special place in my heart, but I
like all of them really. As for other
models, Tartarus is a must-take.
Justin takes home the trophy
DCs Nationals Day 2

Most Used Army List
Kommander Sorscha
Vlad the Dark Champion
Kovnik
Devastator
Manhunter x 2
Ogrun Bokur x 4
Eiryss
Alexia and the Risen
Man-O-War Demolition Corps (5)
Iron Fang Uhlans(5)
Widowmaker Units x2
Winter Guard Mortar Crews x3
His CMD 9 minimizes the chances

of my army fighting for Alexia
instead of me. Bile thralls are an
easy choice their cost is low, and
their effectiveness is high.
NQM: Anything else from
Superiority catching your eye?
DC: Im looking most closely
at the Helldiver. With Cryxs
combination of buffs and debuffs P+S 13 can be pretty nice
especially if it pops up behind an
enemy for a back strike bonus. I
may be adding a Brute Thrall or
two into the mix as well.
We will have more Cryx
army building strategy in a
future Trail of Champions.
BA Sparks: Ready to
burn the opposition
BA traveled from Washington state
to compete in the US Nationals.
BA told us that he prefers jack
heavy Cryx armies supported by
troops. His battle report of both
days is available in the battle
report forum in the Community
section. We spoke to him about
his love a certain Satyxis pirate
captain and his plans for firing up
the competition next year.
NQM: I see you chose the epic
version of Skarre for your most
used list. She was released for
the first time the weekend of the
Nationals. How did adding her to
your list affect your play?
BA: Epic Skarre played like a
dream, not much more I could
ask for in a warcaster. Though
you need a little finesse to enable
her to dish out some offensive
spell damage. Her abilities and
support spells enhance your entire
army and not just her attacks, and
that goes a long way in my book.
Units many people consider fodder
to sneak in arc nodes suddenly
become exceptionally deadly and
harder to kill.
NQM: After reading Superiority,

what are your plans for your army
for next year?
BA: After really digging though
Superiority I have decided what I
am actually planning on running.
It is an epic Feora and Durgen
Madhammer army. Half of
WARMACHINE is painting and
converting models, so I wanted
to build a highly effective army
with a good diversity of looks,
functionality and fun factor. I have
build some brutal tactics around
my new list and like to think it has
the ability to stand up to anything.
It is built for its ability to inflict
lots of damage and flexible enough
for any objectives in a scenario.
Is this a winning army? We will
find out in a battle report of
BAs army in a future Trail of
Champions.
BAs new Protectorate

of Menoth army
Feora, Priestess of the Flame
Durgen Madhammer
Grundback Blaster x2
Castigator x2
Redeemer
Daughters of the Flame x2
Flameguard (10)
Flameguard Unit Attachment
Exemplar Venger Cavalry (5)
Covenant of Menoth
Reclaimers x2
Choir unit
Wrack x2
BAs Nationals Day 2

Prefered Army List
Skarre Ravenmane,
Queen of the Broken Coast
Witch Coven of GharlgastSkarlock
Deathripper x4
Nightwretch x2
Stalker x2
Satyxis Raiders unit (8) x2
Bane Knight unit (8)
Revenant Crew of the Atramentous (10)
Tartarus
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For
Faith
Valor
and
Force Composition & Strategy Tips For Special Forces Units

The article Special Forces from the previous issue highlighted four elite, themed units that you could
use to build your army. Now staffers Alex Badion and Kevin Clark give us some tips on how to build an
army using the Special Forces rules, along with some strategic tricks to get the most out of your 16th
Storm Knights Division or Umber Guard.
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Alex Badion
The 16th Storm Knights division
Special Forces rules allow you a great
deal of additional tactical options.
Playing with three Stormclads or
three units of Stormblades (or both)
opens plenty of new doors for you to
exploit, and the extra field allowance
is the least of the benefits.
Both Field Promotion and
Insulation are most effectively used
with Stormguard. They are your lever
to move the world, and, if the correct
force is applied, they will every time.
The Stormguard sergeant is one of
the more dangerous unit leaders for
Cygnar. Not only does he have a
higher weapon POW, but he is also the

only model in the unit with a ranged
attack. The most important thing to
consider is that Field Promotion lets
the sergeant lead from the front to
give the Electrical Discharge a longer
effective range without sacrificing the
units effectiveness if he is killed.
Insulation does not stop Electro

