Sertorius & Typhon2222's Customs — ABYSSAL IMPALER rev. 3/20

[Typhon2222]

Sertorius and I have recently taken the plunge into custom units! So here they be: our collective efforts so far.

Let it be known that the creative work you'll find here is overwhelmingly his. Same with all the labor involved in making the cards. My contribution has been mostly limited to feedback and proofreading, and some photography (for the card pictures).

Our aims:

• Use only pre-painted plastic figures from the D&D Miniatures and Reaper Legendary Encounters lines, and provide the name of every figure used.
  
• Seek out easily-available and relatively cheap figures for the common squad units.
  
• Create not isolated individual units, but visually and thematically cohesive factions which will synergize with each other and/or with units from original 'Scape.
  
• Avoid the power creep which plagues so many customs.

Sertorius made the cards using MSE's high-resolution set, so be sure to click on each image for a high-resolution version.

We've also added notes in those cases when a figure's base needs to be trimmed/rebased in order to fit on a single or double hex. (Trimming is really easy: just get a good pair of shears, and use this template to guide your cutting. If rebasing, we recommend using our own Base Stickers pattern.) Otherwise, however, you can assume the figures will fit on a single hex as is, no modification required.

We'd love any feedback!

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The Trolls. A form of bonding modelled on that of the Wyrmlings allows them to act as a team (and extends to include the Feral Troll and Ice Troll Berserker). Their king, Lugnash Bonegnaw, employs his shield as a weapon, bashing enemies with it in order to reduce their defense. The Troll Skullcleaver prefers to focus his murderous energy on mowing through clumps of low-defense squads, while the Troll Slasher wields dual razored hands, allowing him to attack twice. The fast-moving Troll Hunter rounds out the war band; he can wield his sword in close combat if pressed, but is also quick with the bow when opponents threaten other Trolls. Along with the Feral Troll to make short work of wounded heroes, and the Ice Troll Berserker's sheer mobility, they can boast a troll for every role. Except tanking. That remains their great weak spot. They go down quickly if swarmed, and must rely on selective engagement and careful pacing if their regeneration is to keep them alive.

LUGNASH BONEGNAW
War Troll (D&D Legendary Evils)


TROLL SKULLCLEAVER
Skalmad the Troll King (D&D Dangerous Delves)


TROLL SLASHER
Bladerager Troll (D&D Dangerous Delves)


TROLL HUNTER
War Troll (D&D War Drums)


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Khophawet, younger brother of Khosumet and battle leader of the Anubians. He doesn't replace his older sibling; he supplements him. His Relentless Assault Aura inspires his Anubians, while his Deferred Fury evens out their luck a bit: if they roll poorly for their Unleashed Fury, then Khophawet steps in to take a turn as well, picking up the slack and positioning himself to lend them his aura.

KHOPHAWET
Werewolf (Reaper Legendary Encounters)




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Introducing the Predator faction. We've created a common squad (the Ticalla Centipedes) and a bunch of heroes to complement the Fyorlag Spiders/Wyvern/Sujoah. Mantises and Owlbears and Worms, oh my! Nature red in tooth and claw. Jungle fun for everyone.

TICALLA CENTIPEDES
Giant Centipede (D&D Dungeons of Dread)


TICALLA MANTIS
Fiendish Giant Praying Mantis (D&D Aberrations)


OWLBEAR BRAWLER
Owlbear Rager (D&D Blood War) / single hex if trimmed


DEVOURER WORM
Great Worm (Reaper Legendary Encounters)


WYVERN WHELP
Wyvern (D&D Dungeons of Dread) / single hex if trimmed


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The Slaad hail from Limbo, an outer plane of existence, and are essentially physical manifestations of the swirling chaos of Limbo.

