FAQs

Movement

Q. Can a model run past an enemy model without engaging in HTH? (presuming of course that the enemy model was more than 8" away at the start of the turn). I would presume not for the same reasons as the intercept rule but unless I am blind the rule book does not specify and I was wondering how you played it?
A. No, it's quite legal to do so, But since the moving model has to start more than 8" away from all enemy models (even ones he can't see) chances are he will be setting himself up to be charged by the enemy. He can't run so close to the enemy that he would be in base-to-base, though, as that would be a charge.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can a model climb up a wall and slip into a window or hole in the wall rather than continue onto the next floor/roof?
A. Yes.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Is it possible to climb up walls diagonally (provided you have enough move to traverse the distance)?
A. Yeah, of course.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. Can the jumping skill be used to allow a model to jump upwards (rather than just across gaps)?
A. No. Suggest house rule halving the distance when jumping up.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q. Can a horse jump over models the same way Leap can?
A. No, due to the interception rule.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. Does a warrior with Sprint and a Horse move 24"?
A. The warrior has the Sprint skill, not the Horse.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Charging

Q. If you can see an enemy through the windows of a house, can you then charge him by:
a) going through the windows?
b) going around the house?
A.
a) Yes, if the window is big enough. (things like Rat Ogres won't fit through most!);
b) If the window is too small, yes. Remember you charge via the MOST DIRECT ROUTE.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can you really climb up a wall and then charge someone? We made a house rule that said you can't, but is there something official?
A. You can, as otherwise buildings would be too good positions.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can I charge a model I cannot see by Climbing and then Diving over a wall?
A. RAW: You have to be within 4" to charge an opponent you cannot see. You have to be next to a wall at the start of your move if you want to climb it if the wall is more than ...was it 2" high.

So yes, you can do this charge IF you start your turn close enough to wall,

IF you have enough M to do it and IF you succeed on your climb test and your diving charge test. Really difficult to pull off, but could be quite heroic.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. The interception of the charge is not very clear for us. If we have two warriors aligned, the opponent can't charge one of them because the other intercepts the charging path?
A. By RAW, if neither target model was not even 0.001mm in front of the other, neither could intercept. Almost impossible to happen in a real game (remember the charger would have to come on a flat angle in regards to both models.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. Speaking of intercepting a Charge, can you intercept a Fear causing model without taking a Fear Test?
A. No, but the fear test is for being charged.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q. Are charges declared all at the same time, before moving any model, or are they executed one by one with all steps taken (meassure, fear, intercept, terrain rolls etc) for each model before moving on to declare another charge?
A. Declare charges and move models one by one (due the interception rule) is how I play. Stops you for measuring anything before rest of the charges are resolved, and still allows the other player to do interceptions. But if my opponent declared charges and did charge the moves one by one, I would not lose any sleep over it.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. If a warrior declares a charge and an opposing model can intercept him, does the model that can intercept actually move or does the fact that my charge could be intercepted simply prevent me from charging?
A. In bare essence it means that you cannot charge THAT model (ie, check before moving the charger whether he can charge or not). However, many players move the intercepting model and let the charge be targeted against that model.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Outdated

The intercept rules are changed in the 2005 rules review to what they are today where the intercepting model actually moves to intercept the charger.

Hiding

Q. If an enemy model moves so that he can see a hidden warrior, the model is no longer hidden and the counter is removed. How much must he see to end the other model hiding? In Necromunda he had to see the whole model. In Mordheim it is not specified. Does he need to see all of the model, or is any part of the model (even a finger) enough?
A. If the players don't agree on a reasonable result, he must see the whole model.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Should hidden models and models out of sight of the firer be able to be hit by a blunderbuss?
A. No.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

A. No, you cannot fire through buildings. No line of sight needed as such, yes you can shoot at hidden targets since the rule is you can point it at ANY direction and let loose. source: Tuomas Pirinen, Facebook

Q. Can a model that is behind a low wall or adjacent to a corner charge even while declared as Hidden?
A. Yes. In the description of Hidden, he is “just peeking out of cover”. In other words, we can assume that he can indeed see his intended target.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. How do the rules for Hiding and Out of Sight interact?
A. They don’t. Treat each of them as a separate issue even when they both apply.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Terrain

Q. Given the dramatic, yet unfortunately static, poses of the models, what is the rule regarding moving through doors and windows? Can it be assumed:
a) Any model may pass through any portal (door, window, hole, etc)?
b) The model must be able to reasonably fit through the portal?
c) It's really up to those playing to agree on how that is to be handled.
A. c) is the only sensible answer, it's not possible to foresee every single conversion done by players. b) is also a good guideline.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. In regards to ladders (and other small terrain, actually), is it within reason to assume that they can be knocked down or pulled up or even carried around by models?
A. Strictly speaking by rules no, but what a great article that would make! I have to scribble something down...
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can Centigors use ladders?
A. Hmmm… interesting… I would say no since the lower half (the one that counts!) is a horse.
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Psychology

Q. If I fail a Fear test and need to roll 6s to hit, does that only apply against the model that caused the Fear test, or against anyone I attack that turn?
A. Against anyone.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Can you intercept a Fear causing model without taking a Fear Test?
A. No, but the fear test is for being charged.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q. Is it possible to automatically pass a rout test with the leadership of fighters such as flagellants who has the special rule that he will automatically pass any LD-test he has to take?
A. No, a Flagellant will automatically pass their own personal Leadership Tests, a rout test is taken by the Warband as a whole, not by an individual whose Ld is being used. So the rout test will use the Flagellants Ld10 but will not be automatic.
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Q. Reikland Leadership range increase, does this bonus apply to any model in a Reikland warbands that get the leadership skill after the captain is killed? Also, does the "battle tongue" academic skill apply to this special leadership skill variant?
A. RAW: Ld of Reikland war bands not led by Captains: No, the rules specifically say it only applies to the Captain, not any leader. Battle Tongue does combine with Reiklander ability: Again RAW it is not specified as 12" but +6" to your current Ld range. So Reikland captain with Battle Tongue would have Ld range go 18”. Better keep that Captain alive!
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combat

Q. How do multiple wounds work? When a guy has a Wounds attribute of 2 or more how does it work? I understand that he can't get knocked down/stunned/out of action until his wounds are reduced to zero. But when (if ever) does he regain both wounds?
A. A model will regain all wounds automatically after the battle, he starts his new battle with his full wounds. During a battle if he has healing herbs, he may use them to regain wounds.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. There are a number of items that say they add +1 to the injury chart roll. Am I correct that this refers to the roll in the back of the book after the battle to determine what happened to the warrior, or is this for the roll to see if the warrior is taken Out Of Action, Knocked Down, or Stunned?
A. No, that's the SERIOUS injury chart. Would be really difficult to remember, as well. The second is correct.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Melee

Q. If I attack with a pistol in hand-to-hand combat, do I use my WS or BS?
A. WS for all except the crossbow pistol (which uses BS).
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. If a model is already engaged in hand-to-hand combat with an enemy and a second enemy charges in on a subsequent turn, does this count as the ‘first turn of combat’ again for rules such as ‘strike first’?
A. No. ‘Strike first’ (and other similar rules that use this term) assume that the special feature of the first turn of a combat is that a warrior has had a degree of freedom to get himself ready for the fight, and once it’s started, he’s too busy fighting for his life to gain the benefit. That being the case, although it may be the first turn of combat against a particular foe, it doesn’t count for purposes of rules such as ‘strike first’.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. I have a question about Lance. Bonus to Strength:
1) +2 - once during the charge, or
2) +2 permanent, and does +4 work on a charge?
A. Only first turn, only when you charge. Remember, this was during 5th ed so the rules for lances were already widely familiar to the player base.
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Q. How do Crossbow Pistols work in melee.
A. So, conceptually, I wanted the crossbow pistols to be like in the movies: dropping an incoming enemy at the last minute before they have a chance to make any attacks. The idea was that it would work just like Stand and Shoot in WFB -but WFB has no knocked over/stunned results.

