Beastmen Raiders

By Tuomas Pirenen,
as appeared in Empire in Flames
& Annual 2002 Errata.

Beastmen are brutish creatures, the Children of Chaos and Old Night. They roam the great forests of the Old World, and are
amongst the most bitter enemies of mankind. The raging power of Chaos has given them a ferocious vitality which makes
them shrug off ghastly wounds and carry on fighting regardless of the consequences. Even the Orcs are comparatively
vulnerable to damage compared to the awesome vitality of the Beastmen.
Beastmen are a crossbreed between men and animals, usually resulting in the horned head of a goat, though many other
variations are also known to exist. The Beastmen are divided into to two distinct breeds: Ungors, who are more numerous,
twisted creatures that combine the worst qualities of man and beast, and Gors, a giant breed of Beastmen, a mix between
some powerful animal and man.
The Ungor are smaller Beastmen, who cannot compete with Gors in strength and power. They may have one horn or many,
but these wont be recognized as those of goat. Shamans are very special Beastmen and are revered by all Beastmen, for
they are the prophets and servants of Chaos Powers.
Each warband of Beastmen includes a mix of some Bestigor, Gor warriors and Ungor who are the mainstay of the tribes.
Seven great Herdstones stand hidden in the forests surrounding the city of Mordheim. From there the Beastmen warbands
come to raid the city: Warherd of Thulak, Headtakers of Gorlord Zharak, the Horned Ones of Krazak Gore, and many
others.
The shards of the meteorite are seen as holy objects, which can be sold to the powerful Beastlords and revered Shamans in
exchange for new weapons and services of warriors. For the tribes of Beastmen the battles fought in Mordheim are part of a
great religious war, an effort to bring down the civilization of man which offends the Chaos Gods. After the taint of man
has been wiped from the face of the earth then the Beastmen shall inherit.
Appearance: Beastmen Gors stand some six-seven feet tall, and their heavily muscled bodies are covered with fur. Ungor
are lesser beastmen, no larger than humans, but their tough bodies and vicious tempers easily make them a match to any
human warrior.
Beastmen wear little clothing, but often dress in the fur of their defeated rivals. They usually carry the skulls of their
vanquished enemies as these are thought to bring good luck. While most Beastmen have dark brown skin and fur, blackfurred or even albino Beastmen are not unknown. Beastmen wear heavy armlets and necklaces which serve as armor as
well as decoration. Apart from the most primitive clubs and wooden shields, the Beastmen make few weapons. It is not the
nature of Chaos to create, but to destroy.

Choice of Warriors:
A Beastman Warband must include a minimum of 3 models. You have 500 Gold Crowns which you can use to recruit your
initial warband. The maximum number of warriors in the warband is 15, though some buildings in the warbands
encampment may increase this.

Beastman Chief: Each Beastman Warband must have one Chief: no more, no less!

Shaman: Your warband may include a single Beastman Shaman.

Bestigors: Your warband may include up to two Bestigors.

Centigors: Your warband may include a single Centigor.

Gors: Your warband may include up to five Gors.

Ungor: Any number of models may be Ungor.

Minotaur: Your Warband may include a single Minotaur.

Warhounds of Chaos: Your Warband may include up to five Chaos Hounds.

Starting Experience:

Beastman Chief starts with 20 experience.

Beastman Shaman starts with 11 experience.

Bestigors start with 8 experience.

Centigors start with 8 experience.

All Henchmen start with 0 experience.

Beastmen's Skill Tables

Chief may choose from the Combat, Strength, Speed or Special Skills.

Shaman may choose from the Combat, Speed or Special Skills.

Bestigors may choose from the Combat, Strength or Special Skills.

Centigors may choose from the Combat, Strength or Special Skills.

Beastmen Special Skills

Beastman Heroes may use the following Skill table instead of any of the standard Skill tables available to them.

Shaggy Hide: The Beastmans massively shaggy hide acts as armor, deflecting sword strokes and protecting him
from harm. The model gains a 6+ Armor Save that can be combined with other armor as normal.

Mutant: The Beastman may buy one mutation. See mutants Section on special rules.

Fearless: Immune to Fear and All Alone tests.

Horned One: The Beastman has mighty horns, and can make an additional Attack with its basic Strength on a turn
it charges.

Bellowing Roar: Only the Beastman Chief may have this skill. He may re-roll any failed Rout tests.

Manhater: Will be affected by the rules of Hatred when fighting any Human warbands.

Beastmen's Maximum Characteristics

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Centigor
Minotaur
Others*

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*This includes all the non-Centigor Heroes and the Gor Henchmen.

Animals
Beastmen are fearsome creatures of Chaos that do not interact with other races other than in war. A Beastmen warband may
never hire any Hired Sword unless specifically stated with the Hired Sword.

