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For the tribesmen living in tendency was fine in a way and playtesting, it quickly became apparent
the Shadowlands of the sometimes fun to play. However, rolling that, to make the game run faster still
north, the lands of Chaos, up a Warband consisting of a couple of and add more tactical challenges, more
Goblins and a few Beastmen and changes would have to be made. We
there is no greater glory than playing your buddy who had two ended up making big creatures (like
to become recognized by the Minotaurs and a flying Chaos Spawn, Ogres), your Champion, and select
Gods themselves and exalted well...sometimes that wasnt so much elite troops count as independent
above other members of the fun. What follows then is a set of simple characters, while the other models have
tribe. Though the risks are rules that enable small battles to be to be formed up into small skirmisher
many and great, they are far played with Chaos Warbands. These units or ranked up into regiments.
outweighed by even the rules have some of the randomness of Played with the normal Warhammer
smallest chance of gaining the old Realm of Chaos rules but are a rules, these games prove to be quick,
bit more structured so that you can play fun, and bloody, and we have found
the Gods favor, for down
games with relatively even forces. that we can easily play a game or two
that path lies the chance of
While playtesting these rules, we came during our lunch break.
attaining immortality.
to the general agreement that the These rules can also help all you
ath to Glory came about when a
P
skirmish rules printed in the back of the budding Chaos generals start playing
bunch of us were reminiscing Warhammer rulebook were not games without having an entire painted
about the old Realm of Chaos particularly suited to fighting with army. As your Warbands and model
books during the development of the Chaos Warbands. The skirmish rules collection grow, you can slowly
new Hordes of Chaos Army book. One made the game a bit too slow, assemble an entire Chaos army.
of the coolest and most characterful particularly when Warbands were quite
parts of Realm of Chaos was the large. Thus, we decided to try out the Just follow the simple steps described
Warband rules, but the problem with normal Warhammer rules, except that on the next few pages to generate your
them was that the Warbands tended to we treated every model as an Warband and start to gather the
become quickly unbalanced. This independent character. After a bit of makings of your own horde of Chaos
Every Warband is led by a Champion of Chaos. This character is free and starts
with the following profile:
M WS BS S T W I A Ld
Champion 4 5 3 4 4 2 6 2 8
Equipment: Chaos armor, hand weapon, plus choice of any two items from
Equipment Table 1. May be given a barded Chaos Steed for 4 Favor Points.
Choose which Chaos God the Pay 1 Favor Point to roll on this table
Champion will follow. He can choose to
The special rules and characteristics of all the following models can be found in
worship Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, or
Hordes of Chaos and the Beasts of Chaos list featured in White Dwarf 274).
Slaanesh. Alternatively, he may choose
to worship all the Gods equally, in 2D6 Follower Number Favor Points1 Equipment per Model
which case he is said to follow Chaos
2-3 Marauder D3 3 Warhorse, light armor,
Undivided. Before any game, a Horsemen hand weapon + roll on
Champion of Chaos Undivided may
Equipment Table 12
choose to align himself with one of the
four Greater Powers, or a Champion 4-5 Chaos D6 1 None
who is already worshiping a single God Warhounds
may choose to worship Chaos 6-7 Marauders D6 1 Light armor, hand weapon
Undivided. However, Champions may + roll on Equipment
only ever make one such transition Table 12
(fickle allegiances incite the rage of the
Gods, which is not a wise thing to do!). 8-9 Chaos D3 3 Heavy armor,
Warriors hand weapon + roll on
Equipment Table 12
10-11 Beastmen D6 1 Hand weapon + roll on
There are two tables of followers. The Equipment Table 12
first table consists of the more common
Chaos followers, the second the more 12 Roll immediately on Table 2 below. You may recruit what you roll at the
rare and more dangerous creatures. It Favor Points indicated.
costs 1 Favor Point to roll on the first 1 Note that the numbers listed in this column indicate the Favor Point cost per model. Thus, if you
table and 2 for the second. Remember wish to recruit three Marauder Horsemen, you must spend 9 Favor Points.
to keep a tally of how much Favor you
2 Note that only one roll for equipment is made, and all the warriors are armed with the same
have spent. The dice roll determines
weapon. For example, if you recruit four Marauders on one roll, then make only one roll on the
which creatures/followers have Equipment Table 1.
