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MAD INVENTIONS! title image.
BOMB RATS
Created by Ty Finocchiaro
Picture of the Bomb Rat miniatures. Click to see a larger image.

The devious mind of the average Skaven Warlord seems to have no limits when it comes to cruelty and disregard for his servant's lives. Case in point: the Bomb Rat. This devious little surprise was conceived by Warlord Grizzak who had grown frustrated by the combination of too many armoured opponents and the futility of his own troops. After slaying several Giant Rats nearby in a blind rage, an idea hit him. Immediately, he set his best Engineers and Moulder servants to work on his idea. Thus, the Bomb Rat was born.

It is a scourge to both friend and foe alike. The mechanics of the Bomb Rat idea are simple enough, though wildly varied. Strap a makeshift bomb on a giant rat, send it in the general direction of your enemy, and hope for the best. Better specimens of rat are actually trained to go in the right direction, while others scurry back towards their own creators with disastrous results. Other examples of refinement of this creation include: improved timers, remote detonation devices, warpstone shards, and pressure-sensitive triggers. Unreliable at best, the Skaven Rat Bomb is a hazard to everyone around it. However, when one does find the enemy by chance, the results are more than worth it in the mind of your average Skaven Warlord.

House Rules for Using this Crazed Invention in Your Games
Any Skaven Clan Rat unit may have up to three Bomb Rats within its ranks, so long as both Clan Moulder and Clan Skryre are represented in the army. Bomb Rats have the same stats as a standard Giant Rat for purposes of shooting.

Unleash the Rats. Bomb Rats may be released at the start of the Skaven player's Movement Phase and do not affect the movement of the unit from which they are launched. The rat scurries in the direction of the player's choosing for D6+4". If this distance carries it into an enemy unit, apply a blast against that unit. If a 1 is rolled, stop right there; the Bomb Rat went off way too early. Apply a blast against the Skaven unit and check for Panic as normal. Otherwise, the Bomb Rat will now move D6+4" towards the nearest unit, friend or foe, at the start of each players' Movement Phase. Remove the Bomb Rat if a 1 is rolled for this movement. If wounded by missile fire, remove the Bomb Rat from play.

Ka-Boom! Bomb Rat blasts cause D3 S5 hits with an armour modifier of -3.

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