Every Mordheim-player knows the problem: you have enough money to hire one of the Hired Swords but you are not sure if he can be hired by your Warband. Some of the rules for new hired swords published in Town Cryer-magazine are very vague while the Hired Swords described in the Mordheim Rulebook only deal with the original Warbands (Mercenaries, Sisters, Possessed, Undead, Witchhunters, Skaven). This article shall give you an idea about which warband can hire which Hired Sword. Although we tried to create the list below with all the official rules in mind it is possible that your personal opinion may be different than ours. We would be happy to hear your suggestions and ideas. Just send an email to Server Goddess or use the Mordheim-Forum in our Community-section. Please note that this article is also available for download in .pdf-format in our Download-section.

Warband Alignment

Many of the descriptions of the Hired Swords in Town Cryer speak evil and non-evil Warbands. Therefore it is an important thing to decide who is "good" and who is "bad" before choosing the Hired Sword. We recommend the following:

Good Warbands	Neutral Warbands	Evil Warbands
Bretonnians	Amazons	Beastmen
Shadow Warriors	Dwarfs	Dark Elves
Sisters of Sigmar	Empire Mercenaries*	Orks
Witch Hunters	Kislevites	Pirates
	Lizardmen	Possessed
	Norse	Skaven
	Pit Fighters	Undead
	Tilean Mercenaries**

*Empire Mercenaries: Averlanders, Marienburgers, Middenheimers, Ostlanders, Reiklanders
**Tilean Mercenaries: Miraglianese, Remasens, Trantios)

List of Hired Swords

Name	Setting	Source
Bard	Mordheim	Town Cryer No. 13
Big Game Hunter	Lustria	Town Cryer No. 13
Bounty Hunter	Mordheim	Town Cryer No. 13
Chameleon Skink	Lustria	Town Cryer No. 12
Chaos Warrior	Mordheim	STRIKE TO STUN Issue #1
Dark Elf Assassin	Lustria	Town Cryer No. 12
Duellist	Mordheim	Town Cryer No. 13
Dwarfen Trollslayer	Mordheim	Mordheim Rulebook
Elven Ranger	Mordheim	Mordheim Rulebook
Freelance	Mordheim	Mordheim Rulebook
Halfling Scout	Mordheim	Mordheim Rulebook
Imperial Assassin	Mordheim	Best of Town Cryer
Mule Skinner	Mordheim	Town Cryer 14
Norse Shaman	Lustria	Town Cryer No. 12
Ogre Bodyguard	Mordheim	Mordheim Rulebook
Pathfinder	Lustria	Town Cryer No. 12
Pitfighter	Mordheim	Mordheim Rulebook
Shadow Warrior	Mordheim	Town Cryer No. 13
Tilean Marksman	Mordheim	Best of Town Cryer
Warlock	Mordheim	Mordheim Rulebook
Witch	Mordheim	Town Cryer No. 13

 

Warbands which might be used in both Settings:

Empire Mercenaries, Norse, Tilean Mercenaries

Hired Swords which might be used in both Settings:

Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger, Halfling Scout, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch

Who can hire who exactly?

The following tables should give you an idea about the different warbands and their choice of Hired Swords. We created a separate table for each setting, Mordheim and Lustria.

Mordheim Warbands

Warband	Hired Swords
Beastmen Mordheim (TC 7)	Duellist, Chaos Warrior, Imperial Assassin, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
Bretonnians Mordheim (TC8)	Bard, Bounty Hunter*, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger, Freelance*, Halfling Scout, Imperial Assassin*, Muleskinner, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman*, Warlock*, Witch*
Dwarfs Mordheim (TC 4, Best of Town Cryer)	Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger*, Freelance, Halfling Scout, Imperial Assassin, Muleskinner, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch*
Empire Mercenaries (Averlanders, Marienburgers, Middenheimers, Ostlanders, Reiklanders) Mordheim (MH rulebook, TC 10, TC 11)	Bard, Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger, Freelance, Halfling Scout, Imperial Assassin, Muleskinner, Norse Shaman, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
Kislevites Mordheim (TC 16)	Bard, Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger, Freelance, Halfling Scout, Imperial Assassin, Muleskinner, Norse Shaman, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
Orks Mordheim (TC 6, Best of Town Cryer)	Duellist*, Freelance*, Imperial Assassin*, Muleskinner*, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Warlock*, Witch*
Pit Fighters Mordheim (TC 14)	Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger*, Freelance, Halfling Scout, Imperial Assassin, Muleskinner, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior*, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
Possessed Mordheim (MH rulebook)	Duellist, Chaos Warrior, Imperial Assassin, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
Shadow Warriors Mordheim (TC 10)	Bounty Hunter*, Duellist*, Dwarfen Trollslayer*, Elven Ranger, Freelance*, Halfling Scout, Imperial Assassin*, Mule Skinner, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman, Warlock,
Sisters of Sigmar Mordheim (MH rulebook)	Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Halfling Scout, Mule Skinner, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman,
Skaven Mordheim (MH rulebook)	Warlock, Witch
Undead Mordheim (MH rulebook)	Imperial Assassin, Ogre Bodyguard, Warlock, Witch
Witchhunters Mordheim (MH rulebook)	Bard, Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger, Freelance, Halfling Scout, Mule Skinner, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman,
	* although according to the rules this HS can be hired, it may contradict the ideology of the Warband (e.g. Bretonnians & Tilean Marksman)

Lustrian Warbands

Warband	Hired Swords
Amazons Lustria (TC 15)	none
Dark Elves Lustria (TC12)	Bounty Hunter*, Duellist*, Ogre Bodyguard, Pathfinder, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
Lizardmen Lustria (TC 11)	Bounty Hunter*, Chameleon Skink, Duellist*, Tilean Marksman*, Warlock*, Witch*
Norse Lustria (TC 13)	Big Game Hunter, Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger*, Halfling Scout*, Norse Shaman, Ogre Bodyguard, Pathfinder, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior*, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
Pirates Mordheim/Lustria (TC 9)	Big Game Hunter, Bounty Hunter, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger*, Halfling Scout*, Norse Shaman, Ogre Bodyguard, Pathfinder, Pitfighter, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
Tilean Mercenaries (Miragleans, Remasens, Trantios) Lustria (TC 14)	Bard, Big Game Hunter, Bounty Hunter, Dark Elf Assassin, Duellist, Dwarfen Trollslayer, Elven Ranger, Halfling Scout, Norse Shaman, Ogre Bodyguard, Pitfighter, Shadow Warrior, Tilean Marksman, Warlock, Witch
	* although according to the rules this HS can be hired, it may contradict the ideology of the Warband (e.g. Bretonnians & Tilean Marksman)

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