Each model in Warhammer: the Old World has a profile of nine characteristics:
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier of the Empire | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
These are used to describe the various attributes of different models. All characteristics are rated on a scale from 0 to 10 – they cannot go below 0 and only in the rarest of cases will they rise above 10. These characteristics are: