H

 

HANWI'S DARKNESS

Glinerva the Kyrie Warrior

Optional

Affects DOs: No

Darkness only prevents figures from being targeted by attacks- not from being affected by attacks. 

You can activate Darkness if you reveal the numbered OM on a dead army card.

If your next order marker after Darkness was activated is on a dead card, Darkness still lapses.

Darkness is constantly checked (just like Nakita's Smoke Powder). If Glinerva dies, Darkness ends. If a figure moves into or out of Darkness, it will be, or will cease to be, affected.

 

HEALING TOUCH

Kelda the Kyrie Warrior

Optional

Affects DOs: No

Kelda cannot heal herself.

You may use Healing Touch on a figure controlled by another player.

 

HEALING WORD

Ana Karithon

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

HEART FINDER SPEAR 12

Queen Qhyrion

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

Heart Finder Spear is applied after all other modifiers. 

 

HELM OF MITONSOUL AURA

Runa 

Optional 

 

HEROIC DEFENSE AURA

Hatamato Taro

Mandatory

 

HIDE IN DARKNESS

Darrak Ambershard; Deepwyrm Drow; Drow Chainfighter

Mandatory

A Deepwyrm Drow that is adjacent to Torin and successfully rolls for Hide in Darkness may not roll defense anyways for Evil Eye Protection as the attack ends before defense dice are rolled.

 

HIGHLAND FURY

MacDirk Warriors

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

If your chosen Highland Fury champion is Mind Shackled, it remains your chosen champion and its wounds will still count for Highland Fury. However, you may not bond with that Mind Shackled champion, nor may your MacDirks attack it.

 

HIVE MIND

Marro Hive

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

All figures taking the turn with Hive Mind must be within 12 clear sight spaces of the Marro Hive. This even applies to Marro Drones activating via the Hive Swarm power.

 

HIVE SUPREMACY

Su-Bak-Na

Mandatory

Hive Supremacy only affects powers listed on Marro army cards. It does not affect rolls for Molten Lava, Extreme Fall, or the Glyph of Mitonsoul.

 

HIVE SWARM

Marro Drones

Mandatory

All figures taking the turn with Hive Mind must be within 12 clear sight spaces of the Marro Hive. This even applies to Marro Drones activating via the Hive Swarm power.

 

HIVELORD LIFE BONDING

Marrden Nagrubs

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

You may not destroy a Nagrub to heal the Hivelord if the order marker is on the Hivelord’s army card. 

You may destroy a Nagrub even if the Hivelord has no wounds.

 

HOMING DEVICE

Blastatrons

Mandatory

Affects DOs: Yes

 

HORDE MOVEMENT

Zombies of Morindan

 

HUMAN CHAMPION BONDING

Knights of Weston; MacDirk Warriors

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

HUMAN GLADIATOR HERO BONDING

Capuan Gladiators

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

HYDRA HEADS

Fen Hydra

Counter Strike is applied immediately. A Fen Hydra that is Counter Struck will lose one or more of its remaining attacks (if any).

 

HYPER SPEED 5

Silver Surfer

Optional

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I

 

ICE COLD

Greater Ice Elemental

Mandatory

A Greater Ice Elemental immediately turns its space, and all adjacent spaces, into ice. Thus, it can “walk through water,” and it will receive falling damage if it falls onto a water tile.

 

ICE SHARD BREATH SPECIAL ATTACK

Nilfheim

While Nilfheim is engaged, he may only attack figures with which he is engaged. If during the course of Ice Sharding he is no longer engaged and still has any attacks left, he may Ice Shard a figure with which he is not engaged.

 

ICE SPIKES 15

Greater Ice Elemental 

Mandatory

Engagement Strike will trigger if a figure is summoned, thrown, or otherwise placed adjacent to a figure with Engagement Strike.

A figure summoned by Elven Summoning Spell will be subject to abilities like Engagement Strike.

A figure that successfully Pounces will be subject to abilities like Engagement Strike.

A figure moved by Tactical Switch will be subject to abilities like Engagement Strike.

