BDC Warband Tracker

A fan-made companion for Black Death City by Sam Pearson (Playtest v1.03). Rules summaries point to the playtest book; get it, and give feedback, at blackdeathcity.com.

The Codex

Summaries of the playtest rules (v1.03) with page references. They are reminders, not the rules: read the book for the full text.

Leaders

1 Leader
Knight-Abbot
Leader, Cloister, Human, Knight
190 silver
XP 60+d6 · p125
Mv5"
Bl3+
Bw4+
Ar4+
In4
Wl4
Lf7
Wargear: Main List, Champion List · comes with Full-Plate

Lord of the Cloister: Choose 2 skills when this fighter is recruited.

High Sorcerer
Leader, Cloister, Human, Wizard
175 silver
XP 60+d6 · p125
Mv5"
Bl4+
Bw6+
Ar6+
In3
Wl5
Lf6
Wargear: Practitioner List, Practitioner Item List

Master of Dark Spellcraft: Knows the Lore of Blessed Maggots; picks 2 signature spells on recruitment and prepares 1 random spell from it before each battle.

Champions

0-3 Champions
0-1 Cloister Sorcerer
Champion, Cloister, Human, Wizard
140 silver
XP 40+d6 · p126
Mv5"
Bl4+
Bw6+
Ar6+
In3
Wl4
Lf5
Wargear: Practitioner List, Practitioner Item List

Dark Spellcraft: Knows the Lore of Blessed Maggots; picks 1 signature spell on recruitment and prepares 1 random spell from it before each battle.

Cloister Champion
Champion, Cloister, Human, Knight
145 silver
XP 40+d6 · p126
Mv5"
Bl3+
Bw4+
Ar4+
In4
Wl4
Lf6
Wargear: Main List, Champion List · comes with Full-Plate

Lord of the Cloister: Choose 1 skill when this fighter is recruited.

0-1 Darkcloven Shaman
Champion, Cloister, Beastman, Wizard
145 silver
XP 40+d6 · p127
Mv6"
Bl4+
Bw6+
Ar6+
In4
Wl4
Lf5
Wargear: Practitioner List, Practitioner Item List

Darkcloven Magic: Knows both the Lore of Blessed Maggots and the Demonic Lore of Rot, with no signature spells; prepares 1 random spell from each lore every battle.

Ram Horns: After finishing a Charge move, choose one enemy it is engaged with; that enemy is hit by 2 attacks at Rend -1, Damage 1.

0-1 Demonic Rot-Herald
Champion, Cloister, Demon, Wizard
175 silver
XP 40+d6 · p127
Mv4"
Bl3+
Bw6+
Ar5+
In4
Wl4
Lf6
WeaponRngAtkRndDmgCritTraits
Demonic Rot Blade-3-11d3, ,
Wargear: Practitioner Item List

Demonic Spellcraft: Knows the Demonic Lore of Rot; picks 1 signature spell on recruitment and prepares 1 random spell from it before each battle.

Demonic Wards: Ignores Rend on its armour rolls.

Fear: Enemies starting their activation engaged with it must pass a Willpower test or their activation ends at once. Enemies that also cause fear are immune.

Henchmen

5+ Henchmen
0-3 Cloister Knight
Henchman, Cloister, Human, Knight
95 silver
XP 30+d6 · p128
Mv5"
Bl4+
Bw6+
Ar4+
In3
Wl3
Lf5
Wargear: Main List · comes with Full-Plate
Dreg Cultist
Henchman, Cloister, Human
30 silver
XP d6 · p128
Mv5"
Bl5+
Bw5+
Ar6+
In2
Wl2
Lf3
Wargear: Main List, Dreg List
Darkcloven Beastman
Henchman, Cloister, Beastman
55 silver
XP 20+d6 · p129
Mv5"
Bl4+
Bw5+
Ar6+
In3
Wl3
Lf4
Wargear: Main List

Ram Horns: After finishing a Charge move, choose one enemy it is engaged with; that enemy is hit by 2 attacks at Rend -1, Damage 1.

0-3 Rot Demon
Henchman, Cloister, Demon
120 silver
XP 30+d6 · p129
Mv4"
Bl3+
Bw6+
Ar5+
In4
Wl4
Lf5
WeaponRngAtkRndDmgCritTraits
Demonic Rot Blade-3-11d3, ,
Wargear: only what they come with

Demonic Wards: Ignores Rend on its armour rolls.

Fear: Enemies starting their activation engaged with it must pass a Willpower test or their activation ends at once. Enemies that also cause fear are immune.

Brutes

0-2 Brutes
Demonic Rotspawn
Brute, Cloister, Demon
130 silver
XP 30+d6 · p130
Mv5"
Bl3+
Bw6+
Ar5+
In4
Wl4
Lf8
WeaponRngAtkRndDmgCritTraits
Demonic Rot Maw
Natural weapon of the Demonic Rotspawn; profile repeated on its scroll (p130).
-3-12d3+1, , ,
Wargear: only what they come with

Demonic Wards: Ignores Rend on its armour rolls.

Fear: Enemies starting their activation engaged with it must pass a Willpower test or their activation ends at once. Enemies that also cause fear are immune.

Demonic Rot-Colossal
Brute, Cloister, Demon
200 silver
XP 30+d6 · p130
Mv5"
Bl4+
Bw6+
Ar5+
In4
Wl4
Lf10
WeaponRngAtkRndDmgCritTraits
Great Demonic Rot Blade-3-23d3+2, , , ,
Wargear: only what they come with

Demonic Wards: Ignores Rend on its armour rolls.

Fear: Enemies starting their activation engaged with it must pass a Willpower test or their activation ends at once. Enemies that also cause fear are immune.

Beasts

0-3 Beasts
Bloat Fly
Beast, Cloister, Fly
50 silver
XP 0 · p131
Mv10"
Bl5+
Bw-
Ar6+
In4
Wl1
Lf2
WeaponRngAtkRndDmgCritTraits
Proboscis
Natural weapon of the Bloat Fly.
-3-11,
Wargear: only what they come with
Rotling
Beast, Cloister, Demon
25 silver
XP 0 · p131
Mv4"
Bl4+
Bw-
Ar5+
In3
Wl2
Lf3
WeaponRngAtkRndDmgCritTraits
Demonic Rot Strike
Natural weapon of the Rotling. Armoury table (p119) prints Rend -1; the Rotling scroll (p131) prints Rend -.
-3-11d3, ,
Wargear: only what they come with