The rule for not being able to use multiple attacks to first stun and then auto-kill a target was put in place due lots of play testing, but I intended to put in a rule that the Crossbow Pistol is an exception to this rule -but I never did it. My bad. I also wrote an errata that Crossbow Pistols are pistols.

So how should you play it?

I suggest treating it as an additional close combat attack, and if it knocks down/stuns the enemy that is it - close combat round over for that enemy.

Taking out the enemy obviously ends it as well. If the enemy survives the CP, then the player may fight with any melee weapons.

Note that he may drop CP (due melee starting after the shot), but can use it in melee as well as it is a pistol and therefore can be used in Melee), but his other hand is free for any other melee attacks.

And if I could, I would re-write the CP rules to follow my original intent and clarify it all. In a hindsight not my cleanest set of rules.
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Q. Is Cloud of flies cumulative. What happen when two Nurglings fight against a single enemy? Does he gets -1 or -2?
A. No stacking, same as WFB.
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Q. If a model with more than one wound is attacked with a Thrusting Weapon (Spears, Halberds, Lances, etc) and suffers the Critical Hit 3-4 Thrust, the model is Knocked Down, if it was wounded again as a Knocked Down model and still has Wounds left over, can he be taken OOA even though he still have Wounds?
A. If the model is Knocked Down but still has Wounds remaining, he will be taken Out of Action if another models causes a Wound and the Armour Save roll fails. In the models next Recovery Phase, he will stand back up with all remaining Wounds still available. If a Critical Hit explicitly says it causes an effect (Like Knocked Down) it does it regardless of the Wounds. See Club Weapons Critical 6, which takes you Out Of Action regardless of Wounds.
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Shooting

Q. It doesn't state whether a Troll (Ork warband, Town Cryer 6) or Minotaur (Beastmen warband) are large targets. Are they? Also, is a rider on a horse a large target?
A. The rules say: Any model higher than 2" or longer than 2" is a large target, so yes, all of them, Troll, Minotaur and rider mounted on horse are large targets.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Does a model with more than one shooting attack need to declare all of his target(s) before rolling any dice, or can he decide before each shot?
A. He may decide before each shot.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. The Quick Shot skill allows a model to fire twice per turn. Can a model armed with a sling and having the Quick Shot skill then fire four shots if they are less than half range?
A. No, the special rule and the skill do the same thing. They both change A into B, doing the same thing, end result is the same. No doubling doubles!
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Partially Outdated

Though "Quickshot" was later revised to only work with bows and crossbows, this is still relevant to show you cannot double a double.

Q. The Eagle Eye skill allows you to add 6" to the range of a missile weapon. In regards to the Sling, is this +6" applied to both short and maximum ranges (thus allowing 2 shots at short range+6")?
A. +3" (The overall range increases 6", increasing short range by 3).
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q. Does the Eagle Eye skill increase the range of a blunderbuss? This seems silly, since the weapon is not affected by Ballistic Skill.
A. No.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. On the other hand, does the Dwarf Engineer increase the range of any blunderbusses in his warband? This makes more sense, since it is the weapon being improved.
A. Yes.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Outdated

In the 2005 Rules Review, the Expert Weaponsmith skill was changed to only affect pistols, crossbows and handguns.

Q1. For a Blunderbuss, does terrain block you 16" line, or can you fire through buildings? Do you need line of sight to fire it? A1. No, you cannot fire through buildings. I did not write that down separately as I thought it was self-evident. 😃 No line of sight needed as such, yes you can shoot at hidden targets since the rule is you can point it at ANY direction and let loose.

Q2. Tuomas Pirinen you say ANY direction but I thought you had to target the closest enemy model with missiles
A2. No, the Blunderbuss has Special rules and I quote "draw a line...in ANY direction. You don't strictly speaking aim Blunderbuss ever at anything or anybody.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. Which models count as Large Targets, should the Centigor count as a Large Target?
A. Large Targets are specified under the rules for each model separately.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. Models with missile weapons that are up on a building or wall - can they trace a line of site to a model standing against the building or wall (assuming that the model with the missile weapon can lean over the edge and look down)?
A. Yes.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q. During the Shooting phase you have several models armed with missile weapons and all targeting the same enemy model. The first shot knocks the enemy model out of line of sight to your other missile weapon-armed troops. Can you still fire on them with other models?
A. Yes, but you don't have to.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Incorrect

The shooting rules clearly state models shoot one by one, and only can target what they see. It is assumed the answer is based on when a target gets knocked down, not knocked out of line of sight, in which case the answer is entirely correct.

Weapons & Armour

Q. Can captured race specific weapons be used by models not of that race? If so, do they gain any of the special rules of said weapons?
A. Yes, but obviously you need a suitable skill to use the weapon.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can weapons be swapped during a combat?
A. No, with the exceptions of pistols and lances which may be exchanged for a different weapon after their first turn special attack.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. What happens when a model (with a spear) charges another model with a spear?
A. The attacks go in Initiative order. Roll a d6 to see who goes first if both models have the same initiative.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. Is it legal to arm warriors with a longbow and a crossbow, so they can fire the heavy crossbow when they didn't move and fire the longbow whenever they did move... is that legal?
A. Yes, it is legal, but it is expensive. If you lose a Marksman and he leaves the warband after the battle, it will cost you the cost of the Marksman (25gc) plus the cost of the Longbow and the Crossbow (15gc + 25 gc). This is 65 gc plus twice the Henchmen group's experience to replace that Marksman. You'd be better off just buying extra Marksman, equipping all of them with crossbows, moving them into position and pounding your enemy.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can you use Gromril and Ithilmar for any weapon or does it have to be a common item like a sword?
A. Any melee weapon normally available to you.
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Q. Should Dwarfs be banned from taking spears in line with 6th edition Warhammer?
A. No. Mordheim is set 500 years earlier and on a completely different scale. The lack of spear-wielding regiments in the Dwarf army should not be taken to mean that Dwarfs never use them.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Does a helmet count as armour for preventing spell casting? Shields and bucklers are listed separately as doing so, but not helmets.
A. Yes, they are armour.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. According to page 65, Starting a Warband, a warband can only ever use the weapons and armor on their initial equipment list. A provision is made to get other weapons that aren't on the list later on (ie: the Weapons Training skill). However there is no provision for armor. On the Price Chart we see Gromril and Mithril Armor. They have costs and rare rolls, but no warband has them on their equipment list. Is this something that will be added later or is it an error or something else?
A. No. Gromril and Ithilmar are Materials. They are still suits of heavy armor, albeit made from expensive materials.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. 4+ Pavise combined with 4+ Gromnil armor would provide immunity to missile fire from bows wielding opponents and a 2+ save against crossbows. It's understandable why you left this out. This is a question I've never been clear on, is 1 always a fail in Mordheim?
A. Heavy armour and pavise would be immune to S3 missiles. 1 is not always a fail unless spelled out clearly.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. 1 is definitely always a fail. That's how fantasy worked at the time. It was just a extra 1 for modifiers.
A. I wrote Mordheim based on 5th ed Warhammer rules, I only put the 1 always fail rule into the 6th, IIRC.
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Q. If I use two single handed weapons, can I still use the shield for +1 Armour Save while in melee?
A. Using shield requires the use of one hand. Source: Me. I wrote the book. If anything I STRONGLY encourage house rules to limit the effectiveness of dual-wielding. I had to go with the standard Warhammer rules at the time.
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Q. Does a buckler "fill" a hand slot or is treated as a small (often wrist-mounted) shield that frees up a hand?
A. Look at the description of the Pit Fighter in the Hired Swords section. I explicitly made spiked gauntlet rules different on a purpose where it counts as an additional weapon with a parry where buckler does not.
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Q. If a warrior armed with a spear and a sword (or any other one-handed weapon) gets charged by an enemy model, does the spearwielder get both of his attacks to strike first or does he get an attack with the spear, the enemy strikes and then an attack with his sword?
A. Refer to page 35 of the rulebook.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ
A. First the spear attack, then the charger's attacks and then the sword attack.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. Can a model armed with two spears 'strike first' twice (get 2 attacks) against a charging enemy?
A. Technically yes. I'd punch anyone who tried to pull that one, though — Tuomas.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Outdated