A figure moved by Chain Grab will be subject to abilities like Engagement Strike.

A figure moved by Talon Grab will be subject to abilities like Engagement Strike. 

A Wyvern that Talon Grabs a figure with an ability like Engagement Strike will not be subject to that ability (as it is not moving adjacent to that figure).

 

ICE TROLL CHARGE

Ice Troll Berserker

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

The Ice Troll does not get to ignore the heavy snow/slippery ice penalty.

Berserker Charge is not once per order marker. After successfully rolling for and moving with Berserker Charge, you may roll again.

 

IMPROVED CYBERCLAW

Major X17

Mandatory

Cyberclaw overrides abilities like Ghost Walk and Disengage. 

Throw may not be used on a figure affected by Cyberclaw.

Tactical Switch may not be used against an adjacent figure with Cyberclaw (remember, placing is the same thing as moving for the purposes of special powers).

If a figure with a damage prevention ability that is conditioned upon ending their movement unengaged (Disappearing Ninja, Vanish) is engaged with a figure that has Cyberclaw, then that figure will not be able to use that damage prevention ability.

 

INDOMITABLE

Frost Giant of Morh

Mandatory

Frost Giant is not considered engaged to the destructible object. As such, if the Frost Giant is not engaged with an opponent’s figure, it will continue to only receive the +2 move from Indomitable. 

 

INITIATIVE ADVANTAGE

Capuan Gladiators

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

INSUBSTANTIAL 3

Phantom Knights

Mandatory

 

INTIMIDATE

Bok-Bur-Na

Mandatory

 

IRON TOUGH

Iron Golem

Mandatory

 

IRONCLAD PUPPETEER

Iron Lich Viscerot

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

ISKRA'S SUMMONING

Iskra Esenwein

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

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J

 

JANDAR CHAMPION BONDING

Frostclaw Paladins

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

JANDAR'S DISPATCH

Sir Gilbert

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

You may move figures from different squads with Jandar’s Dispatch.

Jandar squad figures moved by Sir Gilbert’s Jandar’s Dispatch may use abilities like Flying.

A Dzu-Teh may not use Glacier Traverse when moved by Jandar’s Dispatch because that is an “instead of moving normally” ability, not a “when moving” ability. 

 

JAVELIN

Master of the Hunt

Optional

 

JUNGLE TRACKING

Quasatch Hunters

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K

 

KATO KATSURO'S COMMAND

Kato Katsuro

Optional

 

KIERU 14

Shiori (AoA)

Mandatory

You must place Shiori on a different space (as her own space is not empty), and you may not place her on a glyph.  

If a figure with a damage prevention ability that is conditioned upon placing that figure on a different space (Kieru 14) is engaged with a figure that has Cyberclaw, then that figure will not be able to use that damage prevention ability.

 

KNIGHT AND SENTINEL ENHANCEMENT

Concan the Kyrie Warrior

Mandatory

 

KNIGHT'S COURAGE

Sir Dupuis

Mandatory

 

KNOCKBACK 14

Shurrak

Optional

“Shurrak only has to be able to see the figure (within 3 clear sight spaces) to place it there. Other figures or obstacles do not prevent placement, but remember that the chosen space cannot be a higher level than the defending figure's original space.”

 

KYRIE LEADERSHIP

Atlaga the Kyrie Warrior

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L

 

LANDSLIDE

Granite Guardians

Mandatory

Affects DOs: Yes

 

LAVA RESISTANT

Brunak; Fire Elemental; Iron Golem; Moltenclaw; Obsidian Guards; Shurrak

 

LAVA THROW

Obsidian Guards

Attack Aura 1 can only enhance an Obsidian Guard if it attacks an adjacent figure (but not if it attacks a non-adjacent figure).

 

LAY ON HANDS

Rhogar Dragonspine

Optional

Affects DOs: No

 

LEAF OF THE HOME TREE AURA

Acolarh

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

If a wound prevention power like Acolarh’s Leaf of the Home Tree Aura prevents a wound from an attacking figure’s Poison roll, it does not retroactively prevent the wounds inflicted by the attack roll (or previous Poison rolls that turn).