approached your Champion and
become available. If you choose, you
can then spend the Favor Points choose to recruit none, one, two, or Point. For example, if you rolled an 11,
necessary to recruit the follower(s) as three of them as you like. If you choose resulting in Beastmen, you could spend
listed in the Favor Points per model not to recruit any, those Favor Points 2 further Favor Points to alter the result
column. On the other hand, if you that were spent to roll on the table are to 9 so that you could purchase one
cannot afford or do not wish to recruit lost, however, and you must spend to three Chaos Warriors. In this way,
the follower(s) that you have rolled, you more points if you wish to roll again on you could spend your points on
do not have to. For example, if you roll the table. In addition, you may alter the recruiting anyone you come across or
a 6 (Marauders) and then roll a 3 number you roll on the dice by one spend extra points to choose who you
(resulting in three Marauders) you may point in exchange for a further Favor really want.
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Pay 2 Favor Points to roll on this table Most followers attracted to a
Warband will bring along some of
The special rules and characteristics of all the following models can be found in their own equipment. The
Hordes of Chaos and the Beasts of Chaos list featured in White Dwarf 274. equipment that they start with
2D6 Follower Number Favor Points Equipment per Model cannot be swapped they will not
give up their equipment and will
2-3 Chaos 1 7 Chaos armor, hand
always keep it, though they can be
Sorcerer (reroll for Khorne and Tzeentch) weapon (Lvl 1 Wizard)
given additional items as the
4 Minotaur 1 8 Hand weapon + roll on Warband progresses.
Equipment Table 2
5 Chaos 1 4 Nothing
Daemon
Bloodletter, Plaguebearer, Daemonette, Horror, or Fury depending on aligned Chaos Power.
6-7 Chosen 1 3 Chaos armor, Hand Additional rolls can be purchased
of Chaos weapon + roll twice on for individual models for 1 Favor
Equipment Table 1 and Point; for these rolls only, reroll
choose which you want results of Nothing.
8 Knight of Chaos 1 6 Barded Chaos Steed, heavy D6 Equipment
armor, shield, hand weapon
1 Nothing
9 Ogre 1 6 Light armor, hand weapon
2 Great weapon (re-roll for
+ roll on Equipment Table 2 Marauder Horsemen)
10 Chaos Troll 1 9 Hand weapon 3 Shield
11 Chosen Knight 1 8 Barded Chaos Steed, Chaos 4 Additional hand weapon
of Chaos armor, shield, hand weapon (re-roll for Marauder
Horsemen)
12 Chaos Spawn1 1 11 Nothing 5 Flail
1Chaos Spawn use the special rules for specific powers if the Warband is aligned to one of the 6 Throwing axe
Chaos powers. See p. 27 of Hordes of Chaos. (re-roll for Beastmen)
I
decided that my Chaos Champion for my Warband and got a nice mix of more like devotees of Slaanesh. In
was going to worship Slaanesh. I troops, though I didnt get any big battle, I arrange the Chosen of Chaos
was inspired by the Eavy Metal monstrous creatures. Oh well, I can with the two Warriors, and the three
Slaanesh army, which just looks so always recruit one later on (see the Beastmen together. The two
cool with its contrast of black armor following section to see how you can Marauder Horsemen also form into a
and pale skin (though I was sorely make your Warband grow). Already
unit together (they have to in order
tempted by the foulness of Nurgle, having a Chaos army of my own, it
mainly because of the modeling was a simplematter of picking the to get Unit Strength 3). The Knight
possibilites). Having settled on models to fit what I had rolled up. In works on his own. My Champion
Slaanesh, I immediately started between games, I have gone back to starts on his own and joins either the
converting and painting a Champion. these models to add extra details and Beastmen or the Warriors, depending
Once I finished that model, I rolled repaint parts to make them look on where he is needed most.
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n this section of Path to Glory, you rules before using these rules
5 ADVANCEMENT
Nurgle and Tzeentch Warbands battle it out.
2D6 Result
2 Mutation roll on 2 Turned into a Chaos Spawn!
Mutation Table. 3-4 Mutation One random mutation (if the Champion ever has five mutations,
3-5 Chaos Power Advancement he automatically devolves into a Chaos Spawn; see below).
roll on the Power-Specific 5 Cloud of Flies Any enemy in base-to-base contact suffers a 1 modifier on
Advancement Table. its rolls to hit in close combat.
6 Characteristic Increase 6 Mark of Nurgle The model gains an extra Wound and is immune to poison.
roll again: 1-3 = +1 S If rolled again, the model will cause Fear.
