Monsters

Towering behemoths, colossal constructs, and ferocious fiends wreak havoc upon the battlefield; utilizing their imposing forms to crush those who dare stand in their way.

Monsters vs Warriors

Although Monsters are creatures of enormous stature and power, Monsters operate much like any other Warrior with a few exceptions as seen in this chapter.

Behemoths

A Monster can only be Broken! or Driven Back while using its Injured Profile (as seen in the "Injured Profiles" section below).

Additionally, during its Activation, a Monster may Move through Enemy non-Monster Warriors if the Enemy is not Engaged with any other Friendly Warriors.

If a Monster is Placed or ends its Movement on top of an Enemy Warrior, Move that Warrior the minimum distance out from under the Monster's Base.

Injured Profiles

Monsters have 2 profiles listed in their entry. One is labeled as an Injured profile. A Monster begins the Battle using their top profile. The first time a Monster accumulates Wound Markers equal to their Wounds Characteristic, instead of testing Resolve, immediately remove all Wound Markers and use their Injured Profile for the remainder of the Battle.

If the Enemy that caused the Monster to become Injured was Engaged with the Monster, the Monster is immediately Driven Back from the Enemy. Any Wound Markers suffered in excess of their Wounds Characteristic are carried over and allocated to the Monster's Injured Profile.

Injured and Healing

A Monster that has degraded to its Injured Profile cannot switch back to its original Profile during a battle, regardless of any Healing it receives. A Monster that is using its Injured profile always counts as being Wounded.

Monster Riders

Certain Characters are brave (or foolish) enough to go into battle atop a mighty beast. A Monster that purchases a Rider option gains the Character Battlefield Role and follows all the above restrictions.

Monsters with a Rider should replace the standard Command Card for that Monster with the Rider specific Command Card. Note that this does not allow a Warband to include both the ridden and unridden version of that Monster. Example: If your Warband includes a Hellbringer Sorcerer, you may not also field a Hellbringer Drake.

Pick on Somebody Your Own Size!

A Monster Character can only Target another Monster Character with the Duel Command Ability.

An Uninjured Monster Character that declines a Duel is not Broken!