RRtK : Meet the armies : Piorad / Gadhar / Thunk

This serie of article is to complete the rules update with specific Nation armies.

Rules update is found here 

The Piorad

Piorad Weapon bearer

Piorad armies are almost exclusively composed of chagar riders. Despite being looters by nature, they are organized during battle making them a very deadly threat whenever they gather to invade.

(Unit translated from the Bloodlust RPG book.)
Red Eyes
Elite of the Piorad armies, the Red Eyes have their name coming from their glowing red eyes that give them a high status in the Piorad society. They have battle axes, large shield and mail. Their chagars also wear leather armor. They are highly aggressive and violent, giving no mercy to their enemies.

Heavy Cavalry
Veterans of several campaigns have battle axes and reinforced armors. Their chagars have also armor to protect them.

Tracker
Wearing leather armor, swords and throwing weapons, trackers always have 2 huge war dogs beside them. They are used to support cavalry to weaken major resistance, such as Derigion's phalange.

Cavalry
Bulk of the Piorad armies they have battle axe and several layers of furs as armor. 

Skirmisher
Composed of non-Piorad people living under Piorad rules, they are expendable units used to screen the Piorad and support them. The Piorad warlords have no trust in these units as they prefer shock and blood.

Slave
40 men unit, slave units are used to shield valuable Piorad units against range units.


Racial characteristic: Looter

Piorad armies have a -1 success to pillaging test as units will take their own share directly.

Racial characteristic: Winter Campaign

Piorad may decide to go to war in Winter without penalties.

New Specialty: Mount/Dismount

The unit can Mount or Dismount before the battle. When it does, 2 units are created: Foot humans and chagar.

New Specialty: Chagar

When the unit fight, after the charge, it gain 1 additional dice.

New Specialty: War Dog

Every member of the unit has 2 war dogs that they can launch toward the enemy. Once done, the war dogs will be uncontrolled and will attack any enemy unit in sight until destroyed (routed or not).

Piorad Army

Unit Type	Class	REP	AC	SP	Morale	How Many	Cost	Recruiting Rolls	Special/Skills
Red Eyes – Frenzy, Fan, M/D, Chagar	Mounted Melee	6	4	4	Elite	25		3	Winter, Offensive
Heavy Cavalry –M/D, UD, Chagar	Mounted Melee	5	2	1	Veteran	50		11-12	Winter, Offensive
Tracker –UD, WD	Foot Melee	5	2	0	Veteran	10		2,6	Winter
Cavalry – M/D, UD, Chagar	Mounted Melee	4	2	1	Normal	50		7-9	Winter, Offensive
Skirmisher	Foot Skirmish	3	2	-2	Poor	20		4
Slaves	Foot Melee	3	2	1	Poor	40		5, 10
Foot Red Eyes	Foot Melee	6	4	-	Elite	25			Winter
Heavy Infantry	Foot Melee	5	2	-	Veteran	50			Winter
Infantry	Foot Melee	4	2	-	Normal	50			Winter
Chagar - UD, Frenzy	Foot Melee	4	2		Normal	As many as there are soldiers dismounted			Winter

* when the unit has dismounted.

 

The Gadhar

Gadhar warrior

For retaliation, conquest or colonization, gathering of enough Gadhar to raise an army is only possible when several tribes agree on a common goal and a charismatic leader emerges. War is also an excuse to challenge themselves.

Warrior
They represent the majority of any Gadhar army and 80% of their society. They have spear and wear no armor.

Young
Composed of young men who are not fully part of the tribe until the elder decide they are now men. They are fearless, wear no armor and fight with javelin and large knife.

Courier
These warriors are the best of the Gadhar. They are 10-men strong to keep high initiative. They wear reinforced armor and ancestral spears.

Tamer
Veteran units, they have the dirty surprises for their enemies in the form of dinosaur they release toward enemy major units. The men have no armor and large knives.


New Specialty: Dinosaur

Every member of the unit has a tamed dinosaur that they can launch toward the enemy. Once done, the dinosaur will act as an uncontrolled unit and will attack any unit (friendly or not, routed or not) in front of it.

Gadhar Army

Unit Type	Class	REP	AC	SP	Morale	How Many	Cost	Recruiting Rolls	Special/Skills
Warrior – Frenzy, UD	Foot Melee	5	2	2		100		2-4, 7-10	Guerilla, Jungle
Young - UD, CW	Foot Melee	3	2	0		50		5-6	Guerilla, Jungle
Courier	Foot Melee	4	4	0		10		11	Guerilla, Jungle
Tamer - Dinosaur	Foot Skirmish	3	2	0		5		12	Guerilla, Jungle
Dinosaur – Frenzy, Fan, Terror	Foot Melee	4	4	3	Veteran	1			Jungle,  REP+1 against Cavalry

 

The Thunk

Thunk warrior

Specialized in ambush and raiding parties, Thunk tends to have a higher initiatives than their opponents, most of the time to avoid classic battle. They prefer small guerrilla tactics and hit enemy at its weakest point. Most of their forces are mounted on small ponies.

Cavalry
Bulk of the Thunk armies, they wear fur as armor, and fight with bow and sword.

Archer
This unit is composed of 20 soldiers experienced in range combat. Archers dislike melee where they are disadvantaged with their knife and no armor.

Young
This unit is composed of young warrior that have not reached the adult age. As such, they will do take whatever risk to show their courage and earn the right to be an adult. They were several layer of furs as armor and a small sword.

Infantry
When people lose their pony due to war or sickness, they are used in the mountains to protect small contraband roads and villages wall, infantry are 50-men strong and its members are lower ranked in Thunk society where owning a pony means status.

Skirmisher
Weak, women and older people fight alongside men by providing necessary short range support and screen the main troops from the enemies.


Thunk Army

Unit Type	Class	REP	AC	SP	Morale	How Many	Cost	Recruiting Rolls	Special/Skills
Cavalry - Dual	Mounted Melee	5	2	1	Veteran	50		7	Winter, Fast, Guerilla, Light
Archer	Mounted Skirmish	3	2	-1	Poor	20		2, 8	Winter, Guerilla, Light
Young	Mounted Melee	4	2	1	Normal	50		6, 9, 12	Winter, Guerilla, Light
Infantry – CW, Pike	Foot Melee	4	2	2	Normal	50		3, 11	Winter, Light
Skirmisher - Stake	Foot Skirmish	4	2	-1	Poor	20		4, 10	Winter, Guerilla, Light