As Faustman walked down the deserted main street of Brovska with his men an old lady spied him through a window which she promptly shut. It was market day but everyone was afraid of even leaving their homes.
At the end of the street he came to the Roadwarden's office. He motioned his men to wait as he stepped inside. The Senior Roadwarden looked up from his papers. "You must be the sellswords. Glad to see you here."
Faustman nodded. "I can see the situation is serious."
"Its this creature" said the Roadwarden with a tired look on his face. "You must have heard the rumors already. They say it can take the form of a human. Has everyone scared to even look their neighbor in the eye. I wouldn't take heed of such nonsense but the bodies are piling up."
"I also heard you have a problem with a cult" said Faustman looking at the map on the wall.
"That's not why you're here today. I need you to back up my men. I have two deputies investigating a nearby area here." The roadwarden pointed to the map with his knife. "This creature is dangerous and we need to take care of it before it completely cripples trade in this town."
Scenario: The Thing
Overview
Two roadwardens are searching for a shapeshifting creature. One warband has arrived to help them but has found three roadwardens. Another warband has arrived to remove the roadwardens and aid the shapeshifter. What their motivations are is unclear.
Determine which warband is assisting the roadwardens and which is saving the shapeshifter.
Terrain
Setup in an area that is roughly 4' x 4'.
Set-up
Roadwardens
Use the following profile for Roadwardens in this scenario.
Weapons/Armour: Sword, dagger, helmet, light armour
As long as the roadwarden has not been attacked, he will do nothing.
Reveal Identity of Roadwarden
Once in their own turn, any warband with a warrior within initiative distance of a roadwarden can take a leadership test to reveal the identity of the roadwarden. If failed nothing is determined. If passed there is a 1 in 3 chance the roadwarden is the shapeshifter. If other roadwardens have been revealed, alter the odds of the roll appropriately. e.g. if 1 roadwarden has already been determined to be truly a roadwarden then the next roll has a 1 in 2 chance of being a shapeshifter.
If a roadwarden is attacked before the reveal is made, complete the injury roll and then make a reveal roll. The surviving roadwarden now comes under control of the attacker's opponent. Treat the roadwarden as if they were a member of your warband. It is possible to attack the roadwarden under your control, but doing so would immediately switch control back to your opponent.
If a roadwarden is attacked and survives and is revealed as a shapeshifter, replace the roadwarden with a shapeshifter with full wounds. The shapeshifter comes under the control of the attacker's opponent. As with the roadwarden, the shapeshifter can switch control if you choose to attack him.
Shapeshifter
Use the Possessed profile and rules for the shapeshifter.
Starting the game
Roll to see who goes first.Ending the game
The
game ends immediately if the shapeshifter is killed or if both roadwardens have been killed. The winner is the faction whose objective was met in this case. If neither of these conditions are met then the winning warband is the last warband with warriors on the board.
Experience
+1 Survives. If a Hero or a Henchman group survives the battle they gain +1 Experience.
+1 Winning Leader. The leader of the winning warband gains +1 Experience.
+1
per Roadwarden Out of Action. If your warband's objective was to take the Roadwardens out of action then the Hero or Henchman group that did so gains +1 Experience.
+2 Shapeshifter Out of Action. If your warband's objective was to take
the Shapeshifter out of action then the Hero or Henchman group that did
so gains +2 Experience.
+1 Per Enemy Out of Action. Any Hero earns +1 Experience for each enemy he puts out of action. This does not count for the roadwardens/shapeshifter.
Rewards
Revealing the identity of the Shapeshifter with a successful leadership check gets your warband +1 campaign point
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