•OVERVIEW•

•OVERVIEW•
This supplement provides rules for playing as •FAVOUR OF THE HORNED RAT•....... 24
Skaven characters in the 4th edition of
•NEW DISEASES• ...................................... 25
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, by introducing
Skaven as a playable species, divided into four •SKAVEN MAGIC• .................................... 26
sub-species. It also features a handful of new PETTY MAGIC ...................................... 26
mechanics that can be employed when playing
with Skaven characters, as well as new spells, ARCANE LORES ................................... 27
talents and trappings. The following table of NEW SPELLS ......................................... 27
contents provides a quick overview over the
•SKAVEN TRAPPINGS• ........................... 31
contents within this document.

Table of Content
•OVERVIEW• ............................................... 1
•SKAVEN CHARACTERS•......................... 2
1) SPECIES ................................................ 2
2) CLASS AND CAREER ........................ 4
3) ATTRIBUTES ....................................... 6
4) SKILLS AND TALENTS ..................... 7
5) TRAPPINGS.......................................... 7
•NEW CAREERS•......................................... 8
GREY SEER .............................................. 9
STORMVERMIN.................................... 10
CLANRAT ............................................... 11
PACKMASTER....................................... 12
PLAGUE PRIEST ................................... 14
SKRYRE ENGINEER ............................ 15
SLAVE...................................................... 16
RAT OGRE .............................................. 17
•NEW TALENTS• ....................................... 18
•FLESHMOULDING• ................................ 19
•SKRYRE TECHNOMANCY• .................. 20
1) CATEGORY........................................ 20
2) COST & EFFECT............................... 21
3) BUILD DEVICE ................................. 22
4) USE DEVICE ...................................... 22

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 •SKAVEN CHARACTERS•
•SKAVEN CHARACTERS•
Creating a Character
When creating a Skaven Character you follow
the rules for Character Creation from the
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition Core
Rulebook with the following modifications.
1) SPECIES
Instead of Rolling on the Random Species Table
on page 24, roll on the Random Sub-Species
Table below.
Random Sub-Species Table
1d100 Sub-Species
01-80 Clanrat
81-96 Black Fur
97-98 Grey Seer
99-00 Rat Ogre
CLANRAT
Clanrats represent the standard Skaven. They
are expendable and uncountable. They have the
opportunity to rise in rank and improve their
standing in Skaven society but even with their
best efforts they will usually never surpass their
black furred brothers in social or military rank.
Clanrats are versatile and clever, always
looking for an opportunity to stab a superior in
the back and take his place.
Opinions
On Black Furs...
‚Clawlord Flitwick is mightiest warrior. He has
best-best gear. But just he watch his back. He is
just born into his rank but I will earn-gain it by
force.‘
-Slitthroat Footstool, aspiring Clawleader
On Grey Seers...
‚Oh most rotten of hearts, eater of cheese, ye of
great and circular intellect, I quail before you
and your almost majesty. Have mercy on our
poor retched hides, for we are beneath
contempt, too insignificant to be struck down by
you vast-vast power . . .‘
-Typical Clanrat address to Grey Seers
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On Rat Ogres...
‚Our greatest triumphs they are. Advance the
Skaven ever on they do. What battles do the
Children of the Horned Rat fight of any
importance without the favoured children of
Clan Moulder? Not one, not one! Man-things
fear them more than the toys of Skryre, more
than the blades of the Eshin, more than the
poxes of Pestilens and fear they should.‘
-Narshift, Warlock Engineer
BLACK FUR
Skaven born with black fur are bigger and
stronger than the rest of their kin. Most of them
are taken in and trained to become
Stormvermin, the elite Warriors of the Skaven
that can rise to the ranks of Warlords. Some of
them are instead trained in the arts of Murder
and become the deadly Assassins of Clan Eshin.
Some even become Mighty Arch Warlocks of
Clan Skryre and master the art of Technomancy.
But however strong they become, they still
always have to fight those bigger and more
cunning than them and make sure not to become
to dangerous to their masters or face the threat
of elimination.
Opinions
On Clanrats...
‚Puny pathetic things, they are but don’t be
fooled. Turn your back on them and get stab-
shanked by many blades.‘
-Flick Gnawtooth, Clawlord
On Grey Seers...
‚White-fur? Seers are not to be trusted.
Everywhere they scurry, hoarding their secrets,
spreading their lies. Who knows what they
whisper in distant ears. Is it same as were told
to say-squeak? Is it what they squeak in other
ears? Queek thinks no‘
-Queek Headtaker, Warlord of Clan Mors
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On Rat Ogres...
‚Don’t like them, these Moulder beasts. No
Opinions
precision, no grace in their strikes. Make big
On Clanrats...
mess wherever the walk-go. Not fit to do single
‚Many Clanrats to twist-turn into Ogres we
task alone.‘
have. Many die-die and the others are to numb-
-Skrik Slit, Eshin Deathmaster
dumb to remember the before.‘
-Packmaster Killik on Clanrat-Ogre relations

GREY SEER On Black Furs...

‚*Incomprehensible Screaming*‘
Those Skaven born with grey fur and horns are
-Boulder, Hellpit Abomination
removed from their brothers to be turned into
mighty grey seers. Those rats are gifted with the
On Grey Seers...
natural talent of magic using warpstone to
‚Yes-yes. Grey Seer order many Moulder war
enhance their powers and channel the winds of
beasts. Like to ride them. We make them strong-
magic to obey the will of their god, the great
strong and grey seers are protected. Is good-
horned rat.
well trade for many warpstone tokens.‘
-Master Moulder Zit on Grey Seers and Ogres
Opinions
On Clanrats...
‚The chittering hordes and strength of the
Skaven are the Clanrats. They fill-fill our
domain to bursting. It is their duty to die-die for
us. Often is there need, and often do they give.‘
-Skrelin Thurntik, Grey Seer

On Black Furs...
‚Black Skaven are much-strong and loyal-loyal.
Stormvermin guard Grey Seers and Warlords.‘
- Skrelin Thurntik, Grey Seer

On Rat Ogres...
‚Rat Ogres much-kill. Tough-strong, but hard to
control, only the Packmasters can use them
well-good.‘
-Skrelin Turntick, Grey Seer

RAT OGRE
Horrible abominations made by clan Moulder,
rat ogres stand high over their fellow rat kin.
Their bodies are stitched together and mutated
carcasses, artificially enhanced by warpstone to
become stronger but ultimately loose most of
what existed of their mind to blind obedience to
their Moulder Packmasters. Those that prove
especially tough and strong are fitted with
terrifying technology, designed by Clan Skryre,
and turned into the terrible war machines known
as Stormfiends.

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2) CLASS AND CAREER

Before doing the usual steps to choose your •If you stick with the result, you get an extra
career you first need to choose a clan. Every 20xp.
Character must be part of a Clan but not all
•If you choose to roll 2 additional times and pick
players must be part of the same Clan, as
one of the tree results, you get an extra 10xp.
Skaven often rent out their services to other
Clans or are send to cooperate with them while •If you pick one of your liking, gain no extra xp.
actually spying on them and sabotaging their
actions from the inside. The Specialist section of the table refers to what
Career a Character will enter when rolling
When choosing your Characters Clan, it is the Specialist on the Career Table. All successful
GMs choice if every player rolls on their clan Tests made with the Clan Skill get +1 SL.
themselves, or if all players choose together to
pick one clan for everyone. You roll 1d100 on
the Random Clan Table below.

