Albion Rugby Team

Bright Crusaders

Whenever a Bright Crusader player rolls a double he may choose the 'Block' skill or ANY stat increase (MA, AG, ST or AV) this represents the hours of extra training the Bright Crusader player spent in the gym. Note: no stat may be increased more than 2 points over its starting value, and AV may never be higher than 10.

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  A Bright Crusader coach will never call upon an 'illegal procedure', instead he will kindly point out what the other coach has forgotten in a friendly manner and not cause him a turnover or a re-roll (yes, this is a rule!). Nor will he question the referee's authority (i.e you may never 'argue the call').
  
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  As Bright Crusaders teams spend much more time training than normal teams so they never pay double the price for re-rolls.
  
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  A Bright Crusader team may of course never cheat with magic or other means, so the team can never use Dirty Trick or Magic Item special play or support staff cards. Instead their massive amounts of training allow them a slight edge on the pitch. If the Bright Crusaders are playing a team with a higher Team Value, they may purchase random pre-match preparations support staff cards for 50k of inducements. The “grudge match” card may not be selected.
  
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  The Bright Crusaders may not play Magic Flux, Not-So-Secret Weapon, or Bribe the Announcer support staff cards. These should be discarded and a replacement card drawn.
  
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  If the fans ever attempt to 'get the ref' on a kick-off roll the referee will quickly seek shelter in the Bright Crusaders dugout and is saved from further intimidation. No other team would allow this as it is commonly considered that the referee is 'unclean' or brings bad luck (if he is not digested correctly that is). This effectively negates the Get The Ref kickoff table result.
  
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  As sickeningly good players are never intent on hurting their fellow sportsmen (no elbows in the face or knees in the groin etc) they always have a -1 modifier on injury rolls that are effects of their blocking.
  
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  Death has a great psychological effect on Bright Crusaders teams. If a Bright Crusader player would ever cause the demise of another player as a result of a block (not a crowd injury) and the dead player is not saved in some way (apothecary or card) the trauma that follows from having taken another person's life will so greatly shake up the player that he will miss the rest of the match (Undead, Daemon, Elemental, and Construct players don't count). If a Bright Crusader kills a player with Regeneration who successfully regenerates, the Crusader sees he is okay and returns to the game on the next drive.
  
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  If a Bright Crusader player is killed during a game and is not immediately saved by the apothecary this will affect the whole team. The shocking sight of their dead comrade being carried of the field will leave them in a shaken and unorganized state and all their previous training suddenly seems forgotten. Remove all of their remaining team re-rolls for the rest of the half.
  
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  Bright Crusaders teams earn their star player points in a slightly different way. The ability to send another player to the dead and injured dugout is not rewarded with experience in a Bright Crusaders team. Instead, every time a player is badly hurt, seriously injured or killed for any reason, he is awarded two spp's (keep track of these as you would normally do CAS's). If you think of this for a moment it is actually quite logical, a player who gets hurt a lot sooner or later must learn how to step aside or stay on his feet.
  
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  Because of their extremely intensive training and discipline, a Bright Crusaders player can play through some pretty bad injuries. Bright Crusaders players ignore the effects of the first niggling injury they gain.