Creating a character
The Human General from Malrock
The God Horizon
Horizon – God of the Mountains:
The divine figure overseeing the lofty peaks, Horizon stands as the Great Builder. His spell, “Rock Mountain Wall,” is entreated in common prayers with the invocation, “Lift Us from the Ground, Horizon.”
Description:
Fashioned from rock, Horizon emanates strength and stature. Towering and robust, he carries a stone hammer of crafting, embodying the essence of mountain resilience.
Deeds:
Horizon’s divine lineage unfolds in the creation of Dwarves, born from droplets of his blood when he fell from the staircase to Itherial, a testament to his role as a celestial architect. A patron for those in need of redemption and second chances, Horizon bestows recognition for bravery in battle and safeguards the innocent.
Stone masons invoke his name when constructing defenses, and lords seek his blessing to protect their towers, establishing Horizon as a revered guardian and builder in the divine pantheon.
Added Bonus
When the player’s general is in battle the character can summon a mountain rock wall onto the land board. The spell can be placed anyway on the land board affecting an entire row on the battlefield. The player needs to decide which row of spaces they would like the rock mountain wall to be placed. The selected area is 1 x 8 square grids and will appear highlighted after the area has been selected. The spell won’t come into effect until after the enemy has had their turn. The enemy will have their turn as normal and will have the opportunity to remove any units out of the targeted area. Before it returns to the player’s turn, the spell goes off and any enemy units including the player’s own units that have not been moved out of the area are instantly destroyed by the raising mountain wall. The rock mountain wall remains as an obstacle that land units cannot occupy for a full round. This spell does not affect the sky board and the wall disappears after both players have had their turn, when the wall was summoned.
The spell will be added to your spell book on the “Aided Magic” page.
Horizon is your patron God, but what is your class?
Select your Class
Choose your class type carefully, as it significantly influences your character’s occupation. This selection determines the skills bestowed upon your general. The class selection provides starting abilities which aid recruitment, two special moves applicable on the world map board, and three special tactics that can be performed in battle.
Additionally, the chosen class dictates the upgrade received by the general’s bodyguard—a stat increase crucial for combat effectiveness. There are four distinct class types to consider.
Select your War Table:
The Great Warrior
Unlocked Upgrades
Melee Weapons Upgrade
Spear Weapons Upgrade
Light Armour Upgrade
Heavy Armour Upgrade
Bodyguard
Upgrade bonus stats
Bodyguard Rules:
The general’s bodyguard have to be equipped with either Melee Weapons or Mounted Weapons, and can be upgraded with Light Armour or Heavy Armour.
Unique strategies:
(Special World-Map Moves)
Troop Marching:
Having excellent experience with commanding soldiers, moving supplies and feeding your mounts. You are able to move your land armies faster than other generals. All Your land army game pieces on the World map board can move an additional 1+ Hexagon Space.
Pillage:
Ransacking, murdering and causing chaos is child play to you. All Your armies are able to perform the Pillage move. When moving your Armies through the hexagon spaces on the World map board you are able to un-mark Strongholds from enemy players control and place them to un-occupied. Removing enemy players occupied markers on your army routes.
Unique Tactics:
(Special Battle-Board Moves)
Charging Formation:
Allows the Great Warrior to lead a devastating charge, granting a temporary boost to the attack power of their frontline units. If your general is parallel line to supporting spear infantry, cavalry or sky hunter units then they gain additional +2 to their attack.
Iron Will:
Your soldiers love you! You gain +1 to all moral rolls. Additional When the Great Warrior leads an army, they inspire their troops, granting them immunity to morale-based effects.
Last Stand:
When the Great Warrior’s forces are outnumbered, they can initiate a Last Stand, sacrificing some units to significantly increase the combat prowess of the remaining ones. At any point during the battle provided you are outnumbered you can sacrifice a unit and take either its defence or attack stat and add it to one other unit for a full duration of a single turn.
The Battle Mage
Unlocked Upgrades
Melee Weapons Upgrade
Magic Weapons Upgrade
Light Armour Upgrade
Magic Robes Upgrade
Bodyguard
Upgrade bonus stats
Bodyguard Rules:
The general’s bodyguard have to be equipped with Magic Weapons, and can be upgraded with Magic Robes or Light Armour.