BLACK SLAAD STALKER
Black Slaad (D&D Savage Encounters) / single hex if trimmed


GRAY SLAAD SORCERERS
Gray Slaad (D&D Savage Encounters)


BLUE SLAAD HUNTERS
Chraal (D&D Angelfire)


BLUE SLAAD RAVAGER
Blue Slaad (D&D Giants of Legend)


DESIGN NOTES:

Spoiler Alert!

Pens Sertorius:

Though in actuality physical manifestations of the swirling chaos of Limbo, the Slaad assume the form of menacing, frog-like monsters in our plane, and appear in several varieties distinguished by their color.

We chose three color types to represent the Slaads in HeroScape (with another two possible in a future wave):

- a Blue Slaad Ravager, with his iconic claws. His attacks infect the victim with a disease called the Chaos Phage. The Phage develops into a Slaad tadpole, which eventually kills its host by bursting free.

- Blue Slaad Hunters. The figure was intended by WoTC to represent a "Chraal," but they look very much like Blue Slaads and are cheap enough to form common squads. In our iteration, these Hunters represent a melee-focused squad.

- Gray Slaad Sorcerers. A Gray Slaad is created when a Chaos Phage infects a magic-wielding host. These Slaad are smaller, but do devastating damage by hurling spells at enemies from afar.

- a Black Slaad Ravager. The Black Slaad is an evolved form of the lesser Slaads, and therefore possesses enough power to command his brethren.

We had originally intended to unify this faction with abilities pertaining to swamp or water tiles. Because these guys have little to do with amphibians beyond their frog-like appearance, however, we opted to focus instead on their chaotic essence. The Chaotic Rage and Chaotic Sorcery abilities reflect the unpredictable environment of Limbo, while the Chaos Flux and Chaos Shift abilities stem from the Slaad tendency to "flux" temporarily in and out of physical existence when attacked. We hope you like these guys, and (as always) feedback is welcome.


Additional random thoughts by Typhon2222:

I really like the various teleport-like defensive powers which Sertorius developed for these guys, and how they map onto color: the Black/Gray Slaad, having stronger magical power, get Chaos Shift, which allows them to teleport further. While the Blue Slaad (both types) get the shorter-range and less powerful Chaos Flux.

The chaotically-determined d20-based powers are fun too. Using a d20 roll to determine Attack dice, Movement, and number of figures activated has already been done (by Anubian Wolves, Marrden Hounds, and Marro Drones respectively). But it hadn't been used yet to determine Range, or number of attacks. So that's what we implemented here.

I particularly like how the Sorcerers and Hunters complement each other. Is the opponent clumping his figures together? Then activate the Hunters, and hope each can get multiple attacks in. Is the opponent denying that opportunity by keeping his figures spread out? Then activate the Sorcerers, and try to blast the scattered enemy from range.

Being creatures of chaos, the ever-tricky Vydar is the only general for them.

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Heed the arrival of the Knossian Minotaurs! Hailing from the sea-swept cliffs and shaded porticoes of Knossos, Crete, these half-men, half-bull warriors range from the refined and graceful Labryds to the ferocious, half-wild Brute. The smaller but powerfully-built Chargers, and Meinos, the mighty minotaur Lord of Knossos, round out the group.

MEINOS
Goristro (D&D Legendary Evils) / double hex if trimmed


KNOSSIAN BRUTE
Feral Minotaur (D&D Angelfire)


KNOSSIAN LABRYDS
Savage Minotaur (D&D Savage Encounters) / single hex if trimmed


KNOSSIAN CHARGERS
Minotaur Wrangler (D&D Lords of Madness)


DESIGN NOTES:

Spoiler Alert!

Pens Sertorius: Inspired by the dangerous tossing horns and powerful charging tendencies of bulls, we designed this faction with the idea of displacement in mind. Each unit has, in one form or another, the ability to move or scatter opponents on the battlefield. Because this idea is sometimes rather difficult to describe in 'Scape terms, some of the abilities get a little loquacious. I apologize for this in advance, but promise that the abilities are not too difficult to grasp once you read the cards. Knockback and Throw were both used for language cues and mechanics. Meinos's Seize and Toss Special Attack will require you to put on your reading glasses the first time, but I really loved the idea of this enormous figure hurling enemies (or friends!) across the battlefield and bowling over assailants as they approach.

