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Author
Marcin Gerkowicz
Illustrator
ukasz Marko
Proof-reader
Ignacy Kurowski
Publisher
Assault Publishing Marcin Gerkowicz
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*o+yright Assault Publishing Marcin Gerkowicz !1'% All ,ights ,eser-ed% .his ruleset ay be used 0or 0ree0or any non"coercial +ur+ose%
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Introduction%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #.he idea behind the gae%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #onourable +ayent%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #7ice and arkers%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #.he show ust go on8%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #$ine o0 ight%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #Measuring%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #9nit +araeters%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #.ests%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 69nit cards%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 6
9nit ty+es%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 6.he eroes :also co-ers the ;illainsrder o0 acti-ation%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%4
Acti-ation +rocedure%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%4A-ailable actions%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1!Mo-eent actions%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%1!tatic actions%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%11
Additional rules%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1$ady ?ortune%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1*ritical hits%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1?alling down%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1.errain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1.ra+s%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1)2reaking down doors%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1)*oon Manual kills tests%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%1).he ballad8%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1)
9nit @ ea+on s+ecial rules%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%1'
tarting the gae8%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 16cenarios%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 16Buick start%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 16*reating the eroes%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 15*lasses%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 15In-entory%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 15
C=ui+ent list%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 14
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tandard ites%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%14Magic ites%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%!
Ites table%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Magic%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% )Magic lores%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% )izard $ore%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% '
2asic s+ells%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'Ad-anced s+ells%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'
*leric $ore%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% #2asic s+ells%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#Ad-anced s+ells%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#
2estiary%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 6uans%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 6Cl-es%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 5
7war-es%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% (al0lings%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% (7ark Cl-es%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 4
?orbidden s+ells :count as Ad-anced s+ells
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INTRODU!TION
Th( i1(a b(hin1 th( ga2(
eroic 2allads is a narrati-e tableto+ iniature gae set in a generic 0antasy setting% It 0ocuses onscenarios +layed using une=ual 0orcesE with one +layer leading a grou+ o0 eroes and the secondcoanding hordes o0 e-il creatures as the Master o0 the 7ungeon%My ain ins+iration were role"+laying gaes o0 the 14(!sE which is why the ruleset ay be used 0orany classical 0antasy setting/uni-erse% I0 you ha-e ideas 0or a scenariosE o+tional rules or bestiary entries:or e-en whole races8rkiestra wiHteczneF Poocy:htt+D//www%wos+%org%+l/
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Combat Skill (CS)
*obat kill deonstrates how well the unit 0ights in close cobat%
Ballistic Skill (BS)
2allistic kill re+resents the units +rowess in using ranged wea+ons%Manual Skills (MS)
Manual kills show how well the unit deals with tasks that re=uire +recisionE such as o+ening locksEo+erating co+licated achineryE and so on%
Braery (B)
2ra-ery re+resents the courage o0 the units ebers%
Initiatie (I)
Initiati-e is used to deterine the order o0 acti-ation% 9nits with higher Initiati-e are acti-ated be0orethose with lower Initiati-e%
!efence (!)
7e0ence shows how di00icult it is to har the unit%Special rules"notes
oe units ha-e s+ecial rulesE which are described in the 9nit @ ea+ons +ecial ,ules section or inthe 2estiary%
2elow you can see a sa+le unit entry 0ro the 2estiary%
>rc warriors :unit o0 6+erating co+licated achines J 7i00iculty '7isabling the tra+ J 7i00iculty '
Th( balla16
A0ter an es+ecially good gaeE the +layers should co+ose a ballad or a +oe about the ad-entureand share it with the others8
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UNIT @ $ PON SP!I L RULS
Animal
Anials cannot +er0or the 0ollowing actionsD >+en/closeE 9nlock/lock% 9nlock/lock with a key% AdditionallyEsoe s+ells do not a00ect Anials%
Blast*
.he issile/agical attacks are resol-ed not only against the targeted unitE but also against all units :0riend or0oe< within )% I0 the targeted unit consists o0 ore than one odelE the attack a00ects units within ) o0 eachodel belonging to the targeted unit%
Bloodsucker
C-ery tie a creature with this s+ecial rule eliinates a unitE it ay heal one wound :re+lace one redcounter with a green/blue one
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ST RTING TH G #6
7uring the gaeE one +layer leads a grou+ o0 bra-e eroesE who -enture out to a +erilous +lace :a
ceeteryE dungeonE ancient te+leE wild 0orestE etc%< in order to co+lete their =uest% .he o++onentE onthe other handE becoes the Master o0 the 7ungeonE who coands hordes o0 e-il creatures which tryto sto+ the eroes% Alternati-elyE the roles can be swa++edE with one +layer taking coand o0 a bando0 +ower0ul ;illainsE and the second acting as the 7e0ender o0 the ,ealE who leads grou+s o0 +easantsEilitiaE and knights de0ending their hoes%
S'(na&i*s
eroic 2allads uses a *reate"your"own scenario syste% Qou can recreate classic 0antasy =uestsE in-entyour ownE or si+ly eN+lore dungeonsE ca-es or castles% e +lan to ake a scenario re+ository on theAssault Publishing website 0or you to use and eN+and%
Aui') sta&t
In order to =uickly +re+are a gaeE we recoend 0ollowing these ste+sD1% Agree on the goal o0 the scenario% ?or eNa+leE the eroes ight ha-e to kill a +ower0ul ;illain
or MonsterE reco-er a treasure or an arte0actE rescue a +risonerE or si+ly sur-i-e an onslaughto0 e-il creatures% As 0or the ;illainsE their goal ight be to +lunder and burn a -illageEassassinate a bene-olent leaderE seize a castleE or abduct a +rincess%
% .he Master o0 the 7ungeon sets u+ the battle0ield using terrain +ieces 0ro the +layerscollections% .ry to choose a setting a++ro+riate 0or the chosen scenario :ty+ical ones are o0course dungeonsE ca-esE cursed 0orestsE etc%< and ake the table look as cool as +ossible% 7o not
0orget to set tra+s and create soe eNce+tionally dangerous s+ots% owe-erE be care0ul not too-erdo thisD a-oid creating too any +oints which ight be too easy to de0endO try to +ro-ide atleast ) ero Cntry Points and a nuber o0 +aths to the =uests obFecti-es% In addition to theterrain +iecesE +lace 1!"! *reature Cntry Points on the tableD these can be dark densE hutsEceeteriesE inter"diensional +ortalsE or anything else which the +layers 0ind 0itting%
)% In the eantieE the ero +layer creates his/her 0ellowshi+ using the 2estiary and the *reatingthe eroes cha+ters% oe enchen ay be addedE but +re0erably in liited nubers :a0terallE this is a gae about heroes8< and only in well"grounded situationsE e%g% when the good 0orcesre+resent a +rince and his retinue%
'% Agree on all as+ects concerning s+ecial actionsD where and when are they +er0oredE howany green or blue counters they re=uireE which tests are to be taken and what are theire00ects% A-oid too co+licated s+ecial actionsE as they will slow down the gae%
AdditionallyE agree on the status o0 doors :which can be o+ened norallyE which are lockedEagicalE etc%
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5% .he other +layer +laces all the eroes within ) o0 any ero Cntry Point :or +ointsE i0 the +layerdecides to di-ide the 0ellowshi+
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=ui52(nt list
Stana& it(s
1reat eapon (halberd2 to handed sord or a3e)
Melee wea+on% Power0ul hitE ea-y% Great wea+ons cannot be cobined with shields%
!ual eapons
Melee wea+on% .he odel gets &1 to *E but cannot carry a shield%
Spear
Melee wea+on% hen the odel is charged by an eneyE it gets &1 to * in the subse=uent cobat%
BoMissile wea+onE range 1(%
Crossbo
Missile wea+onE range 1% Power0ul hit%
Slin$
Missile wea+onE range 1% .he user gets &1 to 2%
Throin$ knies
Missile wea+onE range 6% .he user gets &) to 2%:e assue that the ero carries enough kni-es to last 0or the whole battleO they still count as a singleite%ther :+otionsE sta00s etc%< & & & & & & & &
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# GI!
