History TabletopGame / WarhammerQuest

* DropTheHammer: One of the magic items you may be lucky enough to find, is the Hammer of Sigmar. Yup the imperial dwarven artifact that gave the Warhammer franchise its very name. The Warrior Priest starts off with a warhammer

* MaximumHPReduction: There are random events that could permanently reduce a character's health, for example if the Warriors joined a Wardancer in going to a Wood Elf Troupe and an event had them welcome a disguised Chaos Warband - the Warriors would survive the encounter but permanently lose 1d6 Wounds.
* MoneySink: Your Warrior can buy things like Fortresses which are extremely expensive and have no relevance to the game, they're just a way to spend off your Gold once you've covered your daily living expenses and resupply.
* NonStandardGameOver: Some of the characters have this as a mechanic. The Chaos Warrior gets a call of Chaos each time they gain a level, they must roll to see if they ignore it and it becomes increasingly harder until they safely reach Level 10. If they fail they leave for Chaos Wastes to join the legions. If they have the Vampiric Thirst mutation and were preying on townsfolk, there's a chance they could be discovered and staked through the heart. Similarly, if the Witch Hunter no longer has any faith, there's a chance they'll leave the profession and advneturing. In a Settlement, there's a Catastrophic event called Settle Down - if rolled then a Warrior has decided to retire at the location.

* WeaponOfChoice: Each character starts with their equipment of choice, if they lose their nice magical items - well it's okay as they cherish their starting crap the most. In fact some characters, such as the Witch Hunter and his steel gorget - can't swap out for something better.

* EmergencyWeapon: The Warriors' starting weapon, besides being a WeaponOfChoice that they'd prefer keeping over a superior magical item, are kept as a spare in the case they lose their main new weapons that they found or bought.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Monsters with the Assassinate special rule are able to launch attacks with such precision that they totally ignore the bonuses granted by their target's armour, as they slip their weapons between the plates. Meanwhile Warriors who have Dirty Blow or other methods to bypass at least partially bypass armor.

* HealingMagicIsTheHardest: The best healing spells for the Wizard are amongst the highest level in his repertoire otherwise he's usually much better as an offensive spellcaster than a healer. The Witch Hunter has magical medallions that contain charges of light healing magic and the Warrior Priest also only has weak healing magic. So Warriors should still carry healing potions, bandages, food and whatnot when they can.

* LoopholeAbuse: Normally Witch Hunters can only use bladed weapons for melee, but from the Witch Hunter's Cabal they could get an Iron Talisman of Khardoz. These talismans are shaped as warhammers and are indistinguishable from one. In fact the Iron Talisman is used specifically by a Witch Hunter smacking their foes with it.

* HealingHands: The Wizard Warrior has access to a variety of healing spells that they can use during a game, with each casting level between 1 and 10 having at least one Healing Spell that they can learn. These spells range in power form healing a single wound with Cure Small Wounds, to Heartbeat that can heal a random number of wounds for each of the Wizard's Battle Levels. The Elf Ranger has a Knight skill which lets him restore Wounds to Warriors he touches.

* NonStandardGameOver: Some of the characters have this as a mechanic. The Chaos Warrior gets a call of Chaos each time they gain a level, they must roll to see if they ignore it and it becomes increasingly harder until they safely reach Level 10. If they fail they leave for Chaos Wastes to join the legions. If they have the Vampiric Thirst mutation and were preying on townsfolk, there's a chance they could be discovered and staked through the heart. Similarly, if the Witch Hunter no longer has any faith, there's a chance they'll leave the profession and advneturing. In a Settlement, there's a Catastrophic event called Settling Down - if rolled then a Warrior has decided to retire at the location.

* OneHitKill: One of the most advanced spells of the wizard will open a chasm under the enemy and it'll close up on them after they've fallen, killing them instantly. If a Warrior has a Frost Blade, those can also instantly kill foes.

* WeaponOfChoice: Each character starts with their equipment of choice, if they lose their nice magical items - well it's okay as they cherish their starting crap the most. In fact some characters, such as the Elf Ranger and his scale armor - can't swap out for something better.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The Chaos Warrior can attempt to fuse his Chaos Artifacts if they're of the same type. This new artifact will have the same abilities as the previous two and in turn this new artifact can be fused with another Chaos Artifact and so forth. Meanwhile the Wardancer can keep adding new Aspects to his Swords of Orion which will retain the previous ones, similarly Dwarves and Trollslayers can do the same for their axes using runes that have a chance of being permanent and Bretonnian Knights can accumulate blessings on their Knight's Broadsword.

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Chaos Warrior may get regeneration as one of his Chaos Attributes, the Warrior Priest's Jade Ring may heal him and some surrounding Warriors, and there's an Elf Ranger spell that'll continually heal him until he's either beaten into 0 wounds or finished the adventure. Additionally, if a Warrior has a Trance Stone and there's no enemies around - they can take a turn and use it to recover a single Wound - eventually recovering all their health if they do it long enough.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The Chaos Warrior can attempt to fuse his Chaos Artifacts if they're of the same type. This new artifact will have the same abilities as the previous two and in turn this new artifact can be fused with another Chaos Artifact and so forth. Meanwhile the Wardancer can keep adding new Aspects to his Swords of Orion which will retain the previous ones.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Monsters with the Assassinate special rule are able to launch attacks with such precision that they totally ignore the bonuses granted by their target's armour, as they slip their weapons between the plates.

* {{Berserker}}: The Enraged skill, available to Dwarf Warriors, allows the character to enter a berserk state once per turn as they give themselves over to their fury. While in this state, the Dwarf has a chance to unleash extra attacks, at the cost of a penalty on his hit rolls, but also has a chance of going so out of control that he cannot hit anything.

* CombatMedic: A Pit Fighter can learn some very [[WorstAid emergency first aid]] which can recover some Wounds for a Warrior but may cause the poor guy to temporarily pass out from agony.

* DualWielding: The Troll Slayer and the Wardancer can fight with a specific weapon in each hand, while an Imperial Noble with the Dagger skill can use a dagger in their offhand as an extra attack.

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Chaos Warrior may get regeneration as one of his Chaos Attributes, the Warrior Priest's Jade Ring may heal him and some surrounding Warriors, and there's an Elf Ranger spell that'll continually heal him until he's either beaten into 0 wounds or finished the adventure.
* HealingHands: The Wizard Warrior has access to a variety of healing spells that they can use during a game, with each casting level between 1 and 10 having at least one Healing Spell that they can learn. These spells range in power form healing a single wound with Cure Small Wounds, to Heartbeat that can heal a random number of wounds for each of the Wizard's Battle Levels.

* HeartContainer: Some random events can give you a one-shot permanent increase to your Wounds total, such as finding a vent of magical steam when returning from a dungeon. If a player is lucky, they could accrue quite a lot of extra Wounds on top of what they get for increasing their level.

* NonStandardGameOver: Some of the characters have this as a mechanic. The Chaos Warrior gets a call of Chaos each time they gain a level, they must roll to see if they ignore it and it becomes increasingly harder until they safely reach Level 10. If they fail they leave for Chaos Wastes to join the legions. If they have the Vampiric Thirst mutation and were preying on townsfolk, there's a chance they could be discovered and staked through the heart. Similarly, if the Witch Hunter no longer has any faith, there's a chance they'll retire.

* ArmorIsUseless: Zigzagged. The bonus to Toughness from wearing armor is nice, but unfortunately many armor types have drawbacks such as penalties to Movement and Attack rolls to hit. Additionally, most armor is very weak and need to be stacked with other pieces of armor - and uniquely for the Pit Fighter, he'll have many exposed body parts until he can buy enough Pit Armor (which never covers the head). Plus almost all of the character classes are heavily restricted in what they can use.

