Scenario 11: Chaos Dragon Hunt

This scenarios can only be used if a warband is allowed to play them through achievements in their objective or other explicit circumstances that arise in the campaign.

Many brave warriors have scoured the Northern Wastes in their search for a terrible monster's lair where it is rumoured that unimaginable riches and an unholy prize of unmeasured power can be claimed. Few find much more than a cold death on the quest for a magical plate armour that can only be acquired by hewing the scaly hide from a Chaos Dragon. Finally, the signs observed in either portents or rituals (carried out using the entrails of animals and humans) have revealed the whereabouts of a hideous Chaos Dragon! Now daring adventurers and soldiers of fortune finalise the preparations to move in and raid its hoard..

Terrain

Each player takes it in turn to place a piece of terrain appropriate for the Northern Wastes territory, for example a frozen river or lake, a ruined Chaos shrine or monument, a snow-covered forest section or other similar terrain. We suggest that the terrain is set up within an area roughly 4' x 6'. The first ruined building should be large (at least 6" x 6") and open-topped. This ruin should be placed in the centre of the table, and this is where the monster’s lair is located.

Warbands

Use the set-up rules for multiplayer games from the Chaos on the Streets article (see Mordheim Annual 2002).

Starting the Game

Each player rolls a D6. The player rolling the highest takes the first turn, and order of play proceeds clockwise around the table (based on where players placed their warbands).

Special Rules

The monster’s lair is located in the central ruined building. This is where the beast will be. The monster will not leave its lair for any reason, though it will use its breath attack against any model in range that it can see and will strike any model entering its lair. It will charge all models entering the lair if possible. The monster’s turn is performed before whichever player won the dice roll to go first, though it will do nothing unless a model comes near its lair. For the monster’s stats and special rules, see the Bestiary.

Ending the Game

When one player (or more if an alliance of players have agreed to share the monster’s hoard) controls the only warband to have any models within 3" of the monster’s lair, and the monster has been put out of action, that warband is victorious and claims the monster’s hoard. If two or more players have decided to share the hoard, they must be able to decide how to split the spoils. If they cannot determine this peacefully, their warbands will have to decide it for them by continuing the battle!

When there is only one warband left and the dragon is still alive, then the player may choose whether he wants to end the game as the winner or continue fighting until either the dragon is taken out of action or the warband fails a Rout test.

Experience

• +1 Survives: If a Hero or a Henchman group survives the battle they gain +1 Experience.
• +1 Winning Leader: The leader of the winning warband gains +1 Experience.
• +1 Per Enemy Out of Action: Any Hero earns +1 Experience for each enemy he puts out of action.
• +1 Wounding the Monster: Any Hero or Henchman earns +1 Experience for each wound he inflicts on the Chaos Dragon.
• +2 Defeating the Monster: The Hero that puts the Chaos Dragon out of action gets a bonus +2 experience.

Spoils

Whichever warband has control of the monster’s lair at the end of the game will find the much sought-after artefact, the Chaos Dragon Scale Armour (unless any warband is already in possession of it!). In addition, the warband may search the dragon’s hoard to see what it contains. Note that you roll for each item separately, apart from the artefact, which is always found if still available.

Item	D6 Result Needed
Chaos dragon scale armour	Automatic.
D3 Shields	2+
D3 Shortbows	2+
D3 Swords	3+
D3 Helmets	3+
D3 Cathayan silk cloaks	4+
D3+1 Treasures	4+
Suit of heavy armour	5+
Map of Cathay	5+
Lamellar armour	6+
Cathayan longsword	6+

Once the Chaos Dragon has been taken out of action in a battle, this scenario can not be played again for the remainder of the campaign.