 

LETHAL STING

Rechets of Bogdan

Mandatory

A Rechet of Bogdan that successfully rolls all skulls destroys the defending figure immediately. Thus, powers like Disappearing Ninja and Vanish cannot be used to prevent destruction.

 

LIFE DRAIN

Cyprien Esenwein; Iskra Esenwein; Marcu Esenwein; Misaerx the Kyrie Warrior; Sonya Esenwein

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

Affects DOs: No

 

LIFE DRAIN SPIRIT

Misaerx the Kyrie Warrior

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

LIZARD KING BONDING

Greenscale Warriors

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

LOLTH'S JUDGEMENT AURA

Estivara 

Mandatory

 

LOLTH'S WRATH SPECIAL ATTACK

Pelloth

Affects DOs: No

Lolth’s Wrath does not target.

Pelloth may not choose himself to destroy.

Pelloth may only affect a figure with which he is engaged until he is no longer engaged.

If Pelloth is engaged with Tandros Kreel and uses Lolth’s Wrath, he must assign those wounds to Tandros so long as Tandros is not destroyed.

 

LOYALTY TO THE LIZARD KING

Greenscale Warriors

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

If the Lizard King is destroyed, you may not choose another.

If your chosen Lizard King is Mind Shackled, it remains their chosen Lizard King, and it still provides its bonus. However, they may not bond with their Mind Shackled Lizard King.

A Lizard King that has its left-box information altered by the Werewolf Lord’s Lycanthropy remains their Lizard King.

 

LUMBERING BULLY

Ogre Pulverizer

Mandatory

Affects DOs: Yes

Lumbering Bully and Arcane Riposte/Counter Strike do not stack. The Ogre Pulverizer will only suffer the excess shields as wounds once.

If Ogre Pulverizer attacks a Warrior of Ashra, every shield after the first inflicts 1 unblockable wound to the Ogre Pulverizer (as each additional shield is excess).

 

LURK IN THE SHADOWS

Pelloth

 

LURKING AMBUSH

Othkurik the Black Dragon

Mandatory

 

LYCANTHROPY

Werewolf Lord

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

Lycanthropy triggers off LEAs.

Lycanthropy markers are never removed or negated (including by Morsbane).

Lycanthropy trumps Parmenio’s Disciplined Influence. 

A Lizard King that has its left-box information altered by the Werewolf Lord’s Lycanthropy remains their Lizard King.

Ana Karithon may not use Turn Undead against a figure that has had its species changed to Hybrid by Werewolf Lord’s Lycanthropy.

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M

 

MACHINE PISTOL SPECIAL ATTACK

Major Q10

 

MAGE HAND

Heirloom

Optional

Moving a treasure glyph with Mage Hand does not remove the trap (if any). 

 

MAJESTIC FIRES SPECIAL ATTACK

Zelrig

Majestic Fires targets the first figure and affects each adjacent figure.

The -2 defense dice is applied after other modifiers like height, shadow, and Defensive Aura.

If a Warforged Soldier’s defense dice is reduced to 0, Warforged Resolve will still add 1 automatic shield. 

 

MARK OF THE WARLORD

Grok Riders

Mandatory

Affects DOs: Yes

This power does not stack if you have multiple Marro Warlords adjacent to the attacked figure.

 

MARRO PLAGUE

Marrden Hounds

Mandatory

Roll once for each figure that is adjacent to at least one Marrden Hound. Do not roll multiple times for a figure that is adjacent to two or more Marrden Hounds. 

 

MARRO REBIRTH

Marro Hive

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

MARRO WARLORD BONDING

Grok Riders

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

MASTER MANIPULATOR

Red Skull

Optional

 

MASTER OF DISGUISE 13

Fia Bonny

Mandatory

If Master of Disguise activates, it lasts until the end of that squad’s turn. 

If Master of Disguise successfully triggers, the attacking figure may choose a new legal target to attack instead.

