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new situational
modifiers
Orcs and Uruk-hai are born in pain
and hate, and Saruman has instilled
in them a deep contempt for life. His
industry is pitiless, and he views all
parts of a whole as replaceable. Thus,
Saruman’s armies may elect to assume
the Suicidal Action situational modifier,
which is not allowable to the
armies of Men.
Suicidal Action
Saruman’s Orcs and Uruk-hai
rage with willingness to die in service
to their master. During each mass
combat round’s Terrain and Situation
step, each of these units may individually
choose to assume the Suicidal
Action situational modifier. A unit
embarking on a Suicidal Action has
Toughness –3, Command –2, and
Support reduced to 0, but has Melee
Combat +4.
new manoeuVres
The following new manoeuvres
are available only to Saruman’s forces.
Corpse-ladder
manoeuvre tyPe: Support
tn: 15
effect: Grimmest of the White
Hand’s tactics, in this a company of
Orcs or Uruks—Men will not be
pressed into such madness—is sent
rashly at a well-defended wall with little
hope of doing damage. Instead they are
expected to die wave upon wave, their
bodies providing a platform for subsequent
troops to attack a wall’s defenders
face-to-face. Units executing this action
suffer –5 Toughness, but each unit
slain in the Determine Casualties step
gives a cumulative +1 bonus to future
attempts any of its allies make with
the Assault Fortification manoeuvre.
If the tactical system is being used, the
Corpse-ladder manoeuvre can only be
used by units in a Fortification arena.
Dead-man’s Ambush
manoeuvre tyPe: Command
tn: 15
effect: Lying amongst corpses
of the fallen, a small group of Orcs
can use the opportunity to strike in
ambush. It is a cowardly tactic, and
only Orcs attempt it. Its effects are the
same as the Outflank manoeuvre (see
page 80 of Helm’s Deep), but the element
of surprise allows a smaller unit
of Orcs to have greater effect. The
manoeuvre TN modifier from Helm’s
Deep Table 2.9: Manoeuvre Modifiers
(see page 78 of Helm’s Deep) based
on formation size is one degree lower
than it would otherwise be. For example,
a target formation up to twice the
size of the formation executing Deadman’s
Ambush would result in a –5
TN, rather than the usual +5 TN,
when executing this manoeuvre.
Scales of the Dragon
manoeuvre tyPe: Movement
tn: 10
effect: A formation executing
this manoeuvre forms an armoured
mound of shields like the great scales
atop a dragon’s back. This is done to
shelter another formation up to half
the size of the manoeuvring formation
inside. As long as the sheltered
unit does not attack or execute any
manoeuvres other than Support or
Movement manoeuvres, the sheltered
unit gains Toughness +4 and suffers
Movement –2.
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The White Hand
C r e at u r e s o f
i s e n g a r d
‘Wolves and orcs were housed in
Isengard, for Saruman was mustering
a great force on his own account.’
— Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Creatures and beasts both wild
and fell live in Isengard, serving
Saruman’s growing war machine or
feeding off its refuse. Explorers who
brave Nan Curunír will face many
foes—crows, crebain, Wargs, wolves,
and fouler things still.
Crows and Crebain
‘Regiments of black crows are flying…
they are crebain out of Fangorn and
Dunland… . I think they are spying
out the land.’
— Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
The hills of Dunland teem with
crebain, large crows renowned for keen
eyes and cunning, more sinister than
the talking ravens of Erebor. Saruman
saw their potential as spies and messengers,
and brought many crebain
into his service. One of them, Caru,
serves Saruman as a familiar, rallying
great flocks of crows and gathering
rumours for his master. Crebain use
the Carrion Bird statistics on pages
57–8 of Fell Beasts and Wondrous
Magic. Caru is described on pages
74–5 of Paths of the Wise.
b ats a n d V e r m i n
Once the skies in Nan Curunír
were thick with clouds of bats taking
wing in the evening, but the coming of
Orcs to the caverns under Methedras
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