How to use this creature in practice
Melee core and holding approaches
Shade should take reachable melee exchanges or hold an approach to more valuable units. Before advancing, identify its next target and enemies able to attack it afterward.
Watch for: Base stats are not the final exchange result. Account for retaliation, current creature count, target immunity and subsequent action order.
Timing, specific abilities and the follow-up plan
Combat movement 6 and Initiative 45 are separate. Choose a reachable target by current order and the actual physical or magical attack type.
- Poisoned Blades: Shade adds recurring Dark damage and reduces target initiative by 5 for three rounds. Distinguish the continuing health loss from the basic physical hit.
- Shadow Cloak: After two rounds without attacking, the creature becomes hidden. Attacking, enemy proximity or indirect damage can reveal it; an enemy entering an adjacent tile triggers an automatic attack.
- Might damage
- 6–9
- Magic damage
- —
- Might protection
- 9 %
- Magic protection
- 18 %
- Health
- 28
- Initiative
- 45
- Combat movement
- 6
- Ranged reach
- —
- Morale
- 6
- Luck
- 7
- Reference growth
- 11
Cost per creature: 170 gold
Abilities and limitations
Poisoned Blades
Shade adds recurring Dark damage and reduces target initiative by 5 for three rounds. Distinguish the continuing health loss from the basic physical hit.
Shadow Cloak
After two rounds without attacking, the creature becomes hidden. Attacking, enemy proximity or indirect damage can reveal it; an enemy entering an adjacent tile triggers an automatic attack.
Backstab
Assassin attacking from invisibility deals 20% more damage and prevents retaliation. The attack also ends its concealment.
Disciple of Malassa
The Dungeon creature gains 10% Dark protection and 10% Light vulnerability. Healing Light spells can damage hostile Dungeon creatures.
Living
Can receive applicable healing and resurrection and is affected by morale. A particular spell must still satisfy its own targeting rules.
Heroes connected to this creature
Specific specialty effect (1)
This is a specific ability or stat change for this creature under the listed hero. Each entry names its effect; the hero profile explains exact conditions and upgrade differences.