For those curious, we derived the name "Labryd" from the Greco-Lydian word "labrys," the ancient term for the distinctive double-headed axe associated with Crete. Since these figures carry that type of axe, we decided to name them after their weapon. The name Meinos [MAY-noss] is a pun on King Minos, ruler of Knossos in Greek epic and step-father of the legendary Minotaur. The spelling here echoes the Greek word "deinos", which means "terrible, frightening".

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Pens Sertorius: From yawning fissures on the plains of Valhalla issue a new species of Moltarn: the Magma Guards! Heat radiates from these shimmering monstrosities as they hurl flaming boulders and smash nearby enemies with their molten fists. The Obsidian Guards, a reclusive and often-ignored group, rejoice in their new Magma brethren and find new-found resolve. The Moltarn ranks find new direction with the arrival of Aestubelua (Latin, roughly "seething beast"), a fiery queen who can drive both Magma and Obsidian Guards to victory by turning land to molten lava at will. It is whispered that the arrival of these new Moltarns signals a coming volcanic cataclysm. Will Valhalla soon groan as volcanoes and sulfurous vents thrust their way into the once-serene landscapes?

AESTUBELUA
Magma Hurler (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)


MAGMA GUARDS
Rockfire Dreadnought (D&D Savage Encounters) / single hex if trimmed


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Can you have too many Wyrmlings? We say no.

COPPER WYRMLING
Small Copper Dragon (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)


GREEN WYRMLING
Bronze Wyrmling (D&D Giants of Legend)


DESIGN NOTES:

Spoiler Alert!

Pens Sertorius: We noticed that the Wyrmling cadre was not complete in NormalScape, since poor Charos and Mimring did not have little wyrmlings of their own. We found some suitable sculpts in the Dungeons and Dragons miniatures collection, and these little guys are the result. The Copper Wyrmling looks really cute and ferocious and has a fledgling version of Mimring's Fire Line. The Green Wyrmling, like her poppa, has Counterstrike and is melee-focused. Because she would suffer from a little blandness otherwise, I also added Ullar's Blessing. There is nothing revolutionary here, but we hope you will enjoy these if you are a fan of Wyrmlings!

The Green Wyrmling was partially inspired by Killercactus's Green Wyrmling. Thanks Killercactus!

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Larval Flayers, to bond with the Mind Flayer Mastermind and other Mind Flayer custom heroes.

Now available for purchase online at Auggie's!

LARVAL FLAYERS
Darkmantle (D&D Night Below)


DESIGN NOTES:

Spoiler Alert!

We created the Larval Flayers with the Mind Flayer Mastermind from original 'Scape in mind, but were careful to word their bonding so as to be compatible with Tolamos's Mind Flayer custom hero (also for Auggie's). We figured cross-referencing and synergy between the various units for Auggie's would only be a good thing — hopefully will encourage people to buy more.

We designed them to help complement and protect the Mind Flayer Mastermind (since a major complaint is that it's difficult to keep him alive on his own), and tried to make their powers (notably Tentacular Climb) appropriate to their sculpt as well.

Since they're only a two-squid squad, we gave them Defense on the high side (same as the Death Knights) to help them stay alive. Their Lesser Enslave should also give them some defensive options: they can use it, when it works, to move approaching squads away or have them attack each other. We avoided giving them high native Attack, because we wanted their Lesser Enslave to act as one of their main weapons. It should also help them protect their hero(es). If a Mind Flayer Mastermind finds himself in danger (say, he moves forward to attempt Psionic Blast on a squad, which fails), the Larval Flayers can follow up by attempting to Lesser Enslave the squad and move it away from the MFM.

