Ogre Kingdoms Amended Rules v2.

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Amended Ogre Kingdoms Special Rules:
Bull Charge – Whenever a model with the Bull Charge rule successfully charges into combat, it causes a single Impact Hit at its base strength. If there is a model ranked directly behind it, this Impact Hit gains +1S.

Bellowers – Every unit with the Bellowers rule always counts as having a Musician, even if the only models left are characters, or other command models.

Ogre Club – Attacks made by models with the Ogre Club rule are Armour Piercing, inflicting an additional -1 penalty on the target's Armour Save. This includes Impact Hits.

Largely Insignificant – Gnoblar units do not cause Panic in any other units for any reason – even other Gnoblars. Ogre characters cannot join a Gnoblar unit of any sort.

Bicker – Roll a D6 at the start of the turn for each unit of Gnoblars that is not in combat, fleeing, or subject to compulsory movement. If a unit rolls a 1 it may do nothing this turn.

Amended Ogre Kingdoms Equipment:
Ironfists: Models equipped with Ironfists may use them as an Additional Handweapon or a Shield, with the appropriate effects.

Hunting Spear – 12” Range, Thrown Weapon, Armour Piercing. Strength as User. Every hit caused is multiplied into D3 hits.

Harpoon Crossbow – The Harpoon Crossbow fires as a Bolt Thrower as described in the Warhammer Rulebook, with the following exceptions: The character firing the Harpoon Crossbow may Move-and-Shoot with a penalty of -1 to Hit. As it was designed to bring down the mighty beasts of the mountains, the Harpoon Crossbow only causes D3 Wounds on models with the Large Target rule.

Leadbelcher Cannon – 12” Range, Strength 4, Armour Piercing. Roll an Artillery Die for each Leadbelcher Cannon – this is the number of shots it fires this turn. Leadbelcher Cannon shots ignore the penalties to hit for Moving & Shooting, Range, and Multiple Shots. If a Misfire result is rolled, the bearer’s unit suffers d6 Strength 4 hits, distributed as shooting.

Sword Gnoblar – An Ogre with a Sword Gnoblar may, once per game, choose to re-roll a single missed Attack.
Luck Gnoblar – An Ogre with a Luck Gnoblar may, once per game, choose to re-roll a single failed Save.
Tooth Gnoblar – A Butcher with a Tooth Gnoblar may, once per game, choose to re-roll a single Power Dice, so long as it did not cause a Miscast.
Look-Out Gnoblar – A unit with a Standard Bearer with a Look-Out Gnoblar may take a “Look-Out, Sir!” roll even if it has less than the requisite five models.
Powder Gnoblar – A Leadbelcher unit with a Powder Gnoblar may, once per game, choose to re-roll a single Artillery Dice.


Amended Ogre Kingdoms Units:
Lords
Tyrant………..Pts: 200

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Amended Big Names
Ogre characters may purchase Big Names from this list, up to the total points value indicated in their unit entry. While characters may not purchase multiples of the same Big Name, multiple characters across the army may have the same Big Name. Big Names are not magic items, and therefore cannot be destroyed or negated by items, spells or abilities that affect magic items.
Kineater – 35pts – Ogre units within 12” of the Ogre may re-roll failed Panic Tests.

Mountaineater – 35pts – The Ogre cannot be wounded on better than a 4+.

Feastmaster – 30pts – Feastmasters have +1 Wound.

Longstrider – 25pts – Longstriders have +1Movement.

Giantbreaker – 25pts – Giantbreakers have +1 Strength. They may not refuse challenges, and neither they nor the unit they are with may flee as a charge reaction. This Big Name may only be taken if there is a Slave Giant in the army.

Spawnchomper – 25pts – Spawnchompers replace their Attacks value with D6+1 (for Heroes) or D6+2 (for Lords), before modifiers.

Runtcrusher – 20pts – Gnoblar units within 12” of a Runtcrusher automatically pass their Bicker tests.

Deathcheater – 20pts – The first time a Deathcheater loses his last Wound, he may ignore the Wound on a 2+. This Big Name then has no further effect.

Maneater – 20pts – Maneaters are Immune to Psychology and Stubborn. In addition, they benefit from any non-equipment upgrade purchased by a unit of Maneaters they join.

Eyebiter – 20pts – Eyebiters Hate one enemy character, selected after deployment, as well as any unit that character is in.