Leap from hitting friendly models,
but it prevents your own models
from taking damage. So who cares?
Feel free to go right for the throat
without second-guessing yourself
about the placement of your models.
The Insulation ability lets Stormguard
work in close proximity to numerous
other units without fear. Cygnar has
several effects that arc automatically
and can affect friendly models, such as
the Stormclads Chain Reaction, and
Insulation removes this danger.
Warcasters
The list works amazingly well with
Lord Commander Stryker. Even without the Special Forces rules, Strykers
epic version blends beautifully with
the different parts of this army. That
said, the other warcaster choices from
the list can make this army perform
like a trained seal.
When using a warcaster with a

different attack paradigm than the
majority of the army, the warcaster
becomes either a machine gun
emplacement or a sniper. Major
Markus Siege Brisbane uses ranged
and magic attacks to eliminate targets
like bile thralls that pose a serious
threat to your melee oriented army, kill
distant models holding objectives, or

destroy stalling targets covering your
enemys more vulnerable or important
models.
A warcaster like Caine will use
all the melee action as cover to get into
position to attack the enemy warcaster.
Being in melee not only raises DEF
against ranged attacks, but it means that
enemy movement will also be hampered
by model placement and free strike
threats. For Lt. Caine, having melee
troops around to eliminate models
engaging him makes it easier to use
Flash. Cygnaran melee troops are very
well equipped to take care of themselves.
All Storm Knight units come with a high
MAT and POW. Sword Knight units
can easily get their MAT and POW
very high with a jack nearby.
The last thing to consider is that
with the exception of Sword Knights,
every Cygnaran unit possesses a ranged
attack of some kind. A warcaster like
Commander Coleman Stryker can be
Special Forces Tactics
The 16th
Storm
Knights
Division
Insulation
just as effective, if not more so, with a

unit of Stormblades as with a unit of
long gunners. This makes the army
extremely flexible and adaptable. It is
nice to have your melee units charge
the enemy and get engaged, but dead is
dead and a win is a win. If Sniped storm
glaive fire gives you the win, take it.
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Stormguard Diagram Setup

Alex Badion
This diagram illustrates a sample

formation using the strength of the
Stormguard. The three troopers in
front are sacrifices to make sure the
enemy cannot charge past them into
the rest of the squad. Including their
base size and Reach, this creates
5
3
Leader
2.5
The Umber
Guard
Kevin Clark
All Flameguard, all the time. What
more do you want? A Choir of
Menoth, thats what. They give us
the edge our faith deserves. All the
comments you see here assume that
you will bring at least one unit of
Choir of Menoth. Lets look at some
of what you can do with the glory of
this Special Forces list.
Warcaster Selection
Warcasters determine how an army
plays. All of the choices for this list
bring a lot of power, but my top two
warcaster choices for the Umber
Guard are:
FeoraThe Priestess of the Flame
first and foremost. Six focus means
that she usually has to carefully
balance handing it out to jacks and
using it herself. Jack Marshal lets
you bring a lot of jacks to the table
and give Feora all the focus she needs
to be a roving kill stick. I like her in
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an effective 17 line that the enemy

cannot cross without drawing
a free strike, and most troops
cannot survive free strikes from a
Stormguard.
It does have weaknesses,
however. Cavalry was designed to
destroy this type of line and Bane
Knights can cut through it without
any problems as well. If you leave
an enemy ranged attack unit nearby,
they can easily pick off the front
three to clear the charge lane for the
meleeunityourStormguardarestaring
down. However, this formation forces
your opponent to carefully consider
the order of their activations.
This is an example of a strong starting

formation. It provides you with a very
strong center or flank for your army,
and delivers one heck of a punch.
Standard
Bearer
Unit
Leader
Flameguard
Vanquisher
3/4
Diagram for Special Forces Umber Guard