We priced them very very high for a two-man squad, figuring that an army which activated a MFM practically every turn could be potentially fearsome. Their cost reflects that assumption.

An army of these guys supporting one or two MFM heroes will be a relatively high-variance experience, though less so than something like the Anubians, Aubriens, or Venocs, which roll a d20 once per turn. Between them and their hero, this group will probably be rolling the d20 twice per turn. Since every enslave attempt only has a 1/5 chance of working, that averages to a little more than 1 successful enslave per round. Not a whole lot still. But the potential loss of order markers via Psionic Blast will complicate things tremendously.

The best counter to these guys is a high-defense army. They are less likely to damage each other when enslaved, and less likely to lose order markers through psionic blast.

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The March of the Ents! Three treant heroes and two bonding squads to accompany them. This army allows for great flexibility in drafting, and should offer lots of strategic options.

ALDWOOD
Treant (D&D Giants of Legend) / double hex if trimmed


MURKWOOD
Blackroot Treant (D&D Against the Giants) / double hex if trimmed


GNARLED GROVETENDER (CHCG24 approved)
Wizened Elder Watcher (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)


STUMP WARRIORS
Wood Woad (D&D Deathknell)


SYLVAN STALKERS
Black Woods Dryad (D&D Desert of Desolation)


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The mushrooms! One of our kookier concepts. These reclusive and peaceful fungi rely on numbers and reproduction to survive. May prove difficult to fine-tune, but much fun will be had finding out.

THE CIRCLE ELDER
Deathcap (D&D Demonweb)


MYCONID CIRCLE WARDENS
Myconid Guard (D&D Aberrations)


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Here come the goatmen! Hot to trot after their herd leader, these guys were developed as a thematic swarmish army especially suited for rough hilly terrain.

HERD CHIEF BAABAS
Champion of Baphomet (D&D Dungeons of Dread) / single hex if trimmed


IBIXIAN RIDGE RAIDERS
Ibixian (D&D Deathknell)


DESIGN NOTES:

Spoiler Alert!

Being goatmen, we felt they should be agile in rough terrain, but didn't want to achieve this simply by giving them high Movement, because that would make them even zippier on flat maps, which didn't seem thematically appropriate. So we developed a Surefooted ability for them, derived from the Floating ability which we first designed for our Beholders.

As herd animals, we wanted to introduce some mechanic that would encourage a player to keep them clumped together. The Herd Fervor achieves this by giving them a bonus when within two spaces of at least two other Ibixians.

Their hero, the herd chief, has the Surefooted ability too, but in weaker form. We did this because it seemed appropriate to his sculpt: toting that huge hammer, it seemed natural that his nimblessness would be slightly reduced. For the same reason, we left him ineligible for the Herd Fervor movement bonus. So he's a tad slower than his agile flock.

Imagining him smashing his huge maul onto the ground with such force that the quake would send nearby targets flying, we gave him a form of knockback (Hammering Impact , and a Hammer Quake Special Attack which acts as a weak AoE attack: it only damages one figure, but has the potential to bounce adjacent figures around. We made sure his native attack was higher than his special, to force tough decisions: attack normally with 4 dice (5 with height), but affect only one figure? or attack a single figure specially with only 3 dice, but with a greater chance of disrupting enemy formations? Given that his own defense is nothing special for a unique hero (only 4), his Hammer Quake Special also has situational use in helping to keep him alive: if swarmed, he can use it in hopes of clearing space around him, then follow up by moving his Ibixians in to plug the holes.

Their effectiveness depends on the terrain. The Ibixians are one of those few melee armies that likes rugged topography. Flat maps dilute their movement abilities. But while zippy in hilly country, their Herd Fervor serves to brake them a bit: if they bound around too quickly and end up isolated, they'll pay for it.


