We all love the Ubersreik five, but the world of Warhammer fantasy is vast, and there is no shortage of unique cultures and characters.
So, in the name of random curiosity, if you could choose four characters to throw together in a party, for order or chaos, regardless of lore, who would you choose?
Me? I would go with a female dwarf (Bardin’s daughter to be precise), a stranded Skink lizardman from Lustria, a renegade vampire (not all the undead bow to Nagash readily, just ask Settra and Ulrika, mayhaps the one that Lohner met a while back?), and a Cathayan Alchemist.
Why these characters? Because they have both enough potential for different careers and unique weapons. Especially the Skink. Who wants to throw fire-leech bolas?
I quite prefer groups that match well with each other than stretching toward as many different groups:
Grand Alliance (Dreadfleet): Mariners of the different ships of the Grand Alliance
Heldenhammer: Stolen Empire ship of Jeago Roth, could bring: anything Empire (Could have something tied to the Grudgebringer, revealing the link between Hedda and Lohner)
Swordfysh: Ship of Aranessa Saltspite, could bring: Ogre Mercenary; WP of Manann; Pirate (Light Fighter)
Flaming Scimitar: Ship of the Golden Magus, could bring: Ogre, warriors from Araby, some half Caster, a hidden Tzeentchian cultist
Grimnir’s Thunder: Red Brokk’s ship, only able to bring something from the Dwarfs, could be Hedda Bardinsdottir (as she did fight against Count Noctilus)
Seadrake: Yrellian’s ship, could only bring something Elfs, best to have it be the devoted Caster (as to have the freedom to pick from any of the 8 Winds of magic)
Chaos Exalted Heroes: 4 Exalted Warrior/Heroes of Chaos + either a Chaos Dwarf or a Skaven, but hopefully something more particular than just the Warrior of Chaos
Khorne Brass Sister
Tzeentchian Black Magister
Slaaneshi Druchii Anointed
Nurglite Rot Knight
and one of the following:
Beastlord
Dark Emissary
Skaven Warplock Engineer
Chaos Dwarf Sorcerer
(Cathayan) Grand Bastion
Gate Master - Celestial Dragon [Heavy Fighter]
Dragon Monk [Light Fighter; Side Caster] old lore
One-Horn Ogre [Heavy; PoV difference]
Alchemist[Light Fighter; Side Caster]
Astromancer [Full Caster]
Monkey Warrior [Light Fighter]
For example, each pairing quite well toward different tide factions:
Dreadfleet: Alliance of Vampiric Pirates; the Ghost of the Drowned, Tomb king, undead Skaven, and Chaos Dwarf mercenary
Lizardmen: With them protecting the invading forces of Chaos in their Lustrian Temple cities
Chaos: Defending the Grand Bastion, attacking tribes outside of it, or reclaiming lost cities of Cathay, or going westward against the Hobgoblin Khanate and the other Greenskins (maybe with later reveal of Chaos Dwarf being the instigator)
I’d like to play off opposites with a mix of rng random fun character lines… especially elf berating and forced to pair with less species of insane skaven and fun war orks…not too sure about Lizardmen but they tend to be orderly and opposite to Skaven i assume.