Characters:
Lorenzo Lupo, Merchant Prince of Luccini
Gilead and Fithvael
Long Drong Slayer Pirates
Goblin Hewer
Halfling steamtank
Gilead and Fithvael
Long Drong Slayer Pirates
Goblin Hewer
Halfling steamtank
Richter Kreugar the Damned's Cursed Company
The Zombie Pirates of the vampire coast
Anaconda and the Amazons
The Zombie Pirates of the vampire coast
Anaconda and the Amazons
Army List:
Dogs of War
Unit
Giants
Items
REGIMENTS OF RENOWN
Welcome to the second part of Dogs of War, a get-you-byarmy
list for veteran gamers who have existing armies from the last edition
of Warhammer. Alessio Cavatore describes the Regiments of Renown – daring
sell-swords, infamous the world over, who will fight for any army in
the known world...
In this second article Alessio collected all the named regiments that Games Workshop have published in the past. Let’s call them Regiments of Renown (RoR), to distinguish them from the normal units you can find in the basic Dogs of War army list (WD 251). Of course you can field these models as normal Dogs of War, but with the rules included in this article, you now have a chance of fielding these special versions of the basic mercenary troops. Unfortunately GW did not have enough space to include the colourful background that Nigel Stillman and other authors have written for these regiments. These great stories can still be found in the Dogs of War army book of the fifth edition of Warhammer and in various White Dwarf articles. Alessio Cavatore is sure that Games Workshop Mail Order Trolls will be more than happy to help you find the background you are interested in. In what respect are they special then? Well, first of all these regiments have a name, they have one or more unique characters leading them and often have special rules or equipment that differentiate them from the norm.
All named models in a Regiments of Renown count as characters in the game. These characters cannot leave their unit (unless specified), but they do not use up any of the character slots from the army lists (unless specified). If the characters have different equipment than the rest of the rank and file, this is clearly listed in the Equipment list. Note that, regardless of their Leadership value, these characters can never be an army’s General.
In some cases, such as the Birdmen of Catrazza or the Giants of Albion, these regiments are absolutely weird and quite entertaining, and Alessio tried to keep them only as part of the Dogs of War armies for the sake of game balance.
REGIMENTS FOR HIRE
In the next few pages, you will find all the information you need to
field Regiments of Renown in your Warhammer battles.
For Hire. This paragraph states which armies the regiment can fight for and its position (Core, Special, Rare) in the relevant lists.
Points. Each regiment has a basic cost, which includes all the equipment, characters and their magic items. These cannot be modified in any way.
Profiles. The characteristic profiles for the troops and characters in each unit are given here.
Unit Sizes. Each entry specifies the minimum size for each unit. Normally the unit’s size can be increased by buying extra models at the cost given, but in some cases units also have a maximum size.
Equipment. This entry lists the weapons and armour for that regiment. The value of these items is included in the points value.
Special rules. Many troops have special rules which are described in this section.
Magic Items. Some characters carry magic items and their rules are given here. Note that the player cannot buy new magic items for the characters of the Regiments ofRenown.
PIKES
A NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY
In the Empire army book the terms ‘Dogs of War’ and ‘Regiments of
Renown’ are used to mean the same thing, because at the time of writing,
GW hadn’t made the distinction between the two terms. Hopefully you
can work out what was meant.
Anyway, the rules for fielding Dogs of War and Regiments of Renown in non-Dogs of War armies are now clearly explainedin WD251 and in the For Hire paragraph of each regiment.
Unit
Giants
Items
In this second article Alessio collected all the named regiments that Games Workshop have published in the past. Let’s call them Regiments of Renown (RoR), to distinguish them from the normal units you can find in the basic Dogs of War army list (WD 251). Of course you can field these models as normal Dogs of War, but with the rules included in this article, you now have a chance of fielding these special versions of the basic mercenary troops. Unfortunately GW did not have enough space to include the colourful background that Nigel Stillman and other authors have written for these regiments. These great stories can still be found in the Dogs of War army book of the fifth edition of Warhammer and in various White Dwarf articles. Alessio Cavatore is sure that Games Workshop Mail Order Trolls will be more than happy to help you find the background you are interested in. In what respect are they special then? Well, first of all these regiments have a name, they have one or more unique characters leading them and often have special rules or equipment that differentiate them from the norm.
All named models in a Regiments of Renown count as characters in the game. These characters cannot leave their unit (unless specified), but they do not use up any of the character slots from the army lists (unless specified). If the characters have different equipment than the rest of the rank and file, this is clearly listed in the Equipment list. Note that, regardless of their Leadership value, these characters can never be an army’s General.
In some cases, such as the Birdmen of Catrazza or the Giants of Albion, these regiments are absolutely weird and quite entertaining, and Alessio tried to keep them only as part of the Dogs of War armies for the sake of game balance.
For Hire. This paragraph states which armies the regiment can fight for and its position (Core, Special, Rare) in the relevant lists.
Points. Each regiment has a basic cost, which includes all the equipment, characters and their magic items. These cannot be modified in any way.
Profiles. The characteristic profiles for the troops and characters in each unit are given here.
Unit Sizes. Each entry specifies the minimum size for each unit. Normally the unit’s size can be increased by buying extra models at the cost given, but in some cases units also have a maximum size.
Equipment. This entry lists the weapons and armour for that regiment. The value of these items is included in the points value.
Special rules. Many troops have special rules which are described in this section.
Magic Items. Some characters carry magic items and their rules are given here. Note that the player cannot buy new magic items for the characters of the Regiments ofRenown.
- Being a unique feature of Dogs of War and Regiments of Renown, Alessio Cavatore thought it would be useful to repeat the rules for pikes. Furthermore, it offers him the chance to provide additional clarification (in bold in the text).
- Fight in four ranks, requires two hands (see page 89 of the Warhammer rulebook).
- Always strikes first in the initial round of hand-to-hand combat, even striking before enemies who have charged. Note that enemies who are entitled to strike first because of a special ability or magic, will still strike before pike-armed models.
- Models armed with pikes receive a +1 Strength bonus in the Close Combat phase of the turn they are charged by cavalry units, chariots or monster riders (note that this bonus only applies to attacks directed against the above charging units, not against other units).
Anyway, the rules for fielding Dogs of War and Regiments of Renown in non-Dogs of War armies are now clearly explainedin WD251 and in the For Hire paragraph of each regiment.
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