RANDOM CLAN TABLE

Roll Clan Specialist Clan Skill
01-02 Carrion Soldier Perception to scavenge equipment
03-04 Ektrik Skryre Engineer Melee/Ranged with lightning based weapons
05-19 Eshin Gutter Runner Stealth
20-21 Feesik Charlatan Endurance against Disease
22-23 Ferrik Soldier Trade (Smith)
24-25 Gnaw Packmaster Outdoor Survival
26-27 Gritus Hunter Intimidate against Slaves
28-29 Grutnik Merchant (Warpstone) Haggle
30-31 Kreepus Gutter Runner Melee Tests with blades held in their tails
32-33 Krizzor Packmaster Set Trap
34-35 Morbidus Plague Priest Leadership towards Moulder beasts
36-37 Mordkin Grave Robber Cool against Fear from Undead
38-39 Mors Soldier Melee (Basic)
40-54 Moulder Packmaster Surgery
55-69 Pestilens Plague Priest Endurance against Disease
70-71 Rictus Soldier Haggle
72-73 Scruten Noble Charm to lie
74-75 Septik Plague Priest Melee (Basic) with rusted blades
76-77 Skrapp Beggar Charm to lie
78-92 Skryre Skryre Engineer Lore (Engineer)
92-94 Skurvy Seaman Sail
95-96 Treecherik Gutter Runner Charm to lie
97-98 Volkn Miner Endurance against Heat
99-00 Vrrtkin Skryre Engineer Ranged with Poison Globes

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 •SKAVEN CHARACTERS•

Instead of Rolling on the Random Class and

Career Table on page 30 and 31, roll on the
Random Class and Career Table below. For
‘Special’, refer to your chosen Clan.

Random Class and Career Table

Class Career/Species
Clanrat Black Fur Grey Seer Rat Ogre
ACADEMICS Grey Seer - - 01-90 -
Scholar 01 - 91-00 -
BURGHERS Clanrat 02-50 - - -
Agitator 51 - - -
Artisan 52 - - -
COURTIERS Advisor 53 01-02 - -
Envoy 54 - - -
Servant 55 - - -
Spy 56 - - -
PEASANTS Slave 57-76 03-04 - -
Hunter 77 - - -
Miner 78 - - -
Scout 79 - - -
RANGERS Messenger 80 - - -
ROGUES Charlatan 81 - - -
Grave Robber 82 - - -
Outlaw - 05-06 - -
Thief 83 - - -
WARRIORS Stormvermin - 07-83 - -
Rat Ogre - - - 01-90
Guard 84 84-89 - -
Pit Fighter 85 90 - 91-00
SPECIAL Specialist 86-00 91-00 - -

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3) ATTRIBUTES
When rolling for Attributes use the Attributes
Table below to determine your Characteristics.

Attributes Table
Clanrat Black Fur Grey Seer Rat Ogre
Weapon Skill 20+2d10 30+2d10 10+2d10 25+2d10
Ballistic Skill 20+2d10 25+2d10 10+2d10 0+2d10
Strength 20+2d10 25+2d10 20+2d10 45+2d10
Toughness 20+2d10 25+2d10 20+2d10 35+2d10
Initiative 30+2d10 40+2d10 30+2d10 25+2d10
Agility 25+2d10 40+2d10 35+2d10 35+2d10
Dexterity 20+2d10 20+2d10 20+2d10 15+2d10
Intelligence 20+2d10 20+2d10 30+2d10 0+2d10
Willpower 15+2d10 20+2d10 25+2d10 15+2d10
Fellowship 10+2d10 10+2d10 20+2d10 5+2d10
Wounds SB+(2xTB)+WPB SB+(2xTB)+WPB SB+(2xTB)+WPB 2x(SB+(2xTB)+WPB)
Fate 0 1 2 0
Resilience 1 1 1 2
Extra Points 2 1 1 1
Movement 5 5 5 5

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4) SKILLS AND TALENTS 5) TRAPPINGS

When choosing your starting skills choose from Every Trapping that you gain in the Class
the list of the chosen Sub Species below instead Trapping Section is of low Craftsmanship and
of those on page 36. gets one random Flaw. Additionally, replace the
Wealth provided to you in the Character
Creation by 1 Warpstone Token for every full
Sub-Species Skills and Talents 10 Silver Shillings you have. All your money
beyond that is lost.
Clanrat
Skills: Athletics, Bribery, Charm, Climb,
Dodge, Haggle, Intuition, Melee (Basic),
Perception, Stealth, Swim, Track
Talents: Acute Sense (Smell), Enclosed
Fighter, Flee!, Lightning Reflexes or Warrior
Born, Night Vision

Black Fur
Skills: Athletics, Bribery, Charm, Cool,
Endurance, Evaluate, Intimidate, Leadership,
Melee (Two Handed), Stealth, Swim, Track
Talents: Acute Sense (Smell), Careful Strike or
Strike Mighty Blow, Combat Reflexes, Night
Vision, Resolute

Grey Seer
Skills: Bribery, Channelling, Charm, Cool,
Intimidate, Intuition, Language (Magick),
Leadership, Melee (Brawling), Research, Ride
(Rat Ogre), Stealth
Talents: Petty Magic, Savvy or Coolheaded,
Night Vision, Read/Write, Schemer

Rat Ogre
Skills: Athletics, Climb, Cool, Endurance,
Intimidate, Melee (Basic), Melee (Brawling),
Swim
Talents: Stupid [Creature Trait], Size (Large)
[Creature Trait], Hardy or Frenzy, Robust or
Iron Jaw, Night Vision

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•NEW CAREERS•
New Career options
The following pages contain new Careers, that
function just like any Career from the Core
Rulebook, except that they can only be taken by
Skaven Characters.

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GREY SEER
As a Priest of the horned rat you lead Skaven society apprentices is just as deadly as any other, if not
and use magic to make his divine plan come true. more. Once they rise to the ranks of seer lords
Grey seers are the chosen servants of the great there are few mortals that can still stop them.
horned rat. Born with grey fur and horns, they
have an innate talent for magic and bring
destruction to those who oppose the will of their
dark deity.
They wield immense power not only through
their spells but also socially, as they are the
spiritual leaders of Skaven society. In the
priesthood they learn how to control their
powers and study the lore of ruin. But their path
is just as treacherous as any other ratman’s as
the fierce competition between the grey seer

CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME

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Ꙉ ꭕ ‫ם‬ † † †

Career Path
† Grey Seer Apprentice --- Gold 1
Skills: Lore (Magic), Channeling, Lore (Skaven),
Perception, Language (Magick), Language (Any),
Intimidate, Melee (Polearm)
Talents: Petty Magic, Intuition, Second Sight, Fast
Hands
Trappings: Grey Robes, Quarterstaff

ꭕ Grey Seer --- Gold 4

Skills: Lore (Theology), Lore (Any), Leadership,
Witch!, Language (Any), Language (Demonic)
Talents: Arcane Magic (Warp), Master Orator,
Detect Artefact, Instinctive Diction
Trappings: 1 Magic Item

Ꙉ Master Grey Seer --- Gold 5

Skills: Evaluate, Charm, Bribery, Evaluate
Talents: Frightening, Instinctive Diction, Dual
Wielder, Combat Aware
Trappings: Grey Seer Apprentice

‫ ם‬Seer Lord --- Gold 6

Skills: Lore (Any), Language (Any)
Talents: Aethyric Attunement, Strong Minded,
Very Resilient, Iron Will
Trappings: 2 Magic Items

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STORMVERMIN
As an elite warrior you bear mighty weapons you are better than any common Skaven and
and armour, leading your Clawpack from the that the only place for them is at your feet, dying
honourable position in the back. for your glory and your unstoppable advance to
the top your ranks.
Born stronger than the rest of your litter you are
granted the honour to bear the best weapons and
armour your clan has to offer. From birth on you
are trained in the art of battle and learn to fight
and die for your masters. No other ratman can
match your strength on the battlefield and only
few would even dare.
As only a Skaven born with black fur can ever
enter the rank of Stormvermin you know that

CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME

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† † † Ꙉ ꭕ ‫ם‬

Career Path
† Black Rat --- Silver 2
Skills: Dodge, Intimidate, Melee (Basic), Melee
(Pary), Melee (Two Handed), Athletics, Endurance,
Cool
Talents: Hardy, Lightning Reflexes, Very Resilient,
Sturdy
Trappings: Melee Weapon (Any), Leather Jack,
Leather Skullcap, Shield