This FAQ was copied over from the 2001 Warhammer World FAQ, later in the 2002 Annual, spears received the "Unwieldy" rule, preventing the use of a second weapon altogether.

Q. The rulebook states that you can arm a warrior 'with up to two close combat weapons, up to two different missile weapons and any armour chosen from the appropriate list.' How do pistols count?
A. Pistols are listed under blackpowder weapons (which is a special kind of shooting weapon), in the price list they are listed under missile weapons. According to rules, a pistol is a missile weapon, the brace of pistols counts as two missile weapons (although some clubs play it that a brace counts as one missile weapon only). It doesn't take 'slots' for your hand-to-hand weapons.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Outdated

A brace of pistols counts as a single missile weapon choice.

free dagger

Q. Does the 'free dagger' count as a close combat weapon against the 'No more than two Close Combat Weapons' limit?
A. We play that it doesn't. Models are supposed to have the dagger no matter what.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can a free dagger be given to another member of the warband or sold?
A. No. A warrior will always keep his dagger as a last line of defence. It cannot be given away or sold.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Can Flagellants use daggers, do they start with a free dagger?
A. RAW, no. This has more to do with their mentality than "inability" to use daggers: using flails/morning stars to scourge themselves and the enemies is their way of serving Sigmar, and doing it with another weapon would require some serious mental training.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q Can a starting Dwarf Warband get Gromril Daggers for free? Since the first dagger you buy is free and the cost of Gromril Weapons is 3x normal value - 3x0=0?
A The first DAGGER is free, not the first Gromril Dagger.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

pistols

Q. How do you define a brace of pistols? Must I purchase a brace or can I buy one pistol and later buy a second one and use them as brace?
A. You can buy one now and the second one later and use them as brace.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Does the crossbow pistol count as a pistol in the case of the Pistolier skill?
A. Yes. All weapons with the name pistol (Warplock, duelling, Crossbow) are pistols.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can a pistol be parried in hand-to-hand combat?
A. Yes. Do not imagine it as stopping the bullet, but as pushing the pistol out of direction at the last moment.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can I reload a pistol (or handgun or whatever else) while running? Is it possible to fire from it one turn, next to run, and the third turn to fire it again?
A. Yes, this is permitted. You reload it no matter what else you do that second turn.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Is a Skaven warplock pistol treated like other pistols in all regards except the strength and range (ie: brace of pistols can fire every round, be used in close combat etc...)?
A. Yes.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. Also, it says if a character has a brace of pistols they can fire both in the first round of hth combat resolved at the pistol's strength. After the first round can they fire a single shot each turn or none at all?
A. None.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. What is a ‘brace’ of pistols?
A. A brace of pistols is two pistols of the same type, e.g., two dueling pistols, two crossbow pistols, etc.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. If I buy two of the same type of pistol at different times, are they counted as a brace?
A. Yes, as long as they’re exactly the same type.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Is it permissable to holster the guns and fight with other weapons (say a sword and dagger) after the first round?
A. Yes.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. In the pistol rules, it says they give me +1A. Does that mean that a model with an additional hand weapon and a pistol gets +2A?
A. No. Even if you’re carrying two hand weapons and a pistol, you’ve still (barring mutations, etc.) only got the ability to wield two of them at a time. So, you can either get the +1A from the additional hand weapon or the +1A from the pistol, but not both.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Do the Hand-to-Hand rules for Black Powder pistols apply to Warplock pistols?
A. Yes. A pistol is a pistol.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Does a Pistoleer with a brace of pistols shoot twice every turn, or (two - one - two), or (two - zero - two)?
A. Honestly, I was just thinking of allowing you to shoot twice every shooting phase with pistols if you have a brace. But I really should have written that section clearer.
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Q. Can a Dueling Pistol automatically hit on a Diving Charge?
A. Dueling pistols: Sure, Mordheim allows auto-hits.
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Q. Can a warrior with a dueling pistol suffering from Fear, hit on a natural 5 on the die?
A. The exact wording of the RAW is pretty clear AFAICS: "the model must roll 6s to score hits in that round of combat." So this ignores all other hitting rules and modifiers. 6s hit, nothing else does.
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Miscellaneous Equipment

Q. With regards to blessed weapons which wound Undead and Possessed on a 2+. Do the list members here think that this would refer to all members of an Undead or Possessed warband (excluding Hired Swords) or just Undead like Vampires, Zombies, Dire Wolves, and maybe Ghouls but not Necromancers and Dregs? And with Possessed, just Possessed models, not Beastmen, Mutants, or Magisters etc, (which would seem odd)?
A. Blessed water and weapons only affect Undead that are dead! Since Dregs and Necromancers are human, they are not affected. The manual actually states that Zombies and Dire Wolves are undead, and therefore can be wounded. However it doesn't say in the book that Vampires are Undead but naturally they are. As for Possessed — Magister, The Possessed, Dark Souls and Mutants are all affected.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. When you buy Hunting Arrows, are they for one battle, for a campaign or are there a number of arrows (like say 20).
A. They last for the whole campaign.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. If I buy a Tome of Magic and my Wizard learns a spell from it, can I give it then to another model so he can learn magic later using the Arcane Lore skill? I mean will my wizard forget the spell he learned from Tome of Magic or not?
A. The Tome of Magic gives a one-off effect when it is found — you may transfer it to another character but it will have no added effect.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Who can wear the Toughened Leathers from the Opulent Goods chart in White Dwarf #239?
A. Since they are purchased as equipment, all Heroes can wear them. Henchmen cannot wear Toughened Leathers.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can each Hero have a Halfling Cookbook and thus have six more Henchmen?
A. No, you can only get a single extra member, multiple cookbooks are not cumulative. However, it does prevent you from losing that extra member when the Hero carrying a cookbook dies.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Did you mean for nets to be one-time use items? Or are you assumed to recover thrown nets between battles?
A. All one use only items are clearly identified as such. Net is not, so it can be recovered between battles. As indicated in the colour text, it can indeed be torn, cut etc. during battle, but the warrior will simply repair it. I mean swords get bent, shields splintered, armour battered, spear points get blunted during a typical Mordheim battle, and we simply consider the warriors have the basic skills to repair such damage. Same goes for the nets.
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Q. Is Healing Herbs single use like Nets, Bugman's ale or Garlic?
A. Healing Herbs were meant to be under poisons and drugs. This is an oversight. Should be one and done. But RAW, unlimited use, and therefore OP. Luckily this is Mordheim, and all the players should agree that this was an oversight.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Magic

