Ruglud's Armoured Orcs - The Spike-Can Commandos

The Crooked Eye Orcs had travelled many miles westward to the Old World, suffering the sniping of
mountain Goblins, incessant rain, and the endless whining of Bambrag, their incontinent shaman
Once, they skirted a ruined !warfhold "ear of spirits kept them from sheltering inside, but, a single
Orc #ero named $uglud had dared to enter #e returned unharmed, but had not spoken since, and
stated blankly into space
The Orcs huddled in the rain before a rough stone wall across a narrow pass, while Chief
Gudruk Bonechewer yelled at a figure on the battlements
%&toopid'%, he screamed, %!o we look like Chaos boys(%
%)og off'% echoed the reply
Gudruk returned to the tribe, dodging the hall of stones and garbage that accompanied this witty
riposte
%*issen,% he said %Them kak+%ead Gobboes reckon the Chaos boys took ev%ryfink over They ain%t
comin% out an% they ain%t lettin% nuffink through They got bows an% rocks an% spears an% stuff + if we was
to try and get %em, they%d crump us to bits% #e thought for a while
%We needs volunteers%, he announced at length #is warriors developed a sudden and compelling
interest in the ground at their feet
%Or armour%, whined Bambrag, %Couldn%t touch us if we %ad cans like real Chaos boys%
%We ain%t got cans, %ave we, Trickle+legs(% snarled Gudruk
%Cans ,us% lyin% where they dropped all black an% spiky%
-t was $uglud who spoke Gudruk gave him a good shake to speed the recovery of his senses, and he
continued dreamily
%!own this &tunty+hole lotsa rooms lost big room big enough to stand up in big pile of bones
an% gear spiky &tunties an% reg%lar ones wiped each uvver out%
%.errrss'% cried Gudruk, %We%ll %ave some o% that' Come on, boys + it%s Goblin+gi//ard for supper'%
0 swift e1pedition returned to the !warfhold The ill+fitting plates were roughly hammered into shape
and held
together with whatever came to hand By nightfall, a small unit of armoured warriors was ready
0s the gear%s discoverer and the bravest, meanest and certainly the most stupid Orc, $uglud was
made leader, 0t Gudruk%s suggestion, Bambrag became the regimental musician on the 2ylobone, a
traditional Orcish instrument, and 3aggot + Gudruk%s youngest and most irritating whelp + ,oined the
ranks as standard+bearer
The tribe feasted upon Goblin+flesh long into the night + all e1cept for $uglud, who couldn%t get his
helmet off, and was reduced to sucking broth through a straw
BATTLECRY
The most fre4uent battlecry is a repetitive chant of %Gobbo fer tea, Gobbo fer tea,
Gobbo, Gobbo, Gobbo fer tea'%, with %&tunty%, 56man% and so on being substituted
for %Gobbo% as appropriate
DEEDS The Commandos' first victory led to many more as they pushed across the Worlds'
Mountains towards the old World. Most of these were over isolated Goblin strongholds,
and are remembered only in the stories and drinking songs of the Crooked ye !rcs " and
then in versions which are probably wildly e#aggerated. one confirmed e#ploit was the
storming of $arak"%a&ik, an outlier to the great 'warven settlement of (hufbar, when
the 'warfs were obliged to abandon the 'warfhold and cave in a series of connecting
tunnels to cover their retreat.
UNIFORM There is no uniform as such) the commandoes are dressed in a wide and miscellaneous
range of armour.
SHIELDS The Commandos never bothered to re"paint their shields to a standard design, so this
varies widely.
PROFILES - 3rd ediion
!udruk "oneche#er - Le$el %& Orc 'ero
M CC CT * +, - . C' +!-/T0
Gudruk 1.2 2 3 3 2 4 1 1 567 87
Gudruk is e4uipped with heavy armour and a two+handed sword
&aving Throw7 8, 9
Ruglud( Le$el ) Orc 'ero
M CC CT * +, - . C' +!-/T0
9uglud 1 3 3 3 3 7 1 4 8 15
$uglud is e4uipped with heavy armour, a shield and is armed with two swords
:ote that the shield provides no protection when fighting two+handed
&aving Throw7 ;, 8, 9< 8, 9 when using both swords
Armoured Orc *arrior
M CC CT * +, - . C' +!-/T0
Trooper 1 1 1 1 3 7 4 7 8 74.2
#tra for standard 43
#tra for musician 43
The regiment is e4uipped with heavy armour, shields, swords, crossbows and iron+hafted !warven
halberds :ote that shields provide no protection when fighting two+handed
&aving Throw7 ;, 8, 9< 8, 9 when using halberds or crossbows