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    THE DWELLEFlEIENEATH

    An InqLrisitor tratt le report t rg craFrarn McNeil l .

    PFri l Kel lg and,Howlarrd Cox.

    I l t e lcome io ih s rnonthsl, It battle report an drtch

    ta leof Daenro isand thosewhowoL.rd rrskthe r very 5ou s tocommuncate w th s !c l rabonr ina i ionsin orderto d i scoverihe d abo icasecre t sthey possessAs be t t s suchafw and d fferen tgame as nqus tor,we nrod fied ih lsua forrnai of abaiiie repori in ofder to try something

    a lttl d ffereni For starte6, we d dr tuse a ready made s.enar o fronr ar ! ebook,ra ther,t l reCamesrnaner(Craham)spentth day btorethegame 1!rousy tappi rgaway ai h i s

    kyboardcom nBup wth a nran ie rof dark nastine$ for th p ayen to

    Forth s scenaro Roward Cox woulduse the amazng charadrspa i ted bythe EavyMeta team for h i swarr0r5 ,whle Wh te Dwarf geezer,Phi lKelywou d create h s own characte^ andwarband One ot the malord i ffe re icesbe tweenlnq! s l to rand

    our o ihergames i5iha l ihere ar, "nooff . l a po nts va u , or a r rnyl rnsassuch; characte6 can oe as rock-hardas you want thmto b (butwlreresthe .ha enge in p ay ng wher no th ng

    can to!ch yo!?) Anotherthrngwsoon rea sed we d k to avo d wa5th a te rna inBiLrrnby tur i seq!enceot a norma batt e report s nce eaclrcharacter s actions take place atd i ffe re r tspeedswr th ina s ng le turnD!e to the ador-based turn synemand naffa i rvedrven seq!enceot pay,we decded iha t i wou d be moreexcUngto te th ventsof the garnein ihe torm ot a s to .y So prepareyourselffor a tale of dark deedsheroc vaour and bur i lngon theword of Kaf5 Cephaof

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    we ve ever Produced? Oh, go on iherlf you insrst NatLrra/lyI leit obligedtodo the best iob I cou d and set aboutdrearningLrpa warband AlthoughRowand s taste in characieB tends tothe extreme in one direction (Rowand,a devout supporter of the Cood Cuys ,can often be seen running aro!nd theStudioshouUng"8urnthenr l ' ) ,rn inetends toward the leli field OK, the

    slightlystrange A right then i ll admitIt. My warband is comprised of totaloddballs,fasc nated by themach nauons ol Chaos and fone moreso than lnquisitor Lichtenstein

    Lich tns tenis a sen iormemberof ihelnquis i t ion .He belongsto thelstvaanan faciion and believes,withliter conviction,that the way to defeata gaiaxy-spanningtorce such as chaoss to turn ii upor itselt. As a result, Ihad no qualnrsabout kitting him outwih a Daemon Sword.As Lichtensin

    K a very acconrplisheddue list, itseemednatura tha t he should have asword of sonre kind,and choosing apowerswordisa l i t t e ioo obvlous The

    UNLEASH HELL!wapon he carries,sch'lacta, has aBloodle t te fboundwi th ini t anduntoriunate y its w I rs only sllghtly essthan Lichtensteinl,50 if he faik aPsychicPower test by any real nrargln twill possesshin and probably atiack h scomrades. Thiscould be irlcky, but it sof t se tby the uiho y power of thesword Not on y does ii do a nastyamounto i damage (3D6+Lchters te insdamage bonus of 2) due to its Cnawingpower, it can ako set ih victims on firerI was confident that he could hold offt l reawesomepowrof Tyrusln a due ,shouldi come io tha t

    Lichtensteins psychicpowers shouldpfove very iiterest ng as well. Althoughnether PsychlclmpelorTelek ines i sareparticuany offensive powers, they areboth very veBatie I was hop ng thai Icou d teiekineticallycout an enemywith some nearby scenery,or Psychlclmpe thern off a h gh ganiry Eoth ofthese usesare verycrnemai ic .l rqus i to rencourage! creaUvityand so should theCamesmaster funn ng it.

    MagosDimi t r i f ihn ice lywrihih lsscenaro With hrs knowledgeof theMachineSpi r i ihe wou d b e Inva luaber the hauniedmineworkngs .His

    tendril-ike rnechadend.ites,coupledwi thh s ex tensve ha in ng in theAdeptus Mechanicus,give him a +40%modrter to any rolh he makes whenus rS machnery lEventhough he ha!very average stais lre has some of themost advanced equiprnent to be found

    in either warband A fitt ne lieutenantr these circurnstances,he would nick

    The Daemonhost was a wild card and,despite having playedihese llttleb ighters before, lsu l haven i rnuchof

    an /dea how io get the best out ofihem The new power Craham and Iinvented Bloodfreeze,was a variationof Elood Boil and had the potential tocause real havoc lt inflicisa woundeve on ihe victim s chest (the headand chest are very important inInqu/sitor;any hits ihere and you ll bedebiliated at the very east) and, ofcourse, it ignoresarmour Usefuiagainst any gold arrnoured behemothsihat rnay come charging towafd him