Kevin Clark
Vanquisher
Officer
Choir of Menoth
War
Priest
a run-and-gun list. Just run first turn

and second turn charge up in their
guts and show them the light of the
Lawgiver.
KreossMikael is my favorite caster
and he works great with this list. I
would bring a lot of Cleansers with
him for a new and exciting twist on
the old drop-and-pop strategy. The
Umber Guard Improved Armor
special rule helps keep your Cleansers
from blowing up until you can deliver
the hurt. Bring any jacks with this list
and I think you will have a good time.
Warjack Selection
So many choices, so few points. Aint
that always the way? All Protectorate
jacks are fairly focus efficient and most
play well when marshaled, thanks to
the choir. Marshaled warjacks are not
the same beating they are with 3 focus
points on them, but this is as it should
be and the choir makes sure they still
hit plenty hard.
Lets start with one of my

favorites, the Vanquisher. Not only
do I feel this jack does very well
marshaled, it is a heavy and that never
hurts my feelings. Bring this guy to
soften up or open some holes in the
heretics front line and follow up with
the Temple Flameguard to deliver
Menoths fury deep in to the enemy
ranks.
The Dervish is quickly becoming
a staple of most of my melee lists. This
guy brings good hurt for a low cost and,
as with many of my picks here, can use
one boost very well. I like this guy as
a front line hit before a unit of Temple
Flameguard come in to clean up.
The Crusader. I saved the best
for last. I love this thing. You really
dont get more bang for your buck
than the Crusader. He is no focus hog
and will drive your enemies to the
ground before you. I bring Crusaders
with Cleansers. I like to open charge
lanes with the Cleansers, and drive in
for the throat with the Crusader.
Troop Selection
Temple Flameguard: You know
them. You love them. Now they have
Jack Marshal. The possibilities are
huge. With a Preceptor they gain
Terror, so killing leaders with your
marshaled jack before charging with
the Flameguard can break whole
units. When you include the Unit
Attachment you can have 2 jacks
marshaled by the same unit (one on the
officer and one on the unit leader).
Flameguard Cleansers: The big
change here is Improved Armor. This
rule allows you to bring a lot more
of these boys to the table with less
fear of losing all your models due to
deviations. Again most every jack
will play nicely with the marshal in
this unit.
Think outside the box: do not
discount marshaling the Revenger or
Guardian, for example. The Umber
Guard allows for some very aggressive
play, so dont fear to run in and make
the hurt happen.
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Privateer Staff Tactics
Horde of the Stonecleaver

By Douglas Seacat
Doug was here
rueger has an edge in sheer

destructive power, and Kaya
has her Spirit Door tricks, but it
was Baldur the Stonecleaver who
made me want to paint and play
a HORDES army. With recent
releases, it is possible to play a
dynamic 750 point HORDES
game and include a lot of infantry
to create a genuine horde.
Circle infantry takes unique
advantage of terrain to deliver
punishment right where and when
you need it. Playing infantry lets
me use the entire table to execute
wide flanking maneuvers rather
than clustering in Baldurs control
area. When 34 of 36 pieces in my
army can ignore terrain (including
the farrow if their shaman chants
Shrouded Path), flanking is easy.
My favorite tactic is what
I call Wold in the Pocket;
surrounding each woldwarden
with ravagers or farrow as they
advance. Woldwardens are as
tough as warbeasts come, so it may
seem strange to protect them. I
developed this tactic after playing
Kevin Clark, who used Slipstream
90
to charge a pair of carniveans

