Mustering a Warband

In this section we will introduce how to create your own warband and reinforce it with powerful characters, warriors and monsters.

Warbands take many forms. From the desperate garrison of a fortress besieged, to elite contingents of the finest cavalry, or marauding hordes intent on looting and slaughter.

The first step is to choose which Faction to pull your Warriors from and use the rules below to Muster your Warband! Each Army Book includes Unique Army Rules and Upgrades which explain how they are organized and influences how their Warriors perform on the Battlefield. All Army Books are available to download online.

Warrior Entries

Each Warlord, Hero, Regiment, and Monster in your Warband possess their own corresponding Profile. These include their Characteristics, Points Cost, Battlefield Roles, and Options for Upgrades, Command Models, or Additional Warriors.

All Warriors are categorized into Slots, which represent the Warrior's role, rarity, and how readily available they are to include in your Warband. Each Warlord, Hero, Regiment or Monster may only be included in your Warband once regardless of their Slot.

Example: if Dweghom Exemplar is selected as a Warlord, you may not purchase a second Exemplar as a Hero.

Warlords

Through sheer power, magical ability, or authority; Your Warlord is your single most powerful Warrior, their importance makes them vital to victory as well as a strategic target for your opponent to take out of action.

Heroes

Advisors, Assassins, Officers, or anything in between. These Characters serve as another method to keeping your Warband in the fight or are themselves powerful Warriors.

Mainstay Regiments

Reliable and efficient, these Warriors make up the heart of your fighting force. A Warband may include any number of Mainstay Regiments.

Restricted Regiments

Potent and elite, these Warriors can serve a multitude of roles in your Warband and are key to achieving Victory in your Battles.

A Warband may include any number of Restricted Regiments however your Warband must include a single Mainstay Regiment for each Restricted Regiment in your Warband.

Monsters

From flying terrors to lumbering behemoths, Monsters are the most imposing Warriors that can bolster your Warband.

Retinues

Many Warlords have a Retinue listed in their profile; drawn from their most trusted and loyal Warriors. When included in your Warband, the Retinue Regiment becomes a Mainstay instead of a Restricted.

Monster Characters

Certain Monsters are themselves capable leaders, able to use their wisdom and dominance to control their forces. A Monster Character counts as both a Warlord and a Monster, using up both slots when Mustering your Warband. A Monster Character cannot purchase Upgrades.

Points Values

A Warband is built using a Points system, where the Total Points of each Warband is agreed upon by Players before a Battle.

When Mustering your Warband, each Warrior and Upgrade includes a Points cost to include that are added together. The Points total of your Warband determines the maximum number of selections for each Slot (see below).

Additional Warriors

Each Regiment will include the option to purchase additional Warriors, each additional Warrior is purchased individually at the indicated number of points.

The Maximum number of Warriors allowed in each Regiment is determined by the Size of the Battle.

Options

Profiles may include options to customize their Warriors either reflecting their Equipment or Role. Many Options found in profiles are mandatory, requiring a choice to be made when including them in your Warband.

Command Models

Many Regiments may purchase Options to promote Warriors to be either a Leader or a Standard Bearer. A Regiment may not purchase the same Command Model multiple times.

The same Warrior cannot be both a Leader and a Standard Bearer and must be modeled appropriately.

Leader

This Warrior gains +1 to their Wounds Characteristic as well as the Character Battlefield Role. A Leader's Command Abilities that affect Friendly Warriors can only affect Warriors within their own Regiment.

Standard Bearer

Warriors within the Command Range of any Friendly Standard Bearers may Re-Roll Resolve tests of '6'.

Upgrades

All Characters in your Army may purchase from the Upgrade lists found in your Army Book, however they may only purchase Upgrades from the lists corresponding to their Battlefield Role.

Each Character in your Warband may purchase a single Upgrade, Warlords may each instead purchase up to 2 Upgrades. A Monster Character cannot purchase Upgrades. All Upgrades are exclusive and cannot be duplicated across your Warband.

Regiments and Maximums

Ranging from both small skirmishes of just a handful of Warriors to clashes of mighty armies, war is waged in many forms.

When Mustering your Warband, the Maximum number of Warlords, Heroes, and Monsters you may include depend on the point value of the Battle as indicated below. Additionally, the total number of Warriors allowed in each Regiment scales depending on the point value of the Battle. Infantry, Brute, and Cavalry Regiments may only purchase additional Warriors up to the indicated limit.

A Regiment/Character profile cannot be included multiple times in the same Warband!

Maximum of each Slot in your Warband

Maximum Warriors in Each Regiment

Warbands of Legend

Instead of Mustering your Warband using your Army List Roster, you may choose to instead select an available Warband of Legend to Muster your Warband from.

A Warband of Legend is a thematic and focused way to build your Warband; composed of a specific selection of Characters, Regiments, and Monsters that provide alternative Army Rules and Unique Upgrades as well as a different Warband Organization options.