    Finaly cryx ihe seryltorwarriorwaspretty straighttorward My plai for hirnwas d stinctlybruta ge t lnto cornbatassoon as po$ ble Rowland would beexpeciinghim to go for the powerarrno!red Tyrus(possiblydue to theSiant can-opener on his ieft afrn)sointended to do exactlythe oppositer hewould take on Barbareiiaa'rd StoneIhe specia ru es we devised for hispower claw meant that he cou d feasiblysnip a foe in two before they knew whath t them (We decided that if he rolledtwo or more 10s on his damage rollhe d tear off that location completely;

    very un kely, but vefy powerful)(Fora more detalled low-down onPhils nquisitor warband, turn to page40, "Diaryof an Inquis i to r ' )

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    repo . li wolld mean thai I would ge tto p laylnq! i s torins teadofgamesnasteing one of ouf Siud ocamPaigngames. Noi thai runningSames isnt tun, exciune andrewarding it s iusi a toially differentPersPectiveon actually playingl iqu s i to r Now / d have to decdexactlywhat qrpe of lnq!istor I

    Well, as far as I'm concerned, there !nothing quite like bu.ning people inthe name of ihe Emperor I love thesmell of burnt sinner in the morninglForall the ure of Chaotic weirdness.the promse of b lasphemoustechnology,and a l l the fun ofIniergalacticploh, nothing quite beahtying a heretic to a stick and absolv ngh m of hls sins.Or fa ing that,shoot i ' rgh imwithan lnfe rnobotEURNTHEM,BURNTHEMALL!

    So, when the dlscussionstarted aboutwhlch lnquisior charactersshould be

    EILIRN THEM ALL!used, there was only one clear choice.Wtch Hunter Tyrus Let Phil use hrswichcraf tand unhoy ways ,le t h msurnmonDaemonsand bindthemunto mortal hosts, I will have theEnrperoras my gurde With Hh d vine

    guidance i sha I br ng fiery lustice tothose who transgress in His narneWiih a stee/y wil, a pure heari andgfeat big suii of powr armour, I shalbr ingPhi l sInquis r iorio j l sUce .Thatsthe great th ng about liquisitor; notonry do you gei io iailor yournqursiiors character to your peKonal

    liking,you also ge i io equ p hirn in acharactertul ye t totally deadly waylMany weapons in the armoury havespecia fLrlesabolt how they affeciihe r victims in add tion to whaievernorrnaldamage they cause. For

    exanrple,Witch Hunier Tyrls is arrnedwith, amongst other things a bolips to loadedwth nfernoshe lh .Iherellttle beauties, which cause their tarsetto bu6t into flames, inf ict additionadamage every turn in the same way asa flamef lf no t put out Verycharacterf!lfor a Witch HLrnter,and

    With the leader of my wa.bandchosen, I now had to select hi sfo l lowersEeinga fe ryMonodorninant (lnquisiiorswho hunt

    those who have consolred with Chaosor aliens, brook ng no afgument andgrvingno quarter whaisoever),Tyruswould natufaliy select the faithful and

    devout RedempiionistMalicant.Wthhi5iwo-handed chainsword,theEviscerator,he would make afearsome close combat opponeni, andI arn rellshingihe chance to hurl h mat the enemy at the t rst opporiunity,

    caniiclesof pain and purity fallingfrom hls foam flecked lips.

    Tyrushas many connectionswlihin thevar ed organisaiionsof ihe lmpeiunrand this is retlected by ihe othercharactersassocated with hinr.Sec!rity EnforcerBafbaretta,whoseshockrnau has subd!ed ' rnanyasuspect would be very urefulEq!ipped with exceptionalproiectivearmour a combai shotgun withta rge lseekingExec!Uonerroundsanda vlciors cybeFmastiff,Barbarettalsan excellent a l-rounder

    Finally, fei I reeded a rea combatve te ran ,and nobodyf i t i edthe bi lmore pedectly ihan Sergeant stone.Ihir grizzledwarfor is a pe ec tcompanion for Tyrus.As an lnquisiiorwho willstop ai nothing to desiroy ,psykersand Daemons, innocert bloodmay be spilled and the Witch H!nterneedsthosewho wi l lobey h scornmandswi ihoutques ton .Wth myband of loyal and devout warfiorschosen, rt was inevitab e that spiritualand physlcalcombat would

    Lei none stand aga nst the wllof the

    inhelpng ru ' rthe DesignStudioInqusitor

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    SfENAF|IO:: r ow rg c les conta ined n the scrok

    th hertic monk Cortswa n_o! s i to .Lich ten5ten and Adepius1chancusMagos D rn i i r have1:onre

    : r the word of Kaf! Cephalonin ther r:rarch for ihe lost Lrbrarum Heret cus,

    : th rce darnned .o ec ton of forbddn: rmes and b asphernousiechno arcana .: ! r teswainh n td a t the exis tenceof alaemon f t nce namdPharaagueot la' .ho5eessencewas boundwrth ina::,ata of rock and b!f ed deep beneaih: -e s l r tace of a pane t he descrbed as:ursed to be the word wher Theh ngs Wh ch Must Not 8e Named w5t a thousandimes a thousand