ꭕ Stormvermin --- Silver 4

Skills: Leadership, Evaluate, Perception, Melee
(Flail), Intuition, Climb
Talents: Dirty Fighting, Strike Mighty Blow,
Menacing, Strike to Injure
Trappings: Mail Shirt, Melee Weapon (Any)

Ꙉ Clawlord --- Gold 1

Skills: Lore (Warfare), Language (Battle), Melee
(Polearm), Navigation
Talents: Sturdy, Tunnel Rat, Very Strong, Warrior
Born
Trappings: Open Helm, Plate Breastplate, Plate
Bracers, Unit of Clanrats and Stormvermin

‫ ם‬Warlord --- Gold 2

Skills: Lore (Any), Schemer
Talents: Disarm, Inspiring, Iron Will, Fearless (Any)
Trappings: Trophy Rack, Mail Chausses, Clawlord
Subordinates

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CLANRAT
As the most common kind of Skaven you are a They are as disposable as they are numbered
versatile tool for your master. With enough luck and even among them there is no unity. Only
and scheming you may become an important with enough determination and a well-placed
asset to your clan... but it’s unlikely. knife at the right time can they rise above their
stations and potentially become the leaders of
Clanrats lay the basis for Skaven society. They
their own Clawpack or even rise to the Ranks of
are the most common of their kind and also the
Chieftain, leading multiple troops of their kind
most commonly found. Most Clanrats live a
into battle.
short and cruel life, being used as shields for
those above them while they retreat gracefully,
being send on suicide missions or just used as
line infantry.

CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME

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† ꭕ Ꙉ † ‫ם‬ †

Career Path
† Commoner --- Brass 2
Skills: Lore (Skaven), Stealth, Outdoor Survival,
Climb, Melee (Basic), Swim, Perception, Gossip
Talents: Scale Sheer Surface, Tunnel Rat, Acute
Sense (Any), Dirty Fighting
Trappings: Hand Weapon, Rags

ꭕ Clanrat --- Brass 3

Skills: Dodge, Ranged (Sling), Leadership, Lore
(Any), Lore (Warfare), Language (Any)
Talents: Schemer, Relentless, Shieldsman, Warrior
Born
Trappings: Leather Jack, Leather Skullcap, Sling,
Shield, Stone Bullets 12

Ꙉ Clawleader --- Brass 4

Skills: Lore (History), Melee (Any), Intimidate,
Charm
Talents: Strike to Stun, Strike to Injure, Strike
Mighty Blow, Menacing
Trappings: Leather Leggings, Small Troup of
Clanrats, Black Rats, Night Runners or Slaves, 4
Warpstone Tokens

‫ ם‬Clan Chieftain --- Silver 4

Skills: Lore (Any), Evaluate
Talents: Read/Write, Blather, Disarm, Master
Orator
Trappings: Full Mail Armor, 12 Warpstone Tokens,
3 units of Clanrats, Group of Slaves

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PACKMASTER
A master of the terrible art of Fleshmoulding,
developed by clan moulder, you fuse your fellow
ratmen together to make them stronger and
better at a terrible cost.
Packmasters are the trainers and herders of Clan
Moulder. When this Clan sells their horribly
mutated beasts to Warlords across the globe,
they provide them with Packmasters to lead
their monsters into battle. These cruel shepherds
are fierce and clever, as if they were not, they
would quickly end up in the maws of one of
their Clans creations.
Those who learn more about the secret art of
Fleshmoulding, will rise up into the ranks of
Master Moulders and Mutators, creating their
own Giant Rats and Rat Ogres, by subjecting
them to terrible Warpstone experiments and
then selling them to the highest bidder.

CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME

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ꭕ ‫ם‬ Ꙉ † † †

Career Path
† Packmaster Apprentice --- Silver 1
Skills: Animal Training, Stealth, Outdoor Survival,
Climb, Perception, Ranged (Entangling), Lore
(Skaven), Animal Care
Talents: Scale Sheer Surface, Tunnel Rat, Savvy,
Jump Up
Trappings: Leather Jerkin, Whip, Hand Weapon

ꭕ Packmaster --- Silver 4

Skills: Melee (Polearm), Leadership, Heal,
Intimidate, Track, Dodge
Talents: Master of the Lash, Strike to Injure,
Concoct, Crack the Whip
Trappings: Leather Skullcap, Thing Catcher, 1 Giant
Rat

Ꙉ Master Moulder --- Gold 3

Skills: Evaluate, Lore (Biology), Lore (Any), Set Trap
Talents: Dealmaker, Schemer, Mould Flesh*,
Surgery
Trappings: Leather Jack, Leather Leggings, Cloak, 3
Sets of Manacles, 4 Warpstone Tokens, 1d10 Giant
Rats or 1 Rat Ogre

‫ ם‬Master Mutator --- Gold 5

Skills: Charm Animal, Set Trap
Talents: Acute Sense (Hearing), Coolheaded,
Fearless (Any), Shadow
Trappings: Full Mail, Best Quality and Weapon,
Best Quality Whip, 10 Warpstone Tokens, 1d5
Packmaster, 1 Master Moulder, 2d10 Giant Rats, 1
Rat Ogre

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GUTTER RUNNER
As an acolyte of Clan Eshin, you are trained in and attack them from the shadows. Their death
the art of stealth and assassination and hit your masters are feared for their talent with lethal
enemies where it hurts, leaving no trace of you poisons, killing victims without leaving a trace.
ever being there.
But there is more that they brought from
While other clans use the advantage of sheer Cathay. Their dark Sorcerers use the lore of
numbers to overrun their enemies, Clan Esin Stealth to make their assassins even more
deploys some much subtler tactics. Their deadly.
assassins are trained in the art of silent death,
brought to them from far away Cathay. Clad in
light armour, they dodge their enemies blows

CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME

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† ꭕ † † Ꙉ ‫ם‬

Career Path
† Night Runner --- Brass 5
Skills: Lore (Skaven), Stealth, Dodge, Navigation,
Outdoor Survival, Perception, Ranged (Sling),
Melee (Basic)
Talents: Scale Sheer Surface, Orientation, Tunnel
Rat, Dual Wielder
Trappings: Leather Jerkin, 2 Hand Weapons, Sling

ꭕ Gutter Runner --- Silver 2

Skills: Evaluate, Pick Lock, Sleight of Hand, Swim,
Ranged (Crossbow), Ranged (Throwing)
Talents: Lip Reading, Trapper, Wall Runner*, Fleet
Footed
Trappings: Leather Jack, Leather Skullcap,
Punching Dagger, Crossbow Pistol w 10 Bolts, 4
Throwing Stars, Best Quality Rope (10y)

Ꙉ Deathmaster --- Silver 4

Skills: Lore (Cathay), Set Trap, Melee (Any), Ranged
(Blowgun)
Talents: Shadow, Read/Write, Art of silent Death*,
Tail Fighting*
Trappings: 2 Punching Daggers, Tail Blade, 2 Rat
Claws, Blowgun w 10 Darts, 3 Doses of any Poison

‫ ם‬Sorcerer --- Gold 2

Skills: Channeling, Language (Magick)
Talents: Arcane Magic (Stealth)*, Petty Magic,
Aethyric Attunement, Armored Casting*
Trappings: 3 Smoke Bombs, Sack, Cloak

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PLAGUE PRIEST
Infested with horrible diseases, you embrace But the highest of all honours is to be blessed
the plague aspect of the Great Horned Rat and with the task to bear a Plague Censer, the
spread its glorious plagues to weaken and plague priests most horrible weapon. These
destroy its enemies’ armies. Censers are filled with warpstone and spread a
deadly smoke that fills the lungs of everyone
Plague Monks are fanatical priests, devoted to
around it, killing them from the inside. The
the holy cause of spreading their disease all
bearer himself will soon succumb to this effect
over the surface world to weaken the enemies
as well and die horribly but such is the task of
of Skavendom. They breed plagues and infect
the faithful.
their own bodies wih them to become closer to
the divine image of the Horned Rat. When they
rise through their ranks they may become fully
fletched Priests and lead their own coven of
Monks into battle.

CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME

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‫ם‬ † † ꭕ † Ꙉ

Career Path
† Plague Monk --- Brass 2
Skills: Lore (Theology), Lore (Skaven), Dodge,
Stealth, Outdoor Survival, Endurance, Melee
(Basic), Cool
Talents: Scale Sheer Surface, Fearless (Any),
Resistance (Disease), Tunnel Rat
Trappings: 2 Hand Weapons, Disease (GMs
Choice), Maggots, 3d10 Flies

ꭕ Plague Deacon --- Silver 2

Skills: Lore (Any), Channeling, Perception,
Language (Magick), Swim, Melee (Flail)
Talents: Read/Write, Petty Magic, Second Sight,
Strike to Stun
Trappings: Flail, 4 Warpstone Tokens

Ꙉ Plague Priest --- Silver 3

Skills: Trade (Apothecary), Heal, Language (Any),
Leadership
Talents: Strike to Injure, Brew Contagion*, Arcane
Magic (Plague)*, Public Speaker
Trappings: Cauldron, 6 warpstone Tokens, 1d10
Plague Rats, 1d5 Disease, 1d10 Plague Monks

‫ ם‬Censer Bearer--- Silver 5

Skills: Intimidate, Athletics
Talents: Black Hunger*, Frenzy, Hardy, Menacing
Trappings: Plague Censer

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SKRYRE ENGINEER
Creating warpstone powered war machines,
you advance the technology of Skavendom to
find new and creative ways to destroy your
enemies.
Clan Skryres Engineers wield some of the most
dangerous weapons in the old world. Shooting
Solid or flaming Warpstone at their enemies
they often kill their target days later, even if
only wounding them in battle. More than often
it does not come that far though, as their
firepower is something o behold.
CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME
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† † † ꭕ ‫ם‬ Ꙉ with.
Powerful Warlock Engineers are even able to
blend magic with Technology and create
machines and weapons that can shoot warp
charged lightning at their enemies or use the
power of the warpstone inside them, to cast
spells not unlike the Grey Seers. Others clad
themselves in more or less sealed masks and
clothes and use terrible gasses to smoke out
their foes.
These machines are incredibly dangerous, as
they often just explode in their users faces or
mutate them through the exposure to the
warpstone that powers them. Often these
warlocks imbed Warp Blades in their limbs to
become even deadlier powers to be messed

Career Path
† Skirmisher --- Brass 4
Skills: Lore (Engineer), Lore (Skaven), Stealth,
Outdoor Survival, Climb, Ranged
(Gunpowder), Ride, Melee (Basic)
Talents: Scale Sheer Surface, Marksman,
Rapid Reload, Tunnel Rat
Trappings: Leather Jerkin, Hand Weapon,
Warplock Jezail or 2 Warplock Pistols or 2
Poison wind Globes

ꭕ Skryre Engineer --- Silver 2

Skills: Trade (Engineer), Drive, Perception,
Ranged (Any), Research, Navigation
Talents: Gunner, Read/Write, Tinker,
Craftsman (Engineer)
Trappings: Engineers kit, 1 pound of
Warpstone

Ꙉ Warlock Engineer --- Silver 4

Skills: Trade (Gunsmith), Trade (Smith),
Language (Any), Leadership
Talents: Sharpshooter, Sure Shot, Warlock
Engineer*, Master Tradesman (Engineer),
Trappings: Leather Jack, Warplock Jezail with
10 shots or 4 poison wind globes,
supercharged warp power accumulator, 3
pounds of warpstone, Warp Blade

‫ ם‬Arch-Warlock --- Gold 2

Skills: Lore (Any), Melee (Any)
Talents: Magnum Opus, Sniper, Super
Numerate, Unshakable
Trappings: 5 pounds of warpstone, Full Plate
or Mail Armor, Two handed Warp Weapon

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 •NEW CAREERS•

SLAVE
A slave to our cruel masters, you are forced to
mine for Warpstone or thrown into the front
lines of a battle to serve as cannon fodder.
Skavenslaves are the lowest class of Skaven.
Sold to a clan or forced into servitude because
of their mistakes they are used as meat shields
in battle and are expendable even for Skaven
standards. They call nothing their own and have
to fight for every last bit of food and water. Only
the most determined of them make it out of
slavery and can re-enter Skaven society as a full
Clan member.

CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME

WS BS S T I Agi Dex Int WP Fel

† † † ‫ם‬ ꭕ Ꙉ

Career Path
† Meatshield --- Brass 0
Skills: Athletics, Charm, Cool, Dodge, Endurance,
Intuition, Gossip, Gamble
Talents: Resistance (Disease), Stone Soup, Very
Resilient, Beneath Notice
Trappings: Rags, A troubled past

ꭕ Slave --- Brass 0

Skills: Lore (Skaven), Stealth, Perception, Sleight of
Hand, Entertain (Acting), Haggle
Talents: Acute Sense (Hearing), Acute Sense
(Vision) Flee!, Hardy
Trappings: Any Tool

Ꙉ Stuck-up --- Brass 0

Skills: Charm Animal, Leadership, Lore (Local),
Outdoor Survival
Talents: Blather, Dirty Fighting, Step Aside,
Tenacious
Trappings: Poor Quality Clothing

‫ ם‬Masters Favorite --- Brass 3

Skills: Bribery, Intimidate
Talents: Cat-Tongued, Fearless (Skaven of higher
Status), Suave, Embezzle
Trappings: Clothing, Your owners good will

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 •NEW CAREERS•

RAT OGRE
Made by the Mutators of Clan Moulder, you To make them even deadlier their limbs are
were robbed of your senses and moulded into a often replaced with blades or guns and their
terrifying creature that is feared all across the bodies riddled with diseases. Some of the most
empire. horrifying of their kind are the Stormfiends.
These masterful creations are fused with one of
Rat Ogres are created by crossbreeding
their Packmasters, to make them more
monstrosities with Skaven blood and subjecting
independent. Their arms are replaced by the
them to horrible experiments with Warpstone,
mightiest war gear clan Skryre has to offer and
that mutate their bodies and minds. They are
their bodies clad in armour to protect them from
merely more than senseless killing machines,
harm.
that would easily start killing their own allies,
where it not for the Packmasters, Clan Moulders
evil herders, that control them.

CAREER ADVANCE SCHEME

WS BS S T I Agi Dex Int WP Fel

ꭕ ‫ † † ם‬Ꙉ †

Career Path
† Mulder Creation --- Brass 0
Skills: Athletics, Climb, Cool, Endurance, Melee
(Brawling), Melee (Basic), Intimidate, Swim
Talents: Dirty Fighter, Irion Jaw, Hardy, Strike
mighty Blow
Trappings: Rags

ꭕ Rat Ogre --- Brass 0

Skills: Outdoor Survival, Dodge, Intuition, Melee
(Any), Perception
Talents: Dual Wielder, Ambidextrous, Hatred
(Any), Combat Aware
Trappings: Melee Weapon (Any one Handed)
mounted to your chopped off arm stump

Ꙉ Abomination --- Brass 0

Skills: Row, Track, Leadership, Navigation
Talents: Frightening, Furious Assault, Menacing,
Robust
Trappings: Bracers

‫ ם‬Stormfiend --- Brass 0

Skills: Ranged (Any), Melee (Any)
Talents: Combat Master, Accurate Shot, Reaction
Strike, Combat Reflexes
Trappings: Plate Breastplate, Back-mounted
Packmaster, Replacing your hands: 2 Poison Wind
Globe Launchers or 2 Ratling Guns or 2 Warpfire
Throwers or 2 Shock Gauntlets + Plate Bracers or 2
Doomflayer Gauntlets + Plate Bracers

