Rulebook Index

This index applies to the 6th edition hardcover rulebook. It has yet to be checked for accuracy with the paperback version of the book.

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1" Apart / 55
1" Apart, skirmishers / 115
25% Casualties from shooting or magic / 80
7+ To hit / 63

A

Abandoned war machines / 119
Accidental charges / 262
Accidental charges. Fig. 1 / 262
Accidental charges. Fig. 2 / 262
Accidental charges. Fig. 2b / 262
Adlos the eagle's cry / 147
Aiming a war machine / 118
Aligning the combat / 53
Aligning the combatants / 53
Amshu's blinding light / 149
Arc of sight (a) / 44
Arc of sight (b) / 44
Armour / 273
Armour save / 64, 277
Armour save modifiers / 64
Armour save modifiers / 64
Armour save modifiers / 273
Armour saves / 64
Attacking a war machine / 119
Attacking chariots in close combat / 128
Attacks (A) / 38
Attempt to dispel / 272
Awkward charges / 265
Awkward charges / 265

B

Ballistic skill (BS) / 38
Bane of forged steel / 145
Banners, Musicians and Champions / 40
Battle standard / 102
Battle standard combat bonus / 102
Battle standard re-roll break tests / 102
Bheortaine Briartangle, Father of thorn / 150
Biting blade / 154
Bolt throwers / 124
Bolt throwers, loss of crew / 125
Bolt throwers, number of models hit / 124
Bolt throwers, profiles / 124
Bolt throwers, summary / 125
Bolt throwers, working out damage from hits / 124
Bow / 58, 92
Break tests / 27, 66, 74
Breath attacks / 114
Breath weapon / 114, 270
Buccos the oxen stands / 147
Building chart / 130
Buildings / 129
Buildings, damage / 130
Buildings, destruction / 130
Buildings, entering / 129
Buildings, fighting inside / 130
Buildings, inside / 129
Buildings, large / 130
Buildings, moving into and around / 129
Buildings, shooting at / 130
Buildings, shooting from / 130
Burning head / 144

C

Canceling spells / 142
Cannon misfire chart / 123
Cannon, profiles / 123
Cannons / 122
Cannons, grapeshot / 122
Cannons, loss of crew / 124
Cannons, misfires / 122
Cannons, summary / 124
Capturing standards / 109
Casting spells / 135, 272
Casualties / 65
Cavalry / 40, 69, 277
Cavalry casualties / 65
Challenges / 99
Challenges, chariots / 128
Champions / 109, 277
Change formation / 49, 272, 277
Change formation. Fig (1) / 263
Change formation. Fig (2) / 263
Changing formation / 48
Character / 277
Characteristic profiles / 39, 277
Characteristic tests / 39
Characteristics / 38
Characters / 94
Characters, chariots / 127
Characters, close combat / 98
Characters, compulsory moves / 95
Characters, dividing attacks / 98
Characters, excess wounds / 98
Characters, fast cavalry / 117
Characters, flyers / 106
Characters, leadership / 100
Characters, line of sight / 95
Characters, marching / 95
Characters, moving within engaged units / 97
Characters, proximity to friendly troops / 97
Characters, riding monsters / 101
Characters, riding monsters, shooting penalties / 101
Characters, skirmishers / 116
Characters, stone throwers and cannons / 100
Characters, targets of spells / 139
Characters, 'to hit' penalty / 98
Characters, units / 95
Characters, War machines / 118
Charge move / 46
Charge reaction / 45, 53, 272, 277
Charge responses, war machines / 119
Charged by a fear causing enemy / 81
Charged in the side or rear while engaged in close combat / 80
Charges, accidental / 262
Charges, awkward / 265
Charges, multiple / 268
Charging / 52
Charging a feared enemy / 81
Chariot upgrade summary / 128
Chariots / 40
Chariots / 126
Chariots, attack / 128
Chariots, attacking in close combat / 128
Chariots, challenges / 128
Chariots, characters / 127
Chariots, creature attacks / 128
Chariots, crew attacks / 128
Chariots, destroying and high strength hits / 127
Chariots, examples / 126
Chariots, flee and pursuit / 128
Chariots, impact hits / 128
Chariots, model / 126
Chariots, moving / 127
Chariots, obstacles and terrain / 127
Chariots, saves / 127
Chariots, shooting at / 127
Chariots, units / 127
Chariots, upgrades / 128
Chariots, victory points / 128
Chariots, weapon skill / 127
Choosing a target, fast cavalry / 117
Clipping / 266
Clipping. Fig (1) / 266
Clipping. Fig (1a) / 266
Clipping. Fig (2) / 266
Clipping. Fig (2a) / 266
Close combat / 42
Close combat / 66
Close combat and the incomplete rank. Fig (4) / 264
Close combat and the incomplete rank. Fig (5) / 264
Close combat weapons / 91
Close combat weapons table / 93
Close combat, incomplete ranks / 264
Close combat, skirmishers / 116
Combat bonuses / 54, 78
Combat resolution bonus / 274
Combat resolution bonuses / 73
Combat results / 72, 277
Combat results. Fig 1 / 72
Combat results. Fig 2 / 72
Combat results. Fig 3 / 72
Combat, war machines / 118
Combats / 67
Comet of Casendora / 148
Commandment of brass / 145
Common magic items / 154
Compulsory moves / 44, 45, 272, 277
Conflagration of doom / 144
Corner to corner fighting / 68
Corvos the crow's feast / 147
Cover / 60
Creeping death / 146
Crossbow / 58, 92

