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-Introduction (Legacy Rules)
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+====== 1. INTRODUCTION (LEGACY) ======
+**//"The fireball arched across the sky, glowing
+and spluttering through the dark clouds.
+Then, as the wizard lowered his hand, the
+fireball plummeted down onto the dwarven
+guards who lined the brow of Kharad Hill. A
+triumphant roar rose from the waiting orcs
+and they hammered their weapons against
+shields and armour. Then the crack of whips
+and angry commands changed the orc cries to
+curses, as the Discipline Masters began to
+drive them forward toward the shattered
+dwarf lines.//**
+**//As the orcs drew near King Dernil’s dwarven
+guards, they could make out the carnage
+wreaked by their wizard's fireball and began to
+smell the sweet scent of death. The battle fury,
+which Gorghutgave to all orcs, began to boil in
+their blood and with screams of anger they
+charged, leaping across the bodies of the slain
+with murder in their eyes. But even as they
+charged a strange rumble began to shake the
+ground. Suddenly, to the right a pillar of light
+spiralled into the sky and over the brow of the
+hill, swords drawn, came two regiments of
+Caryllian cavalry. With cries of fear, the orcs
+nearest the light began to flee back down the
+hill. But the Urucks, battle-hardened and
+grim, stood their ground, lowering their
+spears and raising blood stained shields to
+receive the cavalry charge."//**
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+Such is the turn of battle in the world of **FANTASY WARLORD(tm)**,
+where brave deeds are called for and great generals
+are in eternal demand. Now you can become one of
+those generals, and raise your troops to either sweep
+the forces of darkness from the face of the land, or
+bring fire and destruction to all who oppose the
+banners of darkness!
+FANTASY WARLORD is a system which allows you to
+fight great battles between fantasy armies, with
+anything from just ten (all characters) to over two
+thousand troops on each side. It contains
+information on all the key races from humans, elves
+and dwarfs to ogres, trolls, orcs and goblins. You can
+even have dragons and giants at your command, if
+that is your desire!
+FANTASY WARLORD offers you one of the most
+comprehensive and fastest fantasy combat systems
+available. It features two types of battle tested magic,
+over 100 spells and nearly sixty magic artifacts and
+weapons, to add colour and power to your armies.
+FANTASY WARLORD also contains unique command
+and control rules and a fast combat system that
+rewards good generalship and ensures that never
+again will you have to roll a bucketful of dice just to
+resolve one combat!
+===== EQUIPMENT =====
+To play FANTASY WARLORD you will need the
+following equipment, in addition to this book:
+  * A table or floor to place your armies on
+  * Some scenery to decorate the battlefield with
+  * At least two fantasy armies made up of 25mm metal or plastic figures
+  * A set of dice
+  * At least one metric ruler
+==== SCENERY ====
+Scenery to place on a battlefield is not essential but
+does make games more interesting. If you are just
+starting you can use books for hills and lay a green
+cloth over them. Alternatively you can make hills out
+of polystyrene ceiling tiles or even chipboard. You
+can buy rubberised lichen from most model stores to
+use for bushes or hedges and model trees to denote
+woods (or you can make your own!). There is also a
+growing range of FANTASY WARLORD SCENERY packs
+which contain such things as stone walls, wooden
+fences, runestones, shrines etcetera.
+Articles on how to build and use scenery are
+featured regularly in the magazine RED GIANT.
+===== FIGURES =====
+You can build up armies out of metal or plastic
+figures, which are available from all good gaming
+stores. The best figures to use are FANTASY WARLORD
+MINIATURES because they tie in directly with the
+world of Vortimax and are carefully crafted so they
+can be armed with the weapons you want! Buy
+figures where ever possible in unit quantities, and
+plan your purchases in advance so you end up with a
+balanced army (see chapter 2 for more information
+on the make up of different armies). Try to build up
+armies in conjunction with your friends or club
+members, to ensure you can fight with as many
+different races as possible.
+Figures should be painted before you play with
+them. You will find playing with painted figures is
+more enjoyable and a painted army will be the envy of
+all your friends! Advice on how to paint figures will be
+featured regularly in the magazine RED GIANT.
+Each figure comes with its own base, but it is best
+to glue them onto larger card bases, so they stand up
+better on the wargames table and take up the correct
+amount of space. The size of base you should use for
+each figure is listed on the profile sheets, which you
+will find at the back of this book. Take care to use the
+profile sheet that matches the race of the figure you
+have purchased, as base sizes can vary.
+Characters (important figures such as heroes and
+generals) should always be mounted individually.
+But ordinary soldiers are best mounted either singly,
+or in twos, threes or fours. Groups of more than four
+figures can be made but are difficult to use when you
+need to form up troops on the table in columns, lines
+or hedgehogs! Multibases, i.e. those bases with more
+than one figure glued on them, ensure you can move
+your figures faster around the table and are less
+fiddly than individually based figures. As you look
+through the pictures in this book you will see many
+examples of different multibases.
+If you want to base your soldiers on multibases,
+you can either buy precut FANTASY WARLORD bases
+from FOLIO WORKS or gaming stores, or you can buy
+sheets of card and cut them up to the correct sizes. If
+you buy your own card, make sure it is thick or your
+figures will bend it. Advice on how to base figures is
+featured in the magazine RED GIANT.
+The base sizes given on the profile sheets are single
+base sizes only. If you want to use a multibase simply
+multiply the figures given on the profile sheets by
+the number of figures required. For instance if you
+want to base some goblins in a block of four, as the
+size of one base is 20mm x 20mm, the multibase will need to be 40mm x 40 mm. Such a base will allow you
+to have two goblins at the front and two at the back.
+===== DICE =====
+FANTASY WARLORD uses a number of different
+types of dice which can all be purchased from good
+game stores.
+The types of dice are as follows:
+**D3** - A D3 is in fact a six-sided dice marked 1 — 3
+twice. If you cannot find a proper D3 you can use a
+D6 but each time you roll it, you must remember
+that a 1 or 2 = 1, a 3 or 4 = 2 and a 5 or 6 = 3.
+**D4** - This is usually a dice with four sides marked 1 —
+. However you can also buy eight sided dice
+marked 1—4 twice and these are more easy to roll
+and nicer to use.
+**D6** - This is a normal six sided die marked 1 — 6.
+**D8** - This is an eight sided die marked 1 — 8.
+**D100** - D100s are used to roll numbers between 1
+and 100. 100 sided dice are available but the best
+thing to use are two D10 dice. These are dice
+marked 0—9. You will need two of these and they
+should be different colours. To roll a number
+between 1 and 100 with two D10s, you must first
+designate one of the dice to be the 'tens', then you
+roll both dice and read off your score. For
+instance, if you had one red and one white die, you
+could name the red one 'tens' and then roll them.
+If you got a 1 on the red and a 9 on the white your
+score would be 19%. If you rolled a5 on the red and
+a 4 on the white your score would be 54%, if you
+rolled a zero on the red and a 2 on the white your
+score would be 2%. The tenth number on a D10 is
+normally a zero rather than a ten. If you roll two
+zeros you will have scored 100%, otherwise a zero
+counts as exactly 0.
+It speeds up games if each commander has his own
+dice.
+===== RULERS =====
+All measurements in FANTASY WARLORD are given
+in millimetres or centimetres and you will need a
+ruler or better still a tape measure which features
+metric measurements. It speeds up a game if each
+commander has his own ruler.
+----
+[[creating-an-army-legacy|CHAPTER 2. CREATING AN ARMY]]