 

MASTER OF THE ELEMENTS

Kurrok the Elementalist

Optional

When using Master of the Elements, take 1-3 separate and full turns with elementals (moving and attacking with 1 before moving on to the next). 

If you draft Small/Medium Elementals along with a Werewolf Lord, and turn an opponent's Kurrok with Lycanthropy, you may use your turn with your opponent's Kurrok to Summon your own elementals.

 

MASTER'S ASSAULT

Master Win Chiu Woo

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

Opponent’s figures with multiple attacks (e.g. Shaolin Monks or Major Q10) may not target any other figures with separate attacks while still engaged with Tandros.

 

MASTER'S INFLUENCE

Master Win Chiu Woo

Mandatory

 

MAUL

Deathstalkers

Mandatory

Affects DOs: No

 

MELEE DEFENSE

10th Regiment of Foot; Gladiatrons; Major X17

Mandatory

 

MIND BLAST SPECIAL ATTACK

Tul-Bak-Ra

 

MIND EXCHANGE 17

Doctor Doom

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

You may use Mind Exchange on your own figure.

If you take temporary control of Brandis Skyhunter and successfully trigger Archer’s Glory, you get to take the extra turn before control returns back to the owner.

You may not use these powers against a unique figure if you have that unique figure in your army. This is true even if your unique figure was previously destroyed.

 

MIND LINK

Ulginesh

The first Elf Wizard is chosen and activated before the second Elf Wizard is chosen and activated. Only check the 6 space requirement for the second Elf Wizard after the first Elf Wizard has taken its turn. 

 

MIND SHACKLE

Kee-Mo-Shi; Ne-Gok-Sa

Optional

You may not use these powers against a unique figure if you have that unique figure in your army. This is true even if your unique figure was previously destroyed.

If your chosen Lizard King is Mind Shackled, it remains your chosen Lizard King, and it still provides its bonus. However, you may not bond with that Mind Shackled Lizard King.

If your chosen Highland Fury champion is Mind Shackled, it remains your chosen champion and its wounds will still count for Highland Fury. However, you may not bond with that Mind Shackled champion, nor may your MacDirks attack it.

 

MINE!

Ogre Pulverizer

Mandatory

 

MOB ATTACK

Goblin Cutters

Affects DOs: No

Mob Attack will not reduce the defense of a destructible object because it is a non-wounding special power. 

If a Warforged Soldier’s defense dice is reduced to 0, Warforged Resolve will still add 1 automatic shield. 

 

MOON FRENZY

Werewolf Lord

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

It does not matter which Werewolf Lord turned a hero into a Hybrid in the instance of multiple Werewolf Lords.

If your opponent’s Werewolf Lord turns a figure you control into a Hybrid, your own Werewolf Lord may use Moon Frenzy on it. 

If you draft Small/Medium Elementals along with a Werewolf Lord, and turn an opponent's Kurrok with Lycanthropy, you may use your turn with your opponent's Kurrok to Summon your own elementals.

 

MORTAL STRIKE

Master of the Hunt

Mandatory

Affects DOs: No

If a wound prevention power like Acolarh’s Leaf of the Home Tree Aura prevents a wound from the Poison roll, it does not retroactively prevent the wounds inflicted by the attack roll (or previous Poison rolls that turn). 

Crixus will not receive any additional wounds from abilities like Mortal Strike, Poison Weapons, or Poison Sting Special Attack if he rolls at least one shield on defense.

If Tul-Bak-Ra is attacked by a power like Poison Sting Special Attack and receives a wound (and is not destroyed) while the attack is continuing, he can Teleport Reinforcements as each wound (or group of wounds for the initial attack) are inflicted and he is not destroyed.

 

MUTINY

Cornelius Breech, the Derelict Prince

Optional

You may not Mutiny if you cannot choose a new Captain for The Captain’s Way because all associated squad figures are destroyed.

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N

 

NEGATIVE ELEMENT

Fire Elemental

Mandatory

A Fire Elemental can never roll defense dice while on a water space.