Firebreather – 15pts – Once per game, Firebreathers may use a S3 Flaming Breathweapon.

Beastkiller – 15pts – Beastkillers are Immune to Psychology. Each unsaved wound they inflict with a mundane weapon against Large Targets is doubled into two wounds.

Wallcrusher – 15pts – Wallcrushers inflict D3 Impact Hits when charging, rather than one. In addition, enemy units receive no benefits from being behind a defended obstacle against a Wallcrusher.

Mawseeker – 10pts – Mawseekers have +1 Toughness, and suffer from Stupidity.

Ironskin – 10pts – Ironskins have Full Plate Armour, which grants a 4+ Armour Save and replaces any Heavy or Light Armour they may have.

Dragonmaw – 10pts – Dragonmaws have +1Weapon Skill and +1Initiative.


Amended Magic Items
Magic Weapons
Mawscale Cutlass - 85pts - The Mawscale Cutlass is a magical Great Weapon. The wielder gains +1 Attack for every enemy model in base contact. Attacks made by this weapon ignore Scaly Skin saves. In addition, on any turn that the wielder charges an enemy unit, the target of the charge suffers a penalty of -1WS and -1BS.

Thundermace – 55pts – The Thundermace is a magical Great Weapon. The wielder may choose to make only one attack per Close Combat phase. On a successful hit (using the lowest Weapon Skill amongst the enemy models in base contact - no additional penalties to hit are applied), place the small template anywhere so that it is touching but not overlapping the wielder’s base (it may touch friendly models if you wish, but it does not affect them). Determine casualties exactly as if the enemy unit had suffered a direct hit a S4(8.) stone thrower. In a challenge, this special attack does not use a template, but rather is a single attack that strikes at S8, doing D6 Wounds and ignoring Armour Saves.

The Tenderiser – 50pts – The Tenderiser is a magical great weapon. All wounds caused by the Tenderiser are multiplied into D3 Wounds, after saves etc.

Siegebreaker – 30pts – The Siegebreaker is a magical great weapon that adds +3 Strength instead of +2. When rolling to hit, compare the wielder’s Weapon Skill with the enemy’s Initiative instead of his Weapon Skill. Targets without Initiative values, or with values of 0 will be hit automatically, and will take D6 Wounds instead of the usual 1.

Mirabelle – 30pts – Mirabelle is a magical Leadbelcher Cannon. Once per game, the wielder may choose to fire Mirabelle as a normal Cannon with a Strength of 8, causing D3 Wounds. He may have moved this turn, and is treated as the crew for the purposes of Misfiring.

The Rustoak Feller – 30pts – The Feller is a magical Halberd. The wielder and any unit he is with may treat wooded terrain as open ground. If the wielder wounds a Forest Spirit, it is instantly killed with no save allowed.

Skullpucker –25pts – The wielder‘s attacks have Killing Blow. In addition, the Skullplucker may convey +1 Attack or a 5+ Armour Save that can be combined with other equipment normally – which bonus is applied must be decided at the start of each combat.

Longshank Club – 25pts – All successful saves made against wounds caused by the Longshank Club must be re-rolled.

The Painted Tusk – 20pts – The Tusk is a magical Lance. A Rhinox or Bull Rhinox ridden by the wielder causes D3+1 Impact Hits on the charge.

Magic Armour
Mastodon Armour – 45pts – The Mastodon Armour confers a 4+ Armour Save. Wounds caused on the wearer by ranged weapons must re-roll successful To Wound rolls.

Greatskull – 30pts – Grants a 6+ Armour Save that can be combined with other equipment normally. Any spell that affects the wearer, or the unit he is with, will miscast on any roll of a double 2 or 3 as well as a double 1.

Bullgut – 30pts – Grants a 6+ Armour Save that can be combined with other equipment normally. On any turn the wearer charges, he counts his Unit Strength as 6, and any hits caused by his Bull Charge are at +1 Strength, as though another Ogre were ranked behind him.

Gut Maw – 30pts – Grants a 6+ Armour Save that can be combined with other equipment normally. If the wearer kills an opponent during a challenge, he may immediately restore a number of wounds equal to the starting Wounds characteristic of the slain opponent. If the wearer is already at full Wounds, then he may add up to +1 Wound to his profile.

