Magicians and armor

Hi,

in my new campagn-group there are skaven and osterlanders. Both have magicians and told me, they can have armor AND summon.

Is that right?

The priest's description says, he may never wear heavy armor. But if he has only light armor, is he able to do magic?
Also the skavens discription says, he may wear weapons and armor. But is he able to do magic, if he chooses armor?!


Thanks!

Best regards,
Seikilos

Another question:

In a campagn, if one model gets a wyrdstone and flees. Does he count to the 25% of the warband when making a rout test?

If the magic used is classified as a Prayer then the Priest may wear armor and still cast spells. Thus the Priest of Taal may cast spells if he is wearing light armor. The prohibition against heavy armor is a stipulation of his creed or beliefs.

The skaven sorcerer may wear armor, but may not cast spells if he does so.
This rule is found in the rules for Magic in the rule book--
"A wizard may not use magic if he is wearing armour or has a shield or buckler."

If the skaven sorcerer takes the skill Warrior Wizard then he may wear armor.

Unfortunately the Beastman Shaman has the special rule that he may not wear armor period.

The Mordheim rule book is available for download from Games Workshop--
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat480008a&categoryId=6700006a&section&aId=21500021a

Thank you!

I will tell our Skaven player right ahead!


What you think about the question of fled models?

I'm going to wait on that one. The rules about voluntarily leaving the tabletop are not particularly clear, although leaving the table top with the treasure is how you win the scenarios Hidden Treasure, Ambush, etc.

In my group we count models that flee the table because of all alone tests or the effects of a spell as counting for rout tests but NOT out of action.

Seikilos wrote:

In a campagn, if one model gets a wyrdstone and flees. Does he count to the 25% of the warband when making a rout test?

As Von Kurst notes, that is what you can do in some scenarios. However, I do not believe that Wyrdstone Hunt is one of them.

I don't see why they should count though. The rules clearly states:

Mordheim Rulebook p. 22 wrote:

A player must make a Rout test at the start of his turn if a quarter (25%) or more of his warband is out of action.

You may of course house rule this if you wish.