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Thanks for your critical assessment. 

A fair point about Beastial Surge. I will consider whether to drop the movement boost or frenzy.

As you say, there is not an abundance of rocky terrain so the added benefits of Bones of the Earth are not too over-powered. I really want to keep this aspect of the powers along with Verdant growth – I like the idea that the priest can gain added benefits based on the natural terrain.

Galeforce can easily be dropped to just the WS penalty, so thanks for that.

And Verdant Growth we are in agreement about. 

For anyone who is interested; I'm going to be including some new special characters – one to three per province (depending). So if you have some suggestions, please feel free to submit them. The only exception will be Reikland/Altdorf as there are quite enough already (Karl Franz, Kurt Helborg and the Ludwig Swarzhelm). I'm not just looking for Elector Counts, but for other characters (from game fluff, books, etc). I will also be paying particular attention to origional characters, so feel free to get creative. Please note — those chosen will also require an acompanying picture. 

@ Commander Bernhardt: Lol! You're right! It is completely out of nowhere. 
To be honest I wanted to give On Target to a province other than Nuln and I didn't really have a lot for Ostland and I thought they might benefit from some accurate mortar fire. I think mortars are often neglected, so perhaps this is a good way to encourage some people to give them a try.

Thanks for the feed-back on the Priest of Taal. Good call. I have altered Wild Harmony and adjusted the points cost. In regards to the power level of the prayers, 3 is the going rate for all priests. I am reluctant to increase it to 4 in case they start looking like wizards. Tell me what you think.


@ Radetski: The Resurrection prayer is more of a "It's not your time yet". This power reflects Morr's power over death. Don't think of it as necromancy - the resurrected are not unnatural undead but fully living beings. Borrowed time is perhaps a little complicated for a prayer. 


@ Osterkicker: 


Thank guys, your feed-back is really important and well appreciated.

Ostland fluff states:

The Middle Mountains, the highest point in The Empire, are a refuge for bandits and chaos warbands, though it is also home to many Ogres. These Ogres often serve in Ostland’s state army and are much feared for their tremendous strength and ferocity.

Also, the Ostermark fluff states:

Ogres are almost common in Ostermark, as in Ostland, and can often be found serving in the army.

The reason I included them in Ostland and not Ostermark is that I wanted each province to have its own uniqueness. I considered that Ogres embodied some quintessentially Ostlander traits – strength, resilience, bull-headedness. Ostermark on the other hand (I thought) has more of a morbid nature, being the province of the damned city of Mordheim, being on the opposite bank of the Stir from Slyvania, sharing a border with Kislev (who are often beset by Chaos).

The reason I included Kislevites for the Ostermarkers are because the fluff states:

The frontier lands with Kislev are known as the Ostermark Marches. Wooden watch-towers line the border, equipped with beacons to quickly send word of trouble.

I considered that as Ostermark shares the longest border with Kislev, they would have the beat relations.
For the same reason as why I limited Ogres to Ostland, I have limited Kislevites to Ostermark.
Other provinces can of course ally with the Kislevites however (both are Forces of Order), you may need a copy of Warhammer Armies: Kislev.

Hmm… no. No, I think I'd like to keep them simple.
To make them interesting I changed the way they deploy.
I've inserted them (see above).
Tell me what you think.

Well, they're light cavalry, so I don't see why not.

But that does give me an idea…
Maybe we could replace Outriders with Roughriders and increase their BS to 4/5, essentially making them mounted Huntsmen? Yes, I am liking this idea. Very fluffy. 

No, you are absolutely right. To include them they would look like this:

ROUGH RIDERS ……………………… 15 points per model
                    M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
Rough Rider   4   3    3  3   3  1   3  1  7
Marksman      4   3    4  3   3  1   3  1  7
Warhorse       8   3    0  3   3  1   3  1  5
Troop Type:
•Cavalry
Unit Size:
•5+
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
•Bow
Special Rules:
•Fast Cavalry

The problem is how they stack up against this:

PISTOLIERS …………………………… 18 points per model
                    M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
Pistolier          4   3    3  3   3  1   3  1  7
Outrider         4   3    4  3   3  1   3  1  7
Warhorse       8   3    0  3   3  1   3  1  5
Troop Type:
•Cavalry
Unit Size:
•5+
Equipment:
•Brace of Pistols
•Light armour
Special Rules:
•Fast Cavalry

Now, we can include Rough Riders, but my reservations are that people will choose Pistoliers hands down nearly every time.
The only reason to include them is because they are fluffy, but I don't know if it's enough. 

