Sister of the Lake

By Paul Smith

Throughout the Country of Bretonnia are small sects of female warriors who are the protectors of the Lady of the Lake. They have sworn their lives to defending the Lady and her country from all forms of evil, be it War, pestilence or greed. The sisters do not stick to the rules laid down by Bretonnian traditions and learn the use of magic These nuns are rarely seen in groups of more than about three as they are a lonely order that shuns companionship. They believe that to dedicate your life to the service of the Lady they must give up everything. To this extent they rarely have much in the way of possessions, the clothes they wear on their backs, a weapon with which they defend the Lady and their armour.

Starting character

Level 1
Gold 0
Title Novice
Weapon Skill       3
Ballistic Skill 6+
Strength 3
Toughness 3
Initiative 7
Attack 1
Wounds 1D6+6
Willpower 5
Damage Dice 1D6
Luck 0
Pin 4+
Skills 0

The Sister starts off with a sword (Dam dice +S+1) and some armour (+1T)

Settlements

The Sister must roll on the following table if she recieves an uneventful day.

D6  
1 A local priest denounces you in front of a large crowd, inciting a riot.
1-2 You are hung for being a witch by the local priest.
3+ You must leave the settlement and wait for the rest of your party outside the settlement.
2-3 You heal a small child whose leg had been broken in an accident. The mother is grateful and gives you 50 gold, unfortunately the local Priest claims you are a witch...driving you from the town.
4-5 It truly is an uneventful day.
6 You find some information that proves that the local chaplaincy is corrupt. Your evidence leads to a chaos cult being discovered and destroyed before anything gets out of hand. You are rewarded with one piece of dungeon room treasure.

The sister may use all the normal settlement locations except the Alchemist. When she visits the Alehouse she rolls 2D6 with no modifiers.
The Sister MUST visit the Temple of the Lady to pray. Roll on the following table after donating D6x50 gold.

D6  
1 The Lady is most displeased with your level of belief - Lose one blessing permanently
2 The Lady does not judge you to be entirely worthy of her protection - lose one starting wound.
3-4 Your prayers go unheeded
5 Your prayers are weak, but the lady still responds - gain +1 starting wound
6 The Lady is listening to your prayers and rewards your diligence with an extra blessing

Magic items

The Sisters may use any items usable by the elf, except elf only items. The sister may use scrolls and such as she can be a spell caster.

Blessings

Battle cry +1 WS and monsters must attack her first
Holy weapon undead are destroyed if five or more wounds are caused by this weapon
Healing rays heals D6W on each player
Strength of the avenger      +2S permenantly
Cure Heals 3D6 W on target player
Mystic bolt causes D6xBattle level damage to target monster - ignores armour, ranged attack
Holy aura On a 5+ you may ignore one blow. One use per turn.
Bless Target player gains +1 to hit
Angelic form You grow wings and become Angelic. You may now fly up to 8 squares a turn should you wish. All rules for flying monsters now apply to you. In settlements you may choose to ignore the uneventful day table completely. If you do choose to roll on it you must still accept the results.
Haste You may take two turns worth of actions in this turn - one use per adventure
Restore Can restore one stat to normal if it has been reduced by poision, plague etc. On any warrior once per adventure. This also makes the Sister immune to the effects of Poision, plague etc.
Divine power The sister is now counted as a spell caster and can enter the mages guild. Roll 2D6 and select spells as a wizard. From now on you gain an extra spell every second level you go up. You may never have more than 5 spells at one time. You may also use wizard only equipment now.
Healing Trance Regenerates (Battle-Level)D6 wounds if you do nothing for a turn.

Battle level table

Level Gold Title WS BS S T I A W WP Damage Luck Pin Skills
1 0 Novice 3 6+ 3 3 7 1 1D6+6 5 1D6 0 4+ 0
2 2.000 Sister 3 6+ 3 3 7 2 2D6+6 5 1D6 1 4+ 1
3 4.000 Sister 4 6+ 3 3 8 2 2D6+6 5 2D6 1 4+ 2
4 8.000 Sister superior 4 6+ 4 3 8 3 3D6+6 5 2D6 1 4+ 2
5 12.000 Sister superior 4 6+ 4 4 9 3 3D6+6 6 3D6 2 3+ 3
6 19.000 Mother 5 5+ 4 4 9 3 4D6+6 6 3D6 2 3+ 3
7 23.000 Mother 5 5+ 5 4 10 3 4D6+6 6 3D6 3 3+ 4
8 31.000 Mother 5 5+ 5 4 10 4 5D6+6 7 4D6 3 3+ 5
9 44.000 Mother Superior 6 5+ 6 4 10 4 5D6+6 7 4D6 3 2+ 5
10 50.000 Mother Superior 7 5+ 6 4 10 5 6D6+6 7 4D6 4 2+ 6