Q. Regarding spells which have a range, is the 'area of effect' a plane or a sphere? (eg, does Soulfire affect enemy models above the caster (or below) if they fall within the spell's radius).
A. It affects models above and below. (The wording is WITHIN the range).
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can spells be cast on a model out of line of sight to the caster or which are hidden? What about spells which simply affect all models within a certain radius of the caster?
A. Spells cannot be targeted at models which are out of sight. However, models which are out of sight may still be affected by spells with an area effect provided another model is targeted and they fall within the spell's radius.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. If a spell does not specifically state that Line Of Sight is needed, do obstacles or buildings prevent a model within range from being hit?
A. No.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q. If in the spell description there is written nothing about how long the spell lasts, well, how long does it last? To the end of the game?
A. The spell lasts until the model that cast it is taken out of action. Taking him out of action removes all effects of all spells he cast in the game.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Do spells (and prayers) that create a magical weapon allow the use of an additional hand weapon, buckler or shield in the other hand? Is it possible to cast such a spell twice to get an additional magical weapon?
A. Yes an additional weapon may be used. No, the spell may not be cast and maintained twice.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Spells do not cause critical hits, but what about spells that simply boost the target such as 'Hammer of Sigmar', 'Black Fury', 'Eye of God' and 'Sword of Rezhebel'?
A. No, they do not.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

outdated

Revised in the 2005 Rules Review:

Q. Can spells cause critical hits?
A. Directly, no. Indirectly, yes. The reference on page 56 to spells not causing critical hits specifically refers to spells that cause direct damage, such as Word of Pain. These spells never cause critical hits. However, if a warrior is benefiting from a spell that enhances his ability to fight, such as The Hammer of Sigmar, he will be able to cause critical hits with these attacks.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Is it possible to cast Hearts of Steel several times to add several +1s to a Rout test? If yes, what's the maximum for the Rout test.
A. No, even when cast several times, the bonus for the Rout test is only +1. Rulebook errata: Hearts of Steel, remove reference to Terror tests.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Each time a magic user gains a skill, instead they may roll for a new spell from their list. If they get a spell they already had, then the roll to use that spell becomes easier by 1. Is there a limit to this?
A. There is no limit to the number of times you can reduce the difficulty of the spell. Of course after 2+ there would be no point. Luckily, you can choose to roll again instead.
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Q. If your warlock hired sword has the Flight of Zimmerman spell (Move 12 inches immediately), can you use it to leave combat?
A. Yes, you absolutely can. It is not "Movement" as defined by Movement rules, but a magical effect.
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Q. How does casting and maintaining the Hammer of Sigmar work, why is the spell duration and maintaining different from other Prayers?
A. The 'Hammer of Sigmar' can be maintained for many turns while still casting other Prayers. If you fail to maintain the Prayer 'Hammer of Sigmar' than you cannot try to cast it again in the same shooting phase.
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Q. Is there any ruling about using the Silver Arrows of Ahra after running?
A. Not being able to shoot is one of the Movement penalties. My intention was that you can shoot with this spell even after running, but I fully admit I should have made my intention clearer in the text.
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lure of chaos

Q. If a model casts the Lure of Chaos spell, can either the caster or the target use their leader’s Leadership if he’s within 6" (because of the Leader special rule)?
A. No. The Leader special rule will only help with Leadership tests, and this isn’t one.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Lure of Chaos: Does the controlled model move in it's original turn sequence, or does it now move in the controlling player's sequence?
A. Controlling players. So immediate use of shooting is possible if the target has a missile weapon. Target those Blunderbusses!
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Q. There’s nothing is the spell description that says Lure of Chaos ever ends, nor does it say the Magister has to cast it each round. Is that correct? If so, could the Magister cast it again on a different model? Could he cast a different spell?
A. RAW, you can indeed cast it multiple times and control multiple models at once.
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Spell of Awakening

Q. In regards to the Spell of Awakening, how does the new Zombie model figure into the warband rating? More specifically, does the Zombie's experience count towards the warband rating?
A. He counts for 5 points plus the experience he has gained towards the rating.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. Does a Sister Superior that gets turned into a Zombie by the Spell of Awakening still get to use her Sigmarite Warhammers? Since these are holy weapons you would think no, but...
A. The answer is no, but the thought of it isn't unappealing.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. When the Undead gain an enemy Hero as a Zombie (I can't recall the spell name) it says they get no other skills or equipment. Do they get to keep the skills they already have?
A. No, Zombies have no skills.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can Skaven be raised as zombies, via Spell of Awakening? I don't know it all, but isn't part of the story of the Skaven is that they turn to goo when they die? If they can, if a Skaven has weeping blades when they die, do the blades keep the poison effect when the Skaven is a zombie? Same question for Chaos Possessed or mutants...
A. Yes, they all can be raised as zombies via Spell of Awakening. And for case of weeping blades, these are weapons that have the poison effect "built-in itself", it's not poison applied to the weapon, so yes, same rules apply for the weapon even if used by zombie.
Source: Mordheim Yahoo! Group

Warbands

Q. The Wolf Priest for Middenheimers from Town Cryer #8 — is he an additional Hero to your warband, is he Hired Sword or what?
A. On page 10 of TC 8 it states that the Wolf Priest replaces one of the Champions.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. If a model has Righteous Fury, does he have a hatred of Orcs? The skill was made before Orcs were added — I just figured I'd run it by you guys.
A. The fluff says that the fury is toward 'evil that pollutes the soil of the holy Empire', so l agree yes as well. You can add Beastmen, Dark Elves and any other 'evil' race as well. Non-Chaos humans who just like to kill, loot, etc, should not be included.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Under the Henchmen listing for Ghouls, it says that they can never carry equipment. However, if your Ghoul gets the 'That Lad's Got Talent' advancement and you make him a Ghoul Hero, he can get Combat Skills for one of his choices. If he gets the chance to learn a new skill, can you give him Weapons Training to allow him to use weapons or is the listing about Ghoul Henchmen never using weapons final?
A. The letter of the rule is that Ghouls can have NO equipment. However, so many people enjoy equipping their Ghouls that I (Tuomas) rarely point this out. I hate seeing all of those Ghoul conversions going to waste!
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Should Possessed warriors count as large creatures for the purpose of warband rating? We have noticed that Possessed warbands can end up with quite low warband ratings for their power level.
A. No.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. I have noticed in the Town Cryers that you haven't printed any maximum racial characteristics for Shadow Elves or Lizardmen, what should we use?
A. Shadow Elves is simple — just use the Elven racial characteristic from page 121 of the rule book. Lizardmen, now that was an oversight so here you go:

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
Skinks	6	5	6	4	3	3	7	4	8
Saurus	4	6	0	5	5	3	4	4+1	10

Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can a Lizardman Bite Attack take a model out of action if it was knocked down or stunned by the normal attacks?
A. No, you always have to roll if it is attacks coming from the same model during the same round of melee. Also, Lizardmen are already too good in Mordheim. I really don't think they need more help.
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Q. Lizardnan warband have 1 + 1 attack. The extra attack is a bite attack and goes after great weapons. If they have frenzy, does the bite attack get doubled?
A. No, from the Rulebook "Frenzied warriors fight with double their Attacks characteristic in hand-to-hand combat". This is the ONLY doubling the Frenzy rules allow, ie. the Attack Characteristic. RAW.
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Q. As Squigs do not have to declare charge (they move 2D6" each turn and if they come into base-to-base contact they automatically charge) do they have to roll for the fear test when charging a fear-causing enemy?
A. A Squig's movement is not voluntary. A Squig who ends up in base to base with a fearsome opponent must make a test and hits on 6s if it fails as all charging rules apply.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can an Orc warband purchase another Big 'Un if his first Big 'Un becomes the leader and he has one other Big 'Un?
A. No The new Leader is still a Big 'Un, albeit with the Leader ability. You can fill the empty Hero spot with promoted Orcs, but you may never have more than 2 Big 'Uns.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Skill Massive Strength. A Beastman Hero is titanic in size and may use a double-handed weapon in one hand. Now, read literally, the means ONLY double-handed weapons (+2 Str, Strike Last) can be used one-handed. But, is it intended that other two-handed weapons (Halberd, Flail, etc) can be used one-handed with this skill?
A. No, those weapons rely more on skill. This skill simply represents the brutish strength of the aforesaid Beastman.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. The Beastmen in the Possessed warband and the Beastmen warband have different profiles. Is this a mistake?
A. No. You'll note that the warriors are actually called something different too: ‘Beastmen’ in the Possessed warband and ‘Ungors’, ‘Gors’, and ‘Bestigors’ in the Beastmen warband. These are creatures of Chaos, after all, and there are many types of them in the Old World. Those that have been tainted by the proximity of so much warpstone in the city are a bit harder to kill, but that’s only to be expected.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Does the blind in one eye (or two) on the injury table affect Augers?
A. No. I forgot to put this in the Rulebook. Augurs are already blind. Rules As Written, yes, but you can tell people that Rules as Intended was that Augurs ignore eye wounds.
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Q. What units are affected by Soul Fire, Blessed Water, Blessed Weapons and Holy Weapons?
A. I actually originally wrote the word "warband" into the description. It was lost somewhere amongst the revisions. Don't recall if I ever Q&A.ed that.

It seems that this has been well-covered by the answers. Ghouls are not Undead, and therefore not affected. Wish I would have come up with Keywords when I wrote Mordheim…
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Q. Why is the Witch Hunter warband limited to 12 models while most of the others have a limit of 15 or more? They don't seem to have any real advantage in stats compared to any other group so why are they lower? Perhaps I am missing something.
A. Because the Witch Hunters move in small bands. Get a Halfling cook for them. He gives +1 to the size of the warband.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q. Can a Sister of Sigmar use a sling in the shooting phase and then attack with a Steel Whip in the Close Combat phase?
A. No! Just because you can attack from a range of 4' with a Steel Whip you must still declare a charge in order to attack with it during the Close Combat phase. Therefore all charging rules apply and you may not attack in the Shooting phase as well as fight in close combat.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can the Steel Whip be used to attack an enemy model in close combat from a distance?
A. Yes, Also, there is no need to randomise the hit, only the enemy model is attacked.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. If a model has steel whips and is Frenzied does she have to charge into base-to-base contact, or can she stop within 4" and whip to her crazy heart's content?
A. Yes, she has to charge, as per the Frenzy rules (Give the crazy bitch some hammers).
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Outdated

Steel Whips had "Reach", a 4" ranged close combat attack in the original conception of Mordheim. This was later replaced with Whipcrack so these FAQ are no longer relevant.

Skaven

Q. The Blowpipe is 30 gc in the Skaven equipment list and 25gc in its description on the next page. Which one is it?
A. 25gc.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Under Giant Rats (p.95) 'Pack Size; You can recruit as many Giant Rats as you wish.' What does this mean? Can I have more than 20? No other answer seems to make sense. Since rats cannot get experience, there is no special benefit to having large groups of them. If it really just means that the Henchmen group does not have to be 1-5 models, then why make this a special rule at all? Is there a benefit, beyond experience, to having large Henchmen groups?
A. It takes up less room on the warband roster sheet. Pragmatic and simple!
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Which equipment lists do Skaven Nightrunners use? Heroes or Henchmen? The problem is that the White Dwarf battle report clearly has both Night Runners armed with throwing stars - weapons only available on the Heroes list. Also the article by Gareth Hamilton also has a Night Runner armed with fighting claws - also only available on the Heroes list. So is it a misprint or is the Henchmen list wrong?
A. Misprint. Gareth was using playtest rules, and Mark Bedford only plays occasionally and sometimes makes little mistakes - don't be too hard on them! Therefore Nightrunners should use the Henchmen list.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Conflicting FAQs

In the original 2001 Warhammer World FAQ it was answered as they draw their equipment from the Heroes Equipment list. Since the 2002 annual is published material, and a of later date, this takes precedence.

Q. Can Skaven use equipment normally forbidden to them if they find it through Exploration?
A. Yes, they can.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. My friend and I had a discussion about the skill 'Art of silent death'. It concerned the ability to make a critical on 5+ instead of a 6. On high T creatures he meant that it should be raised to a 6, as you cannot make a critical hit on a creature that you need a 6 to wound in normal cases. Hence you shouldn't be able to make a critical hit on a 5 if you needed a 5 to wound it. I meant the rule was quite clear and it only mattered vs. high T creatures, which probably would be a pain in the ass anyway. And this one skill might actually prove much more dangerous to this particular type of creatures. What do you think?
A. As you can't make a critical hit on a 6 if you require a 6 to wound, play it the way that if a model with Art of Silent Death skill requires 3+ to wound, then the critical hit can be scored only when dice rolls 6. If you required 6+ to hit and score 5 you cause neither bit nor critical bit.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Tail Fighting allows the model to use a shield, yet most Skaven Heroes cannot get shields. How can this skill be used?
A. Darn, I knew I should have corrected that (-Tuomas). Oh well... yes, you are right - Skaven Heroes other than Night Runners and promoted Verminkin cannot use shields.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. A model with Fighting Claws may not use any other weapons for the entire battle. I assume that there is no exception for a model with Tail Fighting? The word "any" seems pretty exclusive.
A. With Tail Fighting, you can have an additional weapon (hooray!).
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

mutations

Q. Can you take a multiple of the same mutation so that each one gives you a benefit? For example: Tentacle twice for -1 Attack per tentacle.
A. Yes.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. When choosing the Third Arm mutation on my mutant it says that, using this arm I can choose any One-arm weapon... Does that include the Sisters of Sigmar Steel Whip? I know it is only available to the Sisters of Sigmar but does the mutation void this rule?
A. As long as the Mutant in question has Weapons Training, he can use a Steel Whip, Dwarf Axe, or other one handed close combat weapon in the arm. Of course, the only possibility to get this weapon is if an enemy Hero is captured by you at the end of a battle and you sell him into slavery (some warbands get other options too). In this case you get their equipment, to dispose of as you see fit, including giving it to Weapons Trainees to use.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. A Mutant has Str 3/ A 1, an extra arm (+1 A), a great claw (+1 A at +1 Str), and a double handed weapon (+2 Str). He gets 1 attack at Str 4, 2 at Str 5, or 1 Str5 and 2 Str 4. Is this correct? Does it matter if the claw is on an original, or a third arm (especially a gift of the Shadowlord arm)?
A. This is not correct. The Great Claw replaces an arm. The text reads "One of the mutant's arms ends in a great, crab-like claw". The extra attack represents the ability to attack once with the claw and once with a hand weapon in the non-mutated arm. On your mutant above you start out with two arms. You get the extra arm mutation so you have three arms. One of those arms mutates into a claw, so now you have one claw and two arms. The extra arm may be used to wield an additional hand weapon or a shield or a buckler but not a two-handed weapon (this arm may be growing out of his head!). This gives you 1 Str 4 attack with the claw and two at Str 3 attacks with the arms.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Can a tentacle mutation arm still hold a weapon as well as reducing the opponents attacks by 1?
A. Not with the tentacle, no. Normal arm, yes. So 1 normal attack and the other arm -1 enemy attack. My idea was that if you are grappling with the opponent, you are not hitting him/her. I admit I should have worded it clearer.
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Q. My two mutants each have an extra arm and 2 swords with a shield. Do they have 3A and a 6+save (right hand, left hand and Shield??) or 2A and a 6+ save (seems to be this answer).
A. 2 Attacks (1 base attack, 1 extra from extra sword) and 6+ save for the shield.
Source: Tuomas Pirinin on Facebook

