Sylvaneth – The Lady of Vines
6" 10 4+ 5 5+ The Lady of Vines is literally the hand of Alarielle, cut from the goddess’s wrist and then grown into a towering war leader. Her lashing whip-limbs and spear, Kurnotheal’s Wrath, have slain thousands of the Sylvaneth’s foes. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Kurnotheal’s Wrath | ||||||||
| Kurnotheal’s Wrath | 12" | 1 | 2+ | 2+ | 2 | D6 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Kurnotheal’s Wrath and Lashing Vines [Crit (Mortal)] | ||||||||
| Kurnotheal’s Wrath and Lashing Vines Crit (Mortal) | 6 | 3+ | 3+ | 2 | 2 | |||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 280
Base size: 80mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: Any SYLVANETH
 Once Per Turn (Army), Any Hero Phase |
HAND OF THE EVERQUEEN: Thrusting her tendrils into the ground, the Lady of Vines wields the power she inherited from Alarielle to channel her magic through root and mycelium to reach a distant target.
Declare: Pick a terrain feature within 18" of this unit that has a friendly overgrown token to be the target.
Effect: The next time this unit uses a non-SUMMON SPELL ability this phase, when picking targets for that spell, you can measure range and visibility from the target terrain feature instead of from this unit, and your opponent can measure range and visibility to the target terrain feature instead of to this unit for the purposes of the ‘Unbind’ ability.
Effect: The next time this unit uses a non-SUMMON SPELL ability this phase, when picking targets for that spell, you can measure range and visibility from the target terrain feature instead of from this unit, and your opponent can measure range and visibility to the target terrain feature instead of to this unit for the purposes of the ‘Unbind’ ability.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
 Your Hero Phase | 7 |
PROTECTION OF THE EVERQUEEN: The Lady of Vines shields her fellow Sylvaneth with the purifying power of her goddess mother.
Declare: Make a casting roll of 2D6. Add 1 to the roll if this unit is wholly within the creeping overgrowth.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, friendly SYLVANETH units have WARD (5+) while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, friendly SYLVANETH units have WARD (5+) while they are wholly within 12" of this unit.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Once Per Battle, Any Hero Phase |
VERDIAN CROWN: The invigorating power of the Everqueen herself radiates from the ornate jade crown borne by the Lady of Vines.
Declare: Pick a terrain feature within 18" of this unit that does not have a friendly overgrown token to be the target.
Effect: Give the target a friendly overgrown token.
Effect: Give the target a friendly overgrown token.
KEYWORDS | UNIQUE, HERO, MONSTER, WIZARD (2), WARD (5+) |
| ORDER, SYLVANETH, FOREST ELDER |
Errata
The Lady of Vines
Change the effect of ‘Hands of the Everqueen’ to:
‘The next time this unit uses a non-SUMMON SPELL ability this phase, when picking targets for that spell, you can measure range and visibility from the target terrain feature instead of from this unit, and your opponent can measure range and visibility to the target terrain feature instead of to this unit for the purposes of the ‘Unbind’ ability.'
‘The next time this unit uses a non-SUMMON SPELL ability this phase, when picking targets for that spell, you can measure range and visibility from the target terrain feature instead of from this unit, and your opponent can measure range and visibility to the target terrain feature instead of to this unit for the purposes of the ‘Unbind’ ability.'
The SYLVANETH keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
17.2 Mortal Damage
Some abilities inflict mortal damage. If an ability inflicts mortal damage on a unit, add that number of damage points to the unit’s damage pool for that ability (see 18.2 Allocating Damage).
 Your Movement Phase |
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RETREAT |
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a model in base-to-base contact with an enemy model retreats 3" directly away from the enemy model, is it still in combat with that enemy model? |
| A: | No. |
Errata
Addenda: 7.0 Combat Range
Add the following:
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
‘A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it.’
| Passive |
THE CREEPING OVERGROWTH: As children of Ghyran, the Sylvaneth are redolent with the energies of life, which cause the ambient flora to rapidly grow and spread.
Effect: The creeping overgrowth is measured from each terrain feature that has a friendly overgrown token. The range of the creeping overgrowth is based on the number of friendly overgrown tokens on the battlefield as shown:
Designer’s Note: Awakened Wyldwoods are your main way of generating overgrown tokens. Some unit abilities allow you to do so too.
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Designer’s Note: Awakened Wyldwoods are your main way of generating overgrown tokens. Some unit abilities allow you to do so too.
Hit Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Hit characteristic, the attack scores a successful hit: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified hit rolls of 1 always fail. If an unmodified hit roll for an attack made with a weapon is a 6, that attack is a critical hit.| Critical hits have no effect on their own but often trigger additional effects (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities). | ||
Cover
Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target a unit that is behind or wholly on this terrain feature, unless that unit charged this turn or has the FLY keyword.| Passive |
FLY: Soaring above the battlefield, this unit can reach destinations that are inaccessible to other troops.
Effect: As this unit moves, it ignores other models, terrain features and the combat ranges of enemy units. It cannot end its move in combat unless specified in the ability that allowed it to move. Ignore any vertical distance moved for this unit.
Obscuring
While every model in a non-MONSTER non‐WAR MACHINE unit that does not have the FLY keyword is within 1" of this terrain feature, the following apply:- That unit is only visible to enemy units that are within its combat range.
