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The Wild Awaits

Published 6 August 2015 | Descent: Journeys in the Dark

The Wild Awaits

Bonds of the Wild Is Now Available for Descent: Journeys in the Dark

“If you train a falcon well, you begin to trust her more than your own eyes.”
–Vyrah the Falconer

Long ago, Mabinogi the adventurer searched across Terrinoth for the mythical Tree of Life. Returning with a single branch clutched in his hand, Mabinogi healed the plagues that ravaged his cities, but as centuries passed, the branch was lost. Now, rumors say that this healing branch has been found again. For the good of all Terrinoth, a few adventurers must brave the dangers and recover this treasure! Begin your adventure with the Bonds of the Wild Hero and Monster Collection, now available for Descent: Journeys in the Dark at retailers throughout the United States and online through our webstore.

Like other Hero and Monster Collections, Bonds of the Wild introduces four heroes and three monster groups previously only available through the first edition of Descent. Twenty-two plastic figures are included in this expansion: four heroes, twelve kobolds, four hellhounds, and two deep elves, and each of these figures benefits from updated sculpts and artwork. What’s more, Bonds of the Wild introduces two brand-new quests that chronicle your search for the Branch of Life – One Man’s Trash and Bonds of the Wild.

Contains four heroes, twelve kobolds, four hellhounds, and two deep elves.

Eyes in the Sky

One of the heroes that fights alongside you in Bonds of the Wild is none other than Vyrah the Falconer. Vyrah once worked for a prestigious household as a falconer, and as a reward for his service, he was given first pick of falcon hatchlings. When the manor caught fire on a dry summer night, it was his falcon’s screeches that woke Vyrah. Between the early warning and Vyrah’s quick thinking, many birds and people were saved that night. Vyrah found strength and resolve he had never known, and devoted himself to saving others. Now, his quest to save others has led him to quest for a branch from the Tree of Life.

In your campaigns, Vyrah the Falconer benefits from having access to his falcon familiar, Skye . Skye flies high above the battlefield, helping you spot monsters and directing your Ranged attacks with more accuracy. Each time a hero performs a Ranged attack that targets a monster adjacent to Skye, the attack gains two additional range. Then, after dice are rolled, you may discard Skye from the map to add an extra damage to your attack.

Discarding Skye from the map doesn’t mean that she’s gone forever though. Vyrah the Falconer’s hero ability allows you to place Skye on your space if she’s not on the map at the start of your turn. You may also use Skye as a combatant in dire circumstances. Vyrah’s heroic feat allows you to perform a Melee attack with Skye, using a blue, red, and yellow die. By striking from above at the right time, Skye can take down a key monster on her own.

Fire and Stone

Vyrah and Skye will face countless monsters in the quest for the Tree of Life, including the deadly hellhounds. An unholy mixture of fire and wrath, hellhounds are born predators. Packs of hellhounds feed on terror and focus on isolating their victims to deepen their prey’s despair. In the midst of this awful solitude, the hellhounds tear into tender flesh with rocky claws and burning teeth. Those who fall quickly to the flames are considered fortunate.

When you play as the overlord, the hellhounds can help to split the heroes and take them down one by one. All hellhounds are fleet of foot and their stone claws can pierce through even the thickest armor. Hellhounds also bear the Hunt ability – by spending a surge during an attack, you can remove your target from the map and place it in any space adjacent to the Hellhound, allowing you to drive the heroes forward to their inevitable doom.

Master hellhounds can even afflict multiple heroes with the Fire Breath ability. If you trigger Fire Breath during an attack, your attack can afflict multiple heroes as you spread hellish flames across the map. With the hellhounds at your service, you can hunt down the heroes and spread darkness across Terrinoth once again.

Search for the Branch

The hunt for the Branch of Life has begun. Will the heroes recover this mighty artifact and use it for the good of all? Or will the forces of evil in Terrinoth conspire to twist the Branch of Life for their own nefarious ends? You can help to determine the fate of Terrinoth in this Hero and Monster Collection!

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Into the Wilderness

Published 16 July 2015 | Descent: Journeys in the Dark

Into the Wilderness

Preview a Hero and a Monster Group from Bonds of the Wild

“The forest is stirring… but we’re prepared for anything.”
–Ronan of the Wild

A branch from the mythical Tree of Life has been found, and some of Terrinoth’s greatest heroes have sworn to recover it before the evil overlord claims it! In Bonds of the Wild, a new Hero and Monster Collection for Descent: Journeys in the Dark, you can search for this magical branch with the heroes or use it for your own nefarious ends as the overlord.