* OneHitKill: One of the most advanced spells of the wizard will open a chasm under the enemy and it'll close up on them after they've fallen, killing them instantly.

* HeartContainer: Some random events can give you a one-shot permanent increase to your health, such as finding a vent of magical steam when returning from a dungeon. If a player is lucky, they could accrue quite a lot of extra health on top of what they get for increasing their level.

* MaximumHPReduction: There are random events that could permanently reduce a character's health

* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Pit Fighter players hate the Pit Flail, it's only a little stronger than a regular flail but it's a very clumsy weapon that has a chance of the Pit Fighter hitting himself.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: For the Elf Ranger, one skill he might get is to use a bow and melee weapon together in close combat.

* DropTheHammer: One of the magic items you may be lucky enough to find, is the Hammer of Sigmar. Yup the imperial dwarven artifact that gave the Warhammer franchise its very name.
* DualWielding: The Troll Slayer and the Wardancer can fight with a specific weapon in each hand.

* HealingMagicIsTheHardest: The best healing spells for the Wizard are amongst the highest level in his repertoire otherwise he's much better as an offensive spellcaster than a healer. The Witch Hunter has magical medallions that contain charges of light healing magic and the Warrior Priest also only has weak healing magic. So adventurers should still carry healing potions, bandages, food and whatnot when they can.

* NonStandardGameOver: Some of the characters have this as a mechanic. The Chaos Warrior gets a call of Chaos each time they gain a level, they must roll to see if they ignore it and it becomes increasingly harder until they safely reach Level 10. If they fail they leave for Chaos Wastes to join the legions. If they have the Vampiric Thirst mutation and were preying on townsfolk, there's a chance they could be discovered and staked through the heart. Similarly, if the Witch Hunter executes an innocent person there's a chance a lynch mob goes after him and if they catch him - he'll be the one to burn at the stake.

* ResistantToMagic: Some Monsters that inhabit the dungeons of the Old World have the ability to resist arcane energies. These Monsters have the Magic Resistance ability, which gives them a chance to ignore the effects of spells cast on them.

* ShotgunWedding: A medieval version of this can happen as a random settlement event. Angry brothers of a farm maid mistaken your character as the guy who knocked her up and hold you at knife point for a wedding to their disgraced sister.

* TalentedButTrained: All the adventurers are this, they're all possessed of incredible innate talent which is why they're pretty good even at Level 1 but they each strive to reach the maximum of their ability by paying for training.

* BarbarianHero: The Barbarian is the leader of the game's default party, and the strongest close combat skill of the original Warrior characters. The model itself is sculpted to represent a typical barbarian hero with big muscles, [[BarbarianLongHair long hair]], wears nothing but a fur loincloth and a bear-skin cloak, and wields a large broadsword as a starting weapon.

* ExperiencePoints: Experience points don't actually exist in ''Warhammer Quest'', instead gold functions like souls in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''. Gold can be used to pay for services and goods, but it can also be used to raise a character's level. What happens is the regular characters search for a mercenary camp or whatnot to get tutelage from a trainer there (specially bought characters like the Wardancer have their own special places of training) that lets the character tap into their incredible innate talent.

* AcidAttack: The spell Acid Blast allows the caster to unleash streams of acid from their fingertips, causing damage to one or more models in its path as it burns through each victim in turn.

* LinnearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: The Wizard starts off weaker than the others in the beginning, but perhaps barring the Chaos Warrior and Pit Fighter - he'll end up the most powerful adventurer once he has enough powerhouse spells in his repertoire. Basic brawlers like the Barbarian and Dwarf get shafted in how powerful their skills are as the game progresses.

* ShotgunWedding: A medieval version of this can happen as a random city event. Angry brothers of a farm maid mistaken your character as the guy who knocked her up and hold you at knife point for a wedding to their disgraced sister.