Q. A possessed gets an extra attack with claw, but in the case of dual claw is that 2 s4 and 2 s5 attacks? RAW seems to say it, but logic does not.
A. Base attacks +1 S5 Attack per Great Claw, unless I completely misread my own writing.
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Q1. What triggers Blackblood to activate?
A1. When your warrior suffers an unsaved wound, Blackblood will trigger, regardless of how many wounds you have left, even if that number is 0.

Q2. Does this also mean that if a model with 1 wound remaining, suffers three wounds from a single attacker in the same turn, it causes Blackblood to trigger three times?
A2. Each injury causes Blackblood to trigger until the model is Out Of Action. Roll each injury roll separately. If the first injury takes your Warrior out of action, then only one Blackblood will trigger.
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Q. How does daemon soul interact with beneficial spells?
(1) Would daemon soul force a save against the Eye of God spell?
(2) Would daemon soul grant a save if you rolled a 1 on the Eye of God results table?
Furthermore, if a Magister had the daemon soul mutation;
(3) Would it force a save against his own Wings of Darkness spell?
(4) Would it grant a save against the injury roll from Dark Blood?
A. 'No' to all the questions. I really should have specified "spells cast against this model by enemies".
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Q Does the profile chart on page 121, include the benefits that Mutants and Possessed may gain from mutations? For example, can a Mutant who was bought with 2 of the Extra arm mutations, which would give him 3 attacks in close combat, only gain one more attack advance on his profile? Or could he end up with 4 attacks gained from advances and then have 2 extra attacks from having 2 extraarms?
A No. Just as they don't include benefits of weapons models carry and yes, he could end up with six attacks if the dice favored him.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

hired swords

Q. For Hired Swords, do you add the "5 points per warrior" in, when calculating the warband rating?
A. I just did the math, it is included in the Ratings increase.
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Q. Does a Tilean Marksman gain the benefit of the extra 6" range in a Dwarf Warband if the warband has an Engineer?
A. No, only Dwarfs in the warband will benefit and not Hired Swords or Dramatis Personae.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. What happens to the extra member of a warband if a Halfling Scout leaves or is killed (so the warband no longer gets the +1 to its maximum size)?
A. If the warband doesn’t acquire a new Halfling Scout, the warband must reduce its size to its current legal maximum at the end of stage 8 of the Post Battle sequence (as the extra warriors wander off in search of better rations).
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. What happens if a Merchant’s bodyguard dies?
A. The bodyguard is defined as a skill, so the Merchant will be without one until he can take the skill again as the result of gaining Experience. On the other hand, if the Merchant dies then the bodyguard leaves the warband after that battle.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Is a Merchant’s bodyguard a Hero or a Henchman for purposes of rolling for serious injuries?
A. A Henchman.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. The Dwarf Troll Slayer has Ferocious Charge which doubles his attacks when charging but at the cost of a -1 to hit penalty. This penalty is negated by his other skill Berserker which give +1 to hit when charging, What's the point? Why have modifiers at all or is one of them incorrect?
A. They are both correct. It is not required that skills be used in most cases. The Troll Slayer could opt to not use Ferocious Charge if he thought the opponent wasn't nasty enough to warrant it or if he just really wanted to make sure that his fewer number of attacks actually hit.
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

General questions

Q. If a warband has both a Halfling Scout and a Halfling Cookbook, does it add +2 to its maximum size or just +1?
A. +2.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. The Master Map result of the Mordheim map item gives a permanent re-roll in exploration, but unlike the other results does not say, "the re-roll may not be re-rolled". Is this a deliberate exception to the normal convention that a re-roll may not be re-rolled, or an omission?
A. You may never re-roll a re-roll under any circumstances.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. Does a model that is missing a game (for any reason) count towards the warband's rating?
A. Yes. The opposing warband doesn't know exactly which warrioer they're fighting today, but they do know it's the infamously bloodthirsty Black Spiders they've bumbed into and they've heard all the rumours about the last lot that crossed them...
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Does a model that is missing a game (for any reason) count towards the number of models in a warband for the purposes of Rout tests?
A. No. His mates know he's lying in his sickbed at home and know he's not going to help them today.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. Can I take a Lucky Charm or another item before my first battle in a campaign, when I'm starting a new band?
A. No, you can't take Lucky Charms from the start. You can't take anything that isn't in your equipment list from the start.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. If I recruit a new warrior in the middle of the campaign, what price of equipment do I pay for him? The price that is listed at my gang rules (he brought the equipment with him from his homeland)? Or the price in the Trading section of the rulebook (he came without equipment, I hired him, and bought equipment in the local trading post and gave it to him)? Or can I freely choose?
A. You must always equip any newly hired warriors using the equipment list from your warband.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. If my hero leaves the board because of a failed all alone test, do I still get the exploration roll for him? The rulebook does not state that leaving the Battlefield means "out of action"
A. RAW, hero can explore. The only condition mentioned in the rules is that they A) had to survive and B) did not go out of action.
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Q. How do Warhounds count towards Warband size for Rout Tests, Selling Wyrdstone, etc?
A. In combat it behaves just like every other warrior, including counting towards rout tests. In Warband campaign part (shopping, upkeep, exploration), it counts as equipment. That was my intent.
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Q. Do Dwarves and Elves with a skill or rule to modify exploration dice by +1/-1 still work, even if the warrior went out of action that game?
A. Yes, if not killed. (11-15 serious injury result)
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Henchmen

Q. In a campaign, after the initial creation of the warband, can you choose to arm Henchmen with weapons that are not found on their list if you acquire them? (i.e. could you arm a Skaven Verminkin with Fighting Claws?)
A. No, see rulebook.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q. Rulebook, page 144 says: As with other new Henchmen, you must pay for all their weapons and armour... OK, I just found a Fletcher with two bows. Does it mean that I can hire a new Marksman and give him one of the bows I have found?
A. Yes.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. I have a henchman group with 3 members. One dies after the battle. Does the rest of the group gain +1 experience for surviving (ie, does the whole group have to survive to gain + 1 Experience point for surviving the battle)?
A. Yes, if at least one member from the Henchman group survived, the group gets +1 experience for surviving.
Source: Annual 2002 FAQ

Q. When you have more than one Henchman in a Henchman group, how does their experience affect your warband rating?
A. A LOT of people seem to be confused on this one. A Henchman group with five members and one experience point adds +5 to your warband rating, not +1 as a many players seem to believe. Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. Rat Ogres and other large creatures are worth 20 points on a warband's rating. To calculate this same rating, the formula is 5x the number of models in the warband. Does this mean large creatures are, in effect, worth more on the rating?
A. No, they only count as 20 (plus XP if any).
Source: 2001 Warhammer World FAQ