Greedy Fist – 30pts – Grants a 6+ Armour Save that can be combined with other equipment normally. Any magical properties of attacks directed at the wearer are negated – the weapon used simply counts as a mundane weapon of the same type while targeting the wearer.

Yolkey Helm – 25pts – Grants a 6+ Armour Save that can be combined with other equipment normally. Once per game, the wearer may move as though Flying - this special move may not be used to charge.

Talismans
Spangleshard – 35pts – The wearer has a Ward Save equal to the Required To Wound roll of the wound to be saved. For example if a T5 wearer were to take a S6 wound, he would have a 3+ Ward Save, while a S3 wound would convey a 6+ Ward Save. The wearer receives no save against automatic wounds.

Cathayan Jet – 30pts – The wearer has a 4+ Ward Save against all wounds caused upon him by magic or magical attacks, apart from wounds caused by High or Dark Magic spells, and wounds incurred from casting Gut Magic.

Wyrdstone Necklace – 20pts – The wearer has a 5+ Ward Save. Roll a D6 after deployment, and on a roll of a 1 the bearer suffers a wound with no saves allowed.

Gnoblar Thiefstone – 15pts – The wearer has MR(1). A character may take more than one Thiefstone (to a maximum of three), at 15pts per stone, each one adding an additional +1 to his MR.

Gorger Token – 15pts – At the end of any turn that the wearer inflicts a wound, he becomes Frenzied.

Dog Tablet - 10pts - Giant Wolves, Dire Wolves, Chaos Hounds, Flesh Hounds, Sabretusks, or any other kind of canine or feline model may never direct attacks at the model with the Dog Tablet, although their riders may direct attacks as normal.

Arcane Items
Hellheart – 50pts – The Butcher may use this item at the start of his opponent's Magic Phase, once per game. For the remainder of the phase, any Casting roll that includes a double will cause a Miscast, not just a double 1. All enemy wizards are treated as Butchers for the purposes of Miscasts (e.g. they must roll on the Gut Magic Miscast Table instead of their own). If a spell is cast with Irresistible Force, resolve the spell as usual and then roll on the Gut Magic Miscast Table.

Grut's Sickle – 35pts – A Butcher with this item may choose to cause a wound on a unit he has joined in order to gain another Power Dice, which is added to his personal pool. This may only be done once per phase. Wounds caused by the Sickle may not be allocated to characters, and may not be saved in any way.

Halfling Cookbook – 25pts – The Butcher with this item suffers no wounds from casting a successful Bonecruncher or Toothcracker spell, and only takes a wound from casting Trollguts a D6 roll of a 4+.

Mawmarked Piercings – 25pts – The Butcher with the Piercings ignores any increase in the Casting Value of Gut Magic Spells.

Bangstick – 25pts – Bound Spell: Power Level 3. 24” Range Magic Missile that causes D6 S4 hits. Line of Sight may be drawn through unengaged Gnoblar units, who will also sustain D6 S4 hits.

Skullmantle – 20pts – All Leadership tests caused by the Butcher wearing the Skullmantle, or a unit he has joined, are at -1 Leadership.

Maub’s Marrow-Cracker Mallet – 20pts – The Butcher knows the following spell in addition to the rest of the Gut Magic Lore:
Legbreaker (3+ To Cast, Gut Magic) – This spell may target one enemy unit within 18”. While this Gut Magic spell is in play, the targeted unit may not march. Whenever the unit must flee, pursue or overrun, it must roll one additional D6 and discard the highest result.

Enchanted Items
Brahmir Statue – 35pts – Bound Spell: Power Level 3: Burning Gaze.

Greyback Pelt – 35pts – An Ogre with the Greyback Pelt (and any Sabretusks or Cavebeasts that accompany the character) gains the Scale Terrain and Icy Presence rules.

Daemon-Killer Scars – 30pts – An Ogre with Daemon-Killer Scars causes Terror.

Jade Lion – 25pts – The bearer and any unit he is with may re-roll any failed Psychology tests. Once the unit flees for any reason, this benefit is lost.

Ghatot Hot-Pot – 25pts – At the start of the Ogre turn the character holding the Hot-Pot may choose to imbibe its chunky contents. Roll a D6. On a 2+, he gains +1S, +1T, and +1I until the start of his next turn. On a 1, the above effect is applied, and he also takes a single wound with no saves allowed.

