Loss of Control

Doomwheel

Skaven are a characterful, black parody of mankind and ultimately embody everything that is wrong with humanity, only more so. In addition to being cowardly, Skaven cheat, steal, and endlessly stab each other in the back for their own promotion. They will, quite literally, eat each other alive. Skaven are never culpable, being wholly unable to take the blame for even the most obvious and egregious errors entirely of their own making. But, unlike humans (at least, the better sorts), Skaven embrace this total lack of scruples or honour. In fact, the better at scheming and double-crossing a Skaven is, and the more swaggeringly arrogant he acts about it, the more suitable he is for leadership of a Warlord clan! A Skaven army is a ragged mass of vicious cut-throats, eager to usurp civilisation and nest in its broken ruins. They are a multitudinous horde with a staggering amount of troops at their disposal, from rank after rank of warriors, such as Clanrats, Stormvermin, or Skavenslaves, to packs of war-beasts like Giant Rats or the hulking Rat Ogres. Specialist troops, such as the Poisoned Wind Globadiers or stealthy death squads of Gutter Runners, march alongside the larger blocks of infantry. Towering over it all are the devilish war machines of a wickedly clever race. Masters of an insane blend of magic and technology, the Skaven can field a number of infernal devices of destruction, such as the infamous Doomwheel or the highly feared war engine of ruination known as the Screaming Bell. The Skaven are the ultimate scavenger army and they are led to battle by a Warlord or a Grey Seer, the powerful mage-rats that claim to be the prophets of their foul vermin-god, the Great Horned Rat.

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In each friendly Shooting phase, even when engaged in close combat or when fleeing, the Doomwheel automatically unleashes bolts of warp lightning using the following profile: Each warp lightning bolt will automatically hit the nearest unit (friend or foe), regardless of line of sight and direction. This is a non-physical attack. The Warlock Engineer may choose to take a Leadership test in an attempt to stop the Doomwheel from firing. If the test is failed, the machine fires as normal. Roll an Artillery dice to determine the Strength for the bolts, measuring from the Doomwheel's base. If the closest unit dies from the first bolt, the second bolt hits the next closest unit in range, and so on. If two targets are equidistant, the owning player may choose which unit is struck. If you roll a misfire result something has gone awry. No more shots are fired this turn and you must immediately roll a D6 and consult the Doomwheel Mishap Chart. Doomwheel Mishap Chart 

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D6	Result
1-2	Disaster. The Doomwbeel suffers a partial meltdown and begins to glow a luminous greenish tint. The Doomwheel immediately takes D6 Strength 6 hits and many of the treadmill rats succumb to the toxic leak of power. From now on roll one less D6 for the Doomwheel's movement. If reduced to zero dice the Doomwheel is removed as a casualty.
3-5	Out of Control. The screeching feedback of the warpstone has jammed the sternwheel. If the Doomwheel is unengaged, it immediately moves in a random direction determined by the scatter dice. If it hits any unit (friend or foe) the Doomwheel inflicts Impact Hits as normal and counts as charging if the unit is an enemy. In the case of a Doomwheel hitting a friendly unit, resolve Impact Hits immediately after contact and then move the Doomwheel back 1".
6	Burst of Speed. The overheated warpstone reinvigorates the treadmill rats to perform truly inspired wheel-spinning as never before. The Doomwheel gains the Random Movement (4D6) special rule.

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