D

d6 / 277
Damage on large buildings / 130
Dark hand of death / 151
Death dealer / 151
Declare charges / 44, 271
Declare target / 273
Defeat in combat / 78
Defeated by a fear causing enemy / 81
Defeated in combat / 84
Defended obstacle / 69
Dice, dispel / 136
Dice, power / 135
Difficult terrain / 50
Dispel dice / 136, 272, 277
Dispel dice chart / 136
Dispel scroll / 154
Dispelling a spell / 137, 272
Dispelling spells in play / 139
Dispels, Natural / 139
Distillation of molten silver / 145
Dividing shots / 61
Dividing shots / 61
Doom and darkness / 151
Double 1 and double 6 / 138
Double pace / 115
Drain life / 151
Draw / 198
Dwarfs / 138

E

Eight lores of magic / 142
Elevated positions / 60
Enchanted items / 153
Enchanted shield / 154
Enemy charging skirmishers / 116
Entering a building / 129
Examples of combat / 67
Exceptions / 43
Excess casualties / 71
Expand frontage / 77
Expand frontage / 77

Facing / 41
Facing / 41
Facing / 59
Facing, skirmishers / 115
Failed charge / 52
Failed charge / 52, 271
Fanatics / 54
Fast Cavalry / 117
Fast cavalry / 269, 277
Fast cavalry formations. Fig (6) / 264
Fast cavalry formations. Fig (7) / 264
Fast cavalry, characters / 117
Fast cavalry, choosing a target / 117
Fast cavalry, formation and movement / 117, 264
Fast cavalry, free reform / 117
Fast cavalry, shooting / 117
Fast cavalry, shooting and moving / 117
Fast dice rolling / 65
Fear / 81
Fear and terror liabilities / 82
Fiery blast / 144
Fight combats / 66, 273
Fighting a challenge / 99
Fighting inside buildings / 130
Fighting with a hand weapon and shield / 88
Fighting with a weapon in each hand / 88
Fire / 113
Fireball / 144
Fireballs and other magic missiles / 142
Firing a cannon / 123
Flail / 91
Flaming sword of Rhuin / 144
Flammable / 114, 270
Flank / 277
Flank and rear charges / 46, 54
Flee / 45, 66, 82, 271, 274, 277
Flee and pursuit, chariots / 128
Fleeing crew, war machines / 119
Fleeing fast cavalry / 117
Fleeing flyers / 106
Fleeing friendly unit within 4" at start of turn / 80
Fleeing friends destroyed by chargers within 4" / 80
Fleeing troops / 74
Fleeing units / 76
Fleeing, wizards / 139
Flyers / 106
Flyers aerial movement / 106
Flyers air and ground movement / 106
Flyers and characters / 106
Flyers and skirmish / 106
Flyers fleeing / 106
Flyers move penalties and restrictions / 106
Flyers working out combat / 106
Flying charges / 106
Flying models / 269
Forked lightning / 148
Formation and movement, fast cavalry / 117
Free reform / 117
Frenzy / 84
Friends break from close combat within 6" / 80
Front / 277
Front flank and rear zones (A) / 46
Front flank and rear zones (B) / 46
Front flank and rear zones (C) / 46
Front, flank and rear zones / 277
Further psychology / 83

