Warpfire Thrower

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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Warpfire Thrower Misfire Chart

The Warpfire Thrower fires like a Fire Thrower with the following profile: In case a Misfire is rolled, roll a D6 and consult the Warpfire Thrower Misfire Chart. Warpfire Thrower Misfire Chart 

All models in a unit should as much as possible be armed with the same weapon and armour type for ease of distinguishing their armament. Some variation is acceptable, but it should be clear to the opponent what sort of equipment a unit has. In case it might not be apparent at first glance, this should be clearly declared upon deploying the unit. If a model has more than one weapon, they must choose which weapon they want to use at the start of the shooting phase or close combat. A model cannot choose to use two different weapons in the same shooting phase or close combat unless clearly specified. However, if the model has multiple crew or riders (like chariots or ridden monsters), each crew or rider may use one weapon each as normal. Whichever weapon they select must then be used for the entire close combat, unless the weapon they are using is somehow destroyed – it's no easy thing to change to a different weapon partway through a fight.

D6	Result
1-2	Whompfff! The diabolical device explodes. Centre of the large round template over the centre of the Weapon Team and resolve damage as normal. After this, the team is destroyed in the lurid mushroom cloud it has created.
3-4	Fuel Leak. Highly explosive fuel leaks out and ignites. The Weapon Team flees in random direction as decided by the scatter dice before exploding. After movement, the device explodes exactly as the Whompfff! result above.
5-6	Pppphhtt! Something has been sprayed, but it's not warpfire. For the rest of the battle the Weapon Team smells strongly of the musk of fear. With a disappointing fizzle, the Warpfire Thrower fails to fire, but does not explode. The crew may not fire this turn.

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