4-6 = +1 A
7 Blessing of Nurgle Nurgles Rot All attacks made by the character are
7 Characteristic Increase Poisoned Attacks, and the model itself is immune to poison. (If rolled more
+1 WS than once, this gift can be passed onto another member of the Warband.)
8 Characteristic Increase 8 Mark of Nurgle The model gains an extra wound and is immune to poison.
roll again: 1-3 = +1 I If rolled again, the model will cause Fear.
4-6 = +1 Ld
9-10 Blessed with D3+2 Plaguebearers for the next game only.
9 Characteristic Increase
roll again: 1-3 = +1 W 11 Bloated Foulness Killing Blow has no effect on the model. In addition, no
4-6 = +1 T weapon or spell will ever wound the model on better than a 3+, i.e., if a
model has Strength 6, it will still only wound the model with Bloated
10-11 Chaos Power Advancement Foulness on a 3+ rather than a 2+.
roll on the Power-Specific
Advancement Table. 12 Eye of the Gods The Champion begins to be transformed into a Daemon.
The first time the Champion gets this reward, he receives a 5+ Daemonic
12 Mutation roll on the Ward. The second time the Champion gets it, he causes Fear. The third time,
Mutation Table. he gains +1 Wounds and +1 Attack. The fourth time, he becomes a Daemon
If you rolled a result of 3-5 or 10-11, completely, sprouts wings, causes Terror, and suffers from Daemonic
roll on the table of the God that your Instability but is otherwise immune to Psychology. However, the Champion
Warband is associated with. may not use any nonmagical weapons or armor.
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2D6 Result
2 Turned into a Chaos Spawn!
3-4 Spell Familiar Joins the
warband for the next D6
games only. It knows the
Tzeentch spell Red Fire,
which the Champion may use.
It counts as a Bound spell
with Power Level 4.
5-6 Mark of Tzeentch Becomes a
Level 1 Wizard with one
random Tzeentch spell. If
rolled again, the Champion
gains a new, additional
random spell.
7-8 Mutation One random
mutation (if the Champion
ever has nine mutations, he
Two mighty Champions confront each other. automatically devolves into a
Chaos Spawn; see below).
9 Blessing of Tzeentch
Tzeentchs Will: Chaos player
2D6 Result can reroll D3 dice per game
(roll at start of game) that
2 Turned into a Chaos Spawn!
directly affect the Champion.
3-4 Mutation One random mutation (if the Champion ever has five mutations, The rerolls can be used to cast
he automatically devolves into a Chaos Spawn; see below). spells with Irresistible Force
5 Soporific Musk Any enemy model in base-to-base contact must halve their and avoid Miscasts.
WS and I (rounding up). 10-11 Blessed with D3+2 Horrors
6 Blessing of Slaanesh Friendly models within 6" may reroll any failed for the next game only.
Psychology tests. 12 Eye of the Gods The
7-8 Mark of Slaanesh Immune to Psychology. Champion begins to be
transformed into a Daemon.
9-10 Blessed with D3+2 Daemonettes for the next game only.
The first time the Champion
11 Aura of Slaanesh At the start of the Close Combat phase, select one enemy gets this reward, he receives a
model touching the Champion. It must pass a Leadership test or may not 5+ Daemonic Ward. The
make any attacks in that Close Combat phase. Models immune to Psychology second time the Champion
cannot be affected by the Aura of Slaanesh. gets it, he causes Fear. The
12 Eye of the Gods The Champion begins to be transformed into a Daemon. third time, he gains +1
The first time the Champion gets this reward, he receives a 5+ Daemonic Wounds and +1 Attack. The
Ward. The second time the Champion gets it, he causes Fear. The third time, fourth time, he becomes a
he gains +1 Wounds and +1 Attack. The fourth time, he becomes a Daemon Daemon completely, sprouts
completely, sprouts wings, causes Terror, and suffers from Daemonic wings, causes Terror, and
Instability, but is otherwise immune to Psychology. However, the Champion suffers from Daemonic
may not use any nonmagical weapons or armor. Instability but is otherwise
immune to Psychology.
However, the Champion may
not use any nonmagical
weapons or armor.