Generals and battle standards / 102
General's leadership / 102
Generate dispel dice / 272
Generate power dice / 272
Generosity / 265
Glossary / 277
Great weapon / 91

Halberd / 91
Hand weapon / 91
Handguns / 58, 92
Hard cover / 60
Hatred / 84
High strength hits, chariots / 127
Hills / 60
Hits from templates / 118
Hits on crew/characters / 119
Hitting the enemy / 69
Hitting the target / 61
Hitting the target / 61
Hold / 45, 271
How to cast a spell / 136

Immune to psychology / 112, 270
Impassable terrain / 51
Improvising / 43
Independent characters and unit psychology / 100
Independent characters joining units / 95
Independent characters leaving units / 96
Independent characters moving with units / 96
Individual models / 55
Infantry / 40
Initiative (I) / 38
Inside buildings / 129
Irresistible force / 136, 138, 272, 277
Issuing a challenge / 99

Javelin / 58, 92

Karu's guardian light / 149
Keirnu Oakenclub, Master of the wood / 150
Killing blow / 112, 270
Kinos the beast cowers / 147

Lance / 91
Lapping round / 77
Lapping round / 77
Large buildings / 130
Law of gold / 145
Leadership (LD) / 38
Leadership test / 39
Line of sight / 59, 277
List of weapons / 90
Long bow / 58
Long range / 58
Longbow / 92
Look out sir / 100
Lore of beasts / 147
Lore of beasts / 147
Lore of death / 151
Lore of death / 151
Lore of fire / 144
Lore of fire / 144
Lore of life / 150
Lore of life / 150
Lore of light / 149
Lore of light / 149
Lore of metal / 145
Lore of metal / 145
Lore of shadow / 146
Lore of shadow / 146
Lore of the heavens / 148
Lore of the heavens / 148
Loss of crew, Bolt throwers / 125
Loss of crew, cannons / 124
Loss of crew, Stone throwers / 121
Lupens the wolf hunts / 147

Magic / 134
Magic / 42, 55, 272
Magic armour / 152
Magic banners / 153
Magic item types / 152
Magic items / 134, 152, 277
Magic items capable of casting spells / 153
Magic items, arcane / 153
Magic items, armour / 152
Magic items, banners / 153
Magic items, enchanted items / 153
Magic items, talismans / 153
Magic items, weapons / 152
Magic items, who can use them / 152
Magic missiles / 142
Magic phase sequence / 139
Magic resistance / 114, 270
Magic talismans / 153
Magic weapons / 152
Magic, the eight lores / 142
Magical defences / 139
Manoeuvre / 49, 277
Manoeuvring during a charge / 52
March move / 54, 272, 277
Massacre / 198
Max power dice rolled for a single spell / 272
Maximum save / 64
Measure range / 273
Measurement / 279
Mhadh Gathersquall, the Rain lord / 150
Minimum 3 to cast / 136
Minor victory / 198
Miscast table / 138
Miscasts / 136, 138, 272, 278
Misfire chart, cannon / 123
Misfires, cannons / 122
Missile fire from hills / 60
Missile weapon range / 58
Missile weapons / 92
Missile weapons table / 93
Model / 278
Monster mounts / 103
Monster randomise hits / 103
Monster reaction chart / 105
Monsters / 40
Monsters / 103
Monsters and enemy attacks / 104
Monsters as units / 103
Monsters in close combat / 104
Morning star / 91
Mounts and psychology / 101
Move chargers / 44, 46, 271
Move fleeing troops / 74
Movement / 44
Movement / 42, 271
Movement allowance (M) / 38
Movement rate / 47
Moving characters / 95
Moving chariots / 127
Moving engaged units / 53
Moving into and around buildings / 129
Moving skirmishers / 115
Moving troops / 47
Moving war machines / 118
Multiple charges / 268
Multiple charges. Fig (1) / 268
Multiple charges. Fig (1b) / 268
Multiple charges. Fig (2) / 268
Multiple charges. Fig (2b) / 268
Multiple targets / 267
Multiple targets, Fig (1) / 267
Multiple targets, Fig (2) / 267
Multiple targets, Fig (3) / 267
Multiple targets, Fig (3a) / 267
Multiple wound casualties / 65
Musicians / 109, 270
Musicians rallying and drawn combats / 109