We wanted to integrate these guys with existing units as well. So we wrote the Ibixians' bonding options to include the Ice Troll Berserker and the Swog Rider as well as their own Herd Chief. We felt that the ITB and Swog Rider could use a little more love (they don't seem to get much play). And they seemed good matches for the Ibixians visually: the Ice Troll's huge hammer matches the Herd Chief's very well, for some fun visual continuity, while the color of the Swog matches the goatmen. Most importantly though, we felt they continued the defining theme of agility: the Swog has a very high native movement, and the Ice Troll has his super-zippy Charge, which seemed to complement the mobility of the Ibixians.

Baabas, too, can work with other units. Being Large and having a Wild personality, he can bond with the Death Chasers, offering an interesting set of options for complementing their speed.

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The Lakaien (German for "lackeys") were developed to fill some perceived gaps in the vampire family. Being a common squad, they provide much-needed manpower: now it's possible to form a complete and unified army around the Esenwein clan. They also reduce the vampires' order marker nightmares, and give Sonya, Iskra, and the Rechets more to do.

LAKAIEN OF CLAN ESENWEIN
Changeling Rogue (D&D Unhallowed)


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Tired of the Greenscales and their generic bonding, we decided to give every one of the game's dragons a draconic humanoid common squad of his own, with thematically appropriate abilities. Here are our first four.

BLACKSPAWN SLAYERS
Blackspawn Exterminator (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)


GREENSPAWN DEFENDERS
Greenspawn Zealot (D&D Night Below)


REDSPAWN FLAMECASTERS
Redspawn Arcaniss (D&D Unhallowed)


IMPERIAL DRAGONGUARDS
Troglodyte Captain (D&D Underdark)


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We wanted a partially-bonding army of Beholders, with all the numerous special powers and kookiness they bring. Since WotC recently released the Beholder Collector's Set, four of these five are now easily available. And you haven't lived until you've seen these awesome sculpts floating over a Heroscape map! Have fun with these iconic bad boys.

XANTRIPH the Beholder
Beholder Ultimate Tyrant (D&D Legendary Evils) / single hex if trimmed


ORMATHULAK the Beholder
Beholder Eye Tyrant (D&D Dangerous Delves / Beholder Collector's Set) / single hex if trimmed


DROKALRAXA the Beholder
Ghost Beholder (D&D Beholder Collector's Set) / single hex if trimmed


GZEMIXILAK the Beholder
Eye of Shadow (D&D Beholder Collector's Set) / single hex if trimmed


IXINIPHONTH the Beholder
Beholder Eye of Frost (D&D Beholder Collector's Set) / single hex if trimmed


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The Zhentarim. The sculpts are unified by their distinctive armor and purple capes. We strove to make the uncommon heroes as integral to the package as the unique heroes and common squads.

MANSHOON OF ZHENTIL
Manshoon (D&D Lords of Madness)


ORGAUTH OF ZHENTIL
Zhent Cavalry (D&D Lords of Madness) / single hex if trimmed


ZHENTARIM OFFICER
Zhent Champion (D&D Lords of Madness)


ZHENTARIM SOLDIERS
Zhent Soldier (D&D Lords of Madness)


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The first of a future faction, with ability to bond with iconic classic figures too, such as Sir Hawthorne.

BLACKGUARD REAVERS
Axe Soldier (D&D War Drums)


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A thematic demonic hero who reverse-bonds with the Mezzodemon Warmongers. He echoes them in his spikes and copperish color scheme, and his chitonous regeneration. His Chthonic Impetus will also help other demon squads to come.

ABYSSAL IMPALER
Warbound Impaler (D&D War Drums)


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Toss that lame Werewolf Lord back in the bag, and try these guys in concert! With one unique Bane to deal with heroes and a couple of common Dires for even more flexibility, these guys open up new strategic options for the poor Wolves of Badru. Both have specials which help keep the Wolves alive if their Pounces fail, but they only work against targets engaged with the heroes. The Bane Wolf is also two hexes: less flexible in moving, but the flip side is that he can more easily engage multiple enemies at a time.

