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Warhammer Quest

House Rules

By Idraugnir

House Rules By Idraugnir

Gold and Experience

Rule: In the Bestiality of the Roleplay Book, each monster = has a=20 Gold value. A House Rule that most GMs practice is the separation = of gold=20 and experience. The ratio from one to the other differs, but in = the end it=20 doesn't really matter. The ratio that I use is one third of the = gold value=20 is actual gold and the rest is experience.
Most of the = creatures in=20 WHQ will not have gold, but every battle will reward experience. = Since=20 experience is more important than gold, its value must be higher.

The gold is given to the warrior that kills the creature, even if = he=20 didn't do very much work. The experience is given out as a lump at = the end=20 of the adventure (or Deep in multi-Deep campaigns). The experience = will be=20 split between the warriors' that killed it.
The gold goes = to the=20 warrior that slays the monster since he is there to pick it up. If = he is=20 feeling generous, he might give some of it away (especially if it was a = wizard=20 with the "Freeze!" spell. The one lump sum is to keep the warriors = from=20 messing with both gold and experience during the game. Since the=20 experience of battling in the dungeon goes to everyone, the experience = points=20 must go to everyone too.

To keep this from being a daunting task, the GM should keep a = tally sheet=20 and a small calculator nearby. This also allows the warriors to = gain=20 experience by doing certain things without necessarily knowing about = it. =20 All they will see is the GM writing.
The calculator (I use = a TI-83=20 plus) is for simplicity and to keep the warriors guessing is why the GM = will be=20 writing things down. I use a HeroQuest Quest Book approach for my = journal=20 of experience to build a sense of separation between the players' eyes = and the=20 book.

When a warrior wants to go up a battle level, he must front at = least one=20 quarter of the value in gold.
When training, the warrior = will need=20 to pay for instructors and living expenses. Even characters that = don't=20 train in a regular way (Wardancer) will have to pay for some things = (like=20 rehab).

Combined Warrior and Monster Phase

If there are no monsters in play, the party leader may chose who = goes=20 first, second, and so on.
When there is no immediate = threat, the=20 warriors move as a group and their natural speed has little value.

When involved in combat, the model (warrior or monster) with the = highest=20 initiative will move and attack first. During his turn, a warrior = may=20 break from pinning only if he hasn't already attacked. If a = warrior=20 decides to fire his bow and not move for this turn, he must state it = before=20 anyone attacks. His attack is then made immediately. This = doesn't=20 apply to monsters with missile weapons.
This represents a = warrior=20 crouching and letting go of a fast arrow before the regular combat=20 commenced. Since warriors and monsters will both fight at the same = time,=20 there is no need for seperate phases

Deathblows

If the first attack to actually hit the target = kills it,=20 then the deathblow may be carried into the monster next to it. If = it takes=20 a couple of rounds in combat before the first hit, it will still cause = the=20 deathblow. If the first hit isn't your first attack of the turn, = it still=20 causes a deathblow.
When the warrior performs a deathblow, = he is=20 assumed to have cleaved directly through his opponent. If he = missess his=20 first hit, he will probably come back around with another of equal=20 ferocity. After a hit, wound or no wound, the warrior will not be=20 attacking in the arch motion like before.

Only swords and axes can cause a=20 deathblow.
It is difficult to imagine a hammer, mace, or spear = performing=20 a deathblow (but the spear might be able to but it would probably be a = thrust=20 that goes completely through the creature and hits the one behind it = rather than=20 an arch) so we do not allow them to.

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