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 •NEW TALENTS•
•NEW TALENTS•
The following talents are added to the list of
available Talents in the Skills and Talents
Chapter of the Core Rulebook. They follow the
same Rules as other Talents in that section.
Armoured Casting
Max: 1
You don’t suffer any penalty for casting while
wearing armour as you usually would.
Art of Silent Death
Max: 1
Tests: Unarmed Melee (Brawling) strikes
You mastered the deadly arts of hand to hand
combat taught in Cathay. Your unarmed strikes
deal +1 damage and no longer count as
undamaging.
Black Hunger
Max: 1
On your turn, as a free Action, work yourself
into a rage. You may attack twice and increase
your Movement Characteristic by 2 until the
end of the round. Then take 1d10/5 Damage 3
hits that ignore Armor.
Brew Contagion
Max: 1
You may create contagious brews with Trade
(Apothecary). A successful brew requires 1d10
SL on an extended test and 1 Warpstone Token
per roll along with the ingredients. A batch can
inflict a creature with the appropriate disease
but becomes inert 1d10+excess SL days after
brewing.
Master of the Lash
Max: 1
Tests: Animal Training tests to lead Rats
You gain +10 on Animal Training and
Leadership rolls to lead Rats, Giant Rats and
Rat Ogres and other Moulder Creations.
Mould Flesh
Max: 1
Requires the Surgery Talent. You can now
mould flesh with the help of warpstone. See
Fleshmoulding below.
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Skaven Construct
Max: 1
You are a warpstone powered automaton. You
are immune to Fear, Terror, Stunning, Poison,
Diseases, and all effects that involve the
manipulation of emotions and the mind. Your
Int, WP and Fel Characteristics are reduced to
0. You never test against them and can’t use
skills associated with them. As a free Action a
Warlock Engineer can psychically tell you what
to do. You must follow these instructions
exactly and can’t act with no or conflicting
instructions. If you receive multiple instructions
both instructors make an opposed WP Test and
you follow the winner’s orders. When you gain
this Talent roll 1d10. On a 6+ you also get the
Unreliable Construct Talent.
Tail Fighting
Max: 2
You may wield a one-handed weapon with your
tail as if it was your secondary hand. If you take
this Talent twice you can treat it as if it was your
main hand.
Unreliable Construct
Max: 2
Whenever you are issued a command, roll 1d10.
On a 1 or 2 you malfunction. Roll 1d10. On 1
you suffer 5 wounds not reduced by TB and AP.
On a 2-6 you attack the closest creature. On a 7-
9 you do nothing and count as helpless. On a 10
all your characteristics are reduced by 20 until
your next turn.
Wall Runner
Max: Strength Bonus
Tests: Climb Tests
You can Climb an additional SB yards with a
successful Climb test.
Warlock Engineer
Max: 1
You can use Trade (Engineer) to use Skryre
Technomancy (See below)
 •FLESHMOULDING•

•FLESHMOULDING•
To mould the flesh of a creature it must remain
exposed to burning Warpstone for at least 1
hour per 5 Toughness Bonus it has. For each
Warpstone Table
hour 1 Warpstone Token has to be supplied. At
Amount of Warpstone Difficulty
the end of this period the Creature must make a
1 per 20% +30
Endurance Test to resist the effect. 1,5 per 20% +20
2 per 20% +10
If it succeeds nothing happens and the materials 4 per 20% +0
and time are wasted. If it fails by up to 1 degree 6 per 20% -10
it is improved and gains 1 randomly determined 8 per 20% -20
Improvement from the Improvement Table 10 per 20% -30
below. It also gains 1d10/5 mutations. If it fails
by 3 or 4 degrees it is not improved but gains
1d5 mutations. If it fails even more it simply
dies. Varying the amount of Warpstone will
change the difficulty of the test according to the
Warpstone Table below. Lastly make a Heal
Test and reduce the amount of Warpstone
needed by the SL to a minimum of 1.

Improvements
Roll Result
01-10 Subject increases Strength, Toughness and Intelligence by 2d10 and doubles its wounds. It
gains Fearless, Frightening, Strike Mighty Blow and Strike to Stun if it doesn’t have them
yet.
11-30 Subject increases Strength, Toughness and Intelligence by 1d10 and increases its wounds
by 2xTB. It gains Menacing, Strike Mighty Blow and Strike to Injure if it doesn’t have
them yet.
31-50 Subject increases Strength and Toughness by 3d10 but reduces Ballistic Skill to 0. It gains
the Stupid Creature Trait and doubles its wounds characteristic. It loses all its Talents
except those gained by its Species but gains Fearless, Frightening, Strike Mighty Blow
and Strike to Stun in their place.
51-60 Subject Improves a random Characteristic by 2d10 and reduce another by 2d10.
61-70 Subject gains 1d10 Corruption resulting in a mental Mutation if any.
71-80 Subject gains 1d10/5 mutations.
81-90 The subject dies slowly.
91-00 GMs Choice.

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 •SKRYRE TECHNOMANCY•
•SKRYRE TECHNOMANCY•
If you have the Trade (Engineer) Skill and the
Warlock Engineer Talent, you can construct
complex technological devices with the help of
Warpstone. These devices take time to make
and have a chance to break every time they are
used, due to the unpredictable nature of
warpstone.
Creating a device is split into 3 steps: Choose
Category, Determine Costs & Effects and Build
device. After that you can use it. Each device
has an Effect, a cost and a malfunction chance.
Effect: The effect of the device. This can be a
bonus to certain tests, a talent or any other
effect.
Cost: The amount of Warpstone Tokens that
have to be spent to build the device.
Malfunction: The percentile chance that the
device is destroyed when used. Whenever the
devices effect is applied you roll 1d100. If the
roll is equal or less to the total malfunction
chance of the device, you roll on the
Malfunction Table in Section 4.
1) CATEGORY
When building a device, you can choose
between the following 5 categories. A device
can use multiple categories or even multiple
effects of the same category.
There is nothing stopping you from building a
“Strength and Toughness enhancing Warpfire
Thrower that can shoot warp lightnings” except
a lack of skill and warpstone tokens. Although
the chance for Malfunctions stacks with each
additional effect meaning the device also
becomes increasingly instable.
Characteristic Augmentation
Characteristics Augmentations give a Talent Augmentations are able to grant the user
temporary bonus to the chosen Characteristic.
Whenever you make any test that is based on the
enhanced Characteristic you must test for
malfunction.
When creating this device, you can choose to
halve the malfunction chance if you declare an
20
additional characteristic that the device reduces
by twice the amount it increases the other
Characteristic by. If this reduces any of your
Characteristics to 0, you explode. When
increasing a Characteristic, use the
Characteristic Augmentation Table in step 2.
Example: Killik Warptounge builds a
Characteristic Augmentation that will increase
his Weapon Skill by 20. He decides to halve the
malfunction chance of his device by determining
that it also decreases his Fellowship by 40. To
construct the device, he later has to spend 6
Warpstone Tokens. The device has a
malfunction chance of 3%.
Skill Augmentations
Skill Augmentations are able to increase your
abilities in a skill you already possess or even
give you access to new skills. When augmenting
a Skill that you have no advances in, use the
Bestow Skill section of the Skill Augmentation
Table in step 2. When Augmenting a skill that
you already have Advances in, use the Augment
skill section of the same table instead.
When creating this device, you can choose to
halve the malfunction chance if you declare an
additional skill that the device permanently
reduces by twice the amount it increases the
other skill. Only the following skills can be
affected by this Augmentation:
Basic Skills: Athletics, Climb, Intimidate,
Leadership, Navigation, Perception, Stealth
Advance Skills: Language (Any), Pick Lock,
Swim, Track, Trade (Any explainable)
Talent Augmentation
a certain talent. There is no way to reduce this
devices malfunction chance. Only the Talents
listed in the Talent Augmentation Table in step
2 can be granted this way. If you already have
the talent it cannot be increased to more than the
its Max value.
 •SKRYRE TECHNOMANCY•

Warp Engine
A warp engine uses the innate magical nature of Characteristic Augmentations
Effect Cost Malfunction
Warpstone to gain magic-like powers. A device
+10 3 2%
can be created to cast exactly one spell from the
+20 6 3%
Spell section of the Warp Engine Table in step
+30 12 6%
2.