2D6 Result
2 Turned into a Chaos Spawn!
3-4 Mutation One random mutation (if the Champion ever has five mutations, If a model is transformed into a Chaos
he automatically devolves into a Chaos Spawn; see below). Spawn and you have no Favor Points to
5 Axe of Khorne - Killing Blow spend to alter the dice roll (or are
6-7 Mark of Khorne Frenzy. unwilling to spend them), he loses all
If rolled again, the model becomes Blood Frenzied. He will never lose his his equipment and abilities. His profile
Frenzy. In addition, at the start of his Movement phase, if there is no enemy is changed to that of the relevant Chaos
model within charge range but there is a friendly model within charge range, Spawn (to match the Chaos Power he is
roll a D6. On a roll of 1, the Champion will charge the friendly model and associated with), and he gains all the
fight one round of combat. The models fight one round of combat and are
separated by 1" at the end of the Close Combat phase. special rules of the relevant Chaos
Spawn. Obviously, he may not remain
8 Blessing of Khorne Once per game, the player may automatically dispel
the leader of your Warband! In all cases,
one spell cast.
he now IS a Spawn of Chaos (e.g., for
9-10 Blessed with D3+2 Bloodletters for the next game only. calculating the Warband Favor Rating).
11 Collar of Khorne Magic Resistance 2. If it is your Champion who is turned
12 Eye of the Gods The Champion begins to be transformed into a Daemon. into a Spawn, then any other Knight of
The first time the Champion gets this reward, he receives a 5+ Daemonic Chaos, Warrior of Chaos, or Chosen of
Ward. The second time the Champion gets it, he causes Fear. The third time, Chaos in the Warband may become the
he gains +1 Wounds and +1 Attack. The fourth time, he becomes a Daemon new Champion. He is gifted with a suit
completely, sprouts wings, causes Terror, and suffers from Daemonic of Chaos armor if he didnt already have
Instability but is otherwise immune to Psychology. However, the Champion
may not use any nonmagical weapons or armor. one and is given one immediate roll on
the Champion Advancement Table.
7 ADVANCEMENT
If your Champion has gained a mutation, roll a D6 to see what mutation he has
been given (remember that your dice roll may be altered with Favor Points). After a game, roll a D6 for each
However if a model gets five mutations (nine for Tzeentch), he is turned into a model that has been removed from
Chaos Spawn. the table as a casualty during the
D6 Result game. On a roll of 1, it is dead and is
removed permanently from the
1 Acid Ichor The warrior can spit a thick gruel of poison and acid at his foe. Warband. On any other result, the
If he chooses to, one of his attacks may be made at S4 with no armor model recovers from its injuries and
save allowed. may fight in the next battle as
2 Tentacle Roll a D6: normal. However, you may spend 1
1-2 A tentacle replaces one of the warriors arms. May not carry a weapon or Favor Point to reroll this D6,
shield in this tentacle. May grapple with a single opponent and force him although the second roll stands; so if
to lose one Attack of the mutants choice, down to a minimum of 1. you roll another 1, you are stuck with
3-6 A tentacle sprouts from the warriors body. May grapple with a single it. (In a future article in White Dwarf,
opponent and force him to lose one Attack of the mutants choice, down there will be an extended Injury
to a minimum of 1. Table for your Champion.)
3 Extra Arm An extra arm has sprouted from the warriors body. The warrior
may carry an additional single-handed weapon giving him an extra Attack, or
carry a shield in his extra hand (a model may only ever carry one shield).
This mutation comes with a free hand weapon. Finally, the Warband Favor Rating must
4 Cloven Hooves The warriors legs end in cloven hooves. The warrior gains be calculated. This is a measurement of
+1 Movement. how well known and feared it is. This
score is calculated by adding up the
5 Horns Mighty horns sprout from the warriors brow. When charging, the
model gains an additional Attack, which is worked out at the models base cost of all the models in the
base Strength. Warband from the Followers Tables in
the first section of this booklet (so a
6 Bestial Visage The warriors face is twisted into a bestial or daemonic Warrior of Chaos would be 3 points and
visage. The model causes Fear.
a Chaos Steed would be 4 points).
Count the Champion as 6 points. Add
+2 points every time a Champion
Advancement Roll is earned (not
including the first free one). Unused
Favor Points do not count towards your
total. After each game and after Favor
Points have been allocated and new
members of the Warband have been
recruited, recalculate your new
Warband Favor Rating.
For example, a Warband consists of the
Champion (6 points) on a barded
Chaos Steed (4 points), a Chaos Knight
(6 points), three Marauders (3 points),
and a Chaos Warrior (3 points). It has
also had one Advancement roll (2). So,
the total Warband Favor rating is 24.
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John Shaffers Slaaneshi Warband led by Balthazar Vice
9 GLORIOUS WARBANDS
Evan Lougheeds
Chaos Troll Of
Slaanesh uses
spines from the
Wood Elf Dragon.
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