The Pilgrym: Rules for the Church of the Red Athenæum

The Hunt begins.

After 7 furious months of work, the Pilgrym game has finally been played and we are back in the United States.  The event was a fantastic success, truly culminating everyone’s hard work and passion.  Over the next few weeks we are going to be creating a few posts detailing the event.  To start things off, we wanted to share the rules that we devised for our warband, the Church of the Red Athenæum.  The game was played using a modified version of the Necromunda ruleset, with a focus on narrative elements rather than strict adherence to any particular book.  For the Church, we wanted to take special effort to convey that most of its members are not fighters; they are civilians that are missing limbs and other body parts, further separating them from any sort of fighting elite.  They are, however, extremely devoted to their cause and due to their lives of suffering, able to withstand a lot of pain.  The only exception to this are the members of their military arm, the Order of the Crimson Hour, which are trained for combat and therefore have firearms, and Roland Arnesen, a sleeper agent of the Ordo Machinum.

The Church of the Red Athenæum:

Player	Warband	Objective
Adam, Eric, Greg Wier	The Church of the Red Athenæum	Main:  Capture the Pilgrym to ritually sacrifice in the Red Hour Secondary: Roland wants to capture and get Pilgrym to a safe-house set up by Inquisitor Lucanus Molnár

Broken but not Defeated: All Church members have True Grit and a base Ld value of 8

Weapon reloads: Weapon reloads do Not have a potential to explode in this list.  They are all small arms, so it is not relevant.  If more powerful weapons were present, like bolters or plasmaguns, the reloads would have a potential to explode.

Aseneth Levedescu: Cardinal	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 2 2 3 5 2 3 1 9 Laspistol Iron Throne: 4+ save, bionic limbs (pair of S4 ccws; on the roll of a 6 to hit the target is struck by the needle and injected with anesthetic that halves the target's WS, BS, and I for the remainder of the game) Inspiring Presence: Church members within 12” use her Ld for tests Field Surgeon: counts having a medi-pack Broken but not Defeated
Kirill Blokhin: Acirgeon, Arch-heretic	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 8 Micro-uzi: 1 sustained fire dice autopistol, weapon reloads (does not explode) Gore-soaked Axe: -1 save modifier The Mournival: counts as powerfist with Str6, Dam 1, and -3 Save modifier Flak armor Broken but not Defeated Killer Reputation/fear
Samael Urkston: Chronicler	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 8 Laspistol Close combat weapon Flak armor Broken but not Defeated
Ehret Filipovic: Chief Bibliognost	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 3 3 3(4) 3 1 3 1 8 Bionic arm: +1S and +1I in cc Close combat weapon One-in-a-million Bolt pistol: no ammunition Flak armor Broken but not Defeated
Vasili Abramovitch: Congregation member, mutant	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 3 2 3 3 1 3 1 8 Close combat weapon Broken but not Defeated
Matthias Stillman: Congregation member	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 2 0 3 3 1 3 1 8 Close combat weapon Blind: BS 0 Broken but not Defeated
Joanna Reese: Sister of the Order of the Crimson Hour	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 8 Shotgun: weapon reloads (does not explode) Carapace armor: 4+ save Close combat weapon Broken but not Defeated
Ursula Contreras: Sister of the Order of the Crimson Hour	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 8 Shotgun: weapon reloads (does not explode) Carapace armor: 4+ save Close combat weapon Broken but not Defeated
Roland Arnesen: Ordo Machinum	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 4 4 4 3(4) 4 2 4(5) 2 9 Urdeshi U90 assault cannon: autogun, 1 sustained fire die, One-in-a-million weapon, weapon reloads (does not explode) Autopistol Carapace armor: 4+ save Bionic arm: +1S and +1I in cc; digi-lasers (counts as a concealed blade for purpose of escaping capture) Bionic eye: reroll failed save against blinding; can see and shoot through smoke at -1 pen. Infa-red sight: reduces targets cover by 1 if only firing single shot Infra-red goggles: 2x distance to spot enemies Bio-booster: 1-3 flesh wound; 4-5 down, 6 out; unlimited use Respirator: reroll failed T test against gas Refractor field: 5+ invulnerable save Fast shot: Can shoot as many times as A, can be multiple targets Hip shooting: Can shoot if he ran, but at -1 pen. Memento Mori: his stalking headless form reminds one that life is fleeting; causes Fear
Bronwen: Vox Owl	M WS BS S T W I A Ld 8 2 2 2 2 1 4 1 8 Bionic eye: reroll failed save against blinding; can see and shoot through smoke at -1 pen. Bio-scanner: triples range at which you see hidden enemy Infiltration Hard to hit: 4+ save Linked senses: Roland shares line of sight and bio-scanner with Bronwen

- Eric Wier