 

NET TRIP 14

Retiarius

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

Net Trip is applied after all other modifiers. 

 

NINJUTSU BARRAGE SPECIAL ATTACK

Kumiko

 

NINJUTSU MASTERY SPECIAL ATTACK

Shiori (AoA)

Shiori must move to a new space before each attack (as her own space is not empty). 

Shiori may attack the same figure more than once per turn with Ninjutsu Mastery.

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O

 

ONE SHIELD DEFENSE

Crixus; Migol Ironwill

Mandatory

Crixus will not receive any additional wounds from abilities like Mortal Strike, Poison Weapons, or Poison Sting Special Attack if he rolls at least one shield on defense.

If Sujoah inflicts at least one wound with Poison Sting Special Attack and Crixus rolled at least one shield, Sujoah may roll the D20 once. No extra wounds can be inflicted and Sujoah cannot reroll, but if he rolls a 20, Crixus will be immediately destroyed.

 

ORC ARCHER ENHANCEMENT

Swog Rider

Mandatory

Orc Archer Enhancement will stack if an Arrow Grut is adjacent to more than 1 Swog Rider.

 

ORC BATTLE CRY AURA

Ornak

Mandatory

 

ORC BATTLE RUSH

Death Chasers of Thesk

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

Battle Rush occurs before rolling for initiative.

A Death Chaser may not Battle Rush onto a glyph.

 

ORC CHAMPION BONDING

Blade Gruts; Heavy Gruts

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

ORC DEFENSE AURA 1

Nerak the Glacian Swog Rider

Mandatory

 

ORC WARRIOR ENHANCEMENT

Grimnak; Tornak

Mandatory

 

OVEREXTEND ATTACK

Alastair MacDirk; Eldgrim the Viking Champion

Optional

You may not Overextend to inflict the final wound to the hero to take another turn, as that hero would be destroyed immediately and its turn would immediately end.

 

OVERWHELM SPECIAL ATTACK

Knight Irene

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P

 

PARALYZING STARE 16

Me-Burq-Sa

Optional

Affects DOs: No

Being unable to roll defense dice negates special powers that require rolling defense dice.

If a Deathreaver could not roll defense dice because of a power like Paralyzing Stare, Scatter will not trigger.

If a Warforged Soldier is prevented from rolling defense dice by a power like Paralyzing Stare, then Warforged Resolve will not trigger.

 

PHANTOM WALK

Isamu; Kita the Springrunner; Kumiko; Moriko; Otonashi; Shiori (AoA); Shiori (SotM)

A figure with Ghost/Phantom Walk may not walk through a destructible object.

Phantom Walk is always active whenever moving that figure (including when moving that figure with another figure’s special ability).

Cyberclaw overrides abilities like Ghost Walk and Disengage. 

A figure with Ghost Walk or Phantom Walk may not move through a figure affected by Swirling Vortex.

 

PISTOL FIRE SPECIAL ATTACK

Major Q10

 

POISON CLOUD

Mezzodemon Warmongers

Mandatory

 

POISON STING SPECIAL ATTACK

Sujoah

Affects DOs: No

Sujoah may not attack a destructible object with Poison Sting Special Attack because it has an auto-destroy effect. 

If a wound prevention power like Acolarh’s Leaf of the Home Tree Aura prevents a wound from the Poison roll, it does not retroactively prevent the wounds inflicted by the attack roll (or previous Poison rolls that turn). 

Crixus will not receive any additional wounds from abilities like Mortal Strike, Poison Weapons, or Poison Sting Special Attack if he rolls at least one shield on defense.

If Sujoah inflicts at least one wound with Poison Sting Special Attack and Crixus rolled at least one shield, Sujoah may roll the D20 once. No extra wounds can be inflicted and Sujoah cannot reroll, but if he rolls a 20, Crixus will be immediately destroyed.

If Tul-Bak-Ra is attacked by a power like Poison Sting Special Attack and receives a wound (and is not destroyed) while the attack is continuing, he can Teleport Reinforcements as each wound (or group of wounds for the initial attack) are inflicted and he is not destroyed.

