First draft, entirely unplaytested so let me know how it works out if you give them a whirl!
Scenario/Optional Rules: Creature Lairs
Scenario/Optional Rules: Creature Lairs
We were working our
way through the ruined merchants’ quarter when one of the lads spotted the
hole. Burrowed straight into the street,
whatever had dug it out had done so with some force and discarded cobblestones
lay all around. Black as night it was in
there, but it was all quiet and the snow around the entrance showed no signs of
recent disturbance so we slowly edged closer.
Suddenly the cry went up ‘I can see the glint of gems!’ and before I
could say anything three men had run into the darkness. A wise man knows that all that glitters is
not gold, and an eye in the darkness can sparkle as enticingly as any
jewel. We never did find out what made
that hole but as we fled we could hear it roaring behind us for miles.
A creature lair is any kind of terrain feature that could
hide the horrible beasties of Frostgrave on the battlefield. A hole in the ground, a cave, a mine
entrance, a nest, a collapsed corner of building, let your imagination go wild. At its simplest a small black circle of paper can easily represent an ominous hole.
Setup:
Place lairs at any point during battlefield set up as suits
your terrain collection, but before the treasure counters are placed. If played as a specific scenario place 5
lairs on the table. If played as an
optional rule during a normal game either agree on the number of lairs with
your opponent beforehand or roll 1D4 and place that many lairs. Place one lair roughly in the centre of the
table and distribute the rest around the table as per the treasure counter
placing rules (3” from deployment zones and 6” from each other), though a
treasure token and a lair may be within 6” of each other. In fact this is strongly encouraged!
Random Encounters:
If you are using the random encounter optional rules, the
lairs represent a greater chance of creatures appearing and an additional place
for them to enter the battlefield. When rolling to see if a random encounter
occurs, add +1 to the result for each unentered lair on the table. When rolling for the table edge the creatures
appear from, add each unentered lair as a possible result. e.g. On a table with three lairs roll a dice,
1-4 represent the 4 table edges and 5 to7 each represent a lair, re-roll an 8-20
until you get a valid result (or use a smaller dice). Creatures appearing at a lair are placed on the
table adjacent to the lair entrance and otherwise act as normal wandering creatures.
Entering a Lair:
Line of Sight cannot be drawn through a lair entrance. Those inside cannot see those outside and
vice-versa. Any figure may enter a lair
in the hopes of finding treasure by simply moving through the entrance, but a
lair is never unguarded. Forced movement
into a lair is allowed. Place a figure
that has entered a lair temporarily off the table to the side. The first time a lair is entered roll on the
random encounter table to find its inhabitants.
Place the creatures and the figure that entered the lair in combat in
the off table space. If the figure that
entered has an activation left it may then fight in combat as normal, otherwise
the creatures will activate as normal in the creature phase.
If any further figures enter the lair consider everyone
currently inside the lair to be locked in combat with everyone else. If the winner of a combat in a lair chooses
to push himself or his opponent back (remembering that all inhabitants of the
lair are considered in combat so he may only push back himself if he is only
fighting a single enemy) then place the pushed back figure at the lair entrance
on the table.
A creature thus evicted from his lair activates as normal in
the creature phase, moving to attack the closest enemy it can see on the
table. However if it can see no enemies
on the table, rather than moving randomly it will return by the fastest route
possible to its lair and re-enter. As it
cannot see through the lair entrance once outside it will choose a target on
the table in preference to one in its lair.
If a creature is in its lair and not in combat at the start
of the creature phase roll a dice. 1-10
it remains where it is. 11-20 it uses its first action to moves onto the board
adjacent to the lair entrance and then acts as above, i.e. moving to attack
anyone it sees or returning into its lair if there is nobody around. Make one roll and apply it all creatures with
the Pack Hunter trait within a single lair.
A figure not in combat is free to move from a lair back onto
the table. Measure its move from the
lair entrance.
Searching for
Treasure:
If a figure is in a lair with no enemy or NPC figures
present he may spend an action to search for treasure. Each lair may only be searched once. Roll a dice to see what he finds:
1-5 Trouble! Roll for
new lair inhabitants as above.
6-10 Nothing but gnawed bones.
11-20 The glint of treasure!
The figure picks up a new treasure token.
Experience:
A wizard brave enough to enter a previously unentered lair
earns 50XP.