    ' .oe5 nquis torL ch te fs ie inbe l ievesr r r i s Cephalonio be tha tword .rLraraag!eotla wa5 5a d to know: :c re t stha t coud pont io the lo .a ion

    : ' th i sabornnablei b ra f! r i and when

    THE D\NELLEtrIihe rn inewofkngs a t TabefnaOniunrwere abandondby ihe worke6 , whodamd iha t the s i tewas haunted ,Lich te inen nn ndivey knew tha tthey had nadver tn tydiscoveredthes lunrber ingDaemonPrnce

    Lichteine n and Dim tri set off for theabandonedm ne wi thCryx ,a.yberieiically a tered serv toFwatr or(eaied by D nritr and Chalsios, aDaemonhonof Lich tennen s whlchwo! ld be l sed to communcate wthPharaagueouaard s f t the les f romihe t rLth n the Daenron Pr ince l

    The Emperor s Tarot has bro!ght thewarband of Witch H!iter Tyr!s io Kariscepha o ' r Ihe cards have been g! id nShr! r ghteoushunt of a I th rgs !n . eanfor nrany de.ades now and po nt to ameeting with ar old adveEary Thesame runrouEtha t ed Lich tens te intoTaberna Oniunr have reached the earsof Tyrls and, together with h s watriorband cons is tngot SergeantStoneDevotee Ma i.ant Entorcer Barbarettaa ' rd her cybermanff he has se t of f lnpurs !i o f h s prey Adv ng to f nd the

    BENEATHsho\,rn n ih acconrpanyrig phoio, asis the narting postion ot thecharacte6 To represeit ihe !n quegeography of the complx I dec dedupon the fo low nS ru es. Nore of the dooE are ocked , but a l. an be sa led r one ador wth s lnrp lecode key-pads t requ res ore actionand a srccessful sagacty iest io open a

    . A charac te rfa l ingor p lshed in totheroiatl]g fai blades takes D6 hits torandonr ocations and s!ffe^ D5+2poinh of damage to e ach ocation h tArmolr and force fi ds w I redlcedanrage fronr thls as nornra. Afters!ffer ng damage, the character skno .kedD6 yards r a randomd re . t ionand fa s prone. SarnplArmo!r values:

    Ear rekare Armo!r 5

    Machineryis Arnro!r 10

    Corr!gaied pane s on walkwaysard brdges are Armour3

    B! d ingwals are Armolr 8. Due to ihe no ise of rumb ngautomatedmacl r ine!a l hearngdls tancesare haved and al ln i ta t ivetests to Isten {or no ses are at 20%

    . Dur i fgthe game,the df i l l ingr igw l lbeg insp nn ne f ! r ioudy one i ! rn a f ie rthe successful conrp etion of the ritualto summor Pharaagueota . and anycharacter who makes contaci w th thedf l ingr iew l l suffe rdamagea , fpushed nio the ro ia i ingfan . Ihreeiurns after ihai the nrachinery oi thegenera iortowerwi beg n sp lnni igfur ous lyas the Daemons esse ice rsesto the planei's su ac Any characieron the platform mun make an n tiativecheckio avoidbe inghi tby e lec tca lpar t sof the towerand suffe rng 2D10

    poin tsof damage Theymust asomakanothersuccess fu ln t ' a t vetes t to avo d be ng knockedoff theplatform.lt is however, possibe iocrawl along ihe floor of the

    platfornrand avoid thedangero!s pa'ts oJ the tower '

    deserted forge mine nirunrb lngto the so! rd o1autonrated nrachinery,Tyrussp ii h s warband nio twogroups and began ihe search

    for Lichiennn H wanted hlrna lve b l t dead was a mos t

    SETTINGTh scenaio taks p ace r thedeserted forse m ne comp ex ol

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    TheSummoningGraham: decrded ihat since they dakeadybeen condudlngthe,ummonig r l iua lbeforethe gamebegan, Lichtensier and Dimvlwo!ld only req! re a f!rther ienac t ons worth of chant ng to.omple tethe nt la l Af ie rtha t whoknowsexac ty whatwouldhappen?

    l_f /ghon ihe genera io p a t formofI l the dr nS ag , lnq! e to ,Lichtensteinand Magos Dimtr icont rnuedthe ceremonyio sunrmonthee$nce ot the DamonPrfce theysorght to quenion ,the i r.hanungr i s rngabovthe dul throbof nrachlneryiha tpermeatedthe nureconrp lexThewords and syllableswere never nreantto 6sue trorn a lruman throat andseenredto nger n the a irfor onger

    than ihey had any r igh tto Li .h tenne incou d feei ihe s eep ng Daenron Pincenirr ng the nvocationsdragging atragnrent of its bound esence to thesur iace .Hisowi Daemonlccrea tonChaus to! ,5 toodnearby,movi igs owyonto the wa kway that crossedfrom ihe

