WARHAMMER QUEST, PITS AND TRAPS

WARHAMMER QUEST
PITS & TRAPS
Marcus Hawthorn studied the two levers closely by the light cast from the lantern he
held firmly in one hand. "it looks like something should happen if I pull these levers," he
commented, "but the question is what?"
"I reckon it has something to do with this groove in the floor, said Gunter
Ironbrow, "it would seem that pulling the levers will cause the dead end to turn
round, revealing a new area. There might be treasure hidden there...
"Trust a dwarf to think of treasure," sneered Voltharion The Elf, "and fail to notice these
old blood stains on the floor.
Pits & Traps is a Warhammer Quest supplement that allows any party of
adventurers that is bold enough to add two new areas to any dungeon they
explore. While the new areas are dangerous, they offer rich rewards to those
brave enough, or foolhardy enough, to venture into them.
When you use the new board sections it is assumed that the builder of the
dungeon has decided to protect his lair <i.e. the objective room) with an
additional ante-chamber protected by some of his fiercest warriors. He has
also built in a short-cut to the objective room, concealed by secret doors,
which leads to another part of the dungeon closer to the exit. Obviously only a
great, powerful and, above all, rich individual could afford such safe-guards,
so the rewards you expect to find at the end of the dungeon are somewhat
greater than they would normally be.
Your copy of Warhammer Quest Pits & Traps should be made up of the
following items:

A rules sheet (you're reading it!)

A set of new Warhammer Quest floor plans, containing the following
board sections:

It will be cold steel that glitters behind this dead-end, rather than gold, I warrant..."
"Enough bickering you two," snapped Marcus, "I would judge that you are both right, and
that we may find both enemies and riches beyond this door. Well I'm not afraid of a fight
what say you, shall I pull this lever?"
The Dwarf and Elf looked at each other and grudgingly nodded their ascent. Marcus drew
his sword, and pulled the lever on the right. With a dreadful creaking groan the dead-end
started to rotate...

USING THE PITS & TRAPS BOARD SECTIONS

Warhammer Quest Pits & Traps includes two new areas for you to explore:
The Crossroads of Doom, and the Bridge of Despair. The rules for each are
different and are described later on. First of all, however, adventurers will
need to know how to discover the new areas.
Finding The Bridge Of Despair
When playing this version of the game, when you discover the objective room
you must first battle your way across the Bridge of Despair. Place the Bridge
of Despair board section so that the entrance connects to the doorway you
have just opened, as shown below. The objective room is through the
doorway on the far side of the room. Refer to the Bridge of Despair rules
section later on for details of how to place monsters and cross the bridge.

To Objective room

The Crossroads of Doom

The Bridge of Despair

The Crossroads of
Doom rotating
platform section

Place the Bridge

over the Bridge of
Despair board
section

The Bridge section for

the "Bridge of Despair"

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Finding The Crossroads Of Doom

As noted earlier, the Crossroads of Doom are part of a secret passageway that
leads to the objective room. There is a secret door leading to the passageway
hidden in a dungeon room. If the adventurers wish they can search in dungeon
rooms during the Exploration Phase to see if they can find the secret entrance.
Obviously they can only do this before they discover the objective room in the
normal way! To search a room for secret doors the leader must be touching
the wall of a dungeon room that does not contain a normal door. He may only
search if there are no Monsters on the same board section, just as if he were
exploring normally. The leader then rolls a D6; on a roll of 1-5 he finds
nothing and has wasted his time, but on a roll of 6 he finds the secret entrance
to the objective room. Place a door next to the square occupied by the leader,
leading to Crossroads of Doom. The objective room is beyond the crossroads.

Here the Wizard

successfully finds
the secret door,
revealing the
Crossroads of
Doom

Attach the
Crossroads of
Doom to the
square you found
the secret entrance
in.

Other Ways To Use The Board Sections

There are a number of other ways you can incorporate the new board sections
into your games of Warhammer Quest other than that described above.
The Death-Trap Dungeon Option:
There is no secret passageway leading to the objective room if you decide to
use this option. Instead when you find the objective room you must first
traverse the Crossroads of Doom. Once you get to the door at the end of the
crossroads, however, instead of finding the objective room you are greeted by
the Bridge of Despair! The objective room is on the far side of the bridge as
described above.
The Dungeon Card Option:
To play this option you will need to write upon two of the Dungeon cards in
your game. Pick out one of the Corridor Dungeon Cards and mark it with a
'X!'. This card now represent the Crossroads of Doom. Take a Dungeon Room
card and mark it with a '=!'. This card now represents the Bridge of Despair.
Just shuffle the cards into the deck and use them as normal. If you come
across the card then lay out the appropriate board sections as described above.
However, instead of the objective room being on the other side of them, draw
a Dungeon card as you would normally when you passed through a doorway.
The Role-Play Option:
All of the previous options assume you are playing the standard version of the
game, as opposed to the full role-play version. However GM's of a role-play
game should find it very easy (and extremely entertaining) to add the new
areas to their games too.

THE CROSS-ROADS OF DOOM

Objective room

Set up the new Crossroads of Doom board sections as shown earlier. Then the
leader must roll once on the Objective Room Monster Table for the dungeon
you are playing in. These monsters are placed in the squares in the two short
corridor sections to the left and right of the dead end board section that has the
levers on it.
Entrance

Exit
The leader should place the monsters, one per square in these areas, splitting
them as evenly as possible between the two corridors. Any monsters that will
not fit are not used <the leader can choose which to ignore). Note that the
normal rules for placing monsters next to the adventurers are not used. The
monsters will not get to move or fight until they are confronted by the
adventurers as described below.