Natural dispels / 139

Obstacles / 51
Obstacles and difficult terrain, skirmishers / 115
Obstacles and terrain, chariots / 127
Oddball stuff / 54
Olannan Rattledor, the Howler wind / 150
Open terrain / 50
Order of combat / 273
Other psychology / 84
Other war machines / 125
Overkill / 99
Overrun / 78, 275

Panic / 54, 80, 278
Panic tests / 65, 66, 274
Panic tests for breaks / 74
Panicking at the start of the turn / 81
Panicking in close combat / 81
Panicking units / 81
Pelt of midnight / 146
Pha's illumination / 149
Picking out independent characters / 98
Pistol / 58
Pistol (Hand to hand) / 91
Pistol (Shooting) / 92
Pit of shades / 146
Placing terrain / 218
Poisoned attacks / 114, 270
Portent of Far / 148
Power dice / 135, 272, 278
Power dice chart / 135
Power stone / 154
Psychology / 79
Psychology tests / 80
Pursue / 66, 75, 274, 278
Pursuit into fresh enemy / 76
Pursuit move / 75
Pursuit off the table / 76, 275
Pursuit roll / 75

Rally fleeing troops / 44, 45, 75, 271, 278
Rallying and drawn combats, musicians / 109
Randomise hits, shooting at a ridden monster / 103
Range / 58
Rank bonus / 278
Rear / 277
Redirecting a charge / 53
Redirecting a charge / 53
Redress ranks / 66, 76, 275
Reform / 50, 272
Refusing a challenge / 99
Regeneration / 113, 270
Regiment / 49
Remaining moves / 44, 46, 271
Removing casualties / 65, 70
Repeater crossbow / 58, 92
Re-roll / 278
Restraining pursuit / 76, 275
Results / 66, 71
Ridden monster excess wounds / 104
Rulainn Boulderfist, Master of stone / 150
Rule of burning iron / 145