 

POISON WEAPONS

Deepwyrm Drow

Mandatory

Affects DOs: No

If a wound prevention power like Acolarh’s Leaf of the Home Tree Aura prevents a wound from the Poison roll, it does not retroactively prevent the wounds inflicted by the attack roll (or previous Poison rolls that turn). 

Crixus will not receive any additional wounds from abilities like Mortal Strike, Poison Weapons, or Poison Sting Special Attack if he rolls at least one shield on defense.

If Tul-Bak-Ra is attacked by a power like Poison Sting Special Attack and receives a wound (and is not destroyed) while the attack is continuing, he can Teleport Reinforcements as each wound (or group of wounds for the initial attack) are inflicted and he is not destroyed.

 

POISONOUS ACID BREATH

Braxas

 

POUNCE SPECIAL ATTACK

Wolves of Badru

Affects DOs: No

A figure that successfully Pounces will be subject to abilities like Engagement Strike.

A Wolf that fails its Pounce is destroyed by its own effect. Thus, powers on defending figures that trigger when that figure destroys a figure (like Cyprien Esenwein’s Life Drain) will not trigger if an attacking Wolf of Badru dies to its own Pounce.

 

PREDATOR BONDING

Fyorlag Spiders

Mandatory Trigger; Optional Effect

 

PROTECTION FROM EVIL AURA

Ana Karithon

Mandatory

 

PSIONIC BLAST SPECIAL ATTACK

Mind Flayer Mastermind

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Q

 

QUEGLIX GUN SPECIAL ATTACK

Major Q9

 

QUICK RELEASE SPECIAL ATTACK

Kaemon Awa

The second attack must also be with Quick Release Special Attack.

 

R

 

RAGE SMASH 5

Incredible Hulk

Mandatory

 

RAIN OF FLAME SPECIAL ATTACK

Jorhdawn

Affects DOs: Yes

Rain of Flame targets the first figure and affects each adjacent figure.

 

RANGE ENHANCEMENT

Deathwalker 9000

 

RAPID FIRE SPECIAL ATTACK

Deathwalker 8000

 

REACH

Fen Hydra

Affects DOs: Yes

Attack Aura 1 can only enhance Fen Hydra if it attacks an adjacent figure (but not if it attacks a non-adjacent figure).

 

RED FLAG OF FURY ARUA

Ornak

Optional

 

REGENERATE

Feral Troll

Mandatory

 

REJECTED BY DEATH

Thanos

Mandatory

You may not roll for Rejected by Death if you reveal an order marker on a dead army card.

If Thanos is destroyed, any order markers remain on his card until the end of the round. If he is subsequently revived by Rejected by Death in the same round, he may take those turns.

 

RELENTLESS ASSAULT

Khosumet the Darklord

Mandatory

 

RIGHTEOUS SMITE

Templar Cavalry 

Mandatory

 

ROAD STRENGTH

Dumutef Guard

Mandatory

A Dumutef Guard only needs to have one space on a road space to get the additional attack and defense die. 

 

ROCK THROW

Granite Guardians

Affects DOs: Yes

Attack Aura 1 can only enhance a Granite Guardian if it attacks an adjacent figure (but not if it attacks a non-adjacent figure).

 

ROD OF NEGATION

Morsbane

Optional

Rolling a 20 does not use a Negation marker.

You may not roll to try to get a 20 if you do not have any Negation markers remaining.

If you successfully roll for Rod of Negation against a Unique Squad figure, the Negation marker negates the entire Unique Squad’s special abilities. 

A flying figure that is negated is no longer treated as a flying figure for special powers. This includes Jotun’s Throw and Brandis Skyhunter’s Sky Watcher.

 

ROLLING MOVEMENT

Necrotech Wraithriders

 

RUN 3

Frostclaw Paladins

Each Frostclaw Paladin may (or may not) individually run. The attack modifier is only applied to those Frostclaws that used Run that turn.

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