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RATSKIN RENEGADES

By Jake Thornton

Ratskins are normally a shy, peaceful people who are inclined to

avoid the noisy, raucous downhivers and their settlements. They

need nothing from the settlers and stay hidden in small communities

far from the hivers and their guns. If hivers start working near the

Ratskins’ settlements they will pack their gear and quietly slip away

deeper into the wastes. Ratskins find the hivers strange and

bewildering and would rather not have anything to do with them.

Sadly, the Ratskins’ peaceable ways make them vulnerable to

exploitation by unscrupulous Guilders or gangs. Outlaws may run

riot and murder a whole Ratskin settlement, leaving a few

embittered survivors thirsting for vengeance on all hivers. These

fierce Ratskins turn their backs on their own people and become

renegades, hunting and killing the hivers wherever they can to

cleanse the Underhive of intruders.

Other Ratskins go to the hivers’ settlements out of curiosity or to

look for work as trappers or guides and become corrupted by

contact with the hivers. The Ratskins themselves dispossess these

individuals and call them Badskins. Badskins spend all their money

drinking and gambling until they finally get in trouble with the

Watchmen and are driven out of the settlement for good. There can

be no return home for Ratskins tainted by their contact with

‘civilisation’ so they drift from place to place until they can join a

renegade band and be with their own people again.

OUTLANDERS

Ratskins may use Hired Guns (who will fight for them) as normal,

and will both take captives and try to rescue their own as other

gangs. Other than that, Ratskins need some special rules of their own

to cover the fact that they just aren’t like ‘normal’ gangs such as

Orlocks or Delaques.

TERRITORY

Ratskins start with one piece of territory generated on the Ratskin

Territory table. This is the Renegades’ camp in the wastes and

normally they cannot hold more than a single piece of territory at a

time. The Ratskins can decide to move their camp after any game,

crossing the old territory off their roster at the end of the post battle

sequence and generating a new camp on the Ratskin Territory table

below immediately. Similarly, if they lose their territory to another

gang they simply generate a new one.

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Captured Territories

Any additional territory captured from other gangs is looted

and destroyed by the Renegades as soon as it is captured. This

looting removes the territory from the campaign as the

Ratskins rampage through it, stripping it of anything of value

and destroying the rest. If the Ratskins loot a territory they

gain double its basic value. In the case of a territory with a

variable income they gain double the maximum. For example,

looting a holestead or drinking hole would yield 120 credits.

Archeotech Sites

Archeotech sites are sacred to Ratskins and they will always try

to drive Underhivers away from them if they can. If a gang

owning any Archeotech sites loses a territory to the Ratskins it

will automatically lose one of its Archeotech sites without

recourse to a random dice roll. Any Archeotech sites which

are captured by the Ratskins must be left unmolested and will

not generate any income. Instead they will be hidden and

guarded by the Ratskins to prevent greedy Underhivers

disturbing them. The only way in which Ratskins can hold

more than one territory is by capturing Archeotech sites, but

they can hold any number of such sites in addition to their

camp, using traps, sentries and hidden tunnels to keep them

safe and move between them rapidly. Ratskins derive no

direct benefit from possessing Archeotech sites, but these

special places do give them the favour of the hive spirits. This

favour aids Ratskin Shamans that join the gang, full rules for

which will be in a future issue of Fanatic.

back or traded, as with any other prisoner, or may be turned

over to the Guilders for a bounty. The bounty on a live Ratskin

is equal to his cost (without equipment) + D6x5 credits. You

must decide whether or not to turn him over before you roll

to see what the bounty is.

Ratskins may trade or ransom any foes they capture as

normal. However, Ratskins may not claim bounty on anyone

– they’d be shot on sight if they tried to!

Scenarios

Ratskins can add or subtract up to 2 from the dice roll when

rolling for scenario. If the opposing gang has a Ratskin Scout

in their employ this modifier is reduced to plus or minus 1

instead. If the Renegades can choose which scenario to play

they can pick whichever they like.