Yes, I had wondered about Tilean mercenaries for Averland. How's this (see above)?

I will point out that although some provinces seem to get more, they also have draw-backs too.

And if anybody else has any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to share. 

I had something in mind along these lines:



•Mountain Guard: Up to two units of halberdiers and/or handgunners per 500 points in the army may be upgraded to Mountain Guard for +1 point per model. Mountain Guard have the Mountain Striders special rule. Mountain Guard may only take other Mountain Guard as detachments and likewise, State Troops may not take Mountain Guard detachments.
•Mercenaries: Tilean Mercenaries (see below) may be taken as a Special choice.

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•Long Rifles: Hochland Long Rifles ignore penalties for shooting at long range.
•Drakwald Hunters: Huntsmen have the Forest Striders and Ambushers special rules and cost +2 points per model.

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•The Land of The White Wolf: Sigmarite Priests, Witch Hunters and Flegellants may not be taken.
•Priests of Ulric: see below
•Warriors of Ulric: Free Company are upgraded to Warriors of Ulric for +1 point per model. Warriors of Ulric have the Frenzy special rule. Warriors of Ulric may exchange their hand weapons for great weapons for +2 points per model. Warriors of Ulric do not have the Detachments rule, so may not be taken as detachments.
•Teutogen Guard (Middenheim only): Greatswords are upgraded to Teutogen Guard for +2 points per model. Teutogen Guard are armed with great hammers and have the Devastating Charge special rule.

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•Naval Enmity: All units Hate Dark Elves.
•Mariners: Free Company may be upgraded to Mariners for +2 points per model. Mariners have the Skirmishers and Marsh Striders special rules. Also, Mariners may exchange their additional hand weapons for pistols for +2 points per model.

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•Priests of Morr: see below
•Burn the Heretics!: For each Witch Hunter in the army, one unit of Free Company may be upgraded to a Lych Mob for +2 points per model. Lynch Mobs are equipped with light armour and have the Hatred special rule.
•Rustic: All black powder weapons re-roll 6's to Hit.
•Kislevites: Kislevite Ungol Horse Archers and Winged Lancers (see below) may be taken as Special choices.

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•Proud: All units re-roll failed break tests, but may not flee as a charge reaction.
•On Target!: Mortars may re-roll scatter dice.
•Ostland Ogres: Ogres (see below) may be taken as a Special choice.

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•Strategists: You may place one additional terrain feature anywhere on the battlefield outside the enemy deployment zone.
•Well Drilled: All Regimental units may re-roll Leadership tests to perform manoeuvres.
•Reiksguard Foot Knights (Altdorf only): Greatswords are upgraded to Reiksguard Foot Knights for +1 point per model. Reiksguard Foot Knights have +1 Strength, but are not a Regimental unit and may not take detachments.

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•Stoic: All units re-roll failed psychology tests against undead.
•Stir Archers: Archers may exchange bows for longbows for +1 point per model.
•Rustic: All black powder weapons re-roll 6's to Hit.
•Mootlanders: Halflings (see below) may be taken as a Special choice.

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•Priests of Taal: see below
•Marksmen: All Crossbows may re-roll 1's to Hit.
•Bold (Talebheim only): All Regimental units are Immune to Panic. However, if a unit is broken in close combat, it will loose this benefit for the rest of the game and will behave normally.

