Succession Campaign

In the Succession Campaign you pick a side in the war for control over Necromunda. As the Great Darkness begins, Necromunda’s core cools; the great heat sinks powering and warming the hives grow cold. The whole planet is plunged into darkness and in order to survive, the hive cities and spires cut themselves off completely from the underhive, leaving those below to fend for themselves.

How the Campaign Works

The Succession Campaign is a complete narrative campaign that can be used alongside the Necromunda rules. It incorporates many of the existing Necromunda and Ash Wastes campaign rules, adding additional special rules to recreate the turbulent times of the Great Darkness and the beginning of the rebellion against Lord Helmawr’s rule. The campaign is divided into two phases, separated by a period of Downtime: the Great Darkness phase and the Spark of Rebellion phase.

In the Great Darkness phase, gangs fight to seize and consolidate whatever powerbase they can in order to ensure their survival, cut off from their larger Houses as they are. The usual barriers collapse and gangs are able to move freely between the underhive and the ash wastes.

Then in the Spark of Rebellion phase, gangs have to declare their allegiance in the brewing civil war and try to claim as much influence as they can for their chosen side.

Later supplements will continue on from the Succession Campaign and allow players to keep using the same gangs in the ongoing struggle to control Necromunda.

Challenges

Each gang can issue 1 challenge per cycle, 1 more if all battles are fought and there is more time in the cycle.

• First cycle: Randomize challenges for the first battle of the campaign.
• Subsequent cycles: Choose who to challenge. Ascending order of Gang Rating, starting with the gang with the lowest rating (tie-breaker: randomize).
• If a gang receives more than 1 challenge, any challenges after the first can be declined without penalty.
• Rescue scenario (captives): Escape from Hive Zalktraa.

Controlling Sympathisers

Central to the Succession Campaign is the control of Sympathisers. At the start of the campaign, each gang is trying to sway as many groups to their cause as they can as a matter of sheer survival; these are represented by a special kind of Territory known as Sympathisers. As the rebellion starts, it becomes ever more important to amass a large group of supporters and weaken the enemy’s support base. Players will start with a few Sympathisers already swayed to their cause, and must prove their worth to others in battle.

Resources

Generate a random pool of 3 Sympathisers per gang. These are the available Sympathisers for phase 1. The first battle is fought against a random gang with a random Sympathiser at stake. In subsequent battles, challengers can choose Sympathisers at stake as normal.

Sympathisers have a 2 types of boon, one is only active in phase 3, the other is always active (also in phase 3).

Starting Out

Starting credits: 2000
Additional Credits for Vehicles and Mounts: 400
Keep unspent credits: No

In addition, each gang starts with a randomly-determined Sympathiser andaGang Sympathisers Territory

Phases

Phase 1: The Great Darkness

After each battle, gangs cannot:

• Re-equip from the Gang Equipment Lists.
• Recruit fighters, crew or hangers-on.
• +4 Rarity for all items from Trading Post & Black Market.

Apply the following to all battles (depending of battlefield type):

• Zone Mortalis & Sector Mechanicus: Pitch Black.
• Ash Wastes: Changing Seasons.

After this phase these exceptions are no longer in effect.

If there are no more uncontrolled Resources, challengers nominate a Resource currently controlled by their opponent.

Phase 2: Downtime

Complete the following steps:

1. Fighters Recover
2. Captives are Returned
3. Experienced Juves are Promoted
4. Fresh Recruitment
5. Declare Allegiance

Declaring Allegiance

Each gang must declare allegiance to one of the following:

• Imperial House.
• Unaligned.
• Lady Credo's Rebellion.

Note: The campaign is designed to have at least 1 gang fight for and against the rebellion (with number of gangs unaligned).

Each allegiance will provide several unique bonuses that applies for the rest of the campaign.

Before each battle, roll 4+ to choose one of the following Hired Guns for free this battle (automatically leaves after the battle regardless of any special rules). Ignore the normal gang restrictions when gaining this bonus. Note that Agents have additional petition restrictions that needs to be met.

Imperial House	Unaligned	Lady Credo's Rebellion
Emissaries of House Helmawr Cyniss (Escher Agent) Lady Haera (Agent)	Look Out for our Own Gorshiv Hammerfist (?) Djangar Gunfists (Goliath Bounty Hunter) Margo Mardena (Orlock Agent) Vespa Minx Merdena (Orlock Bounty Hunter)	Emissaries of the Rebellion Athera and Stix (?) Lady Credo (Rebel Lord Alliance)
Deep Pockets +D6x10 when generating income from resources.	We Stand for Ourselves +D3XP for taking an enemy Leader OoA.	Stars in the Ascendency +1 Reputation per battle won.
	Take a Side Can choose another alignment after each battle. Any gang that only controls Gang Resources must make this choice.

Phase 3: Spark of Rebellion

Resources:

• Any unclaimed are removed.
• Only those already controlled can be won as the stake of battles.
• All boons from resources are rewarded.

Ash Wastes battles use Season of Ash.

Ending the Campaign

After Phase 3, the campaign ends. There are a number of Triumphs (depending on campaign type). A gang may earn more than one, and in case of a tie, no one is awarded it.

Triumphs	Criteria
Leader of Men	Most Sympathisers
Hoarder of Coin	Largest Wealth
Legendary Status	Highest Reputation
Champions of House Helmawr	Won most battles for House Helmawr.
Champions of the Rebellion	Won most battles for the Rebellion.
Survivor	Suffered the fewest deaths (during phase 1 only).

Scenario Selection

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It is up to the campaign to organise how they want to choose scenarios. Each gaming group is different and have different approaches. One option is to use the selection table suggested by the campaign designers below.

When a challenge is issued, roll 2D6 on the table below to determine which scenario is used. If the scenario dictates there is an attacker and a defender, the player that issued the challenge is the attacker. Where there is a choice of two scenarios, the first scenario should be played in the Great Darkness phase and the second one in the Spark of Rebellion phase.

2D6	Result
2-3	The player with the greater number of Sympathisers chooses which scenariotoplay. If both players have the samenumber of Sympathisers, the winner of a roll-off chooses which scenario to play.
4-5	Play the Fall of Badzones Outpost or the Parley Showdown scenario.
6-7	Play the Gunk War or the Battle of the Riftways scenario.
8-9	Play the Out of the Storm or the Street Fight scenario.
10-12	The player with fewer Sympathisers chooses which scenario to play. If both players have the same number of Sympathisers, the winner of a roll-off chooses which scenario to play.