Optional rules

This section includes a variety of rules that add an extra dimension to your battles in Mordheim. As they are additions to the basic rules they are not an essential part of the game, and you should agree with your opponent beforehand whether you are going to use any of them.

We recommend that new players ignore this section to begin with, at least until you are familiar with the way the game works. If you consider yourself to be an experienced gamer then you’ll have no problem incorporating these elements. Some of these additional rules alter the game quite dramatically, and you are under no obligation to use any of them. They have simply been included for players who want to explore different aspects of the game.

Below is a table of Option rules, their source, and what grade they are considered to be.

Ruleset	Topic	Source	Grade
Advanced critical hits charts	Alternative Critical hit tables	Mordheim Rulebook	1a
At The Mouth Of Madness	Warrior Insanity	Town Cryer #8	1b
Aristocracy Of The Night	Vampire bloodlines + skills	WEB	1c
Blackpowder misfires	Critial fail table	Mordheim Rulebook	1a
Blazing saddles	Extended mounted rules	Mordheim Annual 2002	1b
Boats	Rules for Boats	Town Cryer #24/Empire in Flames	1a
Chaos on the streets	Multiplayer games	Town Cryer #5/Mordheim Annual 2002	1a
Cutthroat's Den & Encampments		Town Cryer #28/29	1b
Dark Rituals of the Chaos Gods	God-specific daemon summoning and spells	Town Cryer #14	1b
Escaping from combat		Mordheim Rulebook	1a
Fighting individual battles	One-off battles	Mordheim Rulebook	1a
For Whom The Bell Tolls...	Encountering the Town Cryer	Town Cryer #22	1a
If You Go Down To The Woods Today...	Random events	Fanatic Online #91/Nemesis Crown	1b
Let the damned burn!	Burning buildings	Town Cryer #8	1b
Lords of the Night	Vampire skill list	Town Cryer #11	1b
Mounted warriors	Basic rules for mounts	Mordheim Rulebook	1a
Pit Fights		Town Cryer #14	1b
Power in the Stones		Town Cryer #15	1b
Random happenings	Random events	Mordheim Annual 2002	1a
Rewards of the Shadowlord	Magister/Mutant advancement/'reward' table	Mordheim Rulebook	1a
Sawbones	Healing Serious Injuries	Town Cryer #8	1b
Sewer Rats		Town Cryer #7	1b
Subplots	Random events	Town Cryer #13	1a
Vehicles of the Empire	Rules for Wagons	Town Cryer #24	1a
Wilderness rules	Terrain rules	Empire in Flames/Nemesis Crown	1a