Adventures in The Old World

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Characters

• Ludolph

A rough woodsman in appearance, Ludolph is secretly a skinchanger and wielder of Amber magic.

• Malahan

An enigmatic Elf huntsman whose reasons for travelling with humans remains unknown.

• Ubel

Ex-Black Pike smuggler who joined the crew of the 'Leander'

• Hrodgar

Dwarven wrecker from the long-destroyed northern holds.

• Sly

A swashbuckling gnome with links to the Grey College.

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Adventures

_Prologue

• Chapter One, Pretty Things ^{[Spring, 2512 I.C.]}
• Chapter Two, The Wall ^{[Spring, 2512 I.C.]}
• Chapter Three, Carrion ^{[Summer, 2512 I.C.]}
• Chapter Four, Beasts of the Reik ^{[Summer, 2512 I.C.]}

_{Part I}

• Chapter Five, Of Wolves and Men ^{[Autumn, 2512 I.C.]}
• Chapter Six, The Coal Black Plate ^{[Autumn, 2512 I.C.]}
• Chapter Seven, Karak Azgaraz ^{[Winter, 2513]}

_{Part II}

• Chapter Eight, Privateer's Rest ^{[Spring, 2513 I.C.]}
• Chapter Nine, The Monster With No Name ^{[Summer, 2513 I.C.]}

_{Part III}

• Chapter Ten, Enemy in Shadows ^{[Autumn, 2513 I.C.]}
• Chapter Eleven, Pandemonium Carnival ^{[Winter, 2513 I.C.]}
• Chapter Twelve, Winter's March ^{[Winter, 2513/2514 I.C.]}
• Chapter Thirteen, Bögenhafen ^{[2514 I.C.]}

_{Part IV}

• Chapter Fourteen, Death on the Reik ^{[2515-2517 I.C.]}

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Map of The Empire

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On Distant Travels

• Karl Lustenberger

Travelling to Altdorf to answer the Emperor's call to arms this handsome cavalier was eventually accepted into the Knights Griffon.
As part of his Order he marched to the war against Chaos in the east.

• Erika

Naïve Shallyan priestess from Ubersreik who is sworn to non-violence.
After the Blackrock Conspiracy she returned to the Shallayan church to continue her training.

• Brother William

Once a simple monk fleeing from a monastery under siege, William would through blood and steel earn his place as a Sigmarite Warrior Priest.
Crippled by his capture during the Blackrock Conspiracy he became a figurehead for the followers of Sigmar in Ubersreik.

• Brother Korbinian

A dilettante lesser son of nobility serving the Church of Sigmar, looking for advantage in disruption.
After his success in securing the Chancellorship for Graf von Saponatheim Korbinian was named the 'Hammer of Bogenhafen' and given a seat on the town council as head of the Sigmarite church.

• Corvas

A Grey Wizard who specialises in espionage and secrecy.
After successfully reinstalling the Von Sapontheim family as rulers of Bögenhafen and usurping his master Gotteschalk Corvas took his place as a master grey wizard. With his old master's spy network and the loyalty of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers he set about spreading his influence throughout the Empire.

• Simon Brandt

A bookish researcher of the undead and their shadowy lords.
Leaving Bögenhafen aboard the 'Leander' Simon was struck by how widespread the curses of mutation and undeath were in the Empire. He chosen to remain with Corvas in Altdorf, allying with the Church of Morr to try to deal with the growing conflict between Middenheim and the Wizarding Colleges.

Lost to the Fates

• Durak 'Coalheart'

Having finished his apprenticeship as a miner Durak travelled out into the world, eager to take up a career as an engineer.
Wounded and bloodied he fought to the last against foul Beastmen, bleeding out in the forests around Ragenhof.

• Hanno Hassler

A simple grave-robber, Hanno fell in with the group during the incident in Unterbaum. Escaping the riots in the capital he began training to be a scout.
Enlisted by the Imperial Army he served in the War in the East against Chaos but after developing a mutation he was discharged and eventually killed by Ludolph and Corvas on the road between Altdorf and Grunberg.

• Fedor Baranov

A state-sponsored Kislevite bounty hunter, chasing criminals far from home. After assisting with dealing with the Ordo Septenarius he joined Torchlight Investigations and gave up his writ.
In the alleyways of the Bögenhafen Pit he was bludgeoned to death by an undead knight.