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    p atform g sien rg tntaces ihat haderlpted frorn h s flesh wav ng lrkeunderseat ronds Puhrngwh te wychfiresburned In th creature s ey, as tscannedthe mrneior Lich tenne in!enemiesA5Dirn i t r /cont in!edthechant ,fhe nq!k tor leanedoverthera i lngsof the p la t formand sa$icryx .the on armed cyber watrlor stand ng

    mnroble a t the loo t of the tMerHe formed ihe word Patro, n hishead and d recied ihe thought at CryxThe scoredbronzehe m nodded andthe shamb ng fg l r sowly beganacirc! i of the ola,erm re, the mass ve ybladedpowerc lawhangng iner tat ihs de Though cryx appeareds luggrshand do. e now w th carn ingdevotona hymnsand mages pro iec tedon the nner faceof h s pacf ie rhe met ,t i ch tens te ins i l i fe l ia shuddera i ththo!ght o t the hor r fy ingpsychotcmonner tha t wo! d b e un eashed werehe to !tter the.wffnor s trisger word

    The ai rs tankof d iese landrnachne o lsas Wltch Funter Tyrusnrode throughth hal f -gh t ol the mrnecompex

    Fitfullpafksref e.ted from ihe sniooihsur faceof h6 powerarmo!rand threwh s Sfinrtace into stark relif He knewLchtennen was l r r th inthe mineworkings involved r some hereticaworksno doubt . He had escapdTyr!sludgemenionce before He wo! d no tdo so agai'r The grinding rlmb e ofmachiery came t fom ahead He

    ges t ! redtowardsa ta l l s t r !c t ! reandndicated to Malicant thal he shou dc mb the na i r stha t ascendedio ap atlorm high above The red fobedRedernpt ion is tnoddedc! y and eveniho!gh his tace lras obsc!red by agolden mask Tynrscould sens themanl ihid lor batt e Ma icantvanlshed from sight as Tyrus crept1!rther forward. He needed to ga 'rh gh ground as wel /and passed nio thevasi ron bliid ng bes de h nr seeking away 1o approach the centre ot the rnine

    EntorcerBarbarettacrept s lentlyforward, her shock mau held beforeher i ikea ia l i smar Hercybemi . eyewhrr rednlght lyas l t ad lur iedto thesnrokyhaf lgh t of ihe nr ineand therank mlnera ta i f teda i rca!ght in theback ot her throat. s lently, she Bholtedup a U gh t of sta 6 that ed to the roofof a burd ingwherea massve genera torwou d offe rher some coverto surveythe mrnebetoreher Shecursednttardly as Stor the veteran

    Cuardsman,s tompedup the ronna rcase beh nd her She shot h imanangrylook ,but the man ignoredher5 tonewas as c lumsyas a bhnd Croxbut h s wat r or inn nc isand sk wi ththe longbladedha berd he a lwayscatr ed was Jormdab e Barbarettadoubiediha i he was whol lysane ,b! treasonedtha t h iscornba tprow$ moretlran nrade !p tor any nenial ifnabi tyIhe scaired veteran fa6ed his ha berdand poin tedahead sayrs 'Someonesthre On the totuer ' Barbareita

    coudn t see anythng lu l i ye t , b ! td idn ' tdoubt s tone 5 word f thesergeant sa d there was somone thefethen she beheved h nr

    Crahamr Characte6 can only reactto thin8s ihai ihey are aware of, ecan hear or see n this case Sioneco'rlddraw a ne of s ghi ioLrchins ier bu t due io how i i l eo l the lnq! i s torwas ac iua lyshowing .the dis tanceand couds of

    neam in the torge-nrine, madehim take an Initrativeiest n orderto become aware of Lrchtersteinwhichhe prompt lypassed

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    f ch te . \ tn r id D mih cont nud tol - . l ra r t the i irobesr /pphl ]An a.haniom windas ihe Daenron! essence:rew ciorerto waking. Belowh m he:ru d hear Cryx s ploddng footsteps as-e continuedto pairol the nrine. They. .e re c loseto compet rngthe r l t !a land-ch tens ten coud sensethe Daemonsqud conscousnesrbeginuncoi ng

    'om the pflson of ro.k far below ihenr.I mi t r chaniedin co!n te rpoin t io

    chtenstein, hi s raspingmetal c volce: r ! ig l fomvox.as te rsimplan iedin h s

    :hroat The pitch, tone and resonance.t tire cha'rt were displayedon a; raphicwaveformdrspayof h l s:,,rhancedauto sense!, that only Dimtr:o0 ldsee The cade ice of the chani,as mo( /n te fes l ig ard h i s memory

    .nsrams recorded t for later studyfevotee Malcant moved onto iher allorrn oJ the bu ding he had c mbedrnd lookedol tover the expanseof thenrne comp ex A centra nructlraomrnatedthe mine conss t in t of ag gant c dri nS I g aitached to a

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    from h s.erebra cortex The locaton ofthe EnJorcerbur ied in h i sc r rdecyberne tcbran hrseverythoughtefsaved to the inrpera tveio k I Helprrnied across the floor towards theEitorcer a mon laster ihan the eyecou d Jollow leap ng each I ghi ofna i r sand Stones body in a s ing lepowered leap As he emerged onto therooftop he saw his target beJore h nrard roared, an nchoate be low of pure