Unique strategies:
(Special World-Map Moves)
Portal Summon:
Some Battle Mages can perform Teleportation but it takes a great Battle Mage to summon a Portal Gate and transport an entire army somewhere else in the World. Every Capital City has a Portal gate. Capture more then 1 Capital City and use them as a means to transport armies between them on the World Map Board.
Arcane Knowledge:
The intense Study of the Arcane Stones allows you to never be low from locating and finding Arcane Stones. Every Tax collection turn can collect additional +3 Blue Arcane stones into your treasury.
Unique Tactics:
(Special Battle-Board Moves)
Arcane Shield:
Within any of The Battle Mage’s armies their spell casters, dragon mages or mage vessels can erect a magical barrier either around themselves or protect 1 other unit next to them from enemy units containing missile and war machines upgrades. This action is instead of casting a spell or attacking for the unit’s turn.
Sorcery:
All spells casted by the battle mage general’s body guard are 1/2 the cost.
Dragon Consume:
Instead of attacking or casting a spell; A dragon mage unit can consume the magic ability of an enemy unit to zero for the duration of the players turn. Making the enemy unit defenceless against magical attacks. The magical ability is returned to the enemy unit if the unit survives the players turn.
The War Engineer
Unlocked Upgrades
Melee Weapons Upgrade
Missile Weapons Upgrade
War Machines Upgrade
Heavy Armour Upgrade
Bodyguard
Upgrade bonus stats
Bodyguard Rules:
The general’s bodyguard have to be equipped with either Melee Weapons or War Machines, and can be upgraded with Light Armour or Heavy Armour.
Unique strategies:
(Special World-Map Moves)
Castle Barricade:
Bunker down, fortifying the walls and holding castles is child play to you. Any Castle under your control can be used as a safe place to leave your armies on the World Map Board. Any of your Armies that are occupying a castle stronghold that is under your control cannot be attacked by enemies.
Naval Shipwright:
Maintaining the Ships that go to war were your apprentice skills. You know how things work and you bring order to the seas. All your Naval Fleet game pieces on the World Map Board can move an additional 1+ Hexagon Space.
Unique Tactics:
(Special Battle-Board Moves)
Flaming Ammo:
Any of the War engineer’s units, which use missile weapons or war machine upgrades do +1 additional damage.
Reinforced Siege Engines:
The war engineer builds them better. Any unit containing a war machine upgrade is granted +1 defence.
Defend Position:
Rather than attacking with a unit the war engineer can temporarily enhance the defence of their units, making them more resistant to enemy attacks. +2 defence is added until the start of the players next turn.
The Scout Master
Unlocked Upgrades
Melee Weapons Upgrade
Missile Weapons Upgrade
Spear Weapons Upgrade
Light Armour Upgrade
Bodyguard
Upgrade bonus stats
Bodyguard Rules:
The general’s bodyguard have to be equipped with either Melee Weapons or Missile Weapons, and can be upgraded with Light Armour or Heavy Armour.
Unique strategies:
(Special World-Map Moves)
Spy:
Knowledge is power and knowing the enemy gives you the edge. Any army within range of any of your own armies can be viewed first before you engage them in battle on the World Map Board. View the entire enemy’s army roster and see exactly what the enemy has.
Sabotage:
Whether it’s cutting the food supply or poisoning the water you know how to create an advantage. When spying and viewing an enemy’s army roster you can select any of the enemy’s battalions and prevent them from taking part in any battle that army encounters that turn. You can only Sabotage one battalion per a turn, so select your target wisely.
Unique Tactics:
(Special Battle-Board Moves)
Hide and Ambush:
The Spy Master can hide up to 4 of its units – keeping them as hided reserves. These units are not deployed at the beginning of the battle and can be introduced into battle later during any of the spy master’s turns. The hided unit has to be deployed at any of the edges of the battle board in a free unoccupied space. Not all 4 units have to be deployed at once in a single turn however if the player loses their army before all of its reserved units are utilised then they are deemed lost and cannot be deployed.
Assassinate:
Allows the Spy Master’s bodyguard to target and eliminate a high-value enemy unit with precision, regardless of its position on the battlefield.
Poison:
Any of the Spy Master’s units, which use missile weapon upgrades, that penetrat the defence of an enemy unit inflict a further -3 from the enemy unit’s health.
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