Q. How do you guys handle racial maximum limits when you level up your henchmen?
A. I meant it that you can choose WS and roll again, as I try to err on the side of the players having meaningful stat increases. This was mainly due Warbands like Beastmen whose henchmen mainly have no use for stat like BS. Fully admit I should have written it more clearly.
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Q. Is it possible to split a Henchmen group?
A. No. It can increase by hiring veteran warriors or decrease through losses, but it may not be split.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. If a Henchmen group limits the maximum number allowed, and one of them becomes a Hero, do they still count towards the maximum allowed even though they became a Hero?
A. Halfling is still a Halfling. Marksmen is still a Marksman. Even if he or she becomes a hero, the limit applies.
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Q. Does a henchmen that survives a battle and gets promoted to hero get to roll for exploration?
A. The promotion happens before exploration, so RAW yes they would take part in exploration. Though in here whatever way the gaming group plays is fine -this hardly is a game-changer.
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Q. Does a promoted Henchman gain his warband’s specialist skill list AND two other lists, or does the specialist skill list take up a slot?
A. The Lad’s Got Talent result says, “You may choose two skill lists available to Heroes in your warband”, and as your warband’s specialist skills ARE available to your Heroes, that list does indeed take up one of those two if it is one of those chosen.
Source: 2005 Rules Review

Q. If you have the maximum number of heroes allowed by your warband list, how many "lads got talent" heroes can you accumulate from your Henchmen?
A. Your warband has maximum number of 6 heroes. Re-roll any results that would give you more -or dismiss existing heroes.
Source: Tuomas, Mordheim Yahoo! eGroups' FAQ

Q1. Does a heroes equipment stay with the Warband or with the Hero when you dismiss the Hero?
A1. Just follow the rules as you can see under the header "Disbanding a Warband" in the rulebook. You are allowed to dismiss any warrior at any time during the post-battle sequence. As you are allowed to swap and stash equipment during post-battle sequence, you can first transfer the wounded warrior's weapons and gear to your stash and then dismiss him/her.

Q2. Does what you wrote above mean that you could dismiss a hero to make room for a Lad's Got Talent, directly after the LGT advancement roll, and also keep that hero's equipment?
A2. You want to dismiss the hero before you roll on the Henchmen advancement chart if you want to stick to the rules, as if the hero is on your roster at the exact moment you roll "Lad's Got a Talent!” you have a full roster and the rules state clearly you have to re-roll. So dismiss BEFORE rolling on the Henchmen advancement chart.
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Border Town Burning

The following are applicable when using the rules for Border Town Burning warbands, hired swords, and equipment.

Perilous Phenomenon

Q: The many different monsters needed for the monster encounters look demanding from a modelling standpoint…
A: Don’t hesitate to use alternative models in your games. If you have no Hydra models but you have a couple of Giants available, then just use those instead! It is your hobby and most of the rules here are suggestions developed for expanding campaign games. Never let trivial limitations stop you from having fun!

Objectives

the scion of chaos

Q: What is the “Circle of Summoning” that is required for the Daemon Prince Dramatis Personae as mentioned in the Objectives?
A: This a spell that can be learned by any wizard enabling them to summon daemons of Chaos. Magical scrolls may contain the spell too. Rules for this spell, such items and other peculiar things will appear in a future Mordheim supplement. Look out for it in the future!

the celestial protectorate

Q: In our campaign there are two Celestial Protectorate warbands. Together we have all four Chaos Artefacts. Can we just share the victory?
A: The rules deal with this quite well. There are two possibilities.

1. If one of you has access to Ghartok’s Tomb, then both of you have to survive a few battles against the other warbands – ie, don’t let them take the artefacts from you! – until you two can play the Ghartok’s Tomb scenario together. It then should be no problem to bring all artefacts to the tomb and capture a victory for all Celestial Protectorate warbands.
2. Another possibility is to hire a merchant as bearer. To do so one of you must play against/with a Merchant Caravan warband and sell the artefacts to them. Then the merchant can sell the artefacts to the other Protectorate so that that warband has all of them. Of course, you should only award the most trustworthy merchant with such a delicate contract!

the silent threat

Q: Do Clan Pestilens Plague Censors weapons count as poisoned for the purpose of poisoning enemy Heroes out of action?
A: Yes, of course! Weapons that come automatically poisoned – be it magically or not – do count. Besides normal poisons and venoms this includes the Skaven Clan Eshin’s Weeping Blades and the Clan Pestilens’ Decease Dagger and Censer.

Scenarios

horrors of the underground

Q: My Merchant Caravan is the defender in the “Horrors of the Underground” scenario and thus starts inside the tunnels. Now where do I place the Trade Wagon? I can hardly drive it through the tunnels and if I leave it at the entrance, the attacking warband will slay the horses, destroy the wagon and steal all of my stored equipment!
A: For this scenario it is safe to assume that the merchant has parked the wagon somewhere near the tunnel entrance but well hidden so that others don’t discover it. In this game you don’t need to place the wagon at all. If for some reason you do want to place the wagon then it must be on the entrance tile since neither the wagon nor the horses may enter the tunnels. The same applies to other wagons and carts, of course, including Opulent Coaches that use the optional rules in the back of this supplement.

blockade

Q: Can I set the tower on fire and thus cause the defenders to leave the building? How do I win the game then?
A: Of course you can! In fact, that is not only a legitimate but also very fitting tactic. The defending warband should try to keep the attackers from setting fire to the tower and if they fail and leave the tower winning the scenario is rather easy for the attacking warband.

the tainted copse

Q: We found it to be very fatigable to move too many forest sections across the board each turn. Is it really necessary to use so many sections?
A: The number we found optimal is seven. This will allow you to roll a D6 to determine the other forest section when you have the ‘Er, are we lost?’ result on the living forest table. Seven worked quite nicely and using only two more sections does make a big difference when you roll for each section every turn.

warbands

Marauders of Chaos

lad’s got talent & throwing axes

Q: Henchmen may use throwing axes but heroes may not. What happens to a Marauder henchman with 'Lad's got talent'?
A: If a henchman from any warband becomes a hero due to 'Lad's got talent' then he still uses gear from his original equipment list. A marauder henchman who becomes a talented lad is therefore still eligible to use throwing axes. However, if the warrior learns the Chosen of Chaos skill they must be put to the warband’s stored equipment immediately.

Q: It is impossible for a Marauder to gain the Weapons Expert skill, but if my warband were to somehow acquire the throwing axe associated with the Beast Hunter from Empire in Flames, could they use it?
A: Yes, they could. Throwing axes appear in the equipment lists for the Norse Explorers and Marauders of Chaos warbands. This is a unique situation where two sets of rules exist for what is essentially the same type of weapon.

the condemned

Q: How exactly does the Condemned increase his stats through experience?
A: When you get a characteristic increase for one of the Condemned variable attributes, roll a D6 (D3 for Attacks) instead. You may then choose whether you want to set the variable to the scored number thus making the attribute invariable from now on or keep the attribute variable. The advance is used up in both cases. If you choose to keep the attribute variable you can still set it later if you roll the same characteristic increase again.