    Sarbarettaspun in t me to se Cryx spower c aw descendinS. 8ut ihe berserkwarrors l rppedon a pa tchof ice{ ckcorcre teand h s k i l ng b low mrsredhttearng a grea ichunkof ron f romiheSenerator.The Enforcer ducked backand smashed her shock rnau inio ihe.rack nB power ca!! l-lerweaponbounced from the metal of Cryx s arrnn a shower of vio et sparks The

    e ectricald scharge of the shock ma!lwhip lashedup the cyberne t icarm andCryxnasgered back ,smokero i lngr romthe b nr ingskn a t the junc tonoJ fesh and meta Beforeher cybermastif{colld attack and she co! d stepn to rmash he r wapon acrossCryx s

    face th a r before thern exp oded nret ra searing brightnessas theDaemonhonre leaseda b lndinBf lashofpsychicnergy between her and her.pponnt Shewas quickenoughtoavod be ng bl lndedby the psychicattacl bu t her mastiffs auto senleswere overloaded by the blali of/ncandes.eni ght and t faltered ln ltsatta.k as ihe nrach nery of lts bra n

    streigth to pullhlrnselfup and he co!ldhear the faml ia fbLrzz lngof a chanweaponPowerng uP Out o t ihecornerof hs eye , he saw a door openon th factory wall and groanednwardlyas Wich Hunter Tyrlsenrerged on ihe level beow the nrainwa kway to the tower He couid see hisnraners fury as he rea l sed ihe m s take

    and , as Tyrusvanshed backihroushthedoor,Malcantpr iyedtha i ihe Emperorwou d g! ide hiss tepsth i sUme.

    Tyrus'MistakeCraham: since Tyffi had beenmaking hrsway forward throughthe mne$'ork ngs at the back of ihebattlefied decidd ihai, in darkand unfamriafsuffoundngs hewouldhaveto passan ln l i i a tvetnin order to pickthe cotrect door toernerge from n th6 case he faied

    and I rando'i y deternrned wh chdoor h wou d enter from Afterrealisng h s miriake aid getting hisbeafings I then a owed Tyrus toauiomaiicaly f nd ihe correct door

    Shok Weapon5Craham: These weapo'rs deliverapowerfu elecir/cshock upon mpactand can dis ruptthe vic t ims nervoussysiern When Barbaretta hi t Cryx,he failed his Toughne$ test and was

    Had he been capabe of fee lng theemoive rerponse of flesh, Dirnitrlwoud have /a !gheda t theRedemptonist s fal ed leap He hadcaku ated that the d stance was toogrea tthe ns tan the had jumpedD mitri prpared to cont nue chanungand t inr rhihe r t !a l when he not icedapar of wh te kn lck iedhards gr ippngihe edge of ih ra lings of the generaiortower

    Crimy,

    he ihumbed theac tva ton s tudon h is cha inare andnepped forwards. Mahcant knew hewas n se f ous tro'rbe, ihe ground wasa iongway down,he had not the

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    | . h te rs ten wdtchedd sbe ievnBasr-Cry \ s t .88eredawayfrom theEniorcer He gathered h s wil aidreleased a burst of raw psych c powerat the b ack cad figure as she raised hershoc( maul foranothernr ike .Thefu lforce of Lichtensteins will h t BarbarettasqLrarein ihe ches land sh was huredihroughthe a . fa lng towards thegroundand snrashng her head in iotheconcrete uoor as she anded satsfiedtha i Cryxwas ro longr n any danger,nquE tor Lichtensternturned his

    attefiion back to the chant and intonedthe f ia l wordso l the ncanta tonsm l ingas he sensed a shredof theDaenron ' sconscousnessbe ingdrawn!p ihe m ne shaft towards h nr sopreoccuped was he with h s su.cess hed dn t notice the iron door ai the e'rd ofthe walkwayopening .

    Magos D rnitr swpt his cha n aredowr iowards the Redempiionn si ingersbut the zea lousfoolobviouryperceivedfal ng to the ground apreterab e tate, and let go of thrai ngs as D rnitr s blade sharedthroLrghthe metal in a screarningha oot sparks. Malcant howld nfr!(ration as he fe/ towards theground,and ng wi th bone cr !nchrginrpacton a tower of bafies scatterlngthem and ro l ingl i to a s tunnedheap

    Psychic lmpel (Knockback)Craham: Thls rnoc lous ab i typrobabiy saved Cryx s rfe With itLichienneI was able to calse2D10 yardso t KnockbackonBarbaretta Norrnallyf characte.sare h t by an attack wh ch doesdamageequa io ih r Knockbackvaluethen ihey can be sen t

    !prawlingby the force of thqrmpact With ihis psych c ab ity,therel s no need to eq la theKnockbackvalue , i happens

    rlecovered from the imoact of thel lEnforcer ! shock rnau , c ryxvenfedhis re t buUonor the meta l lciorm of her cybeFmanff Though t sauto senses were st I recovringfromthe bl ind inglash ca l sed by Chaus iosI t was s t r l fas i dodgingn mb y aroundtlre beBerker But t co!ld only evadetor 50 ong and when Cryx 5 mass vepower claw finallyca!ght ihe beast, ttras chopped in two, ihe shorn ha vestwl lch ingn the r convukrvedea ththroes Cryxturnedhrshead in thed i rec t ionthe wornarhad fa l lnandpounded down th na rs, h s alteredbrarnn ed wth images of her dea th

