YE MORDHEIM LEGENDS GAZETTE
18 Angestag, Erntezeit .................................................................................. 2 Groats

Cavalliero Donato Ranzato
Professional Duellist

This Tillean gentleman is a professional duellist that sells his services to the highest bidder (ANY bidder, actually, that will match his price).

Equipment: Duelling Sword, Duelling Pistol, Light armour, Deathwatch Sigil (Counts as Lucky Charm and may be used to call for allies), Starkes Parring Dagger (Count as Buckler)

Skills: Pistolier, Hunter, Expert Swordsman, Step Aside, Lighting Reflexes. [NEW] Strike to Injure, Resilient

Hiring Cost: It costs 40 GC to hire Donato.

Warbands: Any warband may hire Donato. Donato MAY be hired by BOTH warbands, in that case at the start of the game he will simply challenge and fight both leaders after each other.

Rating: Donato will increase the warband’s rating with 20 points + experience. His starting experience is 20 Exp.

Experience: Donato earned 2xp for fighting Starke at the battle against Rass and suffered a broken arm. Donato earned 6 xp for fighting again against Starke and killing him.  

Special rules (Protocol):

Alter Ego: Donato is an Alter Ego therefore all the rules for Alter Ego’s apply.

Duellist: At the start of the game Donato will challenge the leader of the opposing warband to a duel with either swords or duelling pistols. If his opponent agrees then this duel is fought in a seperate Turn before the first Turn.

Pistols: Place both models 8" apart from each other. Both models must roll below their Initiative to shoot. Repeat until one or both models succeeds in their Intiative tests. Normal missile fire rules apply. Roll for to hit and to wound as normal.

Swords: Place both models in base-to-base contact with each other. Normal combat rules apply. Only none of the fighters count as charging (this is an exception to the normal rules).

Decline Challenge: If the leader of the oppossing warband declines the challenge he loses face to the other members of his warband. The leader will have -1 LD during the battle and he must subtract 1 from his experience points total at the end of the battle.

After the duel Donato will leave the battlefield (either walking or on a brancard). If his opponent declined the duel Donato will fight as normal alongside the warband that hired him. If both warbands hired Donato and both leaders declined the challenge Donato will walk away from the battlefield cursing these cowardly manlings and complaining to himself about the good old days in Tilea.