Necromunda Rulebook (1995) + Sourcebook (1995) + Outlaws (1996) Chaos Lore
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SCAVVIES
Scavvies are the very dregs of humanity, though they are so devolved and twisted that they can be hardly considered human any more. They are severely deformed and often mutated by the toxic environment they live in. Scavwies dress in rags and are caked in the most indescribable foulness. Their skin is a yellow and disgusting mass of sores, warts, blisters and cracks. Their limbs are often so withered or shrivelled that crude hooks and peg legs are a common sight, though any Scavvy too crippled to defend himself is easy prey for his fellows. Scavvies scratch out an existence in the most foul and polluted wastelands of the Underhive, hungrily watching for an opportunity to murder, rob and pillage anyone and anything nearby. Scavvies have to band together to survive and a typical band will be made up of several extended and severely inbred families. The dominant male in the band rules through brute strength, low cunning and having as many siblings as possible to exert his will. Though individual Scavvies pose little threat to a well-anmed gang they are cunning enough to use traps, ambushes and weight of numbers to even the odds, Occasionally a Scavvy king will arise and unite several Scavvy bands together into a ramshackle tribe. Such coalitions can create a ragged horde of Scavvies big enough to overrun settlements and trading holes. The excesses of King Blacknose the 81st are still remembered with a shudder in the Underhive and the settlement of Downtown has yet to recover from its period of rulership by the socalled Beggar King. Fortunately Scavvy kings are usually more concerned with avoiding the attention of the authorities than conquest. They are far more likely to use fear, intimidation and extortion to get what they want. Their scrofulous subjects move in to blockade vital resources and charge Underhive dwellers “tolls” and “taxes” whenever they have the numbers to get away with it. At times like these the honest, hard-working settlers will look to gangs and Bounty Hunters to nun the Seavvies off until life gets back to normal again.
SCAVVY WEAPONS.
Scavvy weapons are unreliable, rusty and generally badly treated, added to which they are usually short of ammunition,
CANNIBALS.
Scavvies are not above a spot of cannibalism when starvation looms.
SCAVVY BOSS
Leadership.
A Scavvy Boss commands fear and respect from his followers and they are emboldened by his presence.
SCAVVIES
Mutants. Scavvies are often mutated by their dreadful living conditions. Most of these mutations are simply herrible and inconvenient: webbed fingers, extra toes, tentacles for noses, skin colours ranging from bright orange to sickly green and so forth. However, some Scavvies are born with useful mutations and other mutants hide out amongst the Scavvies for fear of the Redemption and Imperial authorities, These creatures may have lashing tentacles, bony spikes, crab-like claws and other natural weaponry. Scavvy Bosses ruthlessly exploit these mutants as enforcers and gangers, though the mutants also enjoy a chance to make the normals pay for their repression.
SCALIES
Even in the hellish pit of the Underhive wastes some mutant strains stabilise after a time to form distinct sub-species. The most common Human sub-species in the Imperium are the abhuman races of Ogryns, Ratlings and Squats. The Scalies are another such sub-species, though they are still a highly unstable strain compared to normal abhumans. Sealies are massive reptilian mutants almost as broad as they are tall. Their durability and strength are legendary among Underhive scum and they have a fearsome reputation to match, Sealies are rarely seen creatures but they are by far the most numerous in the Underhives of Necromunda, They are undoubtedly intelligent but they seldom speak, their altered necks and twisted voice boxes have changed too much to speak human languages any more. This means little is known about their origins and whether hidden clans or tribes of Scalies exist in the most severely polluted badzones of Underhive. Why individual Scalies choose to ally themselves with Scavvies is unknown, but any Scavvy Boss worth his salt will do everything in his power to recruit and hang on to as many Scalies as he can find,
Sealy Skin.
A Scaly's tough skin confers a 5+ armour saving throw.
Killer Rep’.
Scalies cause fear.
Regenerate.
Scalies can regenerate lost fingers, toes and even whole limbs in time, though the process is painfully slow.