    Up on the generator iower and with aihe threats he could discerntaken cafeol, inqu sitor L chtenste n s snrile

    fa l te redas he heard the gr nd ngmechanrcsof ih dr lling rig be ow hrrnspoo rS up Perhapsi i had beenaciivaied by one of his enemy swarbandor perhapsthe f la r ingpowerol the risng Daenronl consciousnesswas resporslble who cou d tell? Hecouldfee h t r an tc ipa ton b l i ld as hewated for h a r rva l p repar ingto rec i te

    ihe Cantice of Erndingaid thus d dn ise the nras rve ,powerarmouredfgureof Wtch HunterTyrusas he neppedthrouth the doof onio ih iower

    Tyrusfe l th i spuhe q! ickenas he sawL/chtenstelnacross ihe iower from him.He couldi t get a clear shot, as hisprey s pe t Daemo'r creature blockedh/sv iew The abomina tonhad seen h mand spread lts arms, ihe light n ts eyesburnng br ghty wth co d f r re .Br ie fyhe consderedf r rng !por the crea tureb! id i sm ssedthe noton as he caughts ght of the here t icMagosD nr i t r.Hisbol tp i s to lwasloadedwi th n le rnoshe lkand he snared , 'Burn l i he l lhator, as he p! led the trigger Bothshotsl ew nrarghtand t r !e s t rk ingtheMagos r the abdomenand head Thebolts wer ! owed by Dim tr/s refraciorie ld , bLr ti t coud not prevent themirom cals inghoi rendousdamage TheIn te rnoshe s gn ied upon detona t ronand ,as the Magosfe l lto ihe 1oor h i srobes

    bursi into i ams, thick b acksmokebo ing aro!nd hs burn ingbody.Dirntr l screarned,h s weak organ cmat te rb l i t t e rng afd b ackening ,bl t5heerforceof wi l kep th imfromlosngconscousness .Tyr l ssmied grmlya ti l rehere t ics agon es bu i ihe sml efroze on h s face as a searlng chis !ddeny se izedhrshear tand heco lapsed to his knees as he felt the cych of dea th crepovef h im.Herea sed tlrai Lichtensteins Daernonhostwas us ng its fe I Powe^ on h m bui he

    wou d res st His fa ih r the Enrperor

    Burnthem AlllCraham: Iyrls nferno she k arepad cu any dangerousmuni tons ,able to set their target on fire withthe sanre effect as a Jlanrer Theseare do!b lydangerous'n tha i iheyconnn!e to burneveryturn !n lessihe character h ab e io exiinguishihe i re or t goes oot ihelf n theRecoveryphase Dirnitr was unab e

    to pui out the ftre b!t luckilybetore it could do any moredamage ,the chemlca l fre spent

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    lnqL. r5r torLrchienne in.ou ldn ' tbe l /evelhs eyes Ty ' l s l t had been twodcades, bu t here he was, arger thanle He cou d hear Dimltrisvoxcaster

    screechng ven over the th!nderousnose of the dr i l ng r ig as the t lamesconsurnedhirnand ihe Masosdespefatey aiternpted to put them outLchtenste n snar ed a! he drew h s

    pump action combat shotgun irorn h,hou der scabbard He moved to abe t te rfk ingpos t ion ,f ck ingthe shotseleciorto semi auiomai c and t redshe after shell at h s nemesis. Tyrusrockedbackwardsunderihe she ls 'rmpacts ,but h ispowerarmourwthstood the malorty of Lichtensieinsf re A single shellsornehow penetratedthe joints 'r his leg plate, and blood,trearned down the intricate, flutedscrolwork ol his arrnour TyrusfoughtihroLrghihe sudden pain and p!lled

    himrelfupr ght. H s anger ent h mstrength and he charged aong thewalkwaytowards the Daemon bealt,hrspower weapons cracklingwith lethalenergies He swung at the creature,but, with an unnat!ral speed, it dodgeda, de and Tyrus blade sailed palt it'shead. The hell bean darted away fronrTyrus,circing the Witch Hunter and thetwo old adveBaries were f nally face to

    Devotee Malicantpushed hirnselfto h sfe t ,pa inscrearnrg a long hissp ne .But he welcomed it. Frothgathered inthe corner of his mo'rth at the thoughiof his foe escaping h nr He ganced upat the tower, see ng a column 0t greasy

    blacksmoke a'rd catching the div nesceni of scorched human flesh. the igbeforeh m was sp nningfur lousy andhot neam and toxic gasses werepo! ing l rom the mineshaf t .Desperatey he looked around for a wayto reach the puk ng generaior p atformand as he saw ihe ,caiiered barre sying around, a rneans of sca ng the

    Barbaretiaroled aside, blood pouri'rSfrorn her sp t skul as the cybeFwarr ors lasheda t her head wth h is e re rgrsedclaw lt riruck again and she kepiro ling. She had to ge t clear but thedanrned thing was so fast

    Semi-AutoCraham: Some weapons arecapable of punrprngout a rap dsavo of shotsand laydown a ha i lof flre. Llchter(einl purnp act onconrbai shotgun s one s!chweapon and he managed to f r a

    to ta lo t sx shoh in a r ng le iurn lNomrallythis mode o1J re suffersfroni redu.ed accuracy but thanksto Lichtenstelns sk ll of RockSteadyAimhe was ableto shoot ius tf ine .