As an Action the device can be used to either

Channel or Cast the spell of choice with the
characteristic determined by the Casting section Skill Augmentations
Effect Cost Malfunction
of the same table. Whenever the Warp Engine
Bestow Basic Skills
is used to Channel or Cast a spell it causes a
+10 4 2%
minor miscast. If it would cause a minor
+20 8 4%
Miscast anyway, it will cause a major miscast +30 16 8%
instead. If it would cause a Major miscast Bestow Advanced Skills
anyway, add +30 to the miscast roll. +10 8 4%
+20 16 8%
Example: Zattrick the tattered constructs a +30 32 16%
Warp Engine to cast the Armour of Darkness Augment Skill
spell. He gives it a casting characteristic of 40. +10 2 1%
When he uses the device, he can channel or cast +20 4 2%
the spell with the normal casting rules where the +30 8 4%
devices casting characteristic will replace the
Channelling and Language (Magick) Skills. To
do so he has to spend the required Warpstone
Tokens and roll on malfunctions with a 7% Talent Augmentation
chance of destruction. Effect Cost Malfunction
Berserker Charge 3 3%
Weapon Upgrade Black Hunger* 4 4%
Break and Enter 3 3%
If you upgrade a weapon it gains the Unreliable Catfall 2 2%
quality. If it already has the Unreliable quality it Distract 3 3%
gains the Dangerous quality. If it already has Flee! 3 3%
that too it gains the shoddy Quality. As an Fleet Footed 5 5%
upgrade you can add any quality, increase the Frenzy 4 4%
weapons damage, or increase the weapons Frightening 6 6%
range. The costs and malfunction chances for Hardy 5 5%
doing so can be found in the Weapon Upgrade Night Vision 3 3%
Table in the second step. Orientation 4 4%
Public Speaker 2 2%
Rapid Reload 3 3%
2) COST & EFFECT Resistance 4 4%
(Poison/Diseases)
Once you have decided what your device is Robust 4 4%
supposed to do you have to determine how Scale Sheer 3 3%
many Warpstone Tokens it costs to build and Surface
how high its chance to malfunction is. Add the Sharpshooter 3 3%
costs and malfunctions of all effects of our Skaven Construct 10 10%
device together to determine its total cost and Sniper 5 5%
chance to break on use. Strike Mighty 6 6%
Blow
Strong Swimmer 3 3%

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 •SKRYRE TECHNOMANCY•

Warp Engine Alternatively let the name describe the function

Effect Cost Malfunction in a silly and direct manner.
Casting Characteristic
30 5 3% Example: Tricklick is building a Skill
40 10 5% Augmentation to increase his Swim skill by 30.
55 15 8% He does not have any advances in Swim, so his
70 20 10% device has a price of 32 and a malfunction
Spells chance of 16%. To construct the device, he
Armor of 5 2% spends 32 Warpstone tokens and has to make an
Darkness Extended Trade (Engineer) Test with an SL of
Black 10 5% 11 (32/3=10.6). He needs 5 Tests to reach the
Whirlwind
required SL and has to spend another 5
Crackling 4 2%
Warpstone Tokens. The total amount he spends
Doom
is now 37. He also failed one of his tests and had
Warp 6 3%
Lightning to increase the Malfunction Chance by 1d10 to
Warp Storm 9 5% a total of 22%. His “Mega-quickswim-
aquatulator” is now ready for use.

Weapon Upgrades
Effect Cost Malfunction
4) USE DEVICE
Add Quality 10 5% Whenever you activate your device it consumes
Damage +1 10 5% one-quarter of the amount of warpstone it cost
Damage +2 20 10%
to build, rounded up. The Tokens can be fed into
Damage +3 30 15%
the device via a hopper. If not enough
Range + 4 5 2%
Warpstone is inside it when used, it
immediately consumes the rest but doesn’t
3) BUILD DEVICE work.

Once you add together all costs and It then provides its effects for 1d10 rounds if it
Malfunction chances you have successfully is a Weapon Upgrade or a Characteristic, Skill
designed your device and are ready to build it. or Talent Augmentation. If it is a Warp Engine,
the consumption is per Casting Test.
To build the device you need to spend the Whenever the device is used (not activated but
devices Cost in Warpstone Tokens. One pound actually used), you roll 1d100 and compare the
of Warpstone can be refined into roughly 4 result to the devices Malfunction chance. If the
Tokens. You then need to pass an extended roll is equal to or lower than the value, roll on
Trade (Engineer) Test with an SL equal to a the malfunction table.
third of the cost, rounded up. Each test you
make costs an additional Warpstone Token and
each test you fail will increase the Malfunction
chance of the device by an additional 1d10%.
Once you have reached the required SL the
device is build and can be used. It has an
Encumbrance of 1 per Effect it applies.

Lastly you have to determine what the device

looks like and give it a name. Its design should
reflect what it does and be fitted with an
abundance of pipes, hoses and whirly things that
make sense only to the builder. The name
should be pseudo-scientific and use terms like
accumulator, conductor, or transistor.

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 •SKRYRE TECHNOMANCY•

Malfunctions
Roll Result
01-10 Works normally, but permanently increase
malfunction chance by 1%.
11-20 Works normally, but catches fire. Make Agility
Test or get 1 Ablaze condition. If not saved in
1d5 rounds the device is destroyed. Otherwise
permanently increase malfunction chance by
1d10/5%.
21-30 Works normally, but permanently increase
malfunction chance by 1d5%.
31-50 Doesn’t work this round.
51-60 Doesn’t work this round and consumes twice the
usual amount of Warpstone Tokens.
61-70 Doesn’t work this round and permanently
increase malfunction chance by 1d10%
71-80 The device is destroyed and you suffer 3
Wounds ignoring TB.
81-90 The device explodes and everyone within 1.5
yards suffers 4 Wounds ignoring TB and AP.
91-00 The device explodes and everyone within 3
yards suffers 5 Wounds ignoring TB and AP.

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 •FAVOUR OF THE HORNED

•FAVOUR OF THE HORNED RAT•

When playing as Skaven, at the start of every
game, every player writes down their name and
a number from 1 to 10 on a sheet of paper. The
players may discuss the numbers they write
down but not such acts of cooperation should
make every Skaven highly suspicious.

The GM then secretly rolls 1d10. All players

with the rolled number gain the Favour of the
Horned Rat but do not know it. At any point
once per a session any character may call upon
the Favour of the Horned Rat and, if they have
it, receive the same effect as if they had used a
fortune point.

If they did not have the Favour, nothing

happens. If a Character kills another Character
who has the Favour, they steal it from them and
can use it themselves.

