Exploration Step
In this step you get the chance to explore the territory over which the campaign is taking place. Doing so gives you the chance to make important discoveries and collect valuable loot.
In order to Explore, you must work through the following Exploration Sequence:
- Determine the number of Exploration Dice you receive.
- Roll the Exploration Dice.
- Use Allies, Equipment, and Exploration Skills to modify the Exploration Roll.
- Consult the Exploration Table to see what you have discovered.
- Collect loot equal to 10 times your Exploration Roll in .
Determine Exploration Dice
The number of Exploration Dice you receive depends on the number of games you have played in the campaign so far, as shown below.
| Games Played | Exploration Dice |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | 3 Exploration Dice |
| 3-5 | 4 Exploration Dice |
| 6-9 | 5 Exploration Dice |
| 10+ | 6 Exploration Dice |
Roll Exploration Dice
Next you need to roll all of the Exploration Dice you received and add them altogether. If you wish, you can re-roll one of the Exploration Dice, and if you won the game that was just played you are allowed to reroll another Exploration Dice (you can’t re-roll the same Exploration Dice twice).
For example, it is your third game so you roll 4 Exploration Dice getting 5, 3, 1, 1; you won the game so you can re-roll the two 1s, getting a 4 and a 5, giving you an Exploration Roll of (5+5+4+3) = 17!
Modify Exploration Roll
After making your Exploration Roll, you can use any Allies, pieces of Equipment and Exploration Skills that you have to modify the roll. The rules for each of these things will explain if you can use them to modify an Exploration Roll and how they effect it.
Consult Exploration Table
After you have modified the Exploration Roll, consult the appropriate Exploration Table to see if you have made a discovery. The Exploration Table you must use is determined by the number of games you have played in the campaign so far, as shown on the following table. If you roll a number that is not included on the Exploration Table, then you discover nothing (but you still use the roll to determine how much Loot you collect as described below). Record the Locations you discover in the War Journal on your Warband Roster. You can discover a Location only once during the Campaign; if you discover it again, treat the roll as a Pillaged result instead (i.e. you discover nothing). Note that the same Location can be discovered by more than one player in the Campaign, but not more than once by the same player.
| Games Played | Possible Locations |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | Common Exploration Locations |
| 3-5 | Common or Rare Exploration Locations |
| 6-9 | Rare Exploration Locations |
| 10+ | Rare or Legendary Exploration Locations |
Discoveries
When you look up your roll on the Exploration Table, you will often discover pieces of Battlekit and Glory Items that you can add to the Arsenal on your Warband Roster. Things that you discover like this are always “free” and do not cost you any or . You can distribute them to models in your Warband in the following Quartermaster Step if you wish to do so, or choose to sell them or keep them in the Arsenal for later use.
Note that any Limits or Restrictions still apply to Battlekit or Glory Items that are discovered, unless stated otherwise. For example, you could not take a piece of Equipment with a Limit of 0-1 if your Warband already had one, and you could not take a Glory Item that Warbands from your Faction cannot use. Also note that if a discovery allows you to take Battlekit that is worth a certain number of , you cannot take anything that has a Cost in , or vice-versa.
Collecting Loot
You can now collect Loot from the battlefield by scavenging, foraging, selling broken weapons and armour to traders, receiving the regular pay from their Patron, hunting, and so on. The value of the Loot you find is equal to your Exploration Roll times 10 in . Add the loot to your Strongbox.
For example, if your Exploration Roll was 12, you would add 120 to your Strongbox from Looting.
Exploration Skills
During a campaign, your Warband may gain one or more of the following Exploration Skills, either by hiring allies, making useful discoveries, or having the right piece of Equipment. Record the Exploration Skills you have gained on your Warband Roster. You can have multiples of any of the Exploration Skills on the list (found alongside other skill lists in the compendium).