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    l - ry \ r t ruc l aBarna .d .Ba n h isr- rpower l : / awd b lurof s a lh . tb ronzmeta He goused churG ofconcre tel rom the f loofas he a t tacked

    ' He batied aslde a feeb e attempt iaj defleci h s blow and the claw s ced

    deep nto Barbarettas arm, tear ig!pwardsand r ipprs the rnea if romher' bones a I the way to the bow Sheshrkedin agony,droppne herweaponfromnerveessf rnge6a5 cryxhacked nto her arn aga in , ihe dawv r tualy tar ingthe l imbJromhershouder Pan bl indedher and shescreamed one last time before CryNsla5hedhispowrc lawacrossher

    !npro tec tediace 5he fe l tboneshatter !nder ihe mpact and mrcifu ty

    The Daenror s essence mun be close tobreachingthe sur fa . rea lsedLchtens ten The iowerwas shaki igvroenty ard the df i l ng rg wasvibratingtrom s de to rde as t spuntaner than it was ever designed to B uelrghtnrngarc5f ared lror. the generatorand he coud hear a r r rng hlnr ofdrargng power oi .e agarnhe ashedout wr th raw psychice ie rgy andthoLrghTyruswas a more fearsometarge tthan ihe EnlorcLh coutdro t

    Psyhic OverloadsCraham:When Chaunost r tedaga n to treze Tyrus heart he failedh s Willpowertst by a flarg n of289, result ig n a psychcoverload For every fu 10:1 apsykerfarlsh s W power ien by hes lJ te15a 2D10 ossof W l /power,

    maki rgi i more hazardousto lseany psychrcpowe6 n Ju tureL!cki lyChals toson y ro l /d7 lorh s oss , ind ica tns tha ithe overoad

    res5 iihe sheefnfength ofLichtenneins will The mass ve WitchH!fter was h!ned backwardragainnthe fa i l lngof the walkway,the meta tbuckl ingand screechnS as the f ! l lwerghior the powrarmo!rdInqr i5 torfe laga n5ii t Forthe br ie fes tsecond rt seemed as though Tyrlswou d fa l in to ihe Sant bades ot avent fan , bu t m racuorsy the ra inghe ld Eeforehe .or ld r sh i h msILrchtennernaitacked aga n wrthanotherpsychlcb lo! ! sma5h/ngTyrusbackwardslnto ih factory wal Dazdb! t !nharnred ,Tyrusasa i p ickedhlmsel fup de te rminedtha i h s foewou d not defea th l rn ike ths Oncemore Cha!sios drew on the powr ofthe warp to ireze ihe Witch Hunter shear t bu i th , "Daemonhos ts cont fo ls l ippedfor a second and hrsbodywaswracKeo0y spasms as raw powerseafedthroushhisco d f lesh

    Ma cant began nacling the batrels hehad fa l le i n to , b! i ldnBa s teppedtowerwih wh ch he co! d leap io theplailorJn The scent of cooked fesh \,!asa de l icous tang in h6 nose and h s eysb! r i redwithzea lous{ re sa i i s fedhehad b! i i th l , tower h gh enoughandfilledwith r ghteous strength h dtdn teven notice the ricbcheiof a bolter shel

    bes idh m as the backenedformofMagos Dlmtr leaned between thera i lngsand { redon h m Reachingthe tower was a I that maitered to

    f r a bur5 tof igh tnn! pr ro ie .hn .sI the Sene a to , towe ' sas wrn .hedrree rronr ls moorifgs by the powedutmotor of ihe dr i /nS f i s ,rp innng i tvrolenilyaround ihe swaying towef. Sorn ten twas he on Tyrus tha i nquis / to rtichtensiernfa led to see the protr!dingmachrery of ihe tower ar i t

    spunaroundand smashdnto h/sback Hewas knockedsprawl lngand bare lymaiaged to hold onio th parapet,ro l ng to the meta decking of the

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    : aiform Sl Bflppingh s shotglr he: a \4ed bnea th the mady spinnngjenefa torrnechanismwincrg as a:eafenrnghow ng 6rued t rom l!s t: . ow th sudaceof the m ne had HG- nd fe l t havy!r th psychc presence: rd he knew he had io take careo t- r.us qu cky en ihe Daemon manfes trefore he was ready to b nd t As he

    .:pproachedthe wa kway he ev ed h sihoigunai the WitchF!n te r sq!eez rg:if two we placed shots Tyrrs: raBeered ,both shoh penet ra irg h srmour and even h 5 prodgio ls. r rngihcouldbare lyho d him up

    , la can t swf t lysca ledh s tower of' ra r rekand eap t ior th shakingr : t lo rm h s t ingeEc os ingoverthe, lck led ra l ings He a lghed nranaca y-au ing h msef !p and Jrozea , he-eard the ominolsc c l o f a bo l t p s io l