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 •NEW DISEASES•

•NEW DISEASES•
The Green Pox
A dangerous disease that starts as a simple
cough but soon develops into a fever and green
pustules that cover the victim’s body. If they
survive they will forever carry the greenish-grey
scars.
Contraction: If you fail an Endurance+20 Test
after coming into contact with an infected
animal, hide or body.
Incubation: 1d10 days
Duration: 2d10 days
Symptoms: Coughs and Sneezes, Lingering
(Challenging), Fever, Pox, Blight

Kruts
Infecting the lower regions of the body, this
disease causes a maddening itching and is
highly infectious.
Contagion: If you fail an Endurance+40 Test
after coming into contact with an infected
animal, hide or body.
Incubation: 1d10 hours
Duration: 1d10 days
Symptoms: Coughs and Sneezes, Pox

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 •SKAVEN MAGIC•
•SKAVEN MAGIC•
While some Skaven are born with the favour of
the great horned rat and studied the dark arts,
Skaven have long found other ways to master
the art of sorcery.
While the plague priests have developed their
own dark lore, powered by the essence of
plague and disease, the vile sorcerers of Clan
Eshin have brought the art of stealth from the
faraway lands of Cathay and incorporated them
into their sinister arsenal.
Some Skryre Warlocks are even able to use the
potential inside of warpstone to power machines
that can function as conductors for spells.
PETTY MAGIC
When a Skaven learns the Petty Magic Talent,
it works just as for anyone else, but instead of
the usual petty spells that are available to the
caster, he must instead pick spells from the
following list.
Favour
CN: 0
Range: 13 yards
Target: 1
Duration: Instant
You can steal the Favour of the Horned Rat
from another ratman. To do so you need to
know that he has it.
Ghostly Flame
CN: 0
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: Willpower minutes
You conjure a globe of green fire into your hand
that drips viscous fluids. You can hurl it at an
enemy within Willpower Bonus + Intelligence
Bonus yards before it disappears. If you do so,
it counts as a magic missile with Damage +0.
Otherwise it generates light equivalent to a
torch.
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Mark of the Horned Rat
CN: 0
Range: 13 yards
Target: 1
Duration: Willpower Bonus hours
The target must pass a Willpower Test or gain a
weeping sore on his forehead or hand that
imposes a -5 penalty to Fellowship. Grey Seers
use this spell to mark their messengers.
Rat Thrall
CN: 0
Range: 1 yard
Target: Special
Duration: Willpower Bonus Hours
You summon a common brown rat. You are
able to communicate with it as if you shared the
same language. It will follow any of your
commands, even if they would cause its own
death. After the duration of the spell, it stops
obeying you and can’t understand you anymore.
Vector
CN: 0
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 1
Duration: 1 day
Target must succeed on a Toughness Test or
take a -20 penalty to all tests to resist disease
until the duration ends. This test may be
modified by the Resistance (Disease) Talent.
Wrack
CN: 0
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 1
Duration: Willpower Bonus Rounds
Target must succeed on a Toughness test or take
a -5 penalty to Weapon Skill, Ballistic Skill and
Agility Tests for the duration of the spell, as
they suffer from searing pain.
 •SKAVEN MAGIC•
ARCANE LORES
Skaven sorcery uses Dhar, the dark wind of
magic, as well as the divine power of their god
to power its spells. When casting a spell with
the lore of Plague, Stealth or Warp, overcasts
happen on every +1SL scored above the CN,
instead of every +2SL. At the same time any
Miscast also counts as a minor corrupting
Influence, as the foul energy of the winds
corrupt the casters mind and body.
Further any Language (Magick) or Channelling
roll containing an 8 will result in everyone
within Willpower yards suffering a minor
miscast and minor corrupting influence. If an 88
is rolled, both effects are instead Major.
The Lore of Plague
Arcane spells cast from the Lore of Plague carry
with them the foul smell of death and withering
life. They are designed to inflict suffering on
their victims and destroy the bodies of those
who cast them as well as their targets.
Whenever a target is hit by a spell of the Lore
of Plague, you may decide to inflict one
Poisoned Condition. Only one Poisoned
Condition from this effect can afflict a target at
the same time.
The following spells count as belonging to the
Lore of Plague additionally to the generic
Arcane spells of the core rulebook:
Mantle of Contagion, Musk of Terror, Pestilent
Breath, Plague, Poisonous Pustule, Putrefy,
Toxic Rain, Veil of Flies, Vermintide, Weeping
Wound
The Lore of Stealth
Employed only by the rare Sorcerers of Clan
Eshin to make their killers even deadlier, and
brought to the Skaven from the far way lands of
Cathay, the Lore of Stealth is a well-guarded
secret of the sinister assassin clan. Only few
know of its existence and Clan Eshin does
everything to ensure that it stays that way.
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Spells from the Lore of Stealth can be cast
quietly in a whisper tone without losing
potency. All damage suffered by spells from the
Lore of Stealth also ignores non-Metal Armor.
The following spells count as belonging to the
Lore of Stealth additionally to the generic
Arcane spells of the core rulebook:
Black Whirlwind, Buoyant Passage, Death
Frenzy, Pelt of the Assassin, Poisonous Pustule,
Skitterleap, Stickypaws, Swiftscamper,
Traceless Demise, Warp Star
The Lore of Warp
The Grey Seers use the Lore of Warp to draw
raw power out of the immaterium. Their spells
incorporate some aspects of Plague and Stealth
while also having its own unique powers. The
more practiced a Grey Seer becomes in this
Lore, the more their horns grow. Whenever a
target is hit by a spell of this Lore, it also counts
as a minor corrupting influence.
The following spells count as belonging to the
Lore of Warp additionally to the generic Arcane
spells of the core rulebook:
Armor of Darkness, Crackling Doom, Death
Frenzy, Flensing Ruin, Pestilent Breath, Plague,
Skitterleap, Vermintide, Warp Lightning, Warp
Storm
NEW SPELLS
Armor of Darkness
CN: 5
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: Willpower Bonus minutes
You create an aura of darkness around you that
provides you with 1 Armor Point in every
location, as well as a bonus of +20 to Stealth
Tests in dim light or darkness.
Black Whirlwind
CN: 8
Range: Willpower yards
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus yards)
Duration: Willpower Bonus Rounds
 •SKAVEN MAGIC•
You create a black whirlwind of smoke and ash
that hits anyone within its Area of Effect. Those
struck by it take +2 Damage at the end of their
turn and must take an Endurance Test and suffer
1d10-SL Blinded conditions (max 10) as their
vision is blurred by stinging ash within their
eyes. At the start of your turn you can move the
whirlwind up to Willpower Bonus yards into
any direction.
Buoyant Passage
CN: 3
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: Willpower Bonus minutes
As your feet swell up you gain the ability to
walk over liquids as if they were solid ground.
Crackling Doom
CN: 4
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 1
Duration: Instant
The air crackles as you shoot out an arc of green
lightning at you opponent. This is a magic
missile with +2 Damage. Whenever a target is
hit by this spell it must succeed on an
Endurance+10 Test or receive a Stunned
condition.
Death Frenzy
CN: 8
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 1
Duration: Willpower Bonus rounds+
The target ally gains the Black Hunger Talent as
he starts to foams from the mouth and rolls his
eyes madly. The target must immediately enter
the Black Hunger on their turn or lose the talent
again.
Flensing Ruin
CN: 12
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: 1
Duration: Willpower Bonus rounds
The target is skinned alive, as green tendrils of
pure warp energy tear on its flesh. It takes +3
Damage every round, ignoring TB and AP.
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Mantle of Contagion
CN: 3
Range: Touch
Target: 1
Duration: Instant
You infect one piece of cloth or clothing with
the Kruts. Anyone touching or wearing the item
for more than a minute must succeed on an
Endurance-10 Test or contract the disease.
Musk of Terror
CN: 10
Range: Willpower yards
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus)
Duration: Willpower Bonus yards.
You create a large cloud of demonic musk,
instilling fear into everyone within the Area of
Effect. Anyone starting their turn inside the
cloud is subject to Terror 1 and must thus pass
a cool test or gain 1 Broken Condition plus
another one for each SL below 0. Skaven suffer
a -10 penalty to this test.
Pelt of the Assassin
CN: 8
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: Willpower Bonus minutes
You change the colour of your clothes and fur
to match your surroundings, making you nigh
invisible to the unpredicting eye. You gain a
+30 bonus to all Stealth tests, while standing
still.
Pestilent Breath
CN: 7
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus yards)
Duration: Instant
You spew a poisonous cloud of noxious fumes
at your enemies. Everyone within the Area of
Effect, as well as between you and the target
must pass an Endurance-10 Test or take +4
Damage, ignoring TB and AP. This counts as a
magic missile.
Plague
CN: 12
Range: You
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus yards)
Duration: Instant
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You may infect any number of targets within the
Area of Effect with the Green pox. They must
pass an Endurance Test or immediately suffer
the effects, ignoring the usual incubation time.
These victims can then transmit the disease to
others simply through touch. Those secondary
targets have the normal incubation time and can
only pass the disease by normal means. Anyone
passing their Endurance test cannot be affected
by this spell for the next 24 hours.
Poisonous Pustule
CN: 5
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: Instant
You grow a disgusting pustule on one of your
libs. When cutting it open, you suffer 1 Wound,
not modified by TB and AP but can coat a blade
int the seeping pus seeping from the wound. The
next Willpower Bonus times your blade deals at
least 1 Wound to an enemy, it deals an
additional Willpower Bonus damage if the
victim fails an Endurance-20 Test.
Putrefy
CN: 3
Range: You
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus yards)
Duration: Instant
You spoil any amount of food within the Area
of Effect and render it inedible. Anyone trying
to eat it anyways will be infected with the
Galloping Trots.
Skitterleap
CN: 6
Range: Touch
Target: Your or 1 willing creature no larger
than average
Duration: Instant
With a sudden puff, you disappear and reappear
in different location, leaving only a cloud of
brimstone-scented smoke. The location you
reappear in must be within Willpower Bonus +
Intelligence Bonus yards and free of obstruction
by any object or creature in a 1-yard radius
around it, except the surface you stand on.
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Stickypaws
CN: 5
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: Willpower Bonus minutes
You gain the Wallcrawler Creature Trait that
lets you move on walls and ceilings with your
normal movement speed. All Objects in your
possession are still affected by gravity.
Swiftscamper
CN: 7
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: 1 minute
Increase your Movement Characteristic by half
your Willpower Bonus rounded down.
Toxic Rain
CN: 12
Range: Willpower yards
Target: AoE (2xWillpower Bonus yards)
Duration: 1 minute
You summon a cloud of poisonous rain that
drifts a dozen feet above the ground and rains
down lethal poison, starting on the round after
the casting. Everyone who is hit by the rain must
pass an Endurance Test or gain 1 Unconscious
Condition. Additionally, all creatures within the
are must make an Endurance-10 Test each
round or become poisoned. Creatures can only
gain 1 Poisoned Condition this way. Every turn
an unconscious creature can make an extended
Toughness Test and wake up if they pass by 3
SL. They can also be woken up by an awake
comrade.
Traceless Demise
CN: 10
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 4xWillpower Bonus
Duration: Willpower Bonus hours
Targets affected by this spell will melt away
into a stinking black goo when killed, leaving
no corpse.
Veil of Flies
CN: 8
Range: You
Target: AoE (3 yards)
Duration: Willpower Bonus rounds
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You summon a swarm of fleas and flies around Warp Storm

