Errata & FAQ: The Book of Ruin - Corpse Grinder Cults
RAW ✔️ Source: Rules Update and Errata, April 2022
The content of the Errata and Frequently Asked Questions relative to the Corpse Grinder Cults in The Book of Ruin is presented here for completeness and transparency only, as these changes have already been incorporated into their respective entries.
ERRATA
PAGE 17— GANG COMPOSITION Amend the seventh bullet point as follows:
• During the course of a campaign, gangs may gain new equipment, either by purchasing it from the gang's House Equipment List or from the Trading Post.
FAQ
Q. If a Corpse Grinder Cult Initiate (Juve) is promoted to become a Cutter (Champion) during a campaign, do they lose any ranged weapons they are equipped with?
A. No, any ranged weapons they had as an Initiate (Juve) are kept. However, as their type changes to Cutter (Champion) upon promotion, they cannot be equipped with any new ranged weapons in the future.
Q. Similarly, if a Corpse Grinder Cult Initiate (Juve) is promoted to become a Cutter (Champion) during a campaign, do they lose the Infiltration special rule and with it the Infiltrate skill?
A. Yes. As the Infiltrate skill is granted by a special rule, it is lost when the fighter's type changes from Initiate (Juve) to Cutter (Champion). Should a fighter change type, they lose the special rules of their old type, but gain the special rules of their new type.
Q. What about their masks, do these change when a fighter is promoted?
A. Yes. The fighter's mask becomes more ornate with promotion through the cult. Therefore its type and rules change. The old mask isn't discarded though. Rather, it is the old mask that has more ornamentation added.
Q. In that case, when a Corpse Grinder Cult Initiate (Juve) is promoted to become a Cutter (Champion) during a campaign, do they gain the Dervish special rule?
A. Yes.
Q. The Corpse Grinder Cult gang composition rules state that they may only ever include a maximum of 0-3 Champions (Cutters). Can I go above this?
A. NO, that's why the limit is there. Your gang can only take on new Champions (Cutters) if it currently contains fewer than three.
Q. So what happens if, during Down Time, my gang includes three Cutters and an Initiate with five or more upgrades?
A. That's up to you. You may retire a Cutter during any post-battle sequence, including side battles during Down Time, thus reducing the number in your gang and allowing the Initiate to be promoted, or you may forego the Initiate's promotion as promotion in this way is neither automatic nor compulsory.