Vastarian: Updated Rules for the Church of the Red Athenæum

The Church of the Red Athenæum.

Shortly after announcing the Vastarian Open Invitational, we created a post showcasing potential rules for our Church of the Red Athenæum cult using different rule systems, including Necromunda, Forbidden Psalm, and MiniGangs. The intent was to get people thinking about getting into the setting, adapting any ruleset they are comfortable with. Now that we are very close to holding our first Vastarian event alongside Bill Ford, we thought it would be instructive to showcase our finalized Church of the Red Athenæum warband for the event. The ruleset we are using for the event is a simplified version of Necromunda (2023) with elements from Mordheim.

Ligeia Orr: Prophet of the Crimson Veil, Dreamer of the Apocalypse

M WS BS S T W AG A Cl Int Faith 5 4+ 4+ 3 4 2 4+ 1 6+ 6+ 2 Divine Protection: 5+ invulnerable save That is not dead which can eternal lie - If taken out of action, in the End Phase Ligeia always makes a full recovery. Miracle: Prophetic Revelations (6+) - target model can reroll To Hit rolls during their next activation.

Kirill Blokhin: Acirgeon, Arch-heretic

M WS BS S T W AG A Cl Int 5 3+ 4+ 3 3 2 4+ 2 6+ 6+ Micro-uzi (autopistol) Gore-soaked axe Flak armour: 5+ save Broken but not Defeated (True grit) - When making injury rolls for this model, roll one less die (ie. if the weapon is Damage 2, it is reduced to 1). If the weapon only has the Damage of 1, roll 2 dice and the Red Church player chooses the result.

Ehret  Filipovic, Chief Bibliognost

M WS BS S T W AG A Cl Int Faith 5 4+ 4+ 3(4) 3 1 4+ 1 7+ 7+ 1 Bionic arm: +1S Close combat weapon One-in-a-million Bolt pistol: no ammunition Flak armor : 5+ save Broken but not Defeated (True grit) - When making injury rolls for this model, roll one less die (ie. if the weapon is Damage 2, it is reduced to 1). If the weapon only has the Damage of 1, roll 2 dice and the Red Church player chooses the result.

Marcelo Lythgoe: heavy weapons specialist

M WS BS S T W I A Cl Int 5 4+ 4+ 3 3 1 4+ 1 7+ 7+ Urdeshi Automatic Rifle (UAR; heavy stubber) Hecuter 9 (Stubgun) Fighting knife Respirator Flak armour: 5+ save

Petr Danev

M WS BS S T W I A Cl Int 5 4+ 4+ 3 3 1 4+ 1 7+ 7+ Combat Shotgun Hecuter 9 (Stubgun) Fighting knife Flak armour: 5+ save

Lucien Conticello

M WS BS S T W I A Cl Int 5 4+ 4+ 3 3 1 4+ 1 7+ 7+ Needle rifle (18”; -2 AP; Toxin) Hecuter 9 (Stubgun) Fighting knife Flak armour: 5+ save

Alexsei Tsybovsky

M WS BS S T W I A Cl Int 5 4+ 4+ 3 3 1 4+ 1 7+ 7+ U416 (Autogun) Hecuter 9 (Stubgun) Fighting knife Flak armour: 5+ save

Kasia Polus

M WS BS S T W I A Cl Int 5 4+ 4+ 3 3 1 4+ 1 7+ 7+ Hecuter 9 (Stubgun) Fighting knife

- Eric Wier