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A unit consisting of models with this special rule may adopt a Close Order formation.

A unit with this special rule may increase the maximum Rank Bonus it can claim (as determined by its troop type) by one.

Models with this special rule can only be taken as part of a unit of Dregs, Rat Ogres, or Giant Rats. Models with this special rule may be positioned behind the front rank of their unit.

Note that a Master Moulder may “move through the ranks” as if he was a character and may issue and accept challenges even if they are not within the fighting rank.

Units with this special rule may include models of the same type that are equipped differently to one another, and/or models of different types that fight together in a single unit. If necessary, the army list entry for such units will be accompanied by a brief explanation of the unit’s composition.

Different Weapons: The fighting rank of a Motley Crew may contain models that are armed with different weapons. In such cases, the controlling player must roll different batches of dice for the different models, making it clear to their opponent which model’s attacks they represent and where they are being directed. These attacks are made in the Initiative order of the individual models, as usual.

Different Armour: Models within a Motley Crew may have different armour values. In combat, use the armour value of the majority of the models in the fighting rank. Against enemy shooting, use the armour value of the majority of the models in the unit.

Casualty Removal: Against enemy shooting, casualty removal should be divided as equally as possible between the different models within the unit. In combat, casualties should be removed from among the majority of the models that make up the fighting rank. In either case, available models are brought forward from rear ranks to fill any gaps, as chosen by the controlling player.

Models with this special rule have a +1 modifier to the result of any Flee roll they make.

Unless it is fleeing, a Warband gains a positive (+) modifier to its Leadership characteristic equal to its current Rank Bonus, up to a maximum of Leadership 10.However, a Warband cannot use this modifier to its Leadership should it ever choose to make a Restraint test or, if it is Impetuous, when testing to see if it must declare a charge or may act as normal. In addition, if the majority of the models in a unit have this special rule, it may re-roll its Charge roll.

Note that unless a character also has this special rule, their Leadership cannot be modified by this special rule. A Warband can use either its own modified Leadership, the modified Leadership of a Warband character, or the unmodified Leadership of a non-Warband character, whichever is the higher.

A model with this special rule may voluntarily ‘retire’ (“Too Many Characters,” Rulebook, p.209) during the Combat Phase. In order to do so the model must: • Be joined to a unit that has a Unit Strength of 10 or more.  • Not be part of a Challenge.  • Not be subject to “Nowhere to Run” (Rulebook, p.211).  • Be able to be placed inside the unit outside of all fighting ranks. • Do so before any attacks are allocated and resolved for the current initiative step of a combat that they are in.  Should a model ‘retire’ in this way the unit may still use this character's Leadership. All other restrictions for retiring apply.

In subsequent turns, if this model’s unit remains engaged in combat with the same enemy unit, a model with this rule may move through the ranks and join any fighting rank before challenges are issued during step 1.1 of the “Choose Combat & Fight Phase” (“Characters in Combat,” Rulebook p.209.) 

If at any time there is nowhere to place a ‘retired’ model outside of a fighting rank they must immediately move through the ranks and take a position in the front row of a fighting rank. They may not make any attacks in this round of combat but they may have attacks directed against them.