THE BANE WOLF OF BADRU
Dire Wolf (D&D Dungeons of Dread) / double hex if trimmed


DIRE WOLF OF BADRU (CHCG24 approved)
Dire Wolf (D&D Giants of Legend)


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The Reaper King and his skeleton army. The Reaper King has no offensive power of his own, but can control a wide variety of various skeleton units.

THE REAPER KING
Aspect of Nerull (D&D Deathknell)


CRYPT REAPERS
Skeletal Reaper (D&D Blood War)


EQUICEPH BONECHARGERS
Skeletal Equiceph (D&D Underdark)


GNOLL SKULLCLEAVERS
Gnoll Skeleton (D&D Aberrations)


SKELETON ARCHERS
Skeleton Archers (Reaper Legendary Encounters)


SKELETON PIKEMEN
Skeleton Spearmen (Reaper Legendary Encounters)


SKELETON SLASHERS
Skeleton Swordsmen (Reaper Legendary Encounters)

[Killometer]

Hmm, your abilities' wordings are a little vague, and without stats I'm going to have a really hard time testing them to see if your pricing is right.


Edit: Now my snarkiness doesn't make any sense. I guess I'll have to come up with something constructive to say.

[Typhon2222]

Originally Posted by Killometer

Hmm, your abilities' wordings are a little vague, and without stats I'm going to have a really hard time testing them to see if your pricing is right.


Edit: Now my snarkiness doesn't make any sense. I guess I'll have to come up with something constructive to say.

Tee hee.

[Killometer]

Okay, constructive stuff:


For the various Beholders,

• You didn't change all the names in Field of Antimagic.
• Beholder Bonding offers infinite turns right now-you should limit it by starting it with "After revealing an OM on xrxrxr..."
• Their Special Abilities and pricing are going to take more looking over than I have time for right now, but I'll get to it eventually.

Manshoon

• Voice of Bane is cool, but the wording isn't exactly official (I'm sure D_S will let you know how to fix it )
• With that powerful a Special Attack, when would he ever use his normal attack?

Orgauth

• Reverse Bonding is always tricky.

Abyssal Impaler

• Reverse Bonding again...
• Chitenous Regeneration could only replace moving without changing this guys price, imo

You didn't expect to hear anything positive, did you?

[Typhon2222]

Killo, thanks for the feedback!

Originally Posted by Killometer

For the various Beholders,

• You didn't change all the names in Field of Antimagic.
• Beholder Bonding offers infinite turns right now-you should limit it by starting it with "After revealing an OM on xrxrxr..."
• Their Special Abilities and pricing are going to take more looking over than I have time for right now, but I'll get to it eventually.

Great, thanks for the typo-sensitive eye.

Originally Posted by Killometer

Manshoon

• Voice of Bane is cool, but the wording isn't exactly official (I'm sure D_S will let you know how to fix it )
• With that powerful a Special Attack, when would he ever use his normal attack?

Official wording? Uhh.... <scratches head>
When would he use his normal attack? When engaged, and doesn't want to to kill himself with his own Fireball! But you're right, it should be a bit higher.

Originally Posted by Killometer

Orgauth

• Reverse Bonding is always tricky.

Why/how is Reverse Bonding tricky?

Originally Posted by Killometer

Abyssal Impaler

• Reverse Bonding again...
• Chitenous Regeneration could only replace moving without changing this guys price, imo

You think as conceived now, Chitenous Regeneration is weak enough that he should cost less? It's true, it's not an ability that's a no-brainer or always a given to use. We imagined it would be highly situational: sometimes it might be worth it to use the power, sometimes not.

Originally Posted by Killometer

You didn't expect to hear anything positive, did you?

I know your bark is worse than your bite!

[Killometer]

Caught your responses right before I went to bed...

Originally Posted by Typhon2222

Official wording? Uhh.... <scratches head>
When would he use his normal attack? When engaged, and doesn't want to to kill himself with his own Fireball! But you're right, it should be a bit higher.

