looking for some ideas here for a stat line for rats . I got an idea to run a game set in a sewer, whats everyone take on what should be used ? should I try to come up with a stat line or just use the stats from the familiars in the INQ Rule book ??
I think there are rules for Rats in the Witch Hunter PDF, under Skaven. However I can't get into my copy as it is corrupted or something. Damn computer :P
in our current/on hold campaign our mutant rats were infected with a plague, their stats were 35 all the way accross, they also had the corrupter ability, 2x d3 rats appeared at random locations each turn. not fun when you are trying to sneak the long way accross a board :(
these stats were for small/large dog sized mutant rats, if you are after more "normal" rats with swarm type rules then i would reduce the stats but increase the numbers severley.
the Environment PDF from fanatic had rules for rats. THey where more like a kind of terrain than something with a stat-line.
I guess it depends on how you see the rats. Are they characters in their own right - albeit NPCs? Are they "grunt" type characters - individual, but of low importance? Or are they merely an environmental condition to be tolerated?
For the first, a statline such as described by Radu Lykan would seem appropriate.
For the second, check out the rules for grunt in the Architecture of Hate campaign.
For the third, refer to the article mentioned by Serge.
INQ2 will include a suggested statline for giant mutant cyber-rat (seeing as there's a model for one!).
R.
If I'm honest, if you're just after vermin, do you really need a profile? Unless you intend them to attack the PC's with determination then just apply the standard -30 to hit modifier and give them a one-hit-kill
Tullio
Quote from: Tullio on September 29, 2009, 12:13:50 PM
If I'm honest, if you're just after vermin, do you really need a profile? Unless you intend them to attack the PC's with determination then just apply the standard -30 to hit modifier and give them a one-hit-kill
Tullio
How about a swarm of rats moving about randomly, the sheer mass of which cause it to count as difficult terrain with a failed Nv test, as the character tip-toes around the nipping vermin. If passed, he clods on through the critters unphased by the crunching sound and tiny squeals eminating from his every footstep.