Q: How are the Condemned's variable stats handled in one-off games?
A: You can apply the same system for rolling for characteristic increases in one-off games. Simply roll for each increase you bought and set the attribute once you satisfied with the result. Needless to say that your opponent should be at present when you make the rolls!

tchar rituals

Q: My Seer bumps his Wounds by +1 with theTchar’s Reward spell. He is now at 2 Wounds. In the subsequent close combat phase he loses a Wound (so he is at 1), and in the enemy’s combat phase he loses his last Wound and gets knocked down. In my turn he gets up again. Now what happens at the end of my shooting phase when the Reward ends and his additional Wound is lost?
A: The spell allows you to temporarily boost your Seer but you cannot evade your inevitable fate. Unless you re-cast Tchar’s Reward in your shooting phase, the Seer will lose the additional Wound and must roll on the Injury chart. Note that after losing one’s first Wound a warrior is always as zero Wounds. This means that a previously wounded Seer would always count as losing his last Wound, when the spell ends, even if he didn’t suffer any further damage between the turn he cast the spell and the turn the spell ends. This means that generally it is not a good idea to increase the Seer’s Wounds stat with Tchar’s Reward.

northern tribes

Q: A hero that was taken out of action by a Hung marauder of Chaos rolls the Bitter Enmity result on the serious injuries chart. From now on he hates all warbands of that type. Does that mean he hates Marauders of Chaos in general or does he hate marauder warbands of the Hung tribe only?
A: The various tribes of Chaos are in fact so different that the model hates only those Marauder of Chaos warbands that are of the same tribe as the warband that caused the injury. So in the above example the hero will hate Marauders of Chaos warbands of the Hung tribe only. However, we suggest that Marauders of Chaos from one of the Norse tribe and the Norse Explorers warband originally published in the Lustria supplement are considered the same warband type in this case.

Merchant Caravan

trade wagon & additional wagons

Q: Normally all the caravan’s stored equipment is lost when the Trade Wagon is destroyed. But what happens if my warband has more than one Trade Wagon?
A: The Trade Wagon’s Storage special rule applies only if the last Trade Wagon is destroyed.. It is thus advisable to have one (or more!) additional wagon with draft horses in case the original Trade Cart is destroyed in order to prevent the accumulated stored equipment, treasures and wyrdstone shards from being lost.

Q: Do I have to assign ownership to a certain model in the warband like it is normally the case with miscellaneous equipment? I’m asking because of the “Dead” (11-15) and “Captured” (61) results of the Heroes’ Serious Injuries chart.
A: Yes, per the normal rules the Trade Wagon (and any other wagon) belongs to one of the warbands Heroes. This must not necessarily be the Merchant himself!

This means that if that Hero dies who has the Trade Wagon on his equipment list, the Wagon would be lost normally. Also if a captured Hero is sold to slavers the captors get to keep all of his equipment – including any wagons and associated draft animals! I’m stressing the “normally”, because we play it that wagons (and the respective draft animals) are warband property and not associated with one specific Hero. However, this is a house rule so make sure you agree with your opponents as they have the right to keep the Trade Wagon (or watch it getting lost on the death of its owner).

The Restless Dead

the liche

Q: I am desperately looking for some magical weapons to equip my Liche with. Which weapons that he can use are available at all?
A: The Border Town Burning setting provides the Chaos Broadsword of Damnation, one of the four powerful Chaos Artefacts. Searching them is probably one of your goals anyway and there are numerous ways to get hold of them.

There is also the Sword of Rezhebel spell from the Lesser Magic list, which generates a magical sword. The Liche will have to acquire a couple of tomes of magic and hope to learn the spell from one of them.

Finally, if there is a merchant caravan player in your campaign then he might have his merchant learn the connected skill. This give him access to not only the Border Town Burning artefacts but also the original Mordheim artefacts. If he manages to purchase The Count of Ventimiglia’s Misericordia he might sell that to the Liche – at an “appropriate” price, of course!

the necromancer

Q: How exactly does the Necromancer’s Apprentice rule work?
A: If a necromancer wishes to learn a new spell with a skill advancement, they randomly determine the spell from among the spells known by the Liche. For instance, to start off, the Liche knows two spells (randomly chosen as normal) and the Necromancer knows one spell. Roll the Liche's spells first. From those two spells determine one to be 1-3 and the other to be a 4-6 on a D6 and roll to determine which of the spells the Necromancer learns. After this, if the Necromancer wants to learn a spell and there is only one spell that the Liche knows that the Necromancer doesn't, then the Necromancer automatically learns that spell, likewise, if they know the same number of spells, a Necromancer cannot roll on the spell chart for an advance, but can choose from the other skills available should they desire, thus there is no chance that an advance can be wasted.

Q: Can the Necromancer learn Lesser Magic spells from a Tome of Magic?
A: No, he can't. He can learn Lesser Magic spells individually if the Liche learns them first (roll from among the spells the Liche knows, no matter what list they're from) but he can't learn them from a tome by himself... a Necromancer is completely at the mercy of his master as to what spells are taught to him. Remember, if the Liche dies for good, the Apprentice rule no longer applies and in this case, all normal magic rules apply from then on.

Battle Monks of Cathay

the emissary

Q: What happens if a new Emissary must be bought for the warband because the original leader died, but there are already six Heroes in the warband?**
A: You must remove one of your Heroes from the roster so that a new Emissary can be bought. Having six Heroes is not an excuse to ignore the Emissary’s Decree special rule.

The Black Dwarfs

engine of chaos

Q: In a battle against a Reiklander warband my Black Dwarfs fail their Rout test and retreat. At that time there is no warrior left on the Engine of Chaos. Do I recover the engine after the battle or do the Reiklanders get hold of it? Can they use it?
A: The winning warband – in this case the Reiklanders – should get hold of any abandoned wagons. Although the Reiklanders have no real use for an Engine of Chaos they may either sell it for half its normal price (97 gold crowns) or they can cut a deal with the Chaos Dwarfs as described in the Captured Serious Injury.

Maneaters

gluttony

Q: If the ogres eat a Hired Sword do they get to keep his weapons and equipment? Are Dramatis Personae edible, too?
A: The weapons, armour and equipment of Hired Swords and Dramatis Personae always remain with the Hired Sword/Dramatis Personae, so by eating one the ogre player gets the Experience points but not the equipment.

Ogres can eat Dramatis Personae following the same rules as Hired Swords. However, there are already only few Dramatis Personae willing to work for Ogres so eating them might not be the best idea! Since Dramatis Personae suffer Serious Injuries the same ways as Heroes it would make sense to consider this to be the death of the character and not use him again for the remainder of the campaign. Alternatively you can house rule it to disallow eating Dramatis Personae.

single use items

Can be used every game forever:

• Rope and Hook
• Lucky Charm (Once per game, one per warrior)
• Elven Cloak
• Hunting Arrows
• Holy Tome
• Holy Relic
• Unholy Relic
• Halfling Cookbook
• Animals
• Lantern
• Cathayan Silk Cloak
• Net (Once per game)
• War Horn and equivalents (Once per game)
• Tarot Cards
• Javelins
• Throwing stars/knives
• Hersten-Wenkler Pigeon Bombs

Can be used for one game, effects last the whole game:

• Black Lotus
• Dark Venom
• Mad Cap Mushrooms
• Crimson Shade
• Mandrake Root
• Garlic (lasts for the duration of one battle only, whether it is used or not)
• Bugman's Ale
• Elven Wine
• Vodka
• Superior Blackpowder
• Tears of Shallaya
• Torch
• Fire Arrows

One use item:

• Blessed Water
• Caltrops
• Fire Bomb
• Flash Powder
• Halfling cookbook (only max +1 warband member)
• Tome of Magic
• Mordheim Map
• Treasure Map
• Healing Herbs
• Vial of Pestilens