RESILIENT

Ratskins are remarkably resilient to injury and have the best

survival instincts humanly possible. They are less likely to get

lost or captured than ordinary Underhivers and, if hurt, are

better at hiding from danger. To represent their resilience to

injury a Ratskin who goes out of action may re-roll a result on

the Serious Injuries table if he doesn’t like the first roll.

However, if he chooses to re-roll he must accept the second

result.

NATIVE

Ratskins are completely at home with the environment of the

hive bottom; they are born and bred in conditions

unimaginably harsh for outsiders. In fact, they are so in tune

with the hive that they use it as a weapon in their fights. They

open sluice gates to flood areas with slime, block vents or

open others to send toxic fumes or smogs across their

enemies’ paths; they can even cause minor hivequakes by

undermining supporting pylons.

Important: Any battle involving a Ratskin gang must use the

Treacherous Conditions rules.

So in tune are the Ratskins with the ways of the hive that they

feel it as a living entity in its own right, and are trained from

birth to survive its sometimes murderous moods. Because

they are so at home in the Underhive, Ratskins are completely

immune to the effects generated on the Treacherous

Conditions table (see Fanatic Magazine 4). Ratskins can track

their opponents unerringly in fog or darkness with their sharp

hearing, they can always find their way through or around

bottomless slime and bubbling tox pits, they don’t get

attacked by wild creatures and automatically dodge

acid falls and hivequake debris and so on.

SO MANY MOUTHS TO FEED

Ratskins need to eat, just like everyone else, and will need to

find 3 credits per warrior per battle to keep everyone

supplied. Work out what’s needed between battles when you

do all of the other bookkeeping. Hired Guns and special

characters don’t need to be given supplies as it’s assumed that

their pay is more than enough to keep them in rat burgers.

The credits to pay for these supplies come from one of two

sources: income or foraging. Any spare cash goes in the gang’s

stash as usual.

Income

Ratskins collect income from their one piece of territory, like

any other gang. However, this income is not cross

refererenced with the size of the gang on the income table –

it’s simply the amount they earn.

Foraging

Anyone who wasn’t seriously injured in the previous battle

can go foraging. This includes Chiefs, Totem Warriors,

Ratskins and Braves, though they can’t perform any special

tasks, such as visiting an Outlaw trading post or working the

gang’s territory, if they forage. Each forager collects D6+1

credits’ worth of stuff from the wastes. Hired Guns and special

characters never forage: that’s not what they’re paid for.

TRADING

Ratskin Renegades roll on the Outlaw Trading chart. See the

section at the end of this article.

RECRUITING THE GANG

A Ratskin gang is recruited in the same way as a normal gang.

You have 1,000 Guilder credits to spend on recruiting and

arming your gang within the following guidelines.

Minimum of 3 fighters: A gang must have at least 3 models

Chief: Your gang must include one Chief; no more, no less.

Totem Warriors: Your gang can include up to four Totem

Warriors, but no more.

Ratskins: Your gang can include any number of Ratskins.

Ratskin Braves: Your gang can include any number of

Ratskin Braves.

BOUNTY

Ratskin Renegades are considered extremely troublesome by

the Guilders and so they have a bounty on their heads. If an

Orlock, Goliath, Escher, Van Saar, Delaque or Cawdor gang

captures or kills a Ratskin they may claim this bounty. The

bounty on a dead Ratskin is equal to his current cost in credits

(including equipment). A captured Ratskin may be ransomed

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1 RATSKIN CHIEF

In addition, a warrior who is Pure of Spirit may never use

any kind of shooting weapon (including pistols in hand-to-

hand combat). When a foe is slain his departing spirit can

be absorbed by the Ratskin, but only if he is very close by.

Beating foes at a distance gains less honour and means

that the Ratskin cannot absorb their spirits. If an enemy’s

spirit is allowed to escape in this way, the Ratskins believe

that it will be reborn and seek revenge. A spirit that is

absorbed adds its power to the Ratskin and will not be

reborn as a new foe.

Fearless. Totem Warriors have an unshakeable belief in

their protective spirits and fear nothing. They

automatically pass any Fear or Terror tests they would be

required to take. In addition, they automatically pass any

Leadership tests to keep their nerve. They will, however,

accompany the rest of the gang if it bottles out.

