Court of the Profane Pleasures

Grade: 1c
Source: Tuomas Pirinen (PDF)
Setting: Mordheim
Author: Tuomas Pirinen

Lore

When the Shadowlord demanded fealty from the hidden Chaos Cultists of Mordheim, most bend their knee willingly and eagerly. However, within the upper echelons of the Ostermark’s nobility there are those who were corrupted by the Lord of Pleasure long before the coming of the Comet. Once the Cataclysm hit, these depraved cultists rose from their hiding places, revelling in their depravity. They now hunt for captives to be used in forbidden rituals in the catacombs below the city. They drug and lobotomise captives to be used and discarded at their whim. Above ground, they hunt for more flesh to be brought into the agonizing embrace of Slaanesh.

Special rules

Corruption of the Mind and Flesh: Whenever an enemy model, be it Hero or a Henchman of the opponents of the Warband or one of their own models dies, the Warband may opt to perform an obscene ritual to attach a part of the dying warrior into one of the Slaaneshi Beastmen, Cultist or the Slaaneshi Hounds: arm, leg, head or strips of muscle, for example. You can take one stat of the fallen warrior and replace it with the same stat of the Beastman, Cultist or Hound. We encourage players to convert the model to represent the corrupted creature with appropriate new body parts. This ritual costs 1 Wyrdstone, and 1 Hero cannot search for Rare items at the market while performing the ritual.

Mutations: Any Hero may buy one of the following Mutations when you recruit them (see Cults of Possessed Rules for Mutations):
- Extra arm
- Tentacle
- Great Claw

Choice of warriors

A Court of the Profane Pleasures 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 15.

• Slaaneshi Whipmasters: Your warband may include up to 1 Slaaneshi Whipmaster.
• Slaaneshi Danseuses: Your warband may include up to 1 Slaaneshi Danseuse.
• Slaaneshi Flesh Merchants: Your warband may include up to 1 Slaaneshi Flesh Merchant.
• Slaaneshi Priests of Obscene: Your warband may include up to 1 Slaaneshi Priest of Obscene.
• Slaaneshi Devout: Your warband may include up to 1 Slaaneshi Devout.
• Slaaneshi Chaos Hounds: Your warband may include up to 3 Slaaneshi Chaos Hounds.
• Slaaneshi Beastmen: Your warband may include up to 3 Slaaneshi Beastmen.
• Slaaneshi Wretches: Your warband may include any number of Slaaneshi Wretches.
• Cultists: Your warband may include up to 5 Cultists.

Starting experience

• The Slaaneshi Whipmaster starts with 8 experience.
• The Slaaneshi Danseuse starts with 8 experience.
• The Slaaneshi Flesh Merchant starts with 8 experience.
• The Slaaneshi Priest of Obscene starts with 6 experience.
• The Slaaneshi Devout starts with 8 experience.
• Henchmen start with 0 experience.

Court of the Profane Pleasures Skill Table

	Combat	Shooting	Academic	Strength	Speed
Slaaneshi Whipmaster
Slaaneshi Danseuse
Slaaneshi Flesh Merchant
Slaaneshi Priest of Obscene
Slaaneshi Devout

Court of the Profane Pleasures equipment lists

Pricing:

Court of Pleasures Equipment List

Hand-to-hand Combat Weapons

Item	Cost
Dagger	1st free/2 gc
Sword	10 gc
Club, Mace or Hammer	3 gc
Double-handed weapon	15 gc

Missile Weapons

Item	Cost
Bow	15 gc
Pistol	15 gc (30 gc for a brace)
Hunting Rifle	200 gc
Crossbow pistol	35 gc

Armour

Item	Cost
Light Armour	20 gc
Shield	5 gc
Buckler	5 gc
Helmet	10 gc

Miscellaneous

Item	Cost
hedonist whip	15 gc Heroes only
slaaneshi man-catcher	30 gc Whipmaster only
Crimson Shade	35 gc

Wretches Equipment List

This list is for Thralls only.

Hand-to-hand Combat Weapons

Item	Cost
Dagger	2 gc
Club, Mace or Hammer	3 gc
Sword	10 gc
Spear	10 gc

Missile Weapons

Item	Cost
Short Bow (Short Bow)	10 gc

Armour

Item	Cost
Shield	5 gc
Buckler	5 gc

Heroes

0 – 1 Slaaneshi Whipmaster

70 gold crowns to hire

Whipmasters are experts at applying pain and pleasure on their enemies and their own depraved companions in equal measure. Pain and Pleasure are closely intertwined, and both are held as holy in the eyes of Slaanesh.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	4	3	3	3	1	4	1	8

Weapons/Armour: Slaaneshi Whipmaster may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Court of Pleasures Equipment List.

Special Rules

Agony and Ecstasy: The Whipmaster who is armed with a Hedonist Whip may decide to use one of its attacks to scourge one friendly model within 3". This attack automatically hits and has +1 on its rolls to wound. Roll for any injuries as standard. As a reward for such a pious act of devotion, Slaanesh rewards the Whipmaster with a surge of ecstasy that makes the Whipmaster all but invulnerable. The Whipmaster doubles its Toughness. Take a Leadership test at the start of each new turn of the Slaaneshi player. On a failure, this effect ends, though it can be re-activated.

