Mootlanders

Grade: 1b
Source: Citadel Journal 36 (PDF)
Setting: Mordheim

Lore

Although it is exceedingly rare, Halflings will form Warbands and go marching off to Mordheim. With dreams of mountains of iced buns and rivers of fizzy drink, they fearlessly enter the gates of Mordheim in search of gold, wyrdstone and abandoned kitchens to plunder.

Lord Charlie Gutbuckett is famous in the Moot for being extremely rich and spoilt but also for being exceptional with the bow (which is well reputed considering his constant boasting). The only time that he has ever been beaten in an archery contest was by his father, after a dispute over a blueberry muffin. Totally shamed by this event, Charlie formed up his Warband of similarly eccentric Halflings and headed off to Mordheim with his parents last profound words echoing through his head ‘Bring us back some chocolate hob-nobs son’. His warband was named ‘The Knights of the Kitchen Table’ and even his brother Archie joined up for the adventure. This was a terrible shame for the rest of the family as Archie’s recipe for strawberry flapjacks was second to none.

Special rules

Halflings are very weak and puny and even the lightest of blows tends to knock them senseless. When rolling for a Halfling’s injury, treat a roll of a 2 as ‘stunned’.

Choice of warriors

A Mootlanders warband must include a minimum of three models. You have 500 gold crowns available to spend. The maximum number of warriors in the warband may never exceed 20.

• Moot Elders: Each warband must have 1 Moot Elder: no more, no less!
• Master Chefs: Your warband may include up to 1 Master Chef.
• Halfling Thieves: Your warband may include up to 3 Halfling Thieves.
• Warriors: Your warband may include any number of Warriors.
• Scouts: Your warband may include up to 5 Scouts.

Starting experience

• The Moot Elder starts with 20 experience.
• The Master Chef starts with 8 experience.
• Halfling Thieves start with 0 experience.
• Henchmen start with 0 experience.

Mootlanders Skill Table

	Combat	Shooting	Academic	Strength	Speed
Moot Elder	✓	✓	✓		✓
Master Chef	✓	✓		✓	✓
Halfling Thief		✓	✓		✓

Mootlanders equipment lists

Pricing:

Mootlander Equipment List

The following lists are used by Mootlander warbands to pick their weapons:

Hand-to-hand Combat Weapons

Item	Cost
Dagger	1st free/2 gc
Spear	10 gc
Sword	10 gc
Club, Mace or Hammer	3 gc

Missile Weapons

Item	Cost
Bow	10 gc
Short Bow (Short Bow)	5 gc
Sling	2 gc

Armour

Item	Cost
Light Armour	20 gc
Shield	5 gc
Cooking Pot Helmet	8 gc

Master Chef List

Hand-to-hand Combat Weapons

Item	Cost
Kitchen Knife	2 gc
Cleaver	3 gc
Ladle	2 gc
Tenderiser	3 gc

Missile Weapons

None.

Armour

None.

Special Equipment

Mootlanders have access to the following special equipment when purchasing items from the Trading Post, outside their starting list:

Cleaver

Cost: 3 gc
Availability: Common

Cleavers are one of the best kitchen tools for fighting with, it's fairly light and can cut through things rather like an axe.

Range: Close Combat
Strength: As user

Special Rules

-1 Save: Target gets -1 to armour save

Kitchen Knife

Cost: 2 gc
Availability: Common

The common kitchen knife does not only have to be used for chopping vegetables, in the chubby but expert hands of a Master Chef it can make an awful mess of his enemies!

Range: Close Combat
Strength: As user

Special Rules

+1 Enemy armour save: Kitchen knives are not the best weapons to use for penetrating an enemy model's armour. An enemy wounded by a kitchen knife gains a +1 bonus to his armour save, and a 6+ armour save if he has none normally.^✏️

Ladle

Cost: 2 gc
Availability: Common

A ladle isn't very good for killing your foes but if aimed correctly, a crack across the knuckles can seriously reduce even the best warrior's fighting ability.

Range: Close Combat
Strength: As user

Special Rules

No save except shields: A Master Chef knows exactly where to aim his ladle, helmets and breast plates are of little use against a ladle whacked across the hands. The only saving throws allowed are from shields or skills.

Knuckle Cracking: If a Master Chef manages to hit an enemy in close combat (a feat within itself) and scores a '6' in doing so he has rapped his enemy across the knuckles and forced him to drop his weapon.

Tenderiser

Cost: 3 gc
Availability: Common

Although other warbands scoff at your rolling pins and tenderisers, they are fully capable of crushing a skull or knocking an opponent unconscious.

Range: Close Combat
Strength: As user

Special Rules

Stuns on 2-4: Stuns on 2-4

Cooking Pot Helmet

Cost: 8 gc
Availability: Common

Any Master Chef worth his salt will remove his silly white hat and put on an even sillier looking cooking pot for protection when a fight is brewing. It may look incredibly stupid, but often results in an intact Halfling head after the battle.

Special Rules

Avoid Stun: A Master Chef equipped with a cooking pot helmet has a special save of 5+ against being stunned. This save is never modified.

Heroes

1 Moot Elder

55 gold crowns to hire

A Halfling Moot Elder is the bravest, toughest, and obviously fattest Halfling in the Warband. He is as greatly respected by the Halfling people as his skill with the bow, their principle weapon.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	3	5	2	2	1	6	1	9

Weapons/Armour: Moot Elder may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Mootlander Equipment List. In addition, he may be armed with a pistol for 15 GC, usually an old family heirloom.

Special Rules

Leader: Any warrior within 6" of the Moot Elder may use his Leadership characteristic when taking Leadership tests.

0 – 1 Master Chef

35 gold crowns to hire

Any wise Halfling Moot Elder will persuade a Halfling Master Chef into joining his Warband. The better the Halflings fight, the more food the Chef cooks for them!

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	3	4	3	2	1	5	1	9

Weapons/Armour: Master Chef may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Master Chef List.

Special Rules

Inspired Cooking: Any Halfling models within 6" of a Halfling Master Chef may re-roll any failed hits in combat (once per turn).

0 – 3 Halfling Thieves

25 gold crowns to hire

Halfling Thieves are often employed by warbands to sneak into enemy camps and steal any stash they can get their sticky little hands on.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	3	4	2	2	1	5	1	9

Weapons/Armour: Halfling Thief may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Mootlander Equipment List.

Special Rules

Sneaky: Halfling Thieves can hide in the slightest shadow or piece of cover. Halfling thieves always have a -1 to hit modifier when being shot at, this adds to any other modifiers.

Maximum 3 thieves

In the original printed version in Citadel Journal 36, Halfling thieves had 0 – 2 Halfling Thieves in their entry but stated "three" in Choice of warriors. Since the word three was spelled out and it is easier to typo a "3" into a "2", it is assumed these were meant to be 0 – 3

Henchmen

(Bought in groups of 1-5)

Warriors

15 gold crowns to hire

Halflings may not be the best warriors around, but they are brave to the point of insanity and masters of the Bow.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	2	4	2	2	1	5	1	8

Weapons/Armour: Warrior may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Mootlander Equipment List.

0 – 5 Scouts

20 gold crowns to hire

Halflings produce some of the best Scouts in the Old World, almost rivalling the expert Wood Elves in this field.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	2	4	2	2	1	5	1	8

Weapons/Armour: Scout may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Mootlander Equipment List.

Special Rules

Keen Eyesight: Halfling Scouts can spot hidden enemies at twice their Initiative value in inches.