Gorkamorka FAQ

[Flamekebab]

Can we fire a warrior/a vehicle ? (campaign mode)
I didn't find anything about it, so I guess we can't.

It's a bit harsh on the warrior but as far as I know there's nothing forcing you from keeping a warrior in the mob. You won't receive a refund!

Do we have to charge/shoot at pinned warriors if they are the closest targets or can we skip them like warriors who are down ?
Despite being pinned, they are not "down", meaning they remain priority targets and you'll have to charge/shoot at them if they are the closest targets.

Depending on the cover situation they may become harder to hit when they are pinned and as such present a more difficult target than if they were still up. In those instances they can be skipped in favour of an easier to hit target. Pinned targets automatically escape from pinning if charged though and so can't be skipped.

What happens if an ork mob already hiring a Digga Shaman captures another Shaman ?
Acoording to Digganob p.27, an ork mob can only hire a single shaman. The captured one will be treated as a slave, bypassing this restriction, fighting as any other Shaman but only generating D6 teefs of income as a slave (Da Uvver Book p.65).

That sounds about right to me!

 

[Oruk.]

I might have a make a mistake about Captured Shamans earning teefs as slaves, see Digganob p.27 : "The Digga may be added to the Mob roster like a hired Digga and all the rules for having a Digga in the mob apply." So does this means that a captive digga become a full time member of the ork mob or remains some kind of a slave able to fight for them ? there are a few differences between these :
- if members (like hired diggas), boyz and yoofs will generate D3 teefs, Shamans 2D6 if they succeed a Ld test, and Digganobs nothing at all. They will also count towards the size of the mob when calculating the profit from the mine and will count in the ork mob's value.
- if slaves, all of them will generate D6 teefs, no matter their type, without counting in the size of the mob or its value.

I'm not sure about which one is the most RAW or RAI, but the first one seems a bit weird : I don't see why a captive Digga should be working less than other captives, or why a Digganob shouldn't be digging at all ...

So here are some other funny questions about captive diggas, enjoy !

A digga from digga mob A is captured by ork mob B. He's now fighting for mob B (in another scenario than the rescue one) against mob A, but gets captured by mob A ! Can he be exchanged/ransomed/rescued ? if not/failed attempt, does he get back in mob A as a regular warrior or is he sold to Da Wreckers (like any other digga captured by a diggamob) ?

A digga from digga mob A is captured by ork mob B. He's now fighting for mob B against mob C, but gets captured by mob C ! With which mob can he be exchanged/ransomed/rescued : A, B or both of them ? if both, which one has the priority on the other to exchange/pay/rescue ?

 

[Oruk.]

I might have a make a mistake about Captured Shamans earning teefs as slaves, see Digganob p.27 : "The Digga may be added to the Mob roster like a hired Digga and all the rules for having a Digga in the mob apply." So does this means that a captive digga become a full time member of the ork mob or remains some kind of a slave able to fight for them ? there are a few differences between these :
- if members (like hired diggas), boyz and yoofs will generate D3 teefs, Shamans 2D6 if they succeed a Ld test, and Digganobs nothing at all. They will also count towards the size of the mob when calculating the profit from the mine and will count in the ork mob's value.
- if slaves, all of them will generate D6 teefs, no matter their type, without counting in the size of the mob or its value.

I'm not sure about which one is the most RAW or RAI, but the first one seems a bit weird : I don't see why a captive Digga should be working less than other captives, or why a Digganob shouldn't be digging at all ...

Let's forget about this, I missed something before this Digganob quote : "If an Ork mob with a Slaver captures a Digga they can force them to work in the mines as normal". So it's the second one, they'll be captives who can fight, not regular members.

 

[Ben_S]

Can we fire a warrior/a vehicle ? (campaign mode)
I didn't find anything about it, so I guess we can't.

It's a bit harsh on the warrior but as far as I know there's nothing forcing you from keeping a warrior in the mob. You won't receive a refund!

There was some discussion of dismissing gang members in Necromunda here https://yaktribe.games/community/threads/new-old-battle-wound.4214/page-2

I believe some people house rule that you can, but if it's not in the rules then the presumption I'd have thought is that you can't.

 

[Kon-rad]

Capturing Diggaz..... man, back in the day, my buddy captured my ace-Diggaboss, complete with Deff-ray..... Failed to rescue him, so next game my buddy was like, "Hey, can I borrow MY Diggaboss mini?" nooooooo....... Let's say, after a couple games, that was the end of that particular Diggamob.

The shooting/charging pinned models is something that I know has come up in our games. I can't remember how we played it. I'd go with your interpretation.
How about ramming, running over Pinned models. Do they get to automatically unpin and take their Initiative test, or are they stuck cowering in the dirt? We let them unpin and take the test. If you unpin when charged, seems you'd unpin when a trukk tries to squash you. I think we let Down models take the test too. They can crawl 2", and it feels cinematic, rolling out of the way, battered and bleeding at the last second...

 

[Ben_S]

How about ramming, running over Pinned models. Do they get to automatically unpin and take their Initiative test, or are they stuck cowering in the dirt? We let them unpin and take the test... I think we let Down models take the test too. They can crawl 2", and it feels cinematic, rolling out of the way, battered and bleeding at the last second...

I think that one came up earlier in the thread.

Personally, I say let them test to roll out the way, but stay pinned. If they can roll out the way whilst down, I don't see why they can't whilst pinned.

 

[Oruk.]

Personally, I say let them test to roll out the way, but stay pinned. If they can roll out the way whilst down, I don't see why they can't whilst pinned.

This seems right to me too.