PLAGUE ZOMBIES
Long ago Necromunda was swept by a mysterious neurone plague which boiled up from the Underhive and touched even the highest peaks of the Spire. Victims of the plague fell ill for weeks, days or hours depending on their strength. If they succumbed to the fever their brains were rotted by the terrible disease, all higher reasoning was lost and the victims became little more than beasts. Unfortunately beasts still need to eat and soon thousands of brainless, half-dead plague victims roamed the boulevards and thoroughfares of the great hives seeking flesh to feast on, Each time they pulled down some luckless citizen and tore into his flesh with teeth and nails another victim was infected and another Plague Zombie was added to their ranks. Anarchy and chaos swept through the hives as Necromundans struggled to fight off the hordes of Plague Zombies and drive the surviving ones down into the Underhive, Zombie plague still breaks out from time to time in the Underhive and packs of Plague Zombies are yet another of the many dangers in the dark underbelly of the hive. The Zombies live in wild packs like dogs, fighting each other and living off what carrion they can find or anything that’s stupid enough to let itself be caught. Scavvies often round up packs of Zombies and send them against outposts, settlements and rival gangs that they are attacking. In sufficiently large numbers these creatures can be fearsome opponents. Plague Zombies have forgotten the meaning of fear and do not experience pain so they are hard to stop. Also, any wound inflicted by a Plague Zombie carries the dreaded plague and may turn its victim into another Plague Zombie.
Zombie Shuffle.
Plague Zombies usually stagger around with broken, faltering steps. Occasionally when they get the scent of blood in their decaying nostrils, they will break into a loping, shambling run,
No Pain,
Plague Zombies feel no pain whatsoever: you can burn them, shoot them or cut them and they'll just keep trying to bite you until you manage to inflict crippling damage on them. Because of this Plague Zombies ignore being pinned and are not affected by flesh wounds,
No Fear,
As the reasoning parts of their brains are long gone Plague Zombies lack the intellect to be afraid of anything.
Plague! Naturally,
Plague Zombies carry the zombie plague, if you see what I mean, If another model is wounded by a Plague Zombie in hand-to-hand combat he may contract the disease and turn into a Plague Zombie,
Scavvies are the very dregs of humanity, though they are so devolved and twisted that they can be hardly considered human any more. They are severely deformed and often mutated by the toxic environment they live in. Scavwies dress in rags and are caked in the most indescribable foulness. Their skin is a yellow and disgusting mass of sores, warts, blisters and cracks. Their limbs are often so withered or shrivelled that crude hooks and peg legs are a common sight, though any Scavvy too crippled to defend himself is easy prey for his fellows. Scavvies scratch out an existence in the most foul and polluted wastelands of the Underhive, hungrily watching for an opportunity to murder, rob and pillage anyone and anything nearby. Scavvies have to band together to survive and a typical band will be made up of several extended and severely inbred families. The dominant male in the band rules through brute strength, low cunning and having as many siblings as possible to exert his will. Though individual Scavvies pose little threat to a well-anmed gang they are cunning enough to use traps, ambushes and weight of numbers to even the odds, Occasionally a Scavvy king will arise and unite several Scavvy bands together into a ramshackle tribe. Such coalitions can create a ragged horde of Scavvies big enough to overrun settlements and trading holes. The excesses of King Blacknose the 81st are still remembered with a shudder in the Underhive and the settlement of Downtown has yet to recover from its period of rulership by the socalled Beggar King. Fortunately Scavvy kings are usually more concerned with avoiding the attention of the authorities than conquest. They are far more likely to use fear, intimidation and extortion to get what they want. Their scrofulous subjects move in to blockade vital resources and charge Underhive dwellers “tolls” and “taxes” whenever they have the numbers to get away with it. At times like these the honest, hard-working settlers will look to gangs and Bounty Hunters to nun the Seavvies off until life gets back to normal again.
SCAVVY WEAPONS.
Scavvy weapons are unreliable, rusty and generally badly treated, added to which they are usually short of ammunition,
CANNIBALS.
Scavvies are not above a spot of cannibalism when starvation looms.
SCAVVY BOSS
Leadership.