from 12 away and annihilate
both my woldwardens in a single.
My woldwardens are all I have to
generate fury, so I need to look
out for them.
I advance up the
field with woldwardens,
firing Earth Spikes at
anything close, then
force for Undergrowth.
Undergrowth
is
a
fantastic animus, granting
concealment within 3
and turning that same
ground to rough terrain,
and there are few turns
I wont force both my
wolds to use it. This lets
me advance ravagers or
farrow brigands ahead
of the woldwardens to
intercept charges. Tharn
and farrow using Shrouded
Path have camouflage, or
they can Dig In instead,
jumping to DEF 16, ARM
19 vs. ranged attacks! If
these units are close to the
woldwarden, Undergrowth
extends far enough to
prevent enemy charges
unless the foe has reach or
ignores rough terrain.
Farrow brigands are
an often overlooked unit
that works great with
the Circle. RAT 4 is no
deterrent to me; I consider
the ranged attack a bonus
shot before they Hog Wild
and attack with clubs.
Even if they dont kill anything

farrow are worth their points for
their durability and ability to tie
up the enemy, which is also a great
use for wolves of Orboros. The
Dougs Circle Army List

Baldur the Stonecleaver
65
Woldwarden x2
232
Lord of the Feast
33
Shifting Stones
21
Tharn Ravagers (5) x2
186
Wolves of Orboros (10)
83
Farrow Brigands (6)
72
Swamp Gobber bellows Crew
15
Totem Hunter
35
total 742
STaff Tacticts
Its called HORDES for a reason: lots and lots of minis
gobber bellows crew gives Cloud

Cover to any unit out of range of
Undergrowth, or can place a 5
Fog Cloud blocking line of sight.
Against the Legion I rely less
on these abilities, but Undergrowth
is still handy, particularly to make
high DEF models vulnerable. I
like to use farrow to shoot fringe
enemies in reach of Undergrowth,
giving them an effective RAT
6. Most Legion infantry lack
Pathfinder and none have Eyeless
Sight. Undergrowth wont stop
a charging carnivean, but that is
why ravagers and farrow are up
front. A few dead is acceptable if
my woldwarden gets to retaliate
with a fury-free two-handed throw
or slam.
Charging
is
important,
particularly for ravagers. To set
up the charge Ill maneuver units
behind terrain I can ignore but my
enemy cannot, and Baldurs Rapid
Growth makes this easy. Even a
troll axer with Rush cant target
through more than 3 of forest
to initiate a charge. Sometimes

running to engage the enemy is
good enough, even giving up a
charge. Engaging scattergunners
with ravagers puts me in control,
preventing spray attacks while
defending against ancillary fire.
Stone Skin is one of Baldurs
best spells and I cast or upkeep it
nearly every turn. Early I keep it on
a woldwarden or a forward group
of ravagers, accepting the SPD
hit for extra ARM. My favorite
Stone Skin target is the Lord of
the Feast, a nasty handful when
boasting ARM 19 and P+S 15. I
use shifting stones as a Lord of
the Feast Delivery by teleporting
8 followed by a 10 ranged attack
and 2 reach to strike behind
enemy lines. The Lords raven hits
sporadically with RAT 5, but he
can be placed anywhere touching
his targets base. If a warlock
lingers near a low DEF warbeast,
I let fly the raven and slide around
for Flying Steel. The Lord loves
eating infantry, but with Stone
Skin he delivers solid blows to