Pain and Pleasure: Whenever the Whipmaster suffers an unsaved wound, they will be subject to the rules of Frenzy until the end of their next turn — this Frenzy is not negated by being Knocked Down or Stunned.

0 – 1 Slaaneshi Danseuse

70 gold crowns to hire

These dervishes of depravity dance and carouse in honor of Slaanesh in the streets of Mordheim. Their enthralling moves often freeze even hardened warriors while they slowly slice their enchanted victims to quivering shreds.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	4	4	3	3	1	4	1	7

Weapons/Armour: Slaaneshi Danseuse may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Court of Pleasures Equipment List.

Special Rules

Strange Allure: An enemy wishing to attack a Danseuse in melee combat or with a missile attack must pass a Leadership test to do so before making its attacks. On a failure, the model must re-roll any successful hits.

0 – 1 Slaaneshi Flesh Merchant

65 gold crowns to hire

Flesh Merchants are tasked with selling, trading and using the poor unfortunates that are captured or lured into the service of the Prince of Chaos.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	4	3	4	3	1	3	1	7

Weapons/Armour: Slaaneshi Flesh Merchant may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Court of Pleasures Equipment List.

Special Rules

Pound of Flesh: Before the battle, you may decide to give one of the Wretches to the Flesh Merchant to carry as a “meat shield” as part of the Merchant’s Equipment. When the Flesh Merchant suffers a wound for any reason, you may elect to let the slave take the hit instead. In this case the Slave is taken Out of Action and removed from the game. The Wretch can make its normal Attacks in melee if used as a Meat Shield. The model does not have a base of its own, and cannot be targeted by enemy attacks. If the Merchant dies, the Wretch is lost with it.

Cruel Fate: Any captives the warband gains through combat results or exploration can be turned into Wretches at no cost. This is achieved via lobotomy, torture and other acts of depravity.

0 – 1 Slaaneshi Priest of Obscene

50 gold crowns to hire

Priests of Slaanesh practice corrupt and profane magic and rituals. They often cut themselves in order to bring themselves to the brink of ecstasy that powers their sorcery.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	3	3	3	3	1	4	1	8

Weapons/Armour: Slaaneshi Priest of Obscene may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Court of Pleasures Equipment List.

Special Rules

Flesh Reserve: Before the battle, you may decide to give one of the Wretches to the Priest to carry as a “sacrificial pawn” as part of the Priest’s Equipment. When the Priest fails to cast a spell, they can choose to sacrifice the Wretch to re-roll the spell roll. The Wretch can make its normal Attacks in melee until it’s alive. The model does not have a base of its own and cannot be targeted by enemy attacks. If the Priest dies, the Wretch is lost with it.

Wizard: The Priest of Obscene is a Wizard and uses the Chaos Rituals Spell list.

0 – 1 Slaaneshi Devout

65 gold crowns to hire

Devout are possessed by Slaanesh to the level that their flesh molds according to the whims of the Prince of Corruption. Their physical form flickers between the extremes of feminine and masculine.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
Base*	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	1	7
Male Form	4	4	3	4	4	1	3	2	7
Female Form	6	3	4	3	3	1	5	1	9

Weapons/Armour: Slaaneshi Devout may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Court of Pleasures Equipment List.

Special Rules

Fluctuating Form: At the beginning of the battle, and every turn in the Recovery phase, if not engaged in close combat, you may choose whether the Devout manifests in male or female aspect. If you choose male, the Devout gains +1 WS, S, A, and T. If you choose female aspect, you gain +1 BS, +2 I, +2 Ld and +2 M.

Immune to Psychology: The Devout is immune to Psychology and all alone tests.

Henchmen

(Bought in groups of 1-5)

0 – 3 Slaaneshi Chaos Hounds

15 gold crowns to hire

Hounds of Slaanesh are sinuous, lithe and beautiful, yet unsettling and repulsive to see at the same time.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	7	4	0	4	3	1	3	1	3

Special Rules

Animal: Chaos Hounds are animals and never gain any experience.

0 – 3 Slaaneshi Beastmen

35 gold crowns to hire

Beastmen of Slaanesh tend to be more agile and slight of build than those of other Chaos gods, and they exhibit more humanlike qualities than full Gors.

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

Weapons/Armour: Slaaneshi Beastman may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Court of Pleasures Equipment List.

Slaaneshi Wretches

10 gold crowns to hire

Your warband may include any number of Wretches — humans enslaved by the false promises of the Prince of Chaos. They live to sacrifice their lives for the Prince of Chaos.

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

Weapons/Armour: Slaaneshi Wretch may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Wretches Equipment List.

Special Rules

Slaves to Darkness: Wretches are Immune to all psychology and All Alone tests if within 6" of a friendly Hero. Wretches can’t become Heroes. If you roll The Lad’s Got Talent result on the chart, and then roll it again, the model receives a Serious Injury as if it were a Hero (roll it immediately).

0 – 5 Cultists

25 gold crowns to hire

Members of the pleasure court offer their body to the Prince of Corruption. Their lustful deeds and the use of drugs have driven them to the brink of insanity.

Profile	M	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld
	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	1	7

Weapons/Armour: Cultist may be equipped with weapons and armour chosen from the Court of Pleasures Equipment List.