Magic is a sta+le o0 0antasy 0ictionE and eroic 2allads are no eNce+tionD during your ad-enturesE you
will eet +lenty o0 wizardsE agical creatures and arte0acts8
#agi' l*&(s
In the gaeE all s+ells are di-ided into lores consisting o0 ) 2asic and 5 Ad-anced s+ells%C-ery s+ellcaster is either a 2asic agic user :who can use only 2asic s+ells< or an CN+ert agic user:who ay use all s+ells 0ro the chosen lore
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Basi' s(llsSi3th Sense (difficulty #)
May be cast on the s+ellcaster or a 0riendly unit within 6% .he a00ected unit ay charge an eneywhich is not in its $ine o0 ight% $asts until the end o0 the neNt turn%
!ispel (difficulty &)
May be cast on the s+ellcaster or any unit within 1% C00ects o0 all eney s+ells currently a00ecting thetarget are cancelled on result o0 '& on 76% Alternati-elyE 7is+el ay be cast as a counter"actioniediately a0ter the eney success0ully casts a s+ell% I0 7is+el is success0ulE the s+ell is cancelledbe0ore it takes e00ect%
Basic 'eitation (difficulty &)May be cast on the s+ellcaster or a 0riendly unit within 6% .he unit doubles its Fu+/long Fu+ range%In additionE the unit is not hared when 0alling downE unless it lands on a terrain +iece whichautoatically kills all units 0alling down on it% $asts until the end o0 the neNt turn%
A:an'( s(lls
Ma$ic Missile (difficulty &)
*ounts as a shooting attack with a range o0 1( and 2 #%
Aura of !arkness (difficulty &)
.he s+ellcaster and all 0riendly units within 6 cause ?ear% $asts until the end o0 the neNt turn%
7in$s of 6uicksiler (difficulty 8)
May be cast on the s+ellcaster or a 0riendly unit within 6% .he unit doubles its +eed during its neNtacti-ation%
.ireball (difficulty 8)
*ounts as a shooting attack with range o0 1(E 2 6 and 2last8 rule%
Adanced leitation (difficulty 9)
.he s+ellcaster and all 0riendly units within 6 ay double the Fu+/long Fu+ range% In additionE theunit is not hared when 0alling downE unless it lands on a terrain +iece which autoatically kills allunits 0alling down on it% $ast until the end o0 the neNt turn%
Teleportation (difficulty 9).he s+ellcaster can iediately o-e to any +oint within $ine o0 ight and 1( :eNcluding i+assableterrain
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Basi' s(lls
Blessin$ (difficulty #)
May be cast on any 0riendly unit within 1 o0 the s+ellcaster% .he unit gets ) re"rolls o0 any dice% $astsuntil the end o0 the neNt turn%
/ealin$ (difficulty &)
May be cast on the s+ellcaster or a 0riendly ero/Monster within 6% >ne o0 the wounds su00ered by thetargeted unit is healed J swa+ a red counter 0or a blue or green oneE de+ending on the starting set%
/oly Stren$th (difficulty &)
May be cast on the s+ellcaster or any 0riendly unit within 6% .he unit counts its blue counters as greenones% $asts until the end o0 the neNt turn%
A:an'( s(lls
Sanctuary (difficulty 8)
.he s+ellcaster cannot becoe the target o0 *harge8 actionsE hoot actions or s+ells which count asshooting attacksE
Curse (difficulty 8)
May be cast on any eney unit within 1(% .arget unit has to re"roll all success0ul daage rolls% $astsuntil the end o0 the neNt turn%
Protection (difficulty 8)
All eney s+ells targeting the s+ellcaster or any 0riendly unit within 6 get & to their di00iculty% $astsuntil the end o0 the neNt turn%
Speed of 1ods (difficulty 8)
May be cast on the s+ellcaster or any 0riendly unit within 6% .arget unit gets additional two greencounters to be used during the current turn% I0 the s+ell is cast on a unit other than the s+ellcasterE thatunit is acti-ated iediately a0ter the s+ellcaster%
Aura of !eflection (difficulty 8)
All 0riendly units within 6 o0 the s+ellcaster get &' to 7e0ence when being shot at :including s+ellswhich count as a shooting attack
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BSTI RY
In the 2estiaryE you will 0ind the ost coon 0antasy races and onsters% 2ear in ind that the list is
not closed J rules 0or additional creatures will be +ublished on the Assault Publishing websiteE and weencourage you to create your own units :andE o0 courseE share the with others on our 0oru8
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A-ailable classesD all
Skilled ma$iciansCl-en agic users get &1 A%
Skilled archers
All Cl-en units get &1 2 when using bows%
Cl-en hero
. * 2 M 2 I 7
ero # # 5 # ' 5 )
+ecial rules/notes
Cl-en guards :unit o0 'com)
Architect @ illustratorE has been drawing since early childhood% Aong other worksE he is the author o0D short coic 0ors 0or )rdanthology editon 0or ?oru >bywatelskiego ,ozwoFu 0undationE illustrations 0or PM* 6'! rulebook released by Assault PublishingE illustrations 0or 7o++elganger coic by 7a-e Mc*luskeyE 7ark Priest coic short e+isodes%
0ichard /olden
,ichard began the argaes and walking blog whilst he was ill a 0ew years ago as a +lace to discusshis two ain hobbies o0 war gaing and walking battle 0ields and useus and other historic +laces%3ow he uses it as a +lat0or 0or his 0und raising 0or the ,oyal 2ritish $egionE a charity that su++ortsinFured ser-ice +ersonnel and their 0ailiesE and honours the eories o0 those that ha-e 0allen in theser-ice o0 their country% It also tries to ensure that +eo+le ne-er 0orget the losses su00ered by all inwar0are% $uckilyE ,ichard is -ery lucky in gaining su++ort 0ro soe o0 the great wargaingco+anies%
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