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Activating When Routing: A creature that starts its turn routing and that fails to rally (see below) spends its turn moving again at double speed toward its exit. Routing Commanders A routing commander cannot put creatures under command (not even itself) or grant another creature a bonus on its morale save. Its Commander Effect does not function, nor does it add its Commander rating to initiative checks. Routing and Attacks of Opportunity A routing creature flees without trying to avoid enemies. By taking the quickest path to the exit, routing creatures often move through threatened squares and thus provoke attacks of opportunity. Enemy That Caused the Rout: An enemy that has just caused a creature to rout (whether with an attack or a special ability or spell) doesn’t get an attack of opportunity against that creature that turn. Rallying A creature that starts its turn routing might rally if it is under command (or if it is a commander). It makes another morale save to rally. If it succeeds, the creature does nothing else that turn but is no longer routing. If it fails, it moves at double speed toward its exit. A creature can’t choose not to rally. Commanders Rallying: A routing commander tries to rally when it activates. It adds its own Commander rating to its morale save. If it is under command of a commander with a higher Commander rating, it uses the higher rating instead. SPELLS Some creatures can cast magic spells to help their warband or to devastate an opponent’s warband. These creatures are called spellcasters or casters. Replaces Attacks: On its turn, a spellcaster can cast a single spell instead of attacking. In other words, it can move up to its Speed and cast a spell, or cast a spell and then move. (Being able to make multiple attacks doesn’t let a creature cast multiple spells.) Choosing a Target: Ranged spells (and special abilities) can target the nearest enemy or the nearest ally. With a touch-range spell, a creature can target any adjacent creature or itself. Threatening Enemy: Only spells that have a range of touch can be cast when an enemy threatens the acting creature’s square. Exceptions: When a creature has cover in melee against an adjacent enemy, the enemy’s presence doesn’t keep it from casting spells. Also, if the enemy doesn’t have line of sight to the acting creature, it doesn’t prevent that creature from casting spells. READING SPELL DESCRIPTIONS Most spells are described on the stat cards using the following format. A few more complicated spells, such as summon monster, are fully explained in the glossary at the end of this booklet. name [number of uses] (range; radius [if any]; effects and conditions; save DC [if any]) 22
For example, the Lion of Talisid can cast a flame strike spell once per battle. The spell entry on its stat card looks like this: flame strike (sight; radius 2; 30 fire damage; DC 16) Number of Uses Most spells can be cast only a limited number of times. For many creatures, this is indicated by a number of check boxes () after the spell’s name, one for each time the spell can be cast. Some creatures instead have a selection of spells they can cast again and again, called Sorcerer Spells. (This is true even if the creature isn’t really a sorcerer.) In these cases, the stat card instead lists the spells available and a separate series of check boxes for each level of spell the creature can cast. It’s okay to use a higher-level spell’s box, if there is one available, to cast a lower-level spell. Range A spell’s range indicates how far from the caster the effect can occur. There are eight standard ranges: self, touch, range 6, cone, line 12, sight, your warband, and any warband. See the glossary for complete descriptions. Line of Sight and Area Effects: Terrain that blocks line of effect blocks area effects, including circles, cones, and lines. Only squares inside an area effect that have line of effect to the origin point of the effect are affected by the spell or ability. Though centered on a corner, the origin point of an area effect that touches a wall is considered to be on the same side of the wall as the target of the spell or ability (for effects with a radius), or the same side as the acting creature (for line and cone effects). Thus, the wall blocks line of effect to creatures on the opposite side of the wall. An area effect that originates at the end of a thin wall is not blocked by that wall. Radius Some spells affect a roughly circular area of the battle map. These spells’ entries list the radius of their effect. See the glossary for descriptions of these keywords. Effects and Conditions A few of the most common spell effects and keywords are discussed here. Others are explained in more detail in the glossary. Spell Duration: Spell effects last until the end of the battle (skirmish) unless the text of the spell or effect says otherwise. Spells That Don’t Affect Certain Creatures: Some spells don’t work against certain types or kinds of creatures. If the nearest target happens to be a creature the spell can’t affect, choose another spell or move the caster to a location where it can target the right creature type. Spells That Grant Bonuses or Penalties: Bonuses that are simple additions to a creature’s statistics use a “+” sign. For example, bear’s endurance (touch; target living creature gets +10 hp) increases the target’s hit points by 10. Spell Stacking: Different spells that grant bonuses to the same statistic are usually cumulative. For example, casting magic weapon (touch; attack +1, ignore DR) and bless (your warband; attack +1) on the same creature gives that creature a +2 bonus on attacks. The same applies to spells that impose penalties or other harmful effects. Duplicate Spells: No creature can benefit from two castings of the same spell if it grants an ongoing effect; a second magic weapon spell cast on a creature does not provide any additional bonus. Likewise, duplicate harmful spells’ effects don’t stack. 23
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