• Dieter von Kädler

An ex-Witch Hunter in service to the Empire, Dieter prides himself on a pragmatic approach to the purging of the taint of chaos.
After years of travelling with the party Dieter sacrificed himself to destroy a daemonic tome. As the struggle for chancellorship of Bögenhafen reached its peak he was killed by a follower of the Wizard Gotteschalk, hacked apart by an Imperial Greatsword.

• Luther de Baptiste

A duellist from the Border Princes, attempting to rekindle the glory of his noble Bretonnian lineage.
He fled from Ubersreik after being implicated in the Sweet Murders and joined the Condottieri de Bologna. Years later as leader of the 'Bastards of the Reikwald' he is killed defending Wittgendorf from the undead.

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+GM Notes

GM Notes

• A Success which is also a Double (11, 22, 33 etc) is a Critical Success.
• A Failure which is also a Double (55, 66, 77 etc) is a Critical Failure.
• Players may Advance their Characters in Characteristics not in their Career at double the usual cost.
• If a Career has a Skill which you feel does not suit a concept well, it may be exchange for another similar Skill after consultation with the GM.
  • For example, exchanging Ranged (Bow) for Ranged (Crossbow) if you were playing a Dwarven Hunter.
• Hand Weapons gain the following Special Qualities depending on variety:
  • Swords gain Defensive: Defensive weapons are designed to parry incoming attacks. If you are wielding such a weapon, gain a bonus of +1 SL to any Melee Test when you oppose an incoming attack.
  • Hammers/Maces gain Pummel: Pummel weapons are especially good at battering foes into submission. If you score a Head hit with a Pummel weapon, attempt an Opposed Strength/ Endurance test against the struck opponent. If you win the test, your opponent gains a Stunned Condition.
  • Axes gain Penetrating: Ignore the first point of non-metal armour on a target. This includes natural armour.
• Aiming: You may spend your previous Action 'Aiming', which grants you +20 to your next Shooting Attack.
• Advantage: The maximum number of Advantage Tokens you may have is limited by your Initiative Bonus.
  • You gain one Advantage Token for each/any of the following;
    • Attacking a Surprised Enemy
    • Charging an Enemy
    • Assessing the battlefield using a Skill
    • Reducing an Enemy to 0 Wounds.
    • Winning an Opposed Test in combat.
    • Wounding an Enemy with a Ranged Attack.
  • You lose one Advantage Token for each/any of the following;
    • Losing an Opposed Test in combat.
    • Failing to hit or wound an Enemy with a Ranged Attack.
    • Each turn you do not actively take part in combat, such as retreating, hiding, back-off, helping an ally etc
    • If you end the Round Out-numbered.
  • You lose all Advantage Tokens for each/any of the following;
    • Suffering any number of Wounds.
    • Gaining any Condition.
• Deathblow: We'll be using a modified version of the optional Deathblow rule in order to speed up combat, especially against horde enemies. If you kill an Enemy or otherwise take them out of the fight (reducing them to 0 Wounds) you may immediately move to occupy the position in which they once stood. You may then make another attack against a suitable target. You may do this a number of times equal to your Weapon Skill Bonus.
• New Characters:
  • If a Player needs to make a new PC, they begin on XP equal to the lowest PCs XP rounding down to the nearest 500.
  • For example, if the lowest PC XP is 2250, then a new PC would begin with 2000XP. If the lowest PC XP is 1900, then a new PC would begin with 1500XP.
  • Trappings and other equipment will be at GM's discretion.
• Dropping into Poverty, Villainy, and Zealotry
  • At any stage during their Career a PC may freely choose to become a Beggar or Outlaw. There is no XP cost for this transition, although a Beggar should be without worldly possessions and an Outlaw should be living outside of the law or civilised society. If a PC happens to be a particularly zealous adherent to religion they may instead become a Flagellant for free.
  • Readied Action: An Action can be held until a declared triggering event occurs. Ie "I get ready to stab my hostage if I think that Priest is going to attack me." Your Action is sacrificed, but occurs out of the normal turn order if it is triggered.
  • Dead To Rights: A hostage held helplessly at gunpoint, with a knife to their throat or similar can be declared 'Dead to Rights' by the GM. If so, the attacker may automatically inflict one Critical Wound to a freely chosen location outside the normal initiative order. The GM can impose a roll to hit or other conditions to this Critical Wound.
  • Critical Armour: When prone critical hits destroy the amount of armour points indicated by the additional wounds on the critical result. You are unable to twist and turn to get the most of your armour.