- The Range characteristic of that unit’s ranged weapons is halved (rounding down to the nearest inch).
Unstable
Models can move across but cannot be set up on or end any type of move on any part of this terrain feature that is more than 1" tall.1.4.2 Obscuring Terrain
Examples: Wyldwood, fortress wallTerrain Abilities: Cover, Obscuring, Unstable
6.0 Visibility
A target model is visible to another model (which we’ll call the ‘observing model’) if you can draw a straight line through the air (whether horizontal, diagonal or vertical) from any point on the observing model to any point on the target model that does not intersect any objects except for other models in the observing model’s unit. A target unit is visible to an observing unit if at least 1 model in the target unit is visible to at least 1 model in the observing unit. A model is always considered to be visible to itself.If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.
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| In some cases, it might not be immediately clear whether a model is visible. If so, stoop down to get a look from behind the observing model. If any part of the other model is visible, even if it is just the tip of a spear, then that model is visible for rules purposes. | ||
FAQ / Errata
FAQ
| Q: | If a non-FLY INFANTRY HERO (e.g. a Scinari Cathallar) is a Shrine Guardian of a Shrine Luminor, and that Shrine Guardian is within 1" of an obscuring terrain feature, is the Shrine Guardian visible to enemy abilities that target the Shrine Guardian? |
| A: | Yes. |
Errata
6.0 Visibility
Add the following:
‘If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.’
‘If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.’
18.1 Ward Saves
Units with the WARD keyword have the ‘Ward Save’ passive ability. The number after the WARD keyword indicates the ward value for the ward save. If a unit had WARD (5+), for example, its ward value would be 5. If a unit has more than one ward save, only the ward save with the lowest value applies to it; the other has no effect.| Passive |
WARD SAVE: Whether through their uncanny reflexes, unnatural toughness or a source of mystical protection, these warriors can avoid otherwise lethal attacks.
Effect: In step 1 of the damage sequence (see 18.0), make a ward roll of D6 for each damage point in this unit’s damage pool. If the roll equals or exceeds this unit’s ward value, remove that damage point from the damage pool.
2.0 Spells
The declare step of each spell will tell you to make a casting roll of 2D6. If the roll does not equal or exceed the spell’s casting value (at the top-right corner of the spell), the spell fails and its effect is not resolved.If the unmodified casting roll includes 2 or more rolls of 1, the spell is miscast: the spell fails, its effect is not resolved, D3 mortal damage is inflicted on the WIZARD that used it, and that WIZARD cannot use any more spells in that phase.
Enemy reactions can only be used if the casting roll equals or exceeds the spell’s casting value. So long as the spell is not unbound (see 4.0), then it is successfully cast: resolve its effect.
EXAMPLE SPELL
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
MYSTIC SHIELD: The caster's allies are bathed in an unearthly glow that protects them from harm.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of this WIZARD to be the target. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
FAQ
| Q: | Is mortal damage inflicted by a miscast considered to be ‘mortal damage inflicted by a SPELL ability’ for the purposes of abilities like a Morghast Archai unit’s ‘Ebon-wrought Armour’ ability? |
| A: | No. |
Unbind
| Reaction: Opponent declared a SPELL ability |
UNBIND: The wizard saps the energy from an enemy’s spell, nullifying its effects.
Used By: A friendly WIZARD within 30" of the enemy WIZARD casting the spell.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
Effect: Make an unbinding roll of 2D6. If the roll exceeds the casting roll for the spell, then the spell is unbound and its effect is not resolved. This reaction cannot be used more than once per casting roll.
| KEYWORDS | UNBIND |
1.0 Wizards and Priests
WIZARDS are special units that can cast spells, and PRIESTS are special units that can chant prayers. Spells and prayers are powerful abilities that can have a dramatic impact on the battle.
Shooting attacks
Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).The HERO keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
The ORDER keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
The SYLVANETH keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
Monster Hero
Monster
• Treelord
The FOREST ELDER keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
Monster Hero
Monster
• Treelord
The WARD keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The WIZARD keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
Infantry Hero
The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Sylvaneth warscrolls:
Cavalry Hero
Monster Hero
Cavalry
16.0 Picking Targets
When declaring an ATTACK ability for a unit, you must pick the target unit(s) for its attacks. The number of attacks each model can make is equal to the Attacks characteristic of the weapons it is using. In most cases, models attack with every weapon on their warscroll (melee weapons for combat attacks, ranged weapons for shooting attacks), though some warscrolls specify that certain models in the unit are armed with special weapons or that the unit must pick between multiple weapons when it attacks.If the unit is in combat, it can only target units that are in combat with it. If a model has more than one attack, you can split the attacks between eligible targets as you wish.
- Combat attacks are made with melee weapons. The target unit(s) must be within the combat range of the attacking model and visible to it. The model must attack with all of the melee weapons it is armed with.
- Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).
FAQ
| Q: | When making shooting attacks, can all models in the attacking unit shoot even if the target unit is not visible to some of those models? |
| A: | No, the only models in the attacking unit that can make shooting attacks are those that the target unit is visible to. |
| Q: | When a unit uses a SHOOT ability, does it have to shoot with all of the ranged weapons that it is armed with? |
| A: | Yes. |