Cost to recruit: 120 credits

A Ratskin Chief is not born to the position but is elected by

his elders and his peers. A Chief is always a skilled warrior

who is an expert in the ways of the Underhive and a

natural leader of men. Some Renegade Chiefs are driven

by a passionate hatred of the hivers who desecrate their

homeland; others feel sympathy for the deluded settlers

and will even help them on occasion though they

ultimately want them to leave. The Chief ’s words are

always listened to with respect by the Ratskins, and even

once he has become a Renegade, braves and warriors will

seek him out to gain the honour of fighting in his warband.

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Weapons: A Ratskin Chief may be given equipment chosen

from the Close Combat, Ranged and Special Weapons, plus

the Grenades and Shotgun Shells sections of the special

Ratskin lists.

Equipment: A Ratskin may be equipped with a Blindsnake

pouch for 20 credits.

Special Rules

Leadership. A Ratskin Chief commands respect from his

followers and they are heartened by his presence. This

means that any Ratskins within 6" of the Chief may use his

Leadership value when they take Leadership tests. A

Ratskin Chief can always attempt to recover from being

pinned even if he has no Ratskins within 2" of him.

Any number of

RATSKINS

Cost to recruit: 60 credits

Ratskins are fully-fledged fighters and hunters from the

Ratskin tribes. Many of those who follow a Renegade Chief

are bitter, dispossessed men who have lost friends and

family to raiding Outlaws or avaricious hivers stealing their

territory. Others have become brutalised by working in

hiver settlements and suffering the ignorant contempt of

the downhivers for their race and culture.

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Weapons: A Ratskin may be given equipment chosen from

the Close Combat, Ranged and Special Weapons sections

of the special Ratskin lists.

Equipment: A Ratskin may be equipped with a Blindsnake

pouch for 20 credits.

0-4 TOTEM WARRIORS

Cost to recruit: 85 credits

Totem Warriors seek to purify themselves in the eyes of the

hive spirits so that they may join with their ancestors after

the death of their bodies. To this end they spend much of

their time in prayer trances, fasting or undertaking

insanely dangerous treks across the uncharted and

labyrinthine wastes of the Underhive. They are revered by

the normal Ratskins and Badskins alike as wandering holy

men of sorts. They are also utterly fearless, trusting

entirely to the protection of the spirits of the hive.

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Weapons: A Totem Warrior may be given equipment

chosen from the Close Combat and Spirit Weapons

sections of the special Ratskin lists.

Equipment: A Totem Warrior may be equipped with a

Blindsnake pouch for 20 credits.

Special Rules

Pure of Spirit. Through fasting, trances and ritual

suffering this warrior has attained a purity of spirit that

attracts the guardianship of one or more of the ever-

present spirits of the hive. Only warriors who are Pure of

Spirit may use the Ratskins’ special spirit weapons.

Any

number

RATSKIN BRAVES

Cost to recruit: 35 credits

Ratskin Braves are young warriors who follow the Chief

into the wastes looking for excitement and glory. Ratskin

settlements always have a few Braves dissatisfied with the

quiet, peaceful ways of their elders and they will quickly

rally to join a successful Chief who fights the hivers. Braves

are inexperienced fighters but they are already experts at

surviving in the harsh environment of the Underhive. The

Braves’ determination to prove themselves makes them

fierce and bloodthirsty warriors, greatly feared by hivers

and settlers alike.

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Weapons: Braves may be given any amount of equipment

chosen from the Close Combat and Ranged Weapons

sections of the special Ratskin lists.

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ratskins WEAPON LIST

Ranged Weapons

Cost

SPIRIT TOTEM

Autopistol

A Spirit Totem looks like a club, mace, axe or other one-

handed close combat weapon that has been decorated

with all manner of trinkets and fetishes to attract the

spirits of the hive to the wielder. It is suffused with the

powers of the hive spirits and can cause enormous

amounts of damage in the hands of a pure-hearted

warrior.

