Assorted New-ish Skills

Assorted skills that was brainstormed. Some inspired from around the net.

COMBAT SKILLS

Battle Tide: Warrior is Immune to Panic and enemies that fail Panic tests agaist him take 2 automatic hits with the weapon of Warrior's choice, rather than the normal 1.

Combat Sense: Warrior automatically passes Initiative tests for charging non-visible enemies (that are behind a wall, around a corner etc.) and may successfully charge non-visible enemies up 6" away. (Instead of the normal 4".) – (Hidden warriors cannot be charged.)

Duellist: If warrior is fighting another hero and there are no other warriors involved, warrior gains +1 A on profile.

Trample: Warrior's mount has +1 A on profile the turn it charges. (No effect if mount has no attacks.)

SHOOTING SKILLS

Mounted Marksman: Warrior ignores the penalty for 'Moving and Shooting' while mounted. (Warrior must still be able to move and fire his weapon.)

Headshot: Critical wounds warrior inflicts with pistols (any kind) or Throwing Knifes are tripled to three wounds. (Pistols fired in close combat are also affected.)

ACADEMIC SKILLS

Animal Trainer: At the start of each battle, nominate one animal in your warband. That animal has +1 WS for the duration of this battle. If by Skaven, up to three Giant Rats may be affected.

Charlatan: If warrior did no go out of action roll 3D6 when looking for Henchman Experience and pick any two.

(Bonus: If warrior is wearing Cathayan Silks, roll 4D6 and pick any two.)

Channel: A wizard may extend a wound in order to cast a spell with 3D6 rather than the normal 2D6. Cannot be used if the wizard has 1 Wound left.

Lockpick: Warrior treats results of Captured and Sold to the Pits as Full Recovery instead.

STRENGTH SKILLS

Great Swing: Critical wounds that warrior inflicts with Great Weapon, Flail or Lance are tripled to three wounds.

Scar Dog: Hero gains an additional +1 experience each time he survives a roll on the Heroes' Serious Injury Chart (D66)

SPEED SKILLS

Battle Jump: When making diving charges, warrior only has to pass a single Initiative for jumping down and gains an additional +1 A the first round of combat. (For a total of +1 S and +1 A.)

Fleet Footed: Warrior has +1 M on profile.

Scout: Warrior may make one free move before the battle begins. (He may run or climb as opportunity permits, but he may not charge.)

Ahhh, this is the stuff I love about you, Asp. The ideas! This is the type of stuff I like playing with when it comes to Mordheim rules.

Charlatan / Scout - those are good.

nice skills

Oooh, thanks for sharing. I really like Scout and Charlatan as well (and duelist has fun flavor to it).

Lockpick seems a bit specific (has an effect 1/16 times the hero goes OOA), not to mention that being sold to the pits is often a good thing.

And Fleet Footed seems maybe a bit too good as it can combine with sprint or leap.

I feel that the 3x wounds is a bit over the top perhaps? I'd rather see for the Headshot rule that you crit. on a 5-6. And for the Great Swing, you perhaps may use the strength bonus for flail/morning star two times instead of one.

The Fleet footed is really nice though...

Have you had a chance to use any of these in your games, yet?

I like the Animal Trainer as well, but feel perhaps the bonus shouls only apply if that chosen animal stays within X" of the trainer. Just a thought...

Popmouth wrote:

I feel that the 3x wounds is a bit over the top perhaps? I'd rather see for the Headshot rule that you crit. on a 5-6. And for the Great Swing, you perhaps may use the strength bonus for flail/morning star two times instead of one.

Statistically, critting on a 5-6 will cause ~33% more wounds than the 3x wounds rule. I think it's fine as it is and the 5-6 rule would be a bit too powerful.

The 3x wounds: It makes sense if you use the original, "Crit=2 wounds rules." My group uses the Opt Crit table. In that case, I'd add a "roll 2 dice, and choose the higher result".

Trample & Mounted: Seem better Riding skills than Combat/Shooting

Charlatan: Good, but I'd actually make it "may roll 3D6 instead of 2D6".

Fleet-footed: Well, the Acrobatic skill already makes it one test when jumping, right? Besides, you get +1 to hit and +1 Strength when making diving charges, so it's +1 to hit, +1 S, and +1 A. Not bad, but could be rough.

Ooooh, thanks for the comments, guys. StyrofoamKing: I'll revise Charlatan like you said!

Identity: Fair Enough

I'm trying to harness player creativity in making more vanilla skills! Please contribute any ideas here:

http://warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=197392

...or in this thread.

Don't worry about balance, we will adjust that later on.