Children of the Horned Rat, by to All Older Worlders, Regardless of the Skaven
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Games Workshop, the Games Workshop logo, www.greenronin.com 1 Table of Contents TA BLE OF CONTENT S INTRODU C TION .................... 3 Clan Flem ......................................49 Plague Monks ..................................70 Clan Mors .....................................49 Rat Ogres .......................................... 71 CHAPTER 1: THE SKAVEN Clan Skab .......................................50 Skaven Females ................................. 71 ARE REAL , AND THEY ARE Clan Skaar .....................................50 Stormvermin ..................................... 72 AMONG U S ! ..................................... 5 Clan Skaul .....................................50 Warlock Engineers ........................ 72 Legends of the Ratmen ................ 6 Clan Sleekit ...................................50 — Tools of War — ...................72 Form and Function ....................14 Clan Verms ...................................50 Weapons of the Skaven ................. 72 Chronicles of the Skaven ............ 24 CH A PTER IV: Clan Skryre’s Tools of War ......75 H A PTER K A VEN I S TORY — Skaven Magic — ....................76 C II: S H 27 SK A VEN SETTLEMENT S .........51 Petty Magic (Warp) ......................76 The First Wave ............................... 27 — The Under-Empire — ............. 51 Dark Lores .........................................77 Skavenblight .......................................28 Geography of the Under-Empire 5 1 The Lore of Plague ....................77 Disaster at Skavenblight ................28 Climate in the Under-Empire......52 The Lore of Stealth .................... 78 Aftermath and Expansion ........... 29 Highways and Byways: Joining The Lore of Warp ...................... 78 The Crushing of the Dwarfs ..... 29 the Under-Empire Together ....52 New Spells .......................................... 78 Nagash .................................................30 Skaven Settlements ...........................53 — Warpstone — .......................82 The Rise of Clan Pestilens ...........30 Skaven Architecture .....................53 Warpstone Dust ...............................82 The Glorious Death ......................... 31 Skaven Communities of Note .... 54 Warpstone Tokens...........................82 The Spreading Shadow ................... 33 Black Chasm ................................. 54 Unrefined Warpstone ....................82 Present Threats .................................34 The City of Pillars ..................... 54 — Warpstone Artefacts — ...........82 CH A PTER III: Hell Pit ............................................ 54 Clan Skryre Technomancy .......... 84 K A VEN O C IETY Mousillon ....................................... 55 S S ...............37 Requirements ................................ 84 — Skaven Temperament — .......... 37 Queekwell ...................................... 55 Design ............................................. 84 Skaven Personality ...........................38 Skavenblight .................................. 55 Building the Device .................... 87 The Enemy Within ..........................39 Under-Altdorf ............................. 56 Using the Device.......................... 87 Skaven and Other Races ................39 — Sample Settlement — ..............56 Malfunctions .................................88 Dwarfs .............................................39 Under-Delberz ................................. 56 Filling in the Blanks ...................88 Elves ..................................................39 — Warbands — ........................62 Sample Device ................................88 Halflings .........................................39 Sample Skaven Warband ..............62 Humans ...........................................39 Custom Skaven Clans ....................63 CH A PTER VI: Other Races ...................................40 Clan Size .........................................63 SK A VEN CH A R ac TER S ........ 89 — Skaven Life — ..................... 40 Clan Influence ..............................63 — Roleplaying Skaven — ............89 Language ...........................................40 Clan Settlements ...........................63 — Creating Skaven Characters — .. 92 Drugs and Warpstone ...................41 Clan Talents ................................. 64 — Skaven Careers — ................. 94 Skaven Customs and Behaviour . 41 Sample Skaven Clan................... 64 Basic Careers .....................................94 Flattery .............................................41 CH A PTER V: Advanced Careers ............................97 Infanticide ......................................41 New Talents .....................................103 SK A VEN WA RF A RE ..............65 — Fleshmoulding — ................. 104 Marking ......................................... 42 — Prey — ...............................65 Requirements ..................................104 Nose Elevation ............................. 42 — Tactics — ............................65 Superstition .................................... 42 Fear ........................................................66 CH A PTER VII: Teeth Grinding ............................ 42 Intelligence .........................................66 A SK A VEN CA MP A I G N ........ 106 Verbal Abuse of Minions ......... 42 Plague ...................................................66 — Skaven as Villains —............. 106 Worship of the Horned Rat ....... 42 Poison ..................................................67 The Skaven Conspiracy ............... 106 The Grey Seers ..............................43 Slave Harvesting .............................67 — Skaven as PCs — ................. 107 — Skaven Government — ........... 44 Stealth...................................................67 Skaven Player Groups .................107 The Council of Thirteen .............. 44 Strength in Numbers .....................67 Skaven Adventures ........................ 108 The Four Great Clans .................. 45 — Types of Skaven — ................68 — Against the Skaven — ........... 109 Clan Eshin ..................................... 45 Assassins ...............................................68 — Under-Empire Bestiary — ....... 111 Clan Moulder............................... 46 Clanrats ...............................................68 CH A PTER VIII: Clan Pestilens ...............................47 Clanrat Slaves ...................................68 SL A VE S OF DE S TINY ...........118 Clan Skryre