Saves / 39, 64, 70
Saves, chariots / 127
Scale / 279
Scaly skin / 112, 270
Scouts / 112, 270
Second sign of Amul / 148
Selecting a target / 58
Selecting spells / 142
Shades of death / 146
Shem's burning gaze / 149
Shooting / 58
Shooting / 42, 272
Shooting and close combat / 60
Shooting and fast cavalry / 117
Shooting and moving, fast cavalry / 117
Shooting and moving, skirmishers / 115
Shooting and skirmishers / 115
Shooting at a monster mount / 103
Shooting at character riders / 103
Shooting at chariots / 127
Shooting at independent characters / 97
Shooting at war machines / 118
Shooting on hills / 60
Short bow / 58, 92
Short range / 58
Siege / 247
Siege , undefended ramparts / 250
Siege manning the walls / 250
Siege, alchemical fire / 255
Siege, anatomy of a castle / 247
Siege, assault / 258
Siege, assaulting the walls / 249
Siege, attacking the castle / 251
Siege, attacking the castle in close combat / 252
Siege, attacking the siege tower / 258
Siege, battering rams / 256, 258
Siege, battering rams in units / 256
Siege, besieged player's equipment / 258
Siege, besieging players equipment / 258
Siege, boiling blood / 255
Siege, boiling oil / 254, 258
Siege, break tests on assaulting the ramparts / 250
Siege, cannons / 252
Siege, carrying grappling hooks / 257
Siege, carrying ladders / 256
Siege, castles and spells / 252
Siege, cauldrons and units / 254
Siege, charge reactions / 249
Siege, charges / 249
Siege, charging from the courtyard onto a tower or rampart / 251
Siege, charging from the ramparts or a tower into the courtyard / 251
Siege, courtyard / 248
Siege, damage charts / 253
Siege, equipment of the besieged force / 254
Siege, equipment of the besieging force / 255
Siege, fighting in the courtyard or outside the fortress / 251
Siege, flee and pursuit / 258
Siege, Gates / 247
Siege, grappling hooks / 249, 256, 258
Siege, ladders / 249, 256, 258
Siege, log rams / 255, 258
Siege, Log rams in units / 255
Siege, man the walls / 250
Siege, mantlets / 257, 258
Siege, march moves / 248
Siege, means of assault / 249
Siege, molten metal / 255
Siege, movement / 248, 257
Siege, Movement from the walls and towers into the courtyard / 249
Siege, movement on the walls and ramparts / 248
Siege, movement onto the ramparts or a tower from the courtyard / 248
Siege, movement outside the castle and in the courtyard / 249
Siege, moving through a gate / 248
Siege, moving with mantlets / 257
Siege, positioning a battering ram / 256
Siege, positioning a log ram / 255
Siege, positioning troops on castle walls / 247
Siege, psychology / 255
Siege, purchasing siege equipment / 258
Siege, pursuit / 250
Siege, rams / 255
Siege, reinforced gates / 254, 258
Siege, rocks / 255, 258
Siege, scaling walls / 257
Siege, seizing the ramparts / 250
Siege, shooting / 256, 257, 258
Siege, shooting at the gates / 252
Siege, shooting at the towers, walls and gates / 251
Siege, shooting at troops in skirmish formation / 248
Siege, siege equipment / 254
Siege, siege tower and units / 257
Siege, siege towers / 247, 250, 257, 258
Siege, siege towers and troops / 257
Siege, skirmish formation / 248
Siege, two units of troops switching places / 248
Siege, using boiling oil / 254
Siege, using boiling oil / 254
Siege, using siege equipment / 258
Siege, walls / 247
Siege, war machines and the siege tower / 258
Single character challenges / 99
Siodh Silverhyl, Mistress of the marsh / 150
Sirmishers in combat / 116
Skirmish and flyers / 106
Skirmish force / 242
Skirmish Rules / 242
Skirmish scenarios / 242
Skirmish, all alone / 246
Skirmish, breaking from combat / 246
Skirmish, charge / 242, 243
Skirmish, charging more than one opponent / 243
Skirmish, climbing / 244
Skirmish, close combat / 242, 245
Skirmish, closest target / 245
Skirmish, compulsory moves / 242
Skirmish, critical hits / 245
Skirmish, diving charge / 244
Skirmish, falling / 244
Skirmish, hiding / 243
Skirmish, hitting the enemy / 245
Skirmish, injuries / 245
Skirmish, injury table / 246
Skirmish, intercepting a charge / 243
Skirmish, jumping down / 244
Skirmish, jumping down / 244
Skirmish, jumping over gaps / 244
Skirmish, knocked down / 246
Skirmish, leaders / 246
Skirmish, magic / 242
Skirmish, magic phase / 244
Skirmish, movement / 242
Skirmish, multiple targets / 245
Skirmish, out of action / 246
Skirmish, phases / 242
Skirmish, recovery / 242
Skirmish, remaining moves / 242
Skirmish, running / 243
Skirmish, shooting / 242, 244
Skirmish, shooting from and elevated position / 245
Skirmish, stunned / 246
Skirmish, the rout test / 246
Skirmish, turn sequence / 242
Skirmish, warriors knocked down or stunned / 244
Skirmish, which models fight / 245
Skirmish, who can fight / 245
Skirmish, who can shoot / 244
Skirmishers / 115
Skirmishers / 269
Skirmishers and line of sight / 115
Skirmishers being charged / 116
Skirmishers charging (A) / 116
Skirmishers charging (B) / 116
Skirmishers charging other skirmishers. Fig (3) / 268
Skirmishers charging other skirmishers. Fig (4) / 268
Skirmishers, characters / 116
Skirmishers, charging other skirmishers / 268
Skirmishers, close combat / 116
Skirmisher's, formation / 115
Skirmishers, manoeuvres / 115
Skirmishers, obstacles and difficult terrain / 115
Skirmishers, shooting / 115
Skirmishers, shooting and moving / 115
Slain riders and monsters / 105
Sling / 58, 92
Snaking / 55
Soft cover / 60
Solid victory / 198
Spears (Cavalry) / 91
Spears (Infantry) / 91
Special characters / 101
Special combat rules / 88
Special Rules / 112
Special weapon rules / 89
Special weapon rules - Armour piercing / 90
Special weapon rules - Fight in ranks / 89
Special weapon rules - Move or fire / 90
Special weapon rules - Multiple shots / 90
Special weapon rules - Requires two hands / 89
Special weapon rules - Strength bonus / 89
Special weapon rules - Strikes last / 89
Spell casting chart / 136
Spell Lists / 142
Spell succeeds or fails / 272
Spells / 134
Spells in play / 139
Spells with templates / 139
Spells, cancelling / 142
Spells, casting / 136
Spells, dispelling / 137
Spells, double 1 and double 6 / 138
Spells, dwarfs / 138
Spells, magical defences / 139
Spells, miscasts / 138
Squadron / 49
Staff of sorcery / 154
Stand and shoot / 45, 61, 271
Standard bearers / 270
Standards / 108
Standards and combat result bonus / 108
Standards, capturing / 109
Standards, Musicians and Champions / 108
Standards, musicians and champions position within the unit / 108
Start of the turn / 42, 271
Steal soul / 151
Steed / 278
Steel of shadows / 146
Stone thrower misfire chart / 120
Stone thrower, damage / 121
Stone thrower, loss of crew / 121
Stone thrower, number of models hit / 121
Stone thrower, profiles / 121
Stone thrower, summary / 121
Stone throwers / 120
Storm of Cronos / 148
Strength (S) / 38
Stubborn / 85
Stupidity / 82
Stupidity and riders / 83
Sword of battle / 154
Sword of might / 154
Sword of striking / 154