It doesn't affect his playability at all, I'm just being picky cuz I can.

He looks like he could probably be 3/2 or 2/3 without changing his price (it's mostly wrapped up in his special abilities).

Why/how is Reverse Bonding tricky?

It is easy to accidentally make an infinite bonding loop if you have both squad:hero bonding and hero:squad bonding.

You think as conceived now, Chitenous Regeneration is weak enough that he should cost less? It's true, it's not an ability that's a no-brainer or always a given to use. We imagined it would be highly situational: sometimes it might be worth it to use the power, sometimes not.

I don't know if he should cost less, per se (he's got good stats and his bonding might be quite powerful), but I think that he could be a little more powerful for his points. Alternatively, you could swap the bonding to a squad, and drop him down to about 100 points.

[Sertorius]

@Killometer

I don't know how to use the multi-reply thing yet, but:

* All name issues fixed on the beholders now.

* Reworded the Beholder Bonding to avoid the endless loop (pics to be updated soon).

* About Manshoon - his special ability is rather strong I guess (cf Zelrig), and I imagined the purpose of Voice of Bane would be to get one more squad member lured into Fireball's range. For that reason I'd like to keep him squishy in the stats, as all archmages should be! I welcome the idea that raising him to 3/2 would not affect pricing that much, though. Hmm.. Should Fireball be Attack 3 instead? If I had my way I'd like it to be stronger than Heirloom's, at any rate (he IS the lord of the Zhentarim and friend of Beholders, after all).

* About reverse bonding -- since the Zhentarim Soldiers and the Zhentarim Officers have no bonding abilities of their own, we are avoiding any accidental looping with Orgauth, right? Or am I reading that wrong. Bonding loops isn't something I ever really considered, I'm embarrassed to admit.

Thanks for the critiques!

[Typhon2222]

Thanks to Killo's astute eye, we've corrected the following:

Xantriph the Beholder: clarified Beholder Bonding; corrected Field of Antimagic.
Ormathulak: clarified Beholder Bonding; corrected Field of Antimagic.
Drokalraxa: clarified Beholder Bonding.
Gzemixilak: corrected Field of Antimagic.
Ixiniphonth: corrected Field of Antimagic.
Manshoon of Zhentil: reworded Voice of Bane.
Abyssal Impaler: corrected "Cthonic" to "Chthonic".

All relevant cards in first post have been updated accordingly.

[Typhon2222]

Updated the five Beholder cards, and the Abyssal Impaler, with better portrait pics.

[Typhon2222]

Added three new units. Would love your feedback. We want the Crypt Reapers and Equiceph Bonechargers to be roughly equal in power as well as price. Do you think they are?

The Reaper King and his skeleton army. Modeled on Kato Katsuro, the Reaper King can control a wide variety of various skeleton units. We are designing three Horde squads, three Thrall squads, and numerous Minion heroes with him in mind. Horde squads will have four figures in each, cost 40 points, and be very weak. Thrall squads will have three figures in each, cost 80 points, and be considerably stronger. Here's the King, with the first two of the Thralls.

REAPER KING
Uses the Aspect of Nerull from the D&D Miniatures line (Deathknell).



CRYPT REAPERS
Uses the Skeletal Reaper from the D&D Miniatures line (Blood War).



EQUICEPH BONECHARGERS
Uses the Skeletal Equiceph from the D&D Miniatures line (Underdark).

[Typhon2222]

Added another unique hero.

We don't much like the Werewolf Lord, so decided to give the Wolves of Badru another bonding hero — one whose abilities actually relate to theirs. He opens up new strategic options for the Wolves of Badru.

PACK LEADER OF BADRU
Uses the Dire Wolf from the D&D Miniatures line (Dungeons of Dread).

[Robotunit197]

Hmm.. I'm really digging the Badru love. I would like if the Pack Leader was an uncommon. That would help get more Pounces working.