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Undead (Bloodless)
The Elder Species, the mortal Amazons, and the hostile Firewalkers were all engaged in war, squabbling over territories and imagined slights. The races of Esfah were out of control, and there were none to temper them, to teach them gentler ways. Nature and her elemental children were still in seclusion, recovering from the wounds inflicted by Death.
But Death remained on Esfah, and at last he tired of torturing his pets and let them loose. He turned his attention to the face of the world, and saw that the races had destroyed much of the once beautiful land. Mountains lay scarred by spells, fields were trampled by cavalry, and streams flowed red with the blood of the dead.
Death laughed, a great booming sound filled with malicious mirth. He leapt into the air, his form sprouting huge bat-like wings, and he wended his way across the land. His sharp eyes espied the bodies of the forlorn dead, and again he laughed joyously.
And in his wake, the bones of the dead, the decaying corpses of the dead, rose with trembling hatred to follow their master.
It was the dawn of the dead, and never had a day looked so grim.
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ID Icons
Small 1 Health | Medium 2 Health | Large 3 Health | Monster 4 Health |
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Heavy Melee | Zombie | Wight | Mummy | Carrion Crawler |
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Light Melee | Skeleton | Revenant | Death Knight | Dracolich |
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Cavalry | Wraith | Spectre | Ghost | Fenhound |
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Light Magic | Ghoul | Ghast | Vampire | Minor Death |
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Heavy Magic | Apparition | Heucuva | Lich | Skeletal Steed |
Normal Action Icons
Magic | Maneuver | Melee | Save |
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Species Abilities
Stepped Damage |
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When an Undead unit is killed you may instead exchange it with an Undead unit of lesser health from your Dead Unit Area (DUA). |
Bone Magic |
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When an army containing Undead takes a magic action, each Undead unit that rolls at least one non-ID magic result may add one additional magic result. The number of magic results that may be added in this way is equal to the number of Undead units in the Undead player's Dead Unit Area (DUA), up to a maximum of four †. |
Spells
Black (Death) Spells
Palsy | |||
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Race | Any | Cost | 2 |
Reserves | No | Cantrip | Yes |
Target any opposing army. Subtract one result from the target’s non-maneuver rolls until the beginning of your next turn. |
Evil Eye | |||
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Race | Undead | Cost | 3 |
Reserves | No | Cantrip | No |
Target any opposing army. Subtract two save results from the target’s rolls until the beginning of your next turn. |
Restless Dead | |||
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Race | Undead | Cost | 3 |
Reserves | Yes | Cantrip | Yes |
Target any army. Add three maneuver results to the target’s rolls until the beginning of your next turn. |
Finger of Death | |||
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Race | Any | Cost | 4 |
Reserves | No | Cantrip | No |
Target any opposing unit. Inflict one point of damage on the target with no save possible. |
Exhume | |||
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Race | Undead | Cost | 5 |
Reserves | No | Cantrip | No |
Target three health-worth of units in an opposing player’s Dead Unit Area (DUA). The targets make a save roll. If the targets do not generate a save result they are buried. You may return units up to the health-worth of units buried in this way, to the casting army from your Dead Unit Area (DUA). |
Open Grave | |||
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Race | Undead | Cost | 5 |
Reserves | Yes | Cantrip | No |
Target any army. Until the beginning of your next turn, units in the target army that are killed following a save roll by any army-targeting effects (including melee and missile damage) go to their owner's Reserve Area instead of the DUA. If no save roll was possible when units are killed, Open Grave does nothing. |
Soiled Ground | |||
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Race | Any | Cost | 6 |
Reserves | No | Cantrip | No |
Target any terrain. Until the beginning of your next turn, any unit killed at that terrain that goes into the Dead Unit Area (DUA) must make a save roll. Those that do not generate a save result are buried. |
Elemental Spells
Resurrect Dead | |||
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Race | Any | Cost | 3 |
Reserves | Yes | Cantrip | No |
Target one health-worth of units in your Dead Unit Area (DUA) that contains the color of magic used to cast this spell. Return the target(s) to the casting army. Magic of any one color (or Ivory) may be used to resurrect Amazons. |
Summon Dragonkin | |||
