Duel

"First blood, ye fool! First blood! And here ye've gone 'n run 'im through!"

- Ortolf Ehardt, Burgher The complex legal system of duelling is used by the nobles of the Empire and other such fools.

Fought with swords or pistols, duels are methods of settling grievances or holding trial by combat. When a noble has to engage in a duel, they typically send a professional duellist as their surrogate instead. Similarly, judicial champions represent the law in trials of combat.

Duelling with pistols is becoming increasingly popular, particularly with impetuous, blue-blooded students at the University of Altdorf. Pistol duels usually take place at dawn, with each party firing at the other after walking ten paces. The pistol duel is of course very deadly, not only because of the exchange of gunfire at close range, but also because duelling pistols are temperamental weapons, prone to explosive malfunction at the most inopportune times. As such, more traditionally-minded nobles, particularly those of older generations, hold pistol duelling in low esteem, considering it both dishonourable and reckless.

Source

 * Warhammer Fantasy 2nd ED -- Core Rulebook
 * pg. 67
 * pg. 74
 * Warhammer Fantasy 2nd ED -- Old World Armoury
 * pg. 46
 * Warhammer Fantasy 4th ED -- Core Rulebook
 * pg. 71

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