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•Sundered Realm (Wissenland only): All units Hate Orcs & Goblins.
•Pikemen: Any unit of spearmen may be upgraded to pikemen for +1 point per model. Pikemen exchange spears for pikes. Pikemen may not take detachments or be taken as detachments.
•Rough Riders (Wissenland only): Outriders are exchanged for Rough Riders (see below).
•Gunnery Schools (Nuln only): All black powder weapons re-roll 1's to Hit.

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PIKE
 Range    Strength   Special Rules
Combat     As user     Requires Two Hands,
                                Fight in Extra Ranks (3)
Enemy models charging a unit of Pikemen to their front are subject to the Always Strikes Last special rule in the first round of close combat.
Models armed with pikes receive a +1 Strength bonus in the Close Combat phase of the turn they are charged by anything except infantry, swarms and unique units. Note that this bonus only applies to attacks directed against the above charging units, not against other models that might be part of the unit.
All of these special rules cannot be used against enemy units fighting to the Pikemen's flank or rear.

PRIEST OF ULRIC ………………………………… 65 points
M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
4   4    4  4   4  2   4  2  8
Troop Type:
•Infantry (Character)
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
•Light armour
Special Rules:
•Divine Power
•Prayers of Ulric
•Righteous Fury
Options:
•May be armed with one of the following:
 –Additional hand weapon ………………………………………2 points
 –Great weapon ………………………………………………………4 points
•May replace light armour with heavy armour ………2 points
•May take a shield …………………………………………………2 points
•May be mounted on a warhorse …………………………12 points
  –May be upgraded to have barding………………………4 points
•May take magic items worth up to …..………………50 points

PRAYERS OF ULRIC
Priests of Ulric know the three Prayers listed below. Prayers of Ulric are innate bound spells (power level 3). Prayers are augment spells that target the Priest of Ulric and his unit.
•Battle Howl: As long as the Battle Howl is in effect, the Priest and any unit he leads add D6" to their charge moves. If the charge fails, the extra movement is wasted; make a normal move towards the target as normal. Remains in play.
•Destruction: Every enemy unit in base contact with the Priest suffers D6+2 Strength 4 hits.
•Winter's Chill: Any units engaged in close combat with the Priest or the unit he is with suffer a -1 to hit penalty in the next Close Combat phase.

PRIEST OF MORR …………………………………… 70 points
M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
4   3    3  3   3  2   3  1  8
Troop Type:
•Infantry (Character)
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
Special Rules:
•Divine Power
•Immune to Psychology
•Prayers of Morr
Options:
•May be armed with a scythe (halberd) …………………3 points
•May take light armour ……………………………………………2 points
•May be mounted on a warhorse …………………………12 points
  –May be upgraded to have barding………………………4 points
•May take magic items worth up to …..………………50 points

PRAYERS OF MORR
Priests of Morr know the three Prayers listed below. Prayers of Morr are innate bound spells (power level 3). Prayers are augment spells that target the Priest of Morr and his unit.
•Aspect of Death: The priest is Ethereal and causes Terror.
•Smite: All close combat attacks made my the priest and his unit are magical. Additionally, the priest's close combat attacks have the Killing Blow special rule against any undead.
•Ressurection: 2D6 casualties suffered by the priest's unit are returned to play. Note: the number of models in the unit cannot be increased beyond what it started with.

PRIEST OF TAAL …………………………………… 70 points
M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
4   3    3  3   3  2   3  1  8
Troop Type:
•Infantry (Character)
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
Special Rules:
•Divine Power
•Prayers of Taal
•Wild Harmony
Options:
•May be mounted on a warhorse …………………………12 points
•May take magic items worth up to …..………………50 points

PRAYERS OF TAAL
Priests of Taal know the three Prayers listed below. Prayers of Taal are innate bound spells (power level 3). Prayers are augment spells that target the Priest of Taal and his unit.
•Bestial Surge: The priest and his unit have +1 movement and frenzy.
•Bones of the Earth: The priest and his unit unit have +1 toughness and may re-roll failed armour saves within rocky terrain. Remains in play.
•Galeforce: All enemy units in base contact with priest or his unit have -1 WS and -1 Init.
•Verdant Growth: All enemy units in base contact with the priest or his unit suffer D6 S3 hits and the priest and his unit are considered to be in hard cover when in wooded terrain.