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Race | Any | Cost | 3 |
Reserves | No | Cantrip | No |
Target one health-worth of Dragonkin units in your Summoning Pool that match the color of magic used to cast this spell. The target(s) join the casting army. |
Summon Dragon | |||
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Race | Any | Cost | 7 |
Reserves | No | Cantrip | No |
Target any terrain. Summon one dragon from any Summoning Pool or terrain that contains the color used to cast this spell to the target terrain. Magic of any one color may be used to summon an Ivory or Ivory Hybrid Dragon. |
Summon White Dragon | |||
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Race | Any | Cost | 14 |
Reserves | No | Cantrip | No |
Target any terrain. Summon one White Dragon from any Summoning Pool or terrain to the target terrain. Any combination of magic colors may be used to cast this spell. |
Special Action Icons (SAIs)
Species Icons
Cantrip | Convert | Dispel Magic | Fly | Plague |
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Rend | Scare | Slay | Smite | Stun |
Trample | Vanish | Wither | ||
SAI Effects
Cantrip | |
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Magic, Non-Maneuver | During a magic action or Magic Negation (Frostwings) roll, Cantrip generates X magic results. During other non-maneuver rolls, Cantrip generates X magic results that only allow you to cast spells marked as 'Cantrip' from the spell list. |
Convert | |
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Melee | During a melee attack, target up to X health-worth of units in the defending army. The targets make a save roll. Those that do not generate a save result are killed. The attacking player may return up to the amount of heath-worth killed this way from their Dead Unit Area (DUA) to the attacking army. |
Dispel Magic | |
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Special | Whenever any magic targets this unit, the army containing this unit or the terrain this unit occupies, you may roll this unit after all spells are announced but before any are resolved. If the Dispel Magic icon is rolled, negate all unresolved magic that targets or effects this unit, its army or the terrain it occupies. No other icons have any effect during this special roll. Magic targeting other units, armies, or terrains is unaffected by this SAI. |
Fly | |
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Any | During any roll, Fly generates X maneuver or X save results. |
Plague | |
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Melee | During a melee attack, target one unit in the defending army. The target makes a save roll. If the target fails to generate a save result it is killed. That unit's owner then targets another unit in the same army to save or be killed. Continue to target units with Plague until a targeted unit generates a save result. |
Rend | |
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Dragon Attack, Maneuver, Melee | During a melee or dragon attack, Rend generates X melee results. Roll this unit again and apply the new result as well. During a maneuver roll, Rend generates X maneuver results. |
Scare | |
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Melee | During a melee attack, target up to X health-worth of units in the defending army. The targets make a save roll. Those that do not generate a save result are immediately moved to their Reserve Area before the defending army rolls for saves. Those that roll their ID icon are killed. |
Slay | |
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Melee | During a melee attack, target one unit in the defending army. Roll the target. If it does not roll its ID icon, it is killed. |
Smite | |
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Dragon Attack, Melee | During a melee attack, Smite inflicts X points of damage to the defending army with no save possible. During a dragon attack, Smite generates X melee results. |
Stun | |
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Melee | During a melee attack, target up to X health-worth of units in the defending army. The targets make a maneuver roll. Those that do not generate a maneuver result are stunned and cannot be rolled until the beginning of your turn, unless they are the target of an individual-targeting effect which forces them to roll. Stunned units that leave the terrain through any means are no longer stunned. Roll this unit again and apply the new result as well. |
Trample | |
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Any | During any roll, Trample generates X maneuver and X melee results. |
Vanish | |
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Save | During a save roll, Vanish generates X save results. The unit may then move to any terrain or its Reserve Area. If the unit moves, the save results still apply to the army that the Vanishing unit left. |
Wither | |
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Melee | During a melee attack, target any opposing army at the same terrain. Until the beginning of your next turn, the targeted army subtracts X results from all rolls it makes. |