Frostgrave: Second Edition : Fantasy Wargames in the Frozen City

This new edition of the multi-award-winning fantasy skirmish wargame offers improved rules based on years of player feedback, a revised spell list, and a host of brand-new scenarios. It remains fully compatible with all previously published Frostgrave supplements, allowing players to revisit past adventures as well as face new challenges. Choose a wizard from one of ten schools of magic, and select from a list of eighty spells. Hire a warband filled with soldiers, from lowly thugs and thieves to mighty knights and barbarians, then lead your men into the frozen ruins of the magic city of Frostgrave on the hunt for ancient treasures and the secrets of lost magic. Be warned – it is a deadly place, filled with rival wizards, wandering monsters, animated constructs, and demonic entities. Do you dare enter the Frozen City one more time? Cover Title Copyright Contents Foreword Chapter One. Wizards and Warbands Introduction What You Will Need to Play Creating a Wizard Wizard Type Chronomancer Elementalist Enchanter Illusionist Necromancer Sigilist Soothsayer Summoner Thaumaturge Witch Choosing Spells The Stat-Line Split Stats Items Assembling a Warband The Apprentice Apprentice Stats Apprentice Items Apprentice Spells The Soldiers Creatures in Warbands General Arms and Armour List Chapter Two. Playing the Game Setting Up the Table The Turn Initiative Phases The Wizard Phase The Apprentice Phase The Soldier Phase The Creature Phase Activation Group Activation Stat Rolls Movement Obstructions Rough Ground Movement Into Combat Forcing Combat Movement by Spell Movement off the Table Jumping Falling Swimming Combat Multiple Combats Combat Summary Optional Rule: Critical Hits Shooting Shooting Defence Modifiers Shooting Into Combat Shooting Summary Damage Poison Optional Rule: Wounded Spellcasting Success and Failure Empowering Spells Casting Roll Minimum Resisting Spells Cancelling Spells Targeting Figures in Combat Casting Spells from Scrolls Using Potions Collecting Treasure Creature Actions Ending the Game Chapter Three. The Campaign Injury and Death Soldiers Wizards and Apprentices Permanent Injuries Out of Game Spells Experience and Level Experience Level Improving a Stat Improving a Known Spell Learning a New Spell Counting Treasure Gold Crowns Potions Scrolls and Grimoires Magic Weapons and Armour Magic Items Spending Treasure Recruitment New Soldiers New Apprentices New Wizards Buying and Selling Optional Rule: Black Market Contacts Establishing a Base Base Resources Chapter Four. Spells Note on Definitions Spell Descriptions Name School Base Casting Number Category The Spells Optional Rule: Transcendence Chapter Five. Scenarios The Well of Dreams and Sorrows The Mausoleum The Silent Tower The Library The Living Museum The Worm Hunts The Haunted Houses The Genie in the Bottle The Keep The Complex Temple The Orb The Ice Storm The Summoning Bell The Right Hand and the Left Hand The Treasure Phantasmal The Mine Cart The Lock Box The Steam Vents The Swirling Mist The Mine Field Optional Rule: Balancing Scenarios Chapter Six. Bestiary Optional Rule: Random Encounters Animals Constructs Demons Miscellaneous Creatures Undead Creature Traits Appendix Frostgrave Supplements Spell Cards The Wizard Sheet Quick Reference