Taking psychology tests / 79
Talismans of protection / 154
Targets, multiple / 267
Templates / 60, 118, 276
Templates, spells / 139
Terrain / 50
Terrain, dimensions / 219
Terrain, placement / 218
Terror / 81
The order of Psychology tests / 79
Throwing axe / 58, 92
Throwing star/knife / 92
Thrown knife, dart / 58
Time / 279
To hit chart / 69
To hit chart / 274
To hit modifiers / 62
To hit modifiers / 273
Toughness (T) / 38
Transmutation of lead / 145
Turn / 42
Turn sequence / 42, 49, 271, 272, 278
Turning a unit / 48
Turning and the incomplete rank. Fig (3) / 263
Turning fast cavalry / 117
Types of characters / 94
Types of magic item / 152

Ulzah's healing hand / 149
Unbreakable / 112, 270
Unit / 49, 278
Unit Strength / 40, 278
Unit strength table / 41
Unit wiped out by shooting or magic within 4" / 81
Units / 40
Units as targets of spells / 139
Units of flyers / 106
Units taking casualties / 77
Unseen lurker / 146
Uranon's thunderbolt / 148
Urru's dazzling brightness / 149
Ursos the bear's anger / 147
Using leader's leadership / 79
Using rider's leadership / 79

Very difficult terrain / 51
Victory points / 105, 198
victory points chart / 198
Victory points, chariots / 128
Victory points, war machines / 119
Voluntary tests / 81

Wall of fire / 144
War banner / 154
War machines / 40
War machines / 118
War machines, abandoned / 119
War machines, aiming / 118
War machines, attacking / 119
War machines, characters / 118
War machines, charge responses / 119
War machines, charge responses, flee / 119
War machines, charge responses, hold / 119
War machines, combat / 118
War machines, fleeing crew / 119
War machines, hits on crew/characters / 119
War machines, models / 118
War machines, movement / 118
War machines, other / 125
War machines, stone throwers / 120
War machines, victory points / 119
Ward saves / 64, 273, 278
Weapon / 278
Weapon skill (WS) / 38
Weapon skill, chariots / 127
Weapon strength / 63
Weapon strength / 63
Weapons / 88
Weapons and units / 88
Weapon's modifiers / 70
Weapons summary / 93
Wheel / 49, 272
Wheeling a unit / 48
Which models can fight? / 68
Which models fight? / 68, 78
Who can shoot / 59
Who can use magic items / 152
Who gets the first turn / 42
Who strikes first? / 68
Wind of death / 151
Wizard levels / 134
Wizards / 94, 134, 278
Wizards, fleeing / 139
Wound chart / 63
Wound chart / 70
Wound chart / 275
Wounds (W) / 38, 63, 70

Zero level characteristics / 39

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