WILD HARMONY
A Priest of Taal has the Forest Strider special and confers this on any unit he joins.

ROUGH RIDERS ……………………… 15 points per model
                    M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
Rough Rider   4   3    4  3   3  1   3  1  7
Tracker          4   3    5  3   3  1   3  1  7
Warhorse       8   3    0  3   3  1   3  1  5
Troop Type:
•Cavalry
Unit Size:
•5+
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
•Bow
Special Rules:
•Fast Cavalry
•Scouts*
Options:
•One Rough Rider may be upgraded
to a Marksman ………………………………………………………10 points
•One Rough Rider may be upgraded
to a musician ………………………………………………………….10 points
•One Rough Rider may be upgraded
to a standard bearer ………………………………………………10 points
*Rough Riders replace their Vanguard move with Scouts deployment.

HALFLINGS …………………………… 6 points per model
             M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
Halfling  4   2    4  2   2  1   5  1  8
Tracker  4   2    5  2   2  1   5  2  8
Troop Type:
•Infantry
Unit Size:
•10+
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
•Bow
Special Rules:
•Forest Striders
Options:
•One Halfling may be upgraded to a Tracker ………10 points
•One Halfling may be upgraded to a musician …….10 points
•One Halfling may be upgraded to a
standard bearer ………………………………………………………10 points
•The entire unit may exchange bows for
spears, light armour & shields ………………………………………free
•The entire unit may skirmish …………………1 point per model

OGRES …………………………………… 30 points per model
             M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
Ogre      6   3    2  4   4  3   2  3  7
Brute     6   3    2  4   4  3   2  4  7
Troop Type:
•Monstrous Infantry
Unit Size:
•3+
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
•Light armour
Special Rules:
•Fear
•Ogre Charge
Options:
•One Ogre may be upgraded to a Brute ………………10 points
•One Ogre may be upgraded to a musician ………….10 points
•One Ogre may be upgraded to a
standard bearer ………………………………………………………10 points
•The entire unit may be armed with one of the following:
 -Great weapons ………………………………………6 points per model
 -Additional hand weapons ………………………2 points per model
•The entire unit may upgrade
to wear heavy armour ………………………………3 points per model

OGRE CHARGE
Each model with the Ogre Charge special rule that successfully charges an enemy has the Impact Hits (1) special rule. Models with this special rule that are part of a unit with ranks add their current Rank Bonus to the Strength of the Impact Hits they inflict.
In addition if, when calculating the charge range, the two highest dice score a total of 10 or more, each Ogre inflicts D3 Impact hits instead of 1. This aside, the normal rules for Impact Hits apply.

KISLEVITE UNGOL
HORSE ARCHERS …………………… 14 points per model
                    M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
Horse Archer  4   3    4  3   3  1   3  1  7
Horse Master  4   3    5  3   3  1   3  1  7
Warhorse       8   3    0  3   3  1   3  1  5
Troop Type:
•Cavalry
Unit Size:
•5+
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
•Bow
Special Rules:
•Fast Cavalry
•Hate Chaos
•Horselords
•Kin of the Bear God
Options:
•One Horse Archer may be upgraded
to a Horse Master ……………………………………………………10 points
•One Horse Archer may be upgraded
to a musician ………………………………………………………….10 points
•One Horse Archer may be upgraded
to a standard bearer ………………………………………………10 points

HORSE LORDS
The Ungols are a fierce warrior peoples who learn to ride from an early age. They may re-roll the dice to see what distance they move for any pursuit or flee roll.

KIN OF THE BEAR GOD
Kislevites are renowned for being dour in demeanour and ferocious once roused to battle. They do not scare easily! As a result of their hard bitten nature, all Kislev units always re-roll failed Panic tests.

