Mordheim Empire in Fire 1.pdf

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The Empire in Flames

A wilderness expansion for Mordheim

By scribes Steve Hambrook, Nick Kyme, Mark Havener

& Anthony Reynolds

Cover Painting

“The Balewolf”

Paul Jeacock

Logo by

Nuala Kennedy

Mordheim by

Tuomas Pirinen

Illustrious

Illustrators &

Embellishers

John Blanche, Alex Boyd, David

Gallagher,

Nuala Kennedy, Karl Kopinski,

Paul Smith &

John Wigley

Dedicated to the

Memory of

Steve Hambrook

1970-2003

Production,

Design & Editing

Steve Hambrook, Darius

Hinks, Dan Drane,

Ulisse Razzini & Michelle

Barson

Design of the

Miniatures

Mark Bedford, Felix

Paniagua, Dave Andrews,

Colin Dixon, Gary Morley,

Aly Morrisson, Trish

Morrisson, Brian Nelson,

Alan Perry & Michael Perry

Paynters of

the Gaming

Pieces

Jonathon Taylor-Yorke,

Mark Latham & Darron

Bowley

Fanatic Studio

Jervis Johnson

Steve Hambrook

Andy Hall

Matt Keefe

Keith Krelle

Tom Merrigan

Gary Roach

Ulisse Razzini

Mark Bedford

& many thanks

to the following:

Terry Maltman, Steve

Gibbs, Rinku & Space

McQuirk for their

invaluable advice.

Anthony Reynolds, Paul

Jeacock, Darius Hinks &

Dan Drane for all their

generous help at a

difficult time.

www.Mordheim.com

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The Empire in Flames

Contents

The Empire in Flames . . . . . . . . 4

Wilderness Rules

Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

New Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Mounted Warriors . . . . . . . . . . 24

Vehicles of the Empire . . . . . . . 30

Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Scenarios

Bounty Hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Stagecoach Ambush . . . . . . . . . 39

Lost in the Bogs . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The Thing in the Woods. . . . . . 42

The Frenzied Mob . . . . . . . . . . 44

Beastmen Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . 46

Hobby

Colour Section . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Warbands

Carnival of Chaos . . . . . . . . . . 58

Beastmen Raiders . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Hired Swords

Beast Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

The Thing in the Woods . . . . . 78

Highwayman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Roadwarden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

The Empire in Flames

Contents

The Empire in Flames . . . . . . . . 4

Wilderness Rules

Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

New Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Mounted Warriors . . . . . . . . . . 24

Vehicles of the Empire . . . . . . . 30

Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Scenarios

Bounty Hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Stagecoach Ambush . . . . . . . . . 39

Lost in the Bogs . . . . . . . . . . . 40

The Thing in the Woods. . . . . . 42

The Frenzied Mob . . . . . . . . . . 44

Beastmen Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . 46

Hobby

Colour Section . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Warbands

Carnival of Chaos . . . . . . . . . . 58

Beastmen Raiders . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Hired Swords

Beast Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

The Thing in the Woods . . . . . 78

Highwayman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Roadwarden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Background

A Nation Divided…

“Beyond the great walls of our fair and

prosperous cities, beyond the fertile fields of

the open plains that surround them lie the

barren moors, the cold forbidding mountains

and the dark, sinister forests of the Empire.

What horrors lie within these malignant,

desolate places? What foul, twisted creatures

lie in wait for unwary travellers, driven on by

evil, bestial instincts? These are the dark

shadows of the Empire where honest Sigmar-

fearing folk dare not to tread and only

desperate or foolhardy men are lured by the

dark secrets that they harbour…”

This new setting for Mordheim is intended to

take the fighting from the narrow, cramped

streets of the ruined city and out into the

untamed and dangerous wilderness of the

Empire. The Empire is a deadly place outside

of the reasonably safe environment of its towns

and cities where the law of man prevails. The

deep, dark forests harbour bands of Chaos

worshipping Beastmen, bandits, mutants and

much worse. Over the next seven issues of

Town Cryer we will cover new rules for playing

games of skirmish in the wilderness of the

Empire along with new scenarios,

warbands, equipment, Hired

Swords and modelling articles

detailing the entirely different

terrain needed. In this

instalment, we will set the scene

detailing the geography, history

and politics of the Empire.

The Land of Sigmar

The Empire is a vast and ancient land bordered

to the north by the harsh Sea of Claws beyond

which lies Norsca and the Chaos Wastes. To the

east are the lofty peaks of the Worlds Edge

Mountains that separate the green, fertile

lands of the Empire from the grim Orc-infested

Dark Lands. To the south lie the Black

Mountains through which is cut the heavily

fortified Black Fire Pass that protects the

southern approaches to the Empire. The Grey

Mountains to the west form the political

boundary between the Empire and the

kingdom of Bretonnia. The lands of the

Empire are heavily forested with only the

grassy plains of the south and the fertile

farming areas surrounding the towns and cities

being free of such dense undergrowth.

“Heed well my words traveller, for these are dark and suspicious

times. Our great nation, our Empire of Men is divided.

Three hold the trappings of power. ‘Tis a dark pursuit,

their tied ambitions wrought through with politics and

intrigue and at no worse a time could such division have

come to be. Soothsayers line the streets; prophets of doom

that sing their litanies to our all-but-forgotten Lord Sigmar

and foretell of encroaching doom… There is division within

as well as without; the struggling mass of the poor grows

daily, as does their rancour towards the perfumed courtiers

of the Imperial aristocracy. ‘Tis the sentiment of a secret

war, a class war, as it has always been and the lords are

winning. There is widespread dissent within the walled

settlements of this land coupled with a gnawing dread at

those things that lie beyond, that, with such intrigue and

corruption within, roam unchecked throughout the mysterious wilds…”

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Within these natural and political frontiers are

numerous smaller, semi-autonomous states.

The eight largest of these are known as

electoral provinces because their rulers have

each traditionally been granted a say in the

election of the Emperor. They include the

Principality of Reikland, the Duchy of

Middenland, the Principality of Ostland, the

Duchy of Talabecland, the County of Stirland,

the County of Averland, the Barony of

Sudenland, the County of Sylvania and the

Halfling Mootland.

In 1999, the Empire lay riven with dissent,

divided by the sword for there was no

Emperor, and civil war raged across the land.

Fear and superstition were the peasantry’s

only allies and the Elector Counts were

divided from each other. Nowhere did the

poor suffer more than the rural folk; their

lands ravaged by war, their crops and livestock

burned or stolen, their pockets picked by the

merciless tax collectors and their bodies

wracked with famine. Despite the socio-

economic breakdown of the once-mighty

Empire, there still remained horrors worse

than any man could devise, for wyrdstone is

not exclusive to the City of the Damned. Many

smaller fragments of the twin-tailed comet fell

like black rain upon the lands around

Mordheim, reaching for hundreds of leagues

in every direction. Within the black hearts of

the dark forests, the seeds of Chaos were sown

and like moths to a candle were drawn the

misshapen creatures of the night. And men

too, for in the hearts of all men greed

burns like a malevolent flame and men

are more than willing to kill for just a

few shards of wyrdstone.

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