Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

A couple of my players were itching for some combat so I introduced a quick 'throw-away' encounter with some chaos beastmen.

These were the teams:

Chaos Beastmen
6 beastmen with various mutations (S3 T4 W11)

PCs & NPCs
Lvl 1 Illusionist
Soldier
Hunter (Elf)
Servant

Boatmen x 3 (NPCs)
Trader (3rd career NPC)

The idea was that there would be a short combat with no PCs or NPCs suffering more than a light wounding, in the toe-to-toe slugfest.

However, the soldier charged the advancing group of beastmen. ALONE.
The hunter and servant then opened fire with their bows.
The wizard stayed out of harms way, while trying to illuminate the beastmen with a marsh lights spell.
The NPCs stood their ground and waited for the beastmen to get to them.

One of the beastmen halted its charge to fight the soldier, the others continued on.
The soldier had by this point been hit by TWO arrows from the servant, causing 4 wounds.
The hunter managed to hit ONE beastmen as they charged in.

As the remaining five charging beastmen approached, the hunter and servant moved apart from the NPCs, drawing two of the beastmen with them.

To cut a long story short...

The NPCs dealt with their three beastmen, receiving between two and four wounds each, then had to help the servant with the remaining beastman, as the hunter was by now out cold, having received his second critical hit.

Wound scores at the end of combat:

Illusionist 7 Not wounded during the encounter.

Soldier 8 Took five wounds but these were healed before the end of the combat by Illusionist. Back to full wounds.

Hunter 0 (+2 Critical) Second critical would have given him a +7 critical, and killed him, so he lost a fate point.

Servant 0 (+2 Critical) Was on 4 immediately after combat, but the Illusionist tried to cast Cure Light Injury, failed, and caused a further SIX wounds.

Boatmen 4, 5, 5

Trader 4

Toe-to-toe, the PCs and NPCs should have dealt with the beastmen with no trouble at all.

Moral: Never underestimate a player's ability to get themselves into trouble.

Illusionist	7	Not wounded during the encounter.
Soldier	8	Took five wounds but these were healed before the end of the combat by Illusionist. Back to full wounds.
Hunter	0 (+2 Critical)	Second critical would have given him a +7 critical, and killed him, so he lost a fate point.
Servant	0 (+2 Critical)	Was on 4 immediately after combat, but the Illusionist tried to cast Cure Light Injury, failed, and caused a further SIX wounds.
Boatmen	4, 5, 5
Trader	4