warbeasts and can force a warlock
to burn fury transferring just to
survive.
Nothing is more fun than
getting both the Lord and totem
hunter on the same target for
combined Flying Steel. Baldur
can join the fray with a charge,
the shifting stones, or Forest
Walker to end things. The 3
DEF from Weight of Stone makes
it advantageous to engage with
Baldur first so reinforcements can
hammer the final nail in the coffin.
I wasnt sure at first about
playing so many infantry, but now
I hardly go anywhere without 10
ravagers by my warlock. If running
so few beasts makes you nervous,
swap some tharn and wolves or
the totem hunter to add an argus
safety net. After a few fights your
enemies will learn to fear the
Horde of the Stonecleaver.
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Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright
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System Reference Document Copyright
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Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook,
Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins,
David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R.
Cordell, John D. Rateliff, Thomas Reid,
James Wyatt, based on original material
by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
No Quarter Magazine: Issue #13,
Copyright 2007 Privateer Press, Inc.
Full Metal Fantasy Roleplay material
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publication including monster attributes
and special abilities, new equipment, new
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BURIED
TREASURE
Unearthed by Nathan Letsinger
If you ever find yourself in Corvis, you can get a fresh pint and fresher scuttlebutt at an
inn by the name of the Buccaneer Bass. Located at www.buccaneerbass.com, four dedicated
players named Koen, Steven, Ralph, and Tom founded this fan-run unof-fish-al website of
fan submitted material in 2004 to provide resources for players and GMs of the Iron Kingdom
roleplaying game. I thought Id bring to light a few of the many gems they put on the site:
Iron Kingdoms resources for
GMs at Buccaneerbass.com
Quad Divas
Not what you might think by the title, this netbook is
45 pages of shops and stalls found in Corvis famous
open market. Each entry details the shop owner and
what they sell or might to buy. This list was perfect
for when my players decide to role-play their trip to
any market, including Chasers Market in Five Fingers.
Besides a time saver for GMs, the list includes spot-on
local color, such as a gobber mechanic whose motto
seems to be I assure you, its supposed to do that and
a peg-legged pig as a logo for a local butcher.
Iron Kingdoms Compendium
Its like cloning Doug Seacat himself.

Get to know your alley-pip from your athanc with this
encyclopedia of Iron Kingdoms people, places, and
things drawn from every book in our library. The 1,200
plus entries in this searchable database off a wealth of
knowledge for players and GMs looking for even the
most obscure details about your favorite gaming world.
We decided to release images and text to the lads
of Buccaneer in order to provide more depth to each
entry and ensure the Compendium continues to grow.
Adventures
Two days out from game night and you still need an
adventure for your gun-slinging group? Buccaneer Bass
has got you covered with almost three dozen adventure
hooks to compliment those found in our books. Need
something a little more substantial? The Bass also has
four full-length adventures. Though most are for lowto mid-level characters (1st to 9th level), a crafty GM
never lets that slow him down.
94
Buried Treasure spotlights timely, compelling,

and useful player-generated content for Privateer
Press games. Know of some?
Email us at submissions@privateerpress.com
Lunar Calendar
Does calculating the phases of Caens three moons leaving
you howling mad? If you are not a math-addled worshipper
of the Mistress of Numbers (look her up in the Compendium)
then you will enjoy the work saved with this reference of
the phases of the Chaser, the Temptress, and the Lady Muse.
I found it most useful as a GM to decide when to send
Thamarite assassins against the PCs, or as a PC, when to
travel through druid controlled forests.
Five Fingers
Contest at
Buccaneerbass.com
he Buccaneers will host a new contest in January focused

on the pirate haven and gangster capital of Five Fingers. To
enter, submit a detailed description of a person or place
of your design in the city. You can win a hard-bound book of
your choice from Privateer Press, including a signed copy of the
upcoming Monsternomicon vol. II.
Use the articles on the Laden Galleon (issue 7), Low Captain
Garrick Hern (issue 9), or the secret Cyriss Dome of the Channels
from this issue for examples of how to compose an entry. Get the
full contest details visit www.buccaneerbass.com/5fingers.
The staff of No Quarter will judge entries based on:
Originality Entries should describe entirely new locations
or characters not described in the Five Fingers book. A new
gambling hall, a ship and its captain, or an entirely new gang, for
example, with something that makes them worth reading about.
Flavor Entries should exude the salty (or is that rancid?)
flavor of the roguish setting.
Accuracy Entries should accurately reflect the continuity
of the Iron Kingdoms and Five Fingers. Sure people ride flying
horses in your campaign, but dont inflict your My Pretty PonyTM
fetish on the rest of us.
Buccaneer Bass will publish all qualifying entries as a collection
on their website.
by Chris Walton and Rob Hawkins
The Player Gallery