you that bite and distract any creature within the
Area of Effect. Everyone within the swarm
except you suffers -20 to all Tests. Additionally,
all Ballistic Skill Tests made against you suffer
a -20 Penalty as well. If you move, the cloud
moves with you.
Vermintide
CN: 6
Range: You
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus yards)
Duration: Willpower Bonus rounds
You summon a swarm of ordinary rats around
you, that attack anyone within the Area of
Effect and deal 1 Wound to them at the start of
their turns. On the round after casting the spell
the swarm moves 13 yards in a direction of your
choice. Each round after that on your turn they
move the same amount into a random direction,
if possible. When the spell ends the rats disperse
and skitter away.
CN: 8
Range: Willpower yards
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus yards)
Duration: Instant
Everyone within the Area of Effect is hit by a
raging storm of pure warp energy and suffers +5
Damage. For every 1 or 3 in your casting roll
you suffer 3 Damage yourself.
Weeping Wounds
CN: 5
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 1
Duration: Instant
You conjure the corrupting influences of the
Horned Rat to inflict an enemy’s wounds with
horrible infection. If the target of this spell is
suffering from any effects of a Critical Wound,
he immediately develops a Festering Wound.

Warp Lightning
CN: 5
Range: Willpower yards.
Target: 1
Duration: Instant
You shoot a sizzling warp bolt at an enemy that
counts as a magic missile with Damage +5. For
every 1 or 3 in your casting roll, you deal 1
Wound to yourself.

Warp Stars
CN: 12
Range: Willpower yards
Target: Special
Duration: Instant
You conjure up a number of magic missiles
equal to your Willpower Bonus. They have +2
Damage and apply 2 Poisoned conditions if
they deal at least 1 wound to the target. These
warp stars can be split among targets or focused
on one singular target within range.

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•SKAVEN TRAPPINGS•

Melee Weapon
Weapon Price Enc Availability Reach Damage Qualities
Basic
Tail Blade 2 0 Average Short +SB+3 Fast, Special
Warp Blade 5 1 Exotic Average +SB+5 Special
Brawling
Doomflayer 8 2 Exotic Short +SB+6 Hack, Penetrating, Tiring,
Gauntlet Impact, Worn
Punch Dagger 1 1 Average Very +SB+3 Balanced, Defensive
Short
Rat Claws 2 0 Scarce Short +SB+2 Special
Shock Gloves 8 2 Exotic Short +SB+5 Damaging, Penetrating,
Worn
Flail
Plague Censer 10 2 Rare Average +SB+4 Impact, Special, Tiring
Polearm
Things-Catcher 13 3 Scarce Long +SB+4 Snare
TH Warp Blade 10 3 Exotic Long +SB+5 Defensive, Hack, Impale,
Special

Ranged Weapons
Weapon Price Enc Availability Range Damage Qualities
Blackpowder
Warplock Jezail 12 4 Rare 96 +8 Penetrating, Unreliable,
Reload 4
Warplock Pistol 10 0 Rare 20 +8 Penetrating, Unreliable,
Reload 2, Pistol
Engineering
Poison Wind 10 2 Rare 30 Special Special, Reload 1
Globe Launcher
Ratling Gun 8 2 Exotic 20 +6 Dangerous, Blast 3, Reload
10
Warpfire Thrower 10 2 Exotic 5 +7 Dangerous, Special, Blast 3,
Reload 10
Throwing
Poison Wind 6 0 Scarce SBx3 Special Blast5, Dangerous, Fragile,
Globe Poisoned, Warpstone

Smoke Bomb 13 0 Scarce SBx3 - Special

Throwing Stars 2 0 Scarce SBx3 +SB+2
Blowgun
Blowgun 2 0 Exotic 16 +3

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Special Qualities
Weapon Effect
Plague Censer Any creature struck has to pass a Toughness-20 Test or suffer 1d5 Wounds
regardless of TB and AP. The next turn they must make a Toughness-10 Test or
suffer 1d5 Wounds. Corruption (Major).
While lit all living creature within 2 yards suffer 2 Wounds each turn regardless
of TB and AP.
Poison Wind Uses Poison Wind Globes as ammunition, to throw them over long distances.
Globe
Launcher
Rat Claws Provides a +10 Bonus to Climb tests
Smoke Bomb Releases a cloud of smoke when shattered that stays for 1d5 rounds. All creatures
within have their vision reduced to 2 yards. At the end of every turn it moves by
1d10/5 yards in a random direction.
Tail Blade Is strapped to the Tail. Needs the Tail Fighting Talent.
Warp Blade The weapon can be used to cast the Warp Lightning Spell with a casting
characteristic of 40.
Warpfire Everyone within the path or blast area of the fire must pass an agility-10 Test or
Thrower catch 2 Ablaze Conditions. The whole Area is set on fire and keeps burning for
another hour unless extinguished by water or sand. Corruption (Major)

Clan Skryre Tools of War

Name Price Enc Availability Description
Clan Skryre Gas 8 0 Exotic A Mask, connected to complicated filtering
Mask systems on their back. Provides +20 to any test
to resist the effect of gases.
Supercharged Warp- 20 2 Exotic When using a Warp Blade to cast the Warp
Power Accumulator Lightning spell, roll twice and choose the
better result. If both rolls are the same, pass an
Intelligence-20 Test or the device explodes and
deals 5 TB ignoring wounds to everyone
within 3 yards.
Upgraded Warp 20 2 Exotic When using a Warp Blade to cast the Warp
Energy Condenser Lightning spell, add 10 to your casing
Characteristic and increase the spells damage
by 1.

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