Cypher Lords

Released: August 2019. Refreshed August 2022.

Though the Cypher Lords maintain a veneer of enlightenment, in reality they are as corrupt as any brutish marauder. These Hyshian nobles worship madness as the face of Chaos and seek to unravel sanity wherever they go.

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Reaction

Runemark	Reaction
	Unexpected Assault: A fighter can make this reaction after an enemy fighter finishes a move action visible to this fighter and within 3" of this fighter. Pick another friendly fighter with the Cypher Lords () faction runemark and the Mystic () runemark. That fighter makes a bonus move action. After that move action that fighter must be within 1" of the enemy fighter that made the move action.

Abilities

Runemark	Ability
	[Double] Throwing Stars and Chakrams: Pick a visible enemy fighter within 6" of this fighter and roll 2 dice. For each roll of 4-5, allocate 1 damage point to that fighter. For each roll of 6, allocate a number of damage points to that fighter equal to the value of this ability.
	[Double] Acrobatic Leap: Until the end of this fighter’s activation, add 1 to their Move characteristic, and they can fly when making move actions; however, when flying, they cannot move vertically upwards more than 3".
	[Double] Low Sweeping Blow: Roll a dice for each visible enemy fighter within 2" of this fighter. On a roll of 4-5, allocate 1 damage point to the fighter being rolled for. On a roll of 6, allocate a number of damage points to the fighter being rolled for equal to the value of this ability.
	[Triple] Shadowy Recall: Pick a friendly fighter with the Cypher Lords () faction runemark and the Minion () runemark that is within 12" of this fighter. Remove that fighter from the battlefield, then set that fighter up on a platform or the battlefield floor, wholly within a number of inches of this fighter equal to the value of this ability.
	[Triple] Shattered Gloom Globe: Until the end of the battle round, subtract 1 from the Attacks characteristic (to a minimum of 1) of attack actions made by enemy fighters while they are within 6" of this fighter.
	[Quad] Spinning Somersault Strike: Until the end of this fighter’s activation, they can fly when making move actions; however, when flying, they cannot move vertically upwards more than 3". In addition, this fighter makes a bonus move action. Then, they can make a bonus attack action.

Fighter Profiles

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The Cypher Lords box contains:

• 1x Thrallmaster
• 1x Luminate
• 1x Mirrorblade with Glaive
• 1x Mirrorblade with Dueling swords
• 1x Mirrorblade, with a choice of Glaive or Dueling swords
• 2x Mindbounds
• 1x Mindbound, with a choice of regular weapons or Double-bladed sword

Hero

Thrallmaster

1

5

4

2/6

205

5

4

20

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Fighters

Luminate

2

5

4

2/5

175

5

4

15

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Mirrorblade with Glaive

2

4

4

2/5

135

5

3

10

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Mirrorblade with Duelling Swords

1

5

4

2/4

130

5

3

10

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Mindbound with Double-bladed Sword

2

3

3

1/4

80

5

3

10

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Mindbound

1

4

3

1/3

70

5

3

10

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