I was suddenly inspired to brainstorm some heroes. I haven't analyzed them terribly thoroughly, and I certainly haven't playtested them, but I figured I'd post them anyway for general interest. You may mock them at your leisure.
I've intentionally broken with certain conventions (like having conquest value determined by attack type, or always having 3 total trait dice). They're aimed more at Enduring Evil than vanilla, though in most cases it probably makes very little difference.
Finally, I didn't bother making up actual character cards, because I'm outside the parameters supported by Iam's editor, and I have no portraits anyway. So I'll just list stats.
Ketran Doombait
Stats:
8 health, 1 armor, 4 speed, 5 fatigue
Conquest:
2
Traits:
3 melee
Skills:
3 combat
Whenever Ketran would suffer more than 4 wounds from a single attack, he suffers only 4 wounds instead.
Nobin Stonehand
Stats:
12 health, 0 armor, 4 speed, 4 fatigue
Conquest:
2
Traits:
3 melee, 1 ranged
Skills:
2 combat, 1 subterfuge
Nobin has +1 armor whenver at least one of his hand slots is empty.
Elena Redsteel
Stats:
12 health, 1 armor, 4 speed, 4 fatigue
Conquest:
3
Traits:
2 melee, 1 ranged
Skills:
1 combat, 2 subterfuge
Elena does not discard an
Aim
order when she moves, or when she uses it to make an
aimed
attack. (She still discards it when she suffers wounds or changes her equipped weapons.)
Westran
Stats:
12 health, 1 armor, 4 speed, 4 fatigue
Conquest:
3
Traits:
2 melee, 1 magic
Skills:
1 combat, 2 wizardry
Westran may equip one extra "Other" item.
Jourm
Stats:
20 health, 1 armor, 5 speed, 3 fatigue
Conquest:
4
Traits:
2 melee
Skills:
3 combat
When Jourm places a
Dodge
order, he receives movement points equal to half his speed (rounded up).
Ytriana Zephyrtide
Stats:
12 health, 0 armor, 5 speed, 3 fatigue
Conquest:
2
Traits:
3 ranged
Skills:
2 subterfuge, 1 wizardry
Ytriana gains movement points equal to half her speed (rounded down) when she declares a
Battle
action.
Tava the Talented
Stats:
8 health, 1 armor, 4 speed, 4 fatigue
Conquest:
2
Traits:
1 ranged
Skills:
1 combat, 2 subterfuge, 1 wizardry
Tava can purchase new skills from the shop for 500 coins each.
Irena Starsight
Stats:
12 health, 1 armor, 3 speed, 4 fatigue
Conquest:
3
Traits:
4 ranged
Skills:
3 subterfuge
After making an attack roll, Irena may convert any amount of damage to range on a one-for-one basis.
Wicked Kaaven
Stats:
16 health, 2 armor, 3 speed, 4 fatigue
Conquest:
4
Traits:
3 ranged
Skills:
3 subterfuge
When Kaaven spends fatigue to add power dice to an attack roll, the attack gains +1 range for each fatigue spent.
Petra Speedbow
Stats:
16 health, 2 armor, 4 speed, 3 fatigue
Conquest:
4
Traits:
1 melee, 2 ranged
Skills:
1 combat, 2 subterfuge
Before making an attack, Petra may change the equipment in her hand slots at no cost.
Girian Ashbringer
Stats:
12 health, 0 armor, 4 speed, 5 fatigue
Conquest:
2
Traits:
1 magic
Skills:
1 combat, 2 wizardry
Girian has
Burn 2
and is immune to
Burn
and to lava obstacles. When an enemy figure enters a space adjacent to Girian, place 1 Burn token on it (unless immune to
Burn
).
Vertum the Fated
Stats:
12 health, 1 armor, 4 speed, 3 fatigue
Conquest:
3
Traits:
3 magic
Skills:
3 wizardry
Whenever Vertum rolls an X on an attack, you may place one Stun token on a figure that would have been hit if all X results were blanks (unless immune to
Stun
).
Eranus Etherblood
Stats:
16 health, 1 armor, 3 speed, 4 fatigue
Conquest:
3
Traits:
3 magic
Skills:
3 wizardry
At the start of Eranus' turn, he may convert any amount of his health into fatigue on a one-for-one basis (not exceeding his maximum fatigue).
Streyana the Steadfast
Stats:
12 health, 3 armor, 3 speed, 4 fatigue
Conquest:
4
Traits:
3 magic
Skills:
1 combat, 2 wizardry
Streyana ignores one rank of
Entrap
and
Knockback
, as if she occupied one more space than she does. Streyana may not use any equipment that prevents her from equipping
Runes
.
Felbryn Faithshield
Stats:
16 health, 1 armor, 4 speed, 3 fatigue
Conquest:
4
Traits:
1 melee, 2 magic
Skills:
2 combat, 1 wizardry
Felbryn has
Fear 1
. He may spend 1 fatigue before any attack is rolled to gain an extra rank of
Fear
against that attack.
Esin the Ephemeral
Stats:
8 health, 0 armor, 5 speed, 6 fatigue
Conquest:
2
Traits:
1 melee, 1 ranged, 1 magic
Skills:
1 subterfuge, 2 wizardry
Whenever a monster enters a space adjacent to Esin, she may move to an adjacent space as an interrupt by paying fatigue equal to the movement cost of that movement.
Mavin Manyface
Stats:
12 health, 1 armor, 5 speed, 5 fatigue
Conquest:
3
Traits:
3 melee, 3 ranged, 3 magic
Skills:
1 combat, 1 subterfuge, 1 wizardry
Whenever Mavin dies, she discards a skill and draws a new skill of the same type. She must discard a combat skill if killed by a melee attack, a subterfuge skill if killed by a ranged attack, and a wizardry skill if killed by a magic attack. If she is not killed by an attack, she chooses which type of skill to discard.
Hogran Wintersong
Stats:
12 health, 2 armor, 4 speed, 3 fatigue
Conquest:
4
Traits:
3 melee, 3 magic
Skills:
1 combat, 1 wizardry
Hogran has
Entrap 1
and
Freeze 1
, and is immune to
Freeze
and to ice obstacles.
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