In some RPG's players build their characters from scratch. Now before players start their first adventure, some Warriors may be customized. A party could then have two different level-one Barbarians, for instance.
A Warrior only trades his starting Equipment or a Skill before the first adventure. In order to get the lost skill later, they must roll the number on the Skill Table that corresponds to the new starting skill.
a. The Barbarian may trade in his Berserk skill for any other
Barbarian skill (e.g. Reaction Strike).
b. If his Furs can break (see card below or my Armory ), you may
let him start with 1 Luck or exchange Furs for an Open Helmet (+1T).
c. The Barbarian may trade in his Sword for either a Mace (+1D6 on a 6 to
hit, but -1 to hit) or a Flail (+2 Strength, but -2 to hit).
d. The Barbarian may trade in both his Sword and his Furs for either a
Warhammer (+1D6 on a 6 to hit), or a Battle-axe (+2 Strength, but cannot carry
lantern with this two-handed weapon), or a Broadsword (+3 Strength, but -1 to
hit).
e. A second Barbarian doesn't need a Lantern. Pick something from the
General Store (Rope, Bandage, Door Spike, or Cask of Beer).
a. The Dwarf may give up his ability to roll an extra damage die
(which I call Double Effort- see my FAQ-rejected), in order to
gain any Dwarf Skill (e.g. Tunnel Fighter).
b. The Dwarf may trade both his Great Axe and Rope for the +1 Throwing
Axe.
c. The Dwarf may trade his Rope for either 1 Firebomb or 2 Bags of
Flashpowder or 3 Stonebread.
a. The Elf may trade in his Elf Bow and arrows to receive Elven Armor,
which gives +1 Toughness and ignores 1's and 2's on enemy damage dice.
b. The Elf may trade his Dodge skill for any other Elf skill (e.g. Rapid
Fire).
c. The Elf may trade his Dodge skill for either the Battle Lord or the
Flame of Vengeance skills. Both are archery-related skills from the Elf Ranger
Rulebook.
d. The Elf may trade his Sword for a Spear (attack in ranks, +1
Initiative in first round of combat, 1D6+ST damage).
a. The Wizard may be able to choose some of his 3 spells, but not more
than one per type. Special spells may now be chosen or picked randomly in place
of another type (e.g. Defense).
Roll 1D6:
| 1 | Draw 3 random spells |
| 2-3 | Choose 1 spell, draw 2 randomly |
| 4-5 | Choose 2 spells, draw 1 randomly |
| 6 | Choose 3 spells from 3 different catagories. |
a. The Slayer may give up his special strength-bonus skill (which I
call Detect Weakness), to gain any other Dwarf Trollslayer skill (e.g.
Lessen Blow). For skills based on battle level, a level-one Slayer has: (Berserk
6+, Frenzy -1, Ignore Fear +1, Lesson Blow -1W, Ambidextrous +1, Ignore Blow 6+,
or Detect Weakness 6).
b. If the Slayer gives up his Stonebread, he may change his Rune Axe (+1
Str) to an axe with a random Rune on the Runesmith Table. A roll of 1 means no
change, but he still loses the Stonebread.
c. If the Slayer gives up his Stonebread, Rune Axe, and Detect
Weakness skill, he can get Ambidextrous +1 along with two normal
Axes.
d. The Slayer may trade his 3 Stonebread for either 1 Firebomb or 2 Bags
of Flashpowder or a Rope.
Note: the Slayer starts with 1 Luck.
a. The Wardancer may trade his Dance of Death skill, for any other
Wardancer skill.
b. The Wardancer may trade his Belt of Ariel for a Wood Elf item from
either the Wood Elf Traders (e.g. Cloak of Concealment), or the Treasure Card
deck (e.g. Luckstone of Anurandel, Bauble of Anurandel or Rapid Fire Bracelets).
a. The Witch Hunter may choose 1 of his Amulets (before rolling
number, types or charges). This may include Amulet Treasure Cards if you convert
them to Amulets with charges as follows:
| Amulet of Charadris card- has charges; blocks all Undead
Regeneration when used by Witch Hunters. Amulet of Fury card- has charges; no need to roll for spell success by a Witch Hunter. Amulet of Power card- has charges; doesn't explode for Witch Hunters. Amulet of Vindication- Roll for Magic Resistance; each success counts as one charge (same for #4, WH p10). Enchanted Jade Amulet- Roll for Healing; instead of exploding for Witch Hunters, a 1 loses a charge. CoT Ghost's Luck Amulets- The Witch Hunter may only attempt to recharge one at the Witch Hunter's Guild |
I've had the opportunity to play a few other Warriors since I first put together this page.
a. The Elf Ranger Mage may trade one spell for any spell on his
spells/skill table (e.g. Shockwave for Fury of Indraugnir).
b. The Elf Ranger Mage starts with Scale Mail that is identical to Elven
Armor: it gives +1 Toughness and ignores 1's and 2's.
c. The Elf Ranger Mage starts with 1D6 permanent points of Power; reroll
a 1, once.
d. The Elf Ranger Mage may trade his Crown of Tiranoc for 1D6 additional
permanent points of Power.
a. The Elf Ranger Knight starts with Scale Mail that is identical to
Elven Armor: it gives +1 Toughness and ignores 1's and 2's.
b. The Elf Ranger Knight may trade his starting skill, Blades of Death,
for any skill on his Skills and Spells Table.
a. The Shaman's Starting Blessings Table is not in the ".pdf"
file. With Mana costs, they are: 1- Soul Bind (4), 2- Robe of Fire (4), 3-
Cleansing Flame (4), 4- Burning Hand (4), 5- Storm of Rocks (5), 6- Fiery Shield
(5).
b. The Kislevite Shaman may select one blessing from either his list of
blessings with any Mana cost (e.g. Cleansing Flame (4) or Burning Orb (6)), or
from the Wizards' spell list that has a Power cost of 1-3 (e.g. Healing Hands
(2)).
c. The Shaman rolls dice for the other 2 blessings from the list of his 6
starting blessings; if he rolls doubles he may choose his third blessing, like
the first.
d. If the Shaman chooses the Raven as his familiar, then he has Ballistic
Skill 4+ instead of -2 Wounds.
e. The Shaman may choose the Bear as his familiar. This provides him +1
Toughness and +1 Strength. Bear rules will be needed later for the
Transformation and Hunter of Souls Blessings.
f. (untested) The Shaman may give up his Totem Staff to get the
skill, Herb Master (see the Elf Wardancer instruction book p21-22). Roll 1D6 to
see what you get: 1-Healing, 2-Antidote, 3-Strength, 4-Speed, 5-Insight,
6-Weaponskill, then 1D6 for the starting quantity of potions. The Shaman finds
free herbs for 1D6 potions during the return journey. But, if you use Travel
Time and the Hazards Table, you should somehow take into account the Shaman's
delays to find his herbs. Whenever the Shaman goes up a level, roll for more
Herb Lore. He gets to make an additional 1D6 potions, of the type rolled,
between adventures.
If you give up your starting skill, which I call Reaction Ambush 5+
(an improved Reaction Strike), then you may choose any one of the skills on the
Pit Fighter's Skills Table.
Note: According to the Advanced Rules, the Reaction Ambush may occur
whenever Monsters are placed, not just due to Unexpected Events.
Note: the Pit Fighter starts with 1 Luck.
WARHAMMER QUEST and its components are © Games Workshop 1995.