Blunderbuss/scatter gun

Handbow

Musket

Stub gun

Special Weapons

Shotgun (with solid shot and scatter shells) 20

Autogun

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Close Combat Weapons

Clubs, mauls and bludgeons free/10*

Chains and flails 5

Massive axe, sword or club 10

Knife free

Sword 15

Coup stick 15

* The first club/maul etc a Ratskin has is free, if the Ratskin

is equipped with an extra club it will cost 10 credits.

Spirit Weapons

Spirit Totem

Special Rules

Spirit Weapon. This weapon can sense the true spirit of

the wielder, and it will only aid the pure of heart. If a

warrior with the Pure of Spirit special rule uses this

weapon then it will have its full stats, described above. If

a warrior without this special rule uses this weapon, treat

it as a normal club.

Spirit Staff

Grenades & Shotgun Shells

Frag grenades

Hot Shot shell

SPIRIT STAFF

Dum-dum bullets for stub gun

This is basically a larger and even more ornate version of

the Spirit Totem described above. It requires two hands to

use in close combat.

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Special Rules

Spirit Weapon. This weapon can sense the true spirit of

the wielder, and it will only aid the pure of heart. If a

warrior with the Pure of Spirit special rule uses this

weapon then it will have its full stats, described above. If

a warrior without this special rule uses this weapon, treat

it as a massive club.

A coup stick often appears to be a simple stick, usually

decorated with trinkets in a similar fashion to the Spirit

Totems. It requires one hand to use, and must be

equipped in close combat to gain its special rule, below.

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Special Rules

Great Glory. The coup stick isn’t a weapon, as such – it

adds no additional attack and causes no damage, though

it will take up one of the Ratskin’s hands. However, using

one is the mark of a brave and noble warrior among the

Ratskins, and so they are frequently carried into battle

instead of more dangerous items.

If a warrior with a coup stick takes an opponent out of

action in close combat then he may ‘count coup’ with his

coup stick. Roll a D6 and gain that many Experience

Points for the warrior in addition to any points awarded

by the scenario for wounding enemy models.

A blunderbuss or scatter gun is a simple weapon made out

of one or more short tubular barrels (sometimes with

flaring muzzles) strapped onto a crude stock of some

description. An explosive charge is loaded into each barrel

before metal fragments, stones and other pieces of

shrapnel are packed down on top. When the weapon is

fired it belches out this mass of shards, hopefully in the

general vicinity of the target.

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HANDBOW

MUSKET

A handbow is a compact crossbow or speargun made

using scavenged springs or twisted gut to supply its

strength. Ratskins particularly favour handbows because

they are silent and fire ammunition that can be collected

and reused.

The handbow fires a short, heavy arrow that is best turned

out of iron or steel and barbed so it is hard to remove

from the target’s flesh. The handbow can be fired one-

handed, but is too cumbersome to use like a pistol in

close combat. A handbow can’t be reloaded on the move.

Muskets are primitive weapons which comprise a long,

narrow barrel strapped to a stock. A small amount of

explosive packed into the barrel fires a solid slug or ball of

metal. Muskets are easy to construct and maintain, though

they are inaccurate at long range in comparison to more

modern weapons. Muskets are very common among

young Ratskins, but they are generally keen to acquire a

better weapon from elsewhere.

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Special Rules

Move or Fire. The loading process for a musket is time-

consuming so the firer must remain stationary to fire. A

warrior with a musket can move or fire, but not both in

the same turn.

Special Rules

Move or Fire. A handbow takes both time and attention

to use and so cannot be reloaded or fired on the move. A

warrior with a handbow can move or fire, but not both in

the same turn.

Low penetration. While the heavy arrow of a handbow

can pierce flesh easily, it lacks the momentum to punch

through thick, rigid armour. Any target with an Armour

Save of 4+ or better has its Armour Save increased to 2+

when hit by a handbow arrow.

Ratskin Experience system

Type of

Initial Experience

Fighter

Points

Brave

Ratskin

20+1D6

Maximum value INCREASE table

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Totem Warrior

60+1D6

Chief

60+1D6

Ratskin Skill TAbles

SKILL TYPES AVAILABLE

Important

Note

Ratskins may

never learn

Techno skills

Agility

Combat

Ferocity

Muscle

Shooting

Stealth

Braves

Ratskins

Totem Warriors

Chief

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