Post by gristlebottom on Feb 9, 2024 22:44:11 GMT -6
Hi All,
I have been swept up in the mini-fad of using chainmail with OD&D, and I had the idea of using the Mutation table from the Warhammer Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness book when a Magic User rolls a snake-eyes on the Spell Complexity chart, as well as other things. Although I could eyeball it, I would like a consistent way to apply the bonuses and penalties. Here is what I was thinking:
Movement: A normal unarmoured human has a movement of 4, which corresponds to 12' in chainmail, so a +1 Move equals 3' of movement.
Weapon and Ballistic Skill: Not sure what to do here. Perhaps a bonus/penalty in Man to Man only but not troop combat?
Strength: Each point corresponds to 3 points in Strength (which will apply to the xp bonus for fighters).
Toughness: Again, not sure what to do here. Perhaps an increase in Armor Class?
Wounds: An extra "Man", but only in terms of hits that con be sustained, instead of fighting ability?
Initiative: Ugh I don't know.
Attack: This will give characters another roll in troop combat, or perhaps a reroll. Looking at the mutation table in RoC:StD, this will be granted most often by the character growing goat horns, so maybe there allowing the character to charge as an appropriate horse?
Has anyone tried to reconcile Warhammer and Chainmail together like this?
I have been swept up in the mini-fad of using chainmail with OD&D, and I had the idea of using the Mutation table from the Warhammer Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness book when a Magic User rolls a snake-eyes on the Spell Complexity chart, as well as other things. Although I could eyeball it, I would like a consistent way to apply the bonuses and penalties. Here is what I was thinking:
Movement: A normal unarmoured human has a movement of 4, which corresponds to 12' in chainmail, so a +1 Move equals 3' of movement.
Weapon and Ballistic Skill: Not sure what to do here. Perhaps a bonus/penalty in Man to Man only but not troop combat?
Strength: Each point corresponds to 3 points in Strength (which will apply to the xp bonus for fighters).
Toughness: Again, not sure what to do here. Perhaps an increase in Armor Class?
Wounds: An extra "Man", but only in terms of hits that con be sustained, instead of fighting ability?
Initiative: Ugh I don't know.
Attack: This will give characters another roll in troop combat, or perhaps a reroll. Looking at the mutation table in RoC:StD, this will be granted most often by the character growing goat horns, so maybe there allowing the character to charge as an appropriate horse?
Has anyone tried to reconcile Warhammer and Chainmail together like this?