KISLEVITE WINGED LANCERS … 20 points per model
                    M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
Horse Archer  4   4    3  3   3  1   3  1  8
Horse Master  4   4    3  3   3  1   3  2  8
Warhorse       8   3    0  3   3  1   3  1  5
Troop Type:
•Cavalry
Unit Size:
•5+
Equipment:
•Hand weapon
•Lance
•Heavy armour
•Shield
Special Rules:
•Hate Chaos
•Glorious Charge
•Kin of the Bear God
Options:
•One Winged Lancer may be upgraded
to a Rota Master ……………………………………………………10 points
•One Winged Lancer may be upgraded
to a musician ………………………………………………………….10 points
•One Winged Lancer may be upgraded
to a standard bearer ………………………………………………10 points

GLORIOUS CHARGE
Kislevite cavalry at the gallop are an awesome sight, their bright armour shining, their colourful uniforms blazing, accompanied by the fearsome shrieking emitted by their back banners. Any unit charged by a unit with the Glorious Charge special rule with 5 models or more must take a Panic test before making their charge reaction. Treat any unit that fails the Panic as if they had chosen flee as their charge reaction.

KIN OF THE BEAR GOD
Kislevites are renowned for being dour in demeanour and ferocious once roused to battle. They do not scare easily! As a result of their hard bitten nature, all Kislev units always re-roll failed Panic tests.

TILEAN MERCENARIES …………… 7 points per model
                 M WS BS S  T  W  I  A  L
Mercenary  4   3    3  3   3  3   3  1  7
Sergeant    4   3    4  3   3  3   3  2  7
Troop Type:
•Infantry
Unit Size:
•10+
Equipment:
•Pike
•Light armour
Special Rules:
•Mercenaries
Options:
•One Mercenary may be upgraded to a Sergeant …10 points
•One Mercenary may be upgraded to a musician ….10 points
•One Mercenary may be upgraded to a
standard bearer ………………………………………………………10 points
•The entire unit may exchange pikes for one of the following:
 -Two hand weapons …………………………………………………………free
    •May take bucklers ………………………………1 point per model
    •May take throwing knives …………………2 points per model
 -Crossbows ………………………………………………3 points per model
    •May take pavises ………………………………1 points per model

MERCENARIES
Mercenaries may not use the Army General's Leadership.

BUCKLERS
A model armed with a buckler has the Parry rule, and may use it with two hand weapons.

PAVISES
The Pavise grants a 5+ armour save against ranged attacks to the unit’s front, which may be combined with other armour as normal.

Ok, the workbook is updated with my latest! 

I have made some minor modifications to the current list and written a large list of special rules for all the border lands. I have not written fluff for any of it yet (I am hoping to contract others to help with this).
A tip for Empire players – pay particular attention to the realms of Kreutzhofen, Heldegrad, Mortensholm, Aldium, Vidovdan, Styratia, Munzig and Akendorf.

Ok, so on the advice of the illustrious M4cR1II3n over on Dogs of War Online, I will be going more into depth with each of the principalities. So stand-by for an update…

In the mean-time, what can you tell me about the principalities? What do you know?
Or failing that, what can you make up? Work with me here. 

Warhammer High Elves are based on the Numoreans. The Numoreans of the First Age were a Human civilisation culturally inspired by the Elves (their language and writing were Elvish). The Numoreans left Middle Earth for and island. At the end of the Third Age all that's left of Numenor are its bones (ruins) and the Elves depart Middle Earth into The West.

Warhammer Wood Elves are taken from the Wood Elves of Lothlórien.

Warhammer Dwarves (like most fantasy Dwarves) are based on Tolkien's Dwarves. Dwarves are described by Tolkien as being Semetic (ie: Jewish), but we see less of this in Warhammer. Warhammer Dwarves are decidedly Scandenavian/Scottish Highlanders.

The Chaos Dwarf realm is Mordor! Where Sauron created the Uruk Hai, Hashut created Black Orcs.

Night Goblins are loosley based on Moria Goblins.

Tolkien took the Orcadulvin out of Germanic legend and birthed the fantasy genre.
Tolkien's Orcs are callous, barbaric despoilers. Warhammer Orcs are much the same.
Warhammer Orcs are perhaps less craven though.

Document updated. 
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