Dwarf Treasure Hunter Warbands

By Matthew Anderson
Northern Wastes

Dwarf Treasure Hunters are lured from their relatively peaceful underground life in strongholds to the dangerous and deadly city of Mordheim searching for booty and the fabled Wyrdstone. These treasure hunters are often armed to the beard with finely crafted Dwarvern weapons.

They are led by a treasure hunter captain, who is often backed up by a fearless and gold-hungry retinue.

Longbeards are the leader's right hand men. They are wise almost beyond their years.

Short Beards are young Dwarfs, lured away from their strongholds with tales of treasure and glorious victories against the enemies of the Dwarf kingdom.

The warband is often accompained by a master brewer, whose skills often come in handy when the Dwarfs are feeling thirsty.

These heroes are accompanied by a retinue of warriors, armed with their trusty axes or other deadly weapons.

Dwarf Treasure Hunter Warband List

Heroes

1 Dwarf Treasure Hunter Captain - 60GC

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 5 4 3 4 1 3 1 10

The Capatin is armed with equipment from the warrior and marksmen lists.

0-2 Long Beards - 30GC

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 5 3 3 4 1 3 1 9

Longbeards may be armed with equipment from the warrior and marksmen lists.

0-1 Brewmaster - 20GC

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 3 3 3 4 1 2 1 9

The Brewmaster may be armed with equipment from the warrior list.

0-2 Short Beards - 15GC

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 3 3 3 4 1 2 1 9

Short Beards may be amred with equipment from the warrior list.

Henchmen

Dwarf warriors - 25GC

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 4 3 3 4 1 2 1 9

Dwarf warriors may be armed with equipment from the warrior list.

Dwarf Marksmen - 25GC

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 4 3 3 4 1 2 1 9

Dwarf marksmen may be amred with equipment from the marksmen list.

Miners - 35GC

M WS BS S T W I A Ld
3 4 3 3 4 1 2 1 9

Miners may be armed with equipment from the warrior and miner lists.

Special rules:

Brewmen: Before a battle, roll 1D6. If a 6 occurs, the brewmaster has just finished his latest master brew. For the duration of the battle, all Dwarfs are immune to psychology.

Expert pickman: Miners are so skilled with their picks that they may reroll any failed hits when charging. Note that this only applied if armed with picks. Apart from this, treat picks as double handed weapons.

Miners lanterns: Miners may also carry lanterns, the rules for which are given in WD227. Note that Miners may use their picks as well, because they wear lanterns on their helmets.

Weapons

Warrior equipment list

Dagger (1st free) 2GC
Mace 3GC
Hammer 3GC
DH weapon 15GC
Morning Star 10GC
Sword 5GC
Halberd 10GC
Axe 5GC
Spear 10GC
Pistol 15GC
Duelling pistol 25GC

Dwarf armour

Light armour 20GC
Heavy armour 50GC
Dwarf armour 70GC
Helmet 10GC
Sheild 5GC

Marksmen equipment list

Dagger (1st free) 2GC
Hammer 3GC
Mace 3GC
Axe 5GC
Crossbow 25GC
Handgun 35GC
Pistol 15GC
Duelling pistol 25GC

Marksmen armour

Light armour 20GC
Helmet 10GC
Sheild 5GC

Miner equipment

Pick 15GC
Lantern 5GC

Notes on Dwarf warbands - by Matthew Anderson

This warband represents a typical Dwarvern skirmish force. Originally, Neil and myself planned to include Slayers in the warband, but we did not feel that a small selection of Slayers as henchmen was appropriate for this mighty troop type. To this end, we have playtested and broadcasted the Slayer warband list for the general publics' enjoyment.

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