Twistweald
Released: August 2024, Briar and Bone boxed set.
Updates
- FAQ Update 26/08/25
- Update to Eruption of Thorns ability.
- Points changes:
- Swarmsage (-10)
- Twistroot Dryad (-10)
- Twistroot Warden with Guardian Halberd (-5)
- Twistroot Warden with Guardian Bow (-5)
- Twistroot Warden with Spitespear (-5)
- Twistroot Revenant with Harvester Blade (-5)
- Twistroot Spite-Revenant with Briarlash (-5)
Battle Trait
Optional Rule
Battle Traits are optional rules that add additional flavour to a warband. All fighters must share this runemark to be eligible.
There are also Battle Traits for each Grand Alliance.
Trait Runemark | Trait |
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Twistweald | Ravaged by Corruption: At the end of each battle round, you can choose a friendly fighter with this battle trait that is within 1” of one or more enemy fighters and roll a dice. On a 2+, allocate 1 damage point to that friendly fighter If that friendly fighter is not take down, pick one of those enemy fighters. Allocated D3 damage points to that enemy fighter. |
Reaction
Runemark | Reaction |
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Mycelial Ravaging: A fighter can make this reaction when they are targeted by a melee attack action but before the hit rolls are made. For each hit roll of 5+ from that attack action, allocate 2 damage points to the attacking fighter. |
Abilities
Runemark | Ability |
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[Double] Flesh-piercing Talons: During the next melee attack action made by this fighter, critical hits are scored on a 5+ for that attack action. | |
[Double] Voracious Swarm: Pick a visible enemy fighter within 12" of this fighter and roll a number of dice equal to the value of this ability. For each roll of 3+, allocate 1 damage point to that enemy fighter. | |
[Double] Eruption of Thorns: Allocate a number of damage points equal to half the value of this ability to each enemy fighter within 1" of this fighter. | |
[Triple] Thorned Grasp: Pick a visible enemy fighter within 3" of this fighter, then roll a dice. On a roll of 2+, allocate 2 damage points to the fighter being rolled for. Keep rolling in this way and allocating damage points to that fighter until a roll is equal to or lower than the previous roll. | |
[Triple] Devour Infection: Pick a friendly fighter within 12" of this fighter and roll a number of dice equal to the value of this ability. For each roll of 4+, allocate 1 damage point to that friendly fighter. For each damage point allocated to that fighter by this ability, add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the next melee attack action made by that fighter until the end of the battle round. | |
[Quad] Twisted Song: Remove a number of damage points allocated to this fighter equal to the value of this ability. This fighter can then make a bonus move action or a bonus attack action. |
Fighter Profiles
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The Twistweald box contains:
- 1x Swarmsage
- 1x Twistroot Warden, with a choice of Guardian halberd or Spitespear
- 1x Twistroot Warden, with a choice of Guardian bow, Guardian halberd or Spitespear
- 1x Twistroot Revenant with Harvester blade
- 1x Twistroot Revenant with Harvester blade, which can alternatively be built as a Twistroot Spite-Revenant with Briarlash
- 3x Twistroot Dryads