Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The Pilgrym: Rules for the Church of the Red Athenæum

The Hunt begins.

After 7 furious months of work, the Pilgrym game has finally been played and we are back in the United States.  The event was a fantastic success, truly culminating everyone’s hard work and passion.  Over the next few weeks we are going to be creating a few posts detailing the event.  To start things off, we wanted to share the rules that we devised for our warband, the Church of the Red Athenæum.  The game was played using a modified version of the Necromunda ruleset, with a focus on narrative elements rather than strict adherence to any particular book.  For the Church, we wanted to take special effort to convey that most of its members are not fighters; they are civilians that are missing limbs and other body parts, further separating them from any sort of fighting elite.  They are, however, extremely devoted to their cause and due to their lives of suffering, able to withstand a lot of pain.  The only exception to this are the members of their military arm, the Order of the Crimson Hour, which are trained for combat and therefore have firearms, and Roland Arnesen, a sleeper agent of the Ordo Machinum.



The Church of the Red Athenæum:


Player
Warband
Objective
Adam, Eric, Greg Wier
The Church of the Red Athenæum
Main:  Capture the Pilgrym to ritually sacrifice in the Red Hour

Secondary: Roland wants to capture and get Pilgrym to a safe-house set up by Inquisitor Lucanus Molnár


Broken but not Defeated: All Church members have True Grit and a base Ld value of 8


Weapon reloads: Weapon reloads do Not have a potential to explode in this list.  They are all small arms, so it is not relevant.  If more powerful weapons were present, like bolters or plasmaguns, the reloads would have a potential to explode.

Aseneth Levedescu: Cardinal

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
2
2
3
5
2
3
1
9

Laspistol

Iron Throne: 4+ save, bionic limbs (pair of S4 ccws; on the roll of a 6 to hit the target is struck by the needle and injected with anesthetic that halves the target's WS, BS, and I for the remainder of the game)

Inspiring Presence: Church members within 12” use her Ld for tests

Field Surgeon: counts having a medi-pack

Broken but not Defeated
Kirill Blokhin: Acirgeon, Arch-heretic

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
3
3
3
3
1
3
1
8

Micro-uzi: 1 sustained fire dice autopistol, weapon reloads (does not explode)

Gore-soaked Axe: -1 save modifier

The Mournival: counts as powerfist with Str6, Dam 1, and -3 Save modifier

Flak armor

Broken but not Defeated

Killer Reputation/fear
Samael Urkston: Chronicler

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
3
3
3
3
1
3
1
8

Laspistol

Close combat weapon

Flak armor

Broken but not Defeated
Ehret Filipovic: Chief Bibliognost

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
3
3
3(4)
3
1
3
1
8

Bionic arm: +1S and +1I in cc

Close combat weapon

One-in-a-million Bolt pistol: no ammunition

Flak armor

Broken but not Defeated
Vasili Abramovitch: Congregation member, mutant

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
3
2
3
3
1
3
1
8

Close combat weapon

Broken but not Defeated
Matthias Stillman: Congregation member

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
2
0
3
3
1
3
1
8

Close combat weapon

Blind: BS 0

Broken but not Defeated
Joanna Reese: Sister of the Order of the Crimson Hour

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
3
3
3
3
1
3
1
8

Shotgun: weapon reloads (does not explode)

Carapace armor: 4+ save
Close combat weapon
Broken but not Defeated
Ursula Contreras: Sister of the Order of the Crimson Hour

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
3
3
3
3
1
3
1
8

Shotgun: weapon reloads (does not explode)

Carapace armor: 4+ save
Close combat weapon
Broken but not Defeated
Roland Arnesen: Ordo Machinum

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
4
4
4
3(4)
4
2
4(5)
2
9

Urdeshi U90 assault cannon: autogun, 1 sustained fire die, One-in-a-million weapon, weapon reloads (does not explode)

Autopistol

Carapace armor: 4+ save

Bionic arm: +1S and +1I in cc; digi-lasers (counts as a concealed blade for purpose of escaping capture)

Bionic eye: reroll failed save against blinding; can see and shoot through smoke at -1 pen.

Infa-red sight: reduces targets cover by 1 if only firing single shot

Infra-red goggles: 2x distance to spot enemies

Bio-booster: 1-3 flesh wound; 4-5 down, 6 out; unlimited use

Respirator: reroll failed T test against gas

Refractor field: 5+ invulnerable save

Fast shot: Can shoot as many times as A, can be multiple targets

Hip shooting: Can shoot if he ran, but at -1 pen.

Memento Mori: his stalking headless form reminds one that life is fleeting; causes Fear
Bronwen: Vox Owl

M
WS
BS
S
T
W
I
A
Ld
8
2
2
2
2
1
4
1
8

Bionic eye: reroll failed save against blinding; can see and shoot through smoke at -1 pen.

Bio-scanner: triples range at which you see hidden enemy

Infiltration

Hard to hit: 4+ save

Linked senses: Roland shares line of sight and bio-scanner with Bronwen

- Eric Wier

12 comments:

  1. Quite interesting to see those. Now I can't stop wonder how the other players represented theirs.

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    1. Honestly, I would love to see the other's too! It was such a complex and long game that we never really stopped and reviewed each warband's rules, but rather just got straight to the game. The rules we created were ultimately just a rough framework to help the game run smoothly.

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  2. This is very inspiring in terms of making the rules for Nestorian Infestation :)

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    1. I am glad you like them and that they might provide some guidance for your upcoming game! I would just recommend to keep the story and the characters in mind when creating rules, rather than gaming power, as it results in more interesting moments. I cannot wait to see what you come up with!

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    2. I agree. This is a great way to make rules for the characters in the Nestorian Infestation Project!

      I'm really looking forward to see some more pictures from the Pilgrym game. The pictures I've seen on your Instagram so far are great!

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    3. I look forward to see what transpires with your game as well, and how you create rules. I found it a fun way to continue to explore the characters. Most of your characters are a lot more of warriors than what our Church was, so you will likely have more room for creating some cool characters.

      Hopefully in a few days I will have a post up that is largely just a long strand of pictures in chronological order with captions pertaining to the game. I then want to write up a short story detailing the last moments of the game from the perspective of Roland. Lots to do!

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  3. Nice! So glad to start seeing the results of your collective hard work.

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    1. Thanks! It was a long rewarding road, and something we hope to continue to expand in the future. And the story did not end with the Pilgrym game, so who knows where it will go from here...

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  4. First, let me take a moment to fawn over the models once again as they are amazing- It is absolutely wonderful to see them on the tabletop in action! Having played Necromunda myself long ago (and probably the ONLY GW game I have ever played where my stuff was painted), I can only imagine the hugely satisfying experience that was fielding an entirely scratch-built gang that was painted to such a high standard. Then to add to that the company you were with. Outstanding.

    I look really forward to hearing about the battles. The rules for the Church exude almost as much character as the models do, but without being heavy-handed or overpowered. Except for Roland who is suitably dangerous- holy crap he is good. I can't wait to see how the church as a whole fared- but I am expecting the greatest kill tally from him!

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    1. Thanks! It certainly would be awesome if we were able to continue to play games on Terra with our warbands frequently enough that we could have a progression system with experience points and the like, but do to us all living at different locations across the globe, that is not possible :(

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  5. Awesome! This whole Pilgrym event got me back into the hobby. Loved your warband. Great through concept and execution.

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    1. Thanks! Glad to hear the Pilgrym event brought you back to the hobby! It is always great to see more talented people like yourself creating models, not getting restricted by the stock models GW releases.

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