Sacred Maw Pit – 20pts – Before the start of the game, after the deployment of Scouts has been finished, you must place a single Maw Pit Token anywhere on the board outside of Impassable Terrain. On any turn when a Gorger enters play, it may choose to enter within 6" of the Maw Pit Token,as though it were a board edge.

Rock Eye –20pts – The character with the Rock Eye may ignore terrain for the purposes of Line of Sight – he may target units blocked by terrain as though there were nothing in the way. Note that he must still apply any penalties for Cover or Difficult Terrain.

Golden Apples – 15pts – Once per game, during the Shooting Phase, the character with the Golden Apple may choose to throw it at any enemy unit within 12” and his Line of Sight. On a D6 roll of a 2+ (lightning doesn’t require an exact aim), that unit takes D6 S4 hits that ignore Armour Saves and Regeneration. On a 1, the character’s unit takes those hits, as he fumbles the apple horribly.

Fistful of Laurels – 15pts – A character with this item or the unit he is with may re-roll a failed Break test once per game, just as if a Battle Standard was within 12”.

Magic Standards
Dragonhide – 65pts – On the turn that they charge, Ogres in a unit bearing the Dragonhide may re-roll all failed rolls To Hit and To Wound, and failed Armour Saves.
Ogres in the unit with the Dragonhide are Immune to Flaming Attacks and Ice Magic.

Cannibal Totem – 35 Points - Units with this banner may re-roll all failed rolls To Wound, may not overrun and must always pursue. Against units with 40x40mm bases or larger, they may re-roll failed rolls To Wound and To Hit.

Ragbanner – 30pts – Whenever the unit carrying this banner must take a Psychology test, it may choose to roll 3D6 and discard one result of their choice.

Faulty Pennant – 25pts – Once per game, the unit with this banner may add the Rank Bonus of a friendly Gnoblar unit within 6” to its Combat Resolution - note that this will not stack with a pre-existing rank bonus.

Bull Standard – 20pts – Ogres in a unit with the Bull Standard may re-roll any failed To Wound rolls caused by the impact hits of their Bull Charge.

Rune Maw – 20pts – When a spell is successfully cast by an enemy spellcaster that targets the unit bearing the Rune Maw, the controlling player may choose redirect the spell against any other friendly unit within 6” of the unit with the standard, regardless of whether it was originally a valid target or not.7

Prohmetan Torch - 10pts - All close combat attacks made by the models in the unit carrying the Torch are flaming and magical.

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Mirabelle is a walking chariot doomthing, but as I found out, regen on chariots = evil.

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Black Coach.

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I was long a proponent of a rank being 100 mm+ across (or even 120 mm across), regardless or actual base size. That would not be exactly precedent-changing as rule-altering, though.

The Rhinox riders are very scary, yes.

2-4-1 Gorgers - I already hate Gorgers. I want 2-4-1 artillery in that case. They're good enough.

Your ogres still have the same problem they've always had - getting killed with multiple S4 (or even 3) attacks, which are common as muck these days, and worse so at range. But them's the beans with this army, I imagine.

Anyway - it looks good to me, for most part. Fixing US/Rank/Cost is for Gondarion's project, I suppose.

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I like it so far I think, but it still seems to me that the army needs an anti-dragon/daemon weapon in the worst way. What about the "big bertha" cannon idea, I like that one.

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Two new magic items added!
A magical banner that grants flaming attacks for 10pts.
A talisman that prevents canine (Chaos/Flesh Hounds, Wolves) and feline (Sabretusks, White Lions) models from attacking the wearer for 10pts.

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By the way, may I add that I love your Ogre item names.

They're almost what the DoW Item List should have been, but Ogre-ier.

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[Dooks Dizzo]

Rev, I'd like to say that this is one hell of a body of work. An outstanding effort and one of the best 'home brew' ammended lists I have ever seen.

Your work specifically has inspired me to try writing my own amended rules for the Brets.

I showed this to another Ogre enthusiast and they've been playing with these rules ever since.

On a balance note, I absolutly love what you've done to Maneaters, I am jsut afraid that in the hands of a good general they could actually become a bit overwhelming.

On a completely different note: how do you format your stat lines to come out like that? I like to horizontal format much better than the vertical that I have been using.

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[Dooks Dizzo]

Thanks Ric!

My Bretonnian write up is going to get a lot cleaner.