 

[Flamekebab]

How about ramming, running over Pinned models. Do they get to automatically unpin and take their Initiative test, or are they stuck cowering in the dirt? We let them unpin and take the test. If you unpin when charged, seems you'd unpin when a trukk tries to squash you. I think we let Down models take the test too. They can crawl 2", and it feels cinematic, rolling out of the way, battered and bleeding at the last second...

I would say that the principle laid out on page 20 of Da Roolz applies to squashing pinned models ("The need to avoid being clubbed into the dirt forces the model into action."). Down models on the other hand don't seem like they'd be in any position to be making quick decisions to save their own skins ("When a warrior goes down he is either badly injured or temporarily knocked senseless: he might recover or he might lapse into unconsciousness and even die." - page 18 of Da Roolz).

The pertinent question in my mind is whether pinned models get to roll out of the way or whether they automatically escape from pinning?

There was some discussion of dismissing gang members in Necromunda here https://yaktribe.games/community/threads/new-old-battle-wound.4214/page-2

I believe some people house rule that you can, but if it's not in the rules then the presumption I'd have thought is that you can't.

I like that thread!
@Mamutera is right though - Mordheim has rules for it ("You can also dismiss any warrior in your warband at any time." - page 78) . Necromunda and Gorkamorka are both silent on the subject and Mordheim specifically allows it. To me that's a fairly good basis for allowing it.

Thoughts?

 

[Ben_S]

It depends what the question is.

If it's what would I'd like in the rules, want to see added to a 'Community Edition', etc then I'd vote for allowing you to retire a model (with the possible exception of your Leader/Nob) at any point.

But, if you say you're playing 'by the book' and want to know what the current rules actually are then, like it or not, there's nothing allowing you to fire a fighter and the absence of this suggests to me that you can't - after all, if that had been the intent, then they would have said so, like they did in other games (Mordheim and indeed Blood Bowl).

 

[Flamekebab]

But, if you say you're playing 'by the book' and want to know what the current rules actually are then, like it or not, there's nothing allowing you to fire a fighter and the absence of this suggests to me that you can't - after all, if that had been the intent, then they would have said so, like they did in other games (Mordheim and indeed Blood Bowl).

That's a pretty compelling argument too!

I think we'll go with your interpretation as the RAW one then

 

[Oruk.]

But, if you say you're playing 'by the book' and want to know what the current rules actually are then, like it or not, there's nothing allowing you to fire a fighter and the absence of this suggests to me that you can't - after all, if that had been the intent, then they would have said so, like they did in other games (Mordheim and indeed Blood Bowl).

Right again, pure RAW

 

[Flamekebab]

RAW are only relevant for the FAQ though. You can change whatever you want for the people you play with

 

[Oddsox]

I believe thag you cannot fire a fighter, after all this would provide an easy out for you if you wanted to get rid of a driver or gunner with permanent injuries. Or even your leader! There is a whole section of rules dedicated to the Orky fights around this idea.. this tells me the spirit of the game is about stubborn and crazy orks. I can't imagine the conversation between a nob and boss going something like Nob: "we'z bin talkin' an we are gunna 'ave to let yoo go Badruk, we'z just ain't seein' future wiv yoo in da mob. 'Ere's yer severence pay."

 

[Oruk.]

There is more chance this might look like an ass-kicking than a conversation.

Can we unequip Gubbins from a vehicle ?
Not sure about it, but my guess is that Gubbins are treated as any other "equipment" and can be sold/hoarded/swapped (Da Uvver Book P.68).
Your Thoughts ?

 

[Flamekebab]

Off the top of my head there's nothing stating that Gubbins are permanent. On page 70 of Da Uvver Book there's a mention of reallocating gubbins and fixed weapons in the context of it not being allowed if a vehicle is destroyed. That suggests to me that under normal circumstances it's allowed.

 

[Oruk.]

Thanks, I had the same idea looking at the destroyed vehicles rules. This might help a lot Grots mobs to save their gubbins as they can't repair their vehicles :/

 

[Kon-rad]

We've always played that you can dismiss fighters, and switch gubbins around, but I can't think of an instance in our current "Kampain" that anyone has bothered. Seems our fighters get killed or captured before they get seriously incapacitated by injury.......

 

[Oddsox]

I'd say if you want to dismiss a fighter or change gubbinz it requires a pit fight. In the case of dismissal its nob vs dismissed and for gubbinz its the two drivers duking it out. After all what driver would allow some uvver git to take his ram or hos wrecka ball?

 

[Kon-rad]

I'd say if you want to dismiss a fighter or change gubbinz it requires a pit fight. In the case of dismissal its nob vs dismissed and for gubbinz its the two drivers duking it out. After all what driver would allow some uvver git to take his ram or hos wrecka ball?

That is good and Orky! "Oye, where u fink yer goin' wif my Wrekkin' Ball mate?" You could make the vehicles Meks fight it out in the case of gubbins. I'd just add that "Pit Fights" are strictly for Leadership challenges. Switching crew is , I forget the term, just settled with knuckles and knives in a slop shop brawl.

 

[Oruk.]

I'd say if you want to dismiss a fighter or change gubbinz it requires a pit fight. In the case of dismissal its nob vs dismissed and for gubbinz its the two drivers duking it out. After all what driver would allow some uvver git to take his ram or hos wrecka ball?

This is cleraly house ruling it, gubbinz are assigned to vehicles, not drivers. :/

But this leads to another question : what happens to a gunner if his Big Gun is swapped between vehicles ?
According to the wording in Da Uvver Book p.27, it seems he will remain the gunner.