    : reog cocked Scorchedand wo!nded. gh unto dea th ,MagosDimin s. r rascope. eary rd ca ted the Elowins-r!t ne of Ma .ant s head and: ro! drsthroLrghthe rne ta oJ the-.arapet.A psychc mpu re fired thro t p no and he had the bnefeng mpse of the she l tearng ihroughihei de of Ma cant ' s head beforetheFowhnCRedempton r t fe l l f ronrthe:owerand vanrhed n io the ro l ing. ord of scald ng steam and tox cilmes. D m tr' ro ed onto h s back

    : ! l5 ng hrs f leshtor l i s weaknessand eii s blessed nrechanica mplanh int!se. s o fgani . componenhwth thesoothng bam of pan suppressar t s

    chaunos movedco5erto the Wt .hHunter aid aga n drove a 5p ke oip s y c hc c h n t o h s h e a d . Ty r u se y e sbr lgedand h ! mouth openedw de ' r asilntscream as the nrusc es ot h s hearts lowed,gradua lyhardnng in to cyflsh Pa n overwhe rned h nr and heioppled backwards,collapsing niounconsc iousThe Daemonhos trnoved

    in to f n i shthe Wtch Nunter butLchtenste n craw ed'from the p atformonto the walkwayand sa d No Donot k i l h nr F nray be my enemy buthe san nquis tor,one oi ihe Emperorschosenard we wi l be o ig gone biore

    6haus tosre ln teda id i ! rned awayfrornihe s t rcken l iqus tor asLich tenr te rnshea thedhi rshotg! i Hebacked away f.onr the iower at t t nalyerlpted n a blue wh te Seyseroipowerand psychicenergy D mlypercevedshapeswr thed w th in thecorus .a t rngght , g bber ingrnouthsardje l ly -ke eyes scuddingthroughtheDaemon s awfu geonreiies lormswi thn lofmsand des ignswth n

    Lich tenne insnrld n t rumph asChaus tosrnoveda longs ideh m, h swh te eyes dead and l l iees5 MagosD mi t r har led hrsburnedbodyrromthe towerard he cor ld see cryx b looddrenching h s power claw emerge ironr

    behl id ihegenefa tof

    bu d inghe bgai th f6 t verseof the Cantceof Eindfe . Thefewoud be muchtoearn lronr th s Daemon.

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    \ /f ,itch HunterTyrusopenedIt It hiseyeswitha hoafse cry

    on hisfrozen,blisteredlips.Painfroma scoreot woundsand a siabbinS,gacialachein hischesttoldof theferocit of the battlewthLlchtenstein.He groanedas he flexedhislimbsand, wiiha supremeeffortof will,pulledhlmselfupright,usingthe factorywallsfor support.Heglancedoverthe edge ot thwalkwayTheforge-minewas oddlysilent,the floorwreathedin ghostlysteamand he wonderedwhathadbecomeof hiswarriorband.rhegeneratortowersaggedvisibly,(lnkingoilsleakng from its rupturedsldesand bluesparksoccasionallyfaringfromseverednergycoils.

    He vaguelyremmbereda iwistingwhklwindof energyflaringfromthetowerjustbeforehe had fallenunconscious.He did not undeatand

    exacilywhat it had been. but knewthat if Lichtensteinwas involved, itwould involve hereticalandblasphemous magicks.A limpingfigure emrged from the snroke onthe mine floof, red fobed and

    groaning in pain.lyrls recognisedMalicantand gimaced in disgust atihe ruin of hii face where MagotDimitri'sbolt had blasted a bloodyhole through his skull.FortunatelyforMalicant,the bolt had passed straightthrough his cheek before dtonating.He coold see no trace of BarbarettaorStone and his fury ai Lichtendeingrew as he was forced to Presumeihat they had been killed.He wearllyworked his way down towardsMalicant,each breath a cold spike ln

    his chest as his damaged heartmlscles jaboured io pump again afterihe Daemonbeast s psychicattack.That was one damnd cfeat!re he

    would take great pleas!re liba'rishingback to the warpl

    He walked over to the shaitered drillbli that Iay, buckled and twlsted aithe iop.of the mine-shaft. The iop olthe shaft was glisteningand motenlook ng, nppling ilkea mirage arthough whaiever creat!reLichiensiinhad 5{rmmonedhadweakened nraiter's grip on reality.There was something disnnctlydifferenlabout the forge-mine and ltwas a second or two before Tyruscould put hL finger on it. Thecomplexfeli empty, abandoned and itwar more ihan jusi the absence otpeople. Tyrusfelt a s nklng felinginhis gut as he realised he wa, too late.Whateve. had lain unknown beneath

    this forge'mif was now gone andapprehensioncreased his pale teatu.esas he wondered if Lichtensten even

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    Lbfarium Herelc!s? What new recru tsw l l iTyrusb r nE n t o he p , ba rn8 in m id|ral mon ol his cutrent warba.d aie n :v-+y bad way Ih s k.d ol des r Jor rtre. ex t Eame 6 wha t t nq l i s l o f cx . e s a t .wh n the re5ult oi the game tr inportant,

    BURNT AND BLEEDINGwhat happefs nfter s eq!a y so5truEgl,.qaSaifn yourtoes,add nE ornea t nBh nory foryourwafbandandmosr rnportanty cary ng the no4/lo .ward5 whatthesamc a al laboutI t doesnt mat te rtha tyo! r warbandlos iano wascawedto p eces or tha i theo i y th , ig

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