2.4 Recruiting a Warband

Recruiting a Warband

• Start with 500gc to buy warriors and equipment.
• Miscellaneous Equipment can only be bought after your first battle.
• At warband creation, rare items listed on your roster can be bought without rarity rolls.
• You must recruit your designated leader when forming your warband.

Starting Experience

• Heroes do not receive advances from their starting XP.

Maximum Number of Heroes

• Warbands may have no more than 6 heroes at any time.
• You may fire any warband member at any time.

Henchmen Groups

• Henchmen are hired in groups of 1–5 with identical equipment.
• They gain XP and level up as a group.
• Groups cannot split, but they can be merged.
• Reinforcement is done in the Trading Phase.
• Groups of 2+ may re-roll each advance once — second result is final.

Warband Rating Calculation

1. [Number of warriors × 5]
2. [Total XP across all models]
3. [+15 per Monster]
4. [Hired Swords' rating]
5. = Total Warband Rating

• If your rating is 50+ lower than the enemy, you get Underdog XP (before the battle).
• Hired Swords contribute their rating (base + XP).

Henchmen & Warband Rating Example

• A 3-man group with 6 XP:
  • (3×5 = 15) + (6×3 = 18) → Warband Rating = 33

Reinforcing Experienced Henchmen

• Roll D6 — that’s the total XP you can assign to new recruits.
  • Example: Roll of 6 → recruit:
    • 1 henchman with 6 XP, or
    • 2 with 3 XP, or
    • 6 with 1 XP, etc.
• Hiring cost remains the same, regardless of experience.