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In order to get to the far door the adventurers must move onto the platform
board section that has the levers on it. If the leader is on this board section in
the exploration phase then he can pull the levers, causing the platform to start
turning round.
When the leader pulls the levers, roll a D6; on a roll of 1-3 the dead-end
rotates 90 degrees clockwise, and on 4-6 it goes 90 degrees anti-clockwise.
This means that the first time the levers are used the dead-end will turn 90
degrees to face the monsters either to the right or left, depending on what was
rolled on the dice. Whichever group of monsters are revealed are 'activated',
and will start moving and fighting just as if they had been discovered
normally in that exploration phase.
If the D6 is
1-3 rotate
90
Clockwise

If the D6 is 46 3 rotate 90
AntiClockwise

How you should end up!

When (or if!) all of the monsters are slain, then the leader can pull the levers
again, just as described above (i.e. roll a D6 to see if the platform rotates
clock-wise or anti-clockwise). If the leader is lucky then the platform will turn
round to face the opposite way to that the adventurers came in, but if they are
unlucky they will end up facing the corridor where they started. The leader
can keep on pulling the levers like this as often as he likes, but no more than
once per exploration phase, until he finally gets it to face the right way. He
can even keep on pulling the levers after the dead-end is facing the right way
if he desires!
Because of the random way that the platform moves there is a fairly good
chance that at some point it will turn to face the corridor section that is
occupied by the remaining monsters. Should this happen then the adventurers
must fight them as described above. However, in this case, once all the
monsters have been slain, they will be replaced after the leader next pulls the
levers in the dead-end. This happens in the exploration phase after the leader
pulls the levers and the platform rotates. Roll again on the Objective Room
Monster Table and places the monsters as described above.

Exit

Place the Monsters evenly on either side of the

bridge,

THE BRIDGE OF DESPAIR

Set up the new Bridge of Despair board sections as shown in the diagram
below. Then the leader must roll once on the Objective Room Monster Table
for the dungeon you are playing in. These monsters are placed in the squares
to the left and right of the bridge, as shown in the diagram. All the adventurers
need to do in order to get past this room is cross the bridge and go through the
door on the far side - the problem with this is that the bridge is fixed to a
turning mechanism, and every now and then it rotates round! How exactly this
works, and what the adventurer's can do about it, is described in the special
rules below.

Turning The Bridge

Take turns as you would normally. However, at the start of each Exploration
Phase, before doing anything else, the leader must roll a D6: on a roll of 1-2
the bridge will rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise, on a roll of 3-4 it will stay
where it is, and on a roll of 5-6 it will rotate 90 degrees clockwise. Obviously
any models that are on the bridge will rotate with it when it turns, while those
on the ledges to either side will stay where they are.

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Moving The Monsters
Before
Exit

The monsters will move as described in the Warhammer Quest rule book. If it
is impossible for them to move so they can reach the adventurers, then they
will move to get as close to them as they can. They will not try and jump over
pit squares to get at the adventurers. Note that monsters on the ledges can
shoot missile weapons at adventurers on the bridge.
Exploring While On The Bridge
If the leader is next to the door on the far side of the bridge in the exploration
phase, then he can open it as long as there are no monsters on the bridge board
section. This replaces the normal rule that the leader cannot explore unless the
entire board section is clear of monsters.

Here, the Wizard rolls a 2 causing the bridge to

rotate anti-clockwise

After
Exit

Assuming the leader opens the door and reveals the next section then the
adventurers can start moving through the door in subsequent turns. As soon as
there are no adventurers left on the Bridge of Doom room section, all of the
monsters still in play are removed, and the bridge is returned to its starting
position. If the adventurers ever return to the Bridge of Doom board, then a
new set of monsters must be generated in the Monster Phase, just as if the
adventurers had entered new room.
TREASURE CARDS
If the adventurers complete an adventure that includes either the Bridge or
Despair or the Corridor of Doom then they will each receive a Treasure card
in addition to the normal Treasure cards they would receive for completing
the adventure. If they manage to get past both the Bridge of Despair and the
Corridor Of Doom then they will each receive two Treasure cards in addition
to the normal Treasure cards they would receive for completing the adventure.

This leaves the Wizard on the ledge near the entrance

and forces the Elf and Dwarf into direct contact with
the Monsters
Jumping Over The Pit
Adventurers can, if they wish jump over a pit square, generally in order to get
from the bridge to a ledge or vice-versa. The monsters are far too sensible to
try this kind of thing, which I why all of the bodies at the bottom of the pit
belong to adventurers!
To make a jump the adventurer must have at least two squares of movement
remaining and be adjacent to a pit square. Roll a D6. On a roll of 2-6 the
adventurer may make the jump; place him on any empty bridge or ledge
square next to the pit square that he jumped over. The jump 'costs' two
squares of movement, and the adventurer can keep on moving if he has any
movement remaining and would otherwise be allowed to do so. On a roll of 1,
however, something has gone wrong... roll again on the table below:
1
2-3
4-5
6

Oh dear... The adventurer miss-times his jump and falls into

the pit, landing: with a sickening thump at the bottom. He is
killed deed as a door-nail.
The adventurer lands badly and twists his ankle. He makes the
jump, but his move ends and he may not do anything else this
turn. In addition he loses a wound.
The adventurer lands in a heap. He makes the jump, but his
moves ends and he may not do anything else this turn.
The adventurer realises .that he won't make the jump and skids
to a halt. His move ends in the square he is in, but he can fight
or perform other actions this turn.

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