All Hail the
Maiden of Gears!
Cyriss, the Mother of Mathematics smiles
on Sean Wales and his conversion skills.
Sean used Flameguard as the basis for a
unique Cultists of Cyriss unit. For more
about this mysterious gear-oriented
group and one of their secret temples
check out The Great Dome of the
Channel, page 40.
Conversion of a Cultist of
Cyriss with mechanoflail
On that day, young Timeck learned he was bound for a greater destiny.
Cultists of Cyriss and servitors.
Works in progress.
A group of finished servitors.
Since models of Servitors dont exist, Sean

used modeling putty to make master molds
and then cast his own miniatures!
95
The
eck
oop
P D
Thats One...Big...Ball
K
Change is goodA preview of
HORDES: Evolution
nown as the Grinder,

the star of Grind is the
ball itself. Early in the
development of this sports game,
we knew that we wanted to do
something special to make Grind
even more exciting.
Once decided that we were going
to create a special miniature for
the article, sketches were drawn
and molds were made. However,
one of the things that we noticed
early on was that the traditional
size molds used to make our other
miniatures were just too small!
The Grinder is composed of two
separate halves with additional
spikes. The only way to make this
work was to basically double the

size of the mold.
Why did we go through all
this trouble? So you can order
your very own Grinder from the
Privateer Press website! You can
play Grind with a real Grinder
purchased from our online store
located at store.privateerpress.com.
You can also pick up Formula
P3 paints and other parts, like
spikes and blades, to trick out
your team.
Well use the store to gauge
your interest in Grind. The more
Grinders we sell, the more likely
well continue to support the game
in future issues of No Quarter.
Avast! A tale on the high seas with

new Iron Kingdom Fiction
The Warpwolf and Man-O-War in

Guts and Gears
PLUS, a Privateer Press Battle
Report, Dukin it out
Dockside, and Ternon Crag
Get your very own Grinder at: store.privateerpress.com
96
Show
your factions
true colors
with
Formula P3
paint sets
Bring your WARMACHINE models

to life with the official colors used by the
Privateer Press studios. Formula P3 is
a high quality miniature paint carefully
formulated to strike the perfect balance
between smoothness and opacity that
painters around the world have long desired.
In development for years and designed by miniature
director and industry pioneer Mike McVey, each box set
of six paints gives beginners the colors they need and hardcore
painters the quality they demand.
Ask your retailer for Formula P3 paints from Privateer Press.

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On the Cover

Editor in Chief: Nathan Letsinger

You want individual parts? You got em!

Todd Arrington, Matt DiPietro, Alfonso Falco, Mengu

Gungor, Adam Johnson, Ron Kruzie, Ali McVey, Mike

President: Sherry Yeary Creative

Gillespie, John Gravato, Rob Hawkins, Rob Lazzaretti,

New Releases ...............................................7

Modeling & Painting....................................12

Heartpulsing action. Clashing warjacks. One gigantic metal ball.

Move Over Gridiron.....................................32

Secrets of Five Fingers:

Guts & Gears................................................46

Thicker Than Blood:

A Dark Empires Legacy...............................59

The Wilding Way..........................................64

Making the Best Better ............................72

Foundry, Forge, & Crucible.......................74

2007 League Season....................................78

For Faith & Valor ......................................86

Privateer Staff Tactics:

Drawn & Quartered/Player Gallery........95

The Poop Deck .............................................96

How I learned to stop worrying and love the Grind.

ports. Gamers dont play

dim compared to what we faced

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Play Like Youve Got A Pair

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Essen & Spellenspektakel Report

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