Hexes

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Navigable terrain and locations are divided up into hexes (sometimes referred to as tiles). For all hexes except for mountains, all characters need to spend one action point to enter an adjacent hex. Different hex types can affect combat and exploration in a variety of different ways. Some cards can only target one type of hex. Maps are procedurally generated before the game begins on the basis of a computer algorithm. Due to this randomization, it is unlikely that you will ever have all hexes in the exact same position more than once.

Terrain hexes[]

Plains hexes have no effect on combat or stealth. The two hexes adjacent to each Clan Grounds are always guaranteed to be plains.
Swamp hexes inflict one wound to any character attempting to enter them. Banes and King's Guard are not affected.
Forest hexes grant stealth to characters at night.
Mountain hexes are Fortified: they grant one bonus shield in combat to any character standing on them, but they require 2 action points to traverse.

Location and destination hexes[]

Clan Grounds hexes are the starting points for each of the four players. Players will also respawn here when slain. Heroes may not be targeted by any effect of any kind nor be engaged in combat while standing in their Clan Ground (although they can attack any character adjacent to them). Other heroes cannot enter Clan Grounds that are not their own.
Dungeon hexes can be explored for loot, resources or followers. Heroes will automatically explore a dungeon when they move onto the hex. Rewards are not guaranteed, and banes will sometimes spawn from dungeons when explored, and they will also spawn spontaneously from dungeons at night.
Settlement hexes can be claimed for a hero's clan. Held settlements will provide gold income at dawn or dusk, and can provide healing when heroes remain in them. They can be taken over by other clans if left unguarded. Banes can terrorize settlements and immediately remove their affiliation. King's Guards will not change a settlement's loyalty.
Stone Circle hexes heal one wound when heroes enter them, and have Stone Wards, which are deadly to Corrupted characters.
Palace Gardens hexes, adjacent to the Palace, begin the game housing deadly Palace Perils. Players will encounter a menu warning when first attempting to move onto one of these hexes. The northern garden challenges one's Fight stat, the southern garden challenges the Body stat, the eastern garden challenges the Spirit stat and the western garden challenges the Wits stat. King's Guards are not affected by Palace Perils and can freely move (and spawn) on these hexes, and banes cannot move onto these hexes.
The King's Palace hex is where the King of Armello resides. If a hero is able to take this hex, they will claim victory and the throne.

Hex Names[]

Dungeons[]

Adventure's Tomb
Bane's Deep
Blackspire
Bloodcarin Depths
Castle Belaerian
Felbear Keep
Raven's Barrow
Shadowfell
The Labyrinth
The Witching Pits
Worms Maw

Forests[]

Acrdale Woods
Arrowstorm Field
Black Oak Grove
Burrows Cap Tundra
Capybara Range
Coward's Valley
Crimson Moor
Crooked Creek Prairie
Danemarch Plains
Deadpass Thicket
Felbarrow Valley
Felden Grove
Flatacre Paddocks
Fleefoot Hills
Golden Grassland
Greenshade Plains
Life's Blanket
Moonlight Moor
Moss Medow
Quickborn Valley
Rabbit River Run
Redhorn Meadow
Shamrock Fields
Skystead Plains
Springs Steppe
Staghorn Pines
Strangers Lawn
Summer Fields
The Jade Spires
The Lost Woods
Thumperfoot Fields
Thunderfoot Prairie
Windy Acres
Winterblossom Woods
Wyldflower Pastures

Plains[]

Acrdale Woods
Arrowstorm Field
Burrows Cap Tundra
Capybara Range
Coward's Valley
Crimson Moor
Crooked Creek Prairie
Danemarch Plains
Fellbarrow Valley
Flatacre Paddocks
Fleefoot Hills
Golden Grassland
Greenshade Plains
Life's Blanket
Moonlight Moor
Moss Medow
Quickborn Valley
Rabbit River Run
Redhorn Meadow
Shamrock Fields
Sky Kiss Plains
Skystead Plains
Spring's Steppe
Stranger's Lawn
Summer Fields
The Lost Woods
Thumperfoot Fields
Thunderfoot Prairie
Windy Acres
Wyldflower Pastures

Mountains[]

Beggar's Bluff
Blackrock Peaks
Cloudbreak Reach
Grayvale Ranges
Hollow Rangers
Iron Needles
Kingsmount Heights
Mount Greymane
Steephoof Flats
Talon Peak
Winters Bane

Settlements[]

Brunswick
Blueberry Town
Darkmire
Dawn's Call
Duncastle
Esterdale
Greenguard
Greywind
Houndsmouth
Lions Pride
Ravenbrooke
Rivercrest
Sailor's Hideout
Southbank
Stag's Landing

Swamps[]

Blightmore
Bogmire
Fangbrook Swamp
Graverot Marshlands
Lowland Mire
Mangrove Glades
Rots Bog
Rotting Flats
Shadow's Quagmire
Splitwood Bog
Swamp of Souls

Stone Circles[]

Druids Song
Enchanted Grove
Seer's Rest
Silent Grove
Starfall Stones
The Ancients
The Exiles
The Whisperers
Wyldkeepers

Palace Gardens[]

Fool's Fountain
Mother's Maze
The Tricking Paths
The Unseen Death

Hex Types[]

Fortified[]

Mountain hexes have this property by default, and Settlements can be given this property in certain circumstances. Creatures on such hexes get +1 Shield in combat when defending, but entering these tiles costs 2 AP.

Stone Wards[]

Stone Circle hexes have this property by default, and Settlements can be given this property by the card Stone Wards. Hexes with this property deal damage to Corrupted characters equal to their Rot when they enter.