A Scavvy Boss commands fear and respect from his followers and they are emboldened by his presence.
SCAVVIES
Mutants. Scavvies are often mutated by their dreadful living conditions. Most of these mutations are simply herrible and inconvenient: webbed fingers, extra toes, tentacles for noses, skin colours ranging from bright orange to sickly green and so forth. However, some Scavvies are born with useful mutations and other mutants hide out amongst the Scavvies for fear of the Redemption and Imperial authorities, These creatures may have lashing tentacles, bony spikes, crab-like claws and other natural weaponry. Scavvy Bosses ruthlessly exploit these mutants as enforcers and gangers, though the mutants also enjoy a chance to make the normals pay for their repression.
SCALIES
Even in the hellish pit of the Underhive wastes some mutant strains stabilise after a time to form distinct sub-species. The most common Human sub-species in the Imperium are the abhuman races of Ogryns, Ratlings and Squats. The Scalies are another such sub-species, though they are still a highly unstable strain compared to normal abhumans. Sealies are massive reptilian mutants almost as broad as they are tall. Their durability and strength are legendary among Underhive scum and they have a fearsome reputation to match, Sealies are rarely seen creatures but they are by far the most numerous in the Underhives of Necromunda, They are undoubtedly intelligent but they seldom speak, their altered necks and twisted voice boxes have changed too much to speak human languages any more. This means little is known about their origins and whether hidden clans or tribes of Scalies exist in the most severely polluted badzones of Underhive. Why individual Scalies choose to ally themselves with Scavvies is unknown, but any Scavvy Boss worth his salt will do everything in his power to recruit and hang on to as many Scalies as he can find,
Sealy Skin.
A Scaly's tough skin confers a 5+ armour saving throw.
Killer Rep’.
Scalies cause fear.
Regenerate.
Scalies can regenerate lost fingers, toes and even whole limbs in time, though the process is painfully slow.
PLAGUE ZOMBIES
Long ago Necromunda was swept by a mysterious neurone plague which boiled up from the Underhive and touched even the highest peaks of the Spire. Victims of the plague fell ill for weeks, days or hours depending on their strength. If they succumbed to the fever their brains were rotted by the terrible disease, all higher reasoning was lost and the victims became little more than beasts. Unfortunately beasts still need to eat and soon thousands of brainless, half-dead plague victims roamed the boulevards and thoroughfares of the great hives seeking flesh to feast on, Each time they pulled down some luckless citizen and tore into his flesh with teeth and nails another victim was infected and another Plague Zombie was added to their ranks. Anarchy and chaos swept through the hives as Necromundans struggled to fight off the hordes of Plague Zombies and drive the surviving ones down into the Underhive, Zombie plague still breaks out from time to time in the Underhive and packs of Plague Zombies are yet another of the many dangers in the dark underbelly of the hive. The Zombies live in wild packs like dogs, fighting each other and living off what carrion they can find or anything that’s stupid enough to let itself be caught. Scavvies often round up packs of Zombies and send them against outposts, settlements and rival gangs that they are attacking. In sufficiently large numbers these creatures can be fearsome opponents. Plague Zombies have forgotten the meaning of fear and do not experience pain so they are hard to stop. Also, any wound inflicted by a Plague Zombie carries the dreaded plague and may turn its victim into another Plague Zombie.
Zombie Shuffle.
Plague Zombies usually stagger around with broken, faltering steps. Occasionally when they get the scent of blood in their decaying nostrils, they will break into a loping, shambling run,
No Pain,
Plague Zombies feel no pain whatsoever: you can burn them, shoot them or cut them and they'll just keep trying to bite you until you manage to inflict crippling damage on them. Because of this Plague Zombies ignore being pinned and are not affected by flesh wounds,
No Fear,
As the reasoning parts of their brains are long gone Plague Zombies lack the intellect to be afraid of anything.
Plague! Naturally,
Plague Zombies carry the zombie plague, if you see what I mean, If another model is wounded by a Plague Zombie in hand-to-hand combat he may contract the disease and turn into a Plague Zombie,