Beastmen's Equipment List

Beastmen
Hand to Hand Weapons

Ungor
Hand to Hand Weapons

Dagger
Hammer/Mace
Battle Axe
Sword
Double Handed Weapon
Halberd

Dagger
Hammer/Mace
Battle Axe
Spear

1st free/ 2 gc
3 gc
5 gc
10 gc
15 gc
10 gc

Armour

1st free/ 2 gc
3 gc
5 gc
10 gc

Armour

Light Armour

20 gc

Heavy Armour
Shield
Helmet

50 gc
5 gc
10 gc

Shield

5 gc

Heroes
1 Beastman Chieftain; 65 gold crowns to hire
Beastman chieftains have gained their position through sheer brutality. He leads the Beastmen
to Mordheim to gather the Chaos Stones to his Herdstone.
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Weapons/Armor: The Beastman Chieftain may be equipped with weapons and armor chosen from the Beastmen
Equipment list.
Special Rules:

Leader: Any Warrior within 6" of the Beastman Chieftain may use his Leadership when taking Ld tests.

0-1 Beastman Shaman; 45 gold crowns to hire

Beastmen Shamans are prophets of the Dark Gods, and the most respected of all the Beastmen.

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Weapons/Armor: Beastman Shamans may be equipped with weapons chosen from the Beastmen Equipment list except
that they never wear armor.
Special Rules:

Wizard: A Beastman Shaman is a Wizard and may use Chaos Rituals as detailed in the Magic section.

0-2 Bestigors; 45 gold crowns to hire

Bestigors are the largest type of Beastmen, the great horned warriors of the Beastman Warbands. They are massive
creatures with an inhuman resistance of pain.

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Weapons/Armor: Beastmen Gors may be equipped with weapons chosen from the Beastmen Equipment list.

0-1 Centigors; 80 gold crowns to hire

A Centigor is a disturbing cross between a horse or oxen and Beastman. Being quadruped grants them great strength and
speed whilst their humanoid upper torsos allow them to wield weapons. These beast-centaurs are powerful creatures but are
not particularly agile or dexterous.

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Weapons/Armor: Beastmen Centigors may be equipped with weapons chosen from the Gor Equipment list.
Special Rules:

Drunken: Centigors are inclined to drink vast quantities of noxious beer and looted wine and spirits before battle,
working themselves up to a drunken frenzy. Roll 1D6 at the start of each turn. On a roll of 1, they must test for
stupidity that turn. On a 2-5 nothing happens and on the roll of a 6 they become subject to frenzy for that turn.
Whilst the subject to both stupidity or frenzy they are immune to all other forms of psychology.

Woodland Dwelling: Centigors are creatures of the deep, dark forests. They suffer no movement penalties for
moving through wooded areas.

Trample: As well as their weapons, Centigors use their hooves and sheer size to crush their enemies. This counts
as an additional attack, which does not benefits from weapon bonuses or penalties.

Henchmen

(In groups of 1-5)

0+ Ungor; 25 gold crowns to hire

Ungor are the most numerous of the Beastmen. They are small, spiteful creatures, but dangerous in large masses.
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Weapons/Armor: Ungor may be armed with weapons and armor chosen from Ungor Equipment list.
Special Rules:

Lowest of the Low: Ungor are on the lowest rung of Beastmen society and regardless of how much Experience
they accrue they will never acquire a position of authority. If an Ungor rolls "That lad's got talent" skill, it must be
re-rolled.

0-5 Gor; 35 gold crowns to hire

Gor are nearly as numerous as Ungor but are larger and more brutish...
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Weapons/Armor: Ungor may be armed with weapons and armor chosen from Beastmen Equipment list.

0-5 Warhounds of Chaos; 15 gold crowns to hire

Chaos Hounds are titanic, mastiff-like creatures which are insanely dangerous in combat.

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Weapons/Armor: None! Apart from their fangs and nasty tempers the Chaos Hounds dont have weapons and can fight
without any penalties.
Special Rules:

Animals: Chaos Hounds are animals and never gain experience.

0-1 Minotaur; 200 gold crowns to hire

Minotaurs are gigantic, bull-headed Beastmen. Fearsome and powerful, any Beastman Chief will try to recruit a Minotaur
into his warband if possible.

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S

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d

Weapons/Armor: Minotaurs may be armed with weapons and armor chosen from Beastmen Equipment list.
Special Rules:

Fear: Minotaurs are huge, bellowing monsters and cause Fear. See Psychology section for details.

Large Target: Minotaurs are Large Targets as defined in the shooting rules.

Bloodgreed: If a Minotaur puts all of its enemies Out Of Action in Hand-To-Hand combat, it becomes Frenzied on
a D6 roll of 4+.

Animal: A Minotaur is far more bestial than its Beastmen brethren and although it may gain experience it may
never become a Hero.