Like other Hero and Monster Collections, Bonds of the Wild offers heroes and monster previously only available in the first edition of Descent. You’ll find twenty-two plastic figures in this expansion: four heroes, twelve kobolds, four hellhounds, and two deep elves, now updated with brand-new artwork and figure sculpts. With two new quests – One Man’s Trash and Bonds of the Wild – this expansion offers thrilling new adventures in the realm of Terrinoth.

Today, we preview Ronan of the Wild and the deep elves from Bonds of the Wild!

Bonds of the Wild contains four heroes, twelve kobolds, four hellhounds, and two deep elves.

Servant of the Forest

On the night of a great storm, a small band of soldiers took shelter from the rain and lightning in a large cave. While Ronan scouted the area outside, deep elves seized the rest of his company for trespassing. Ronan returned to the signs of struggle and immediately set off in pursuit of his captured compatriots. That night, Ronan earned a heroic reputation and an early resignation from the militia. Since then, he has sought peace among the sprawling greenery of the forest – but if a branch from the Tree of Life truly exists, it must be found and preserved for the sake of all living things.

Ronan of the Wild is never alone when he joins your hero party. His constant companion is Pico , a red panda with a knack for finding all manner of useful objects for the heroes. Ronan’s hero ability lets you start the game with the Pico familiar placed on your Hero sheet. Then, at any point during your turn, you can choose a search token within three spaces of you and place Pico in its space.

Collecting search tokens is often crucial for allowing you to buy better gear and weapons, but spending actions to pick up search tokens takes valuable time away from accomplishing your goal. Pico helps eliminate the need to spend your actions picking up search tokens. Once you’ve dispatched Pico to grab some loot or hidden potion, a hero adjacent to Pico may search that search token without spending an action. As soon as the search token is removed, Pico returns to Ronan, ready to dash off to a new treasure.

You may even use Pico to ferry vital items and powerful weapons between you and another player. When Pico is on Ronan’s hero sheet, you may use Ronan’s heroic feat to choose another hero and immediately trade any Shop Item cards, Relic cards, or Search cards with that player! The ability to quickly ferry a single crucial item across the map can mean the difference between victory and defeat in a game of Descent.

Dwellers in the Deep

As Ronan quests to recover a Branch of Life, he’ll face many servants of the overlord, including some rogue deep elves. Deep elves live in isolation, far from other civilizations, and they have devoted their lives to eradicating the evil influence of the Ynfernael. Through some unknown means, their warriors travel to the blighted planes of the Aenlong, slaying the fell creatures that dwell there. But the Ynfernael’s corruption is universal, and over time even the most noble deep elves find their will twisted toward a darker purpose. Now, some of these corrupted warriors have pitted themselves against the heroes in their quest.

The deep elves have trained as warriors for most of their lives, and because of this, they are among the most deadly fighters in Terrinoth. Any deep elf can spend a surge to do more damage, and their slender blades may pierce even the thickest armor. The heroes may wish to defeat the deep elves by using Ranged weapons against them, but even then, they’ll need a way to defeat the deep elves’ natural stealth. Deep elves bear the Stealthy ability, which forces each attack to roll three additional range beyond what is normally required or the attack misses. Any hero hoping to bring down a deep elf with arrows must be a truly expert shot.

No fighter escapes close combat with a master deep elf unscathed – these deep elves have access to the Riposte ability. Whenever a figure attacks a master deep elf, that figure suffers damage equal to the deep elf’s defense – and if the attack misses, the attacker suffers damage equal to the damage rolled. When you command the deep elves, no matter how your opponents’ attack, they’ll certainly suffer damage when they engage a deep elf in battle.

Fight to Survive

In Bonds of the Wild, you and your fellow heroes can venture into the wilds on a desperate quest, or you can play as the overlord and use all of nature’s most deadly monsters to destroy the heroes. Join us in our next preview for a look at Vyrah the Falconer and the hellhounds.

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Bonds of the Wild

Published 23 March 2015 | Descent: Journeys in the Dark

Bonds of the Wild

Announcing a New Hero and Monster Collection for Descent Second Edition

For years, stories have been told of Mabinogi and the Tree of Life. In a time of plague, Mabinogi left his people to follow the tales of a tree that could heal sickness and resurrect the dead. He returned from his journey with a length of blackened wood clutched in his hands. It is said that sickness did not come to that town for many years and Mabinogi never revealed the location of the Tree of Life. As time passed the branch was lost, but recently, rumors have spread of a blackened branch hidden within a den of kobolds.

Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce Bonds of the Wild, a new Hero and Monster Collection for Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition!

Search for the healing power of the Tree of Life in the newest Hero and Monster Collection for Descent Second Edition! Like other Hero and Monster Collections, this expansion reintroduces heroes and monsters that were previously available only through the first edition of Descent. What’s more, each of these heroes and monsters features an updated figure sculpt and new artwork to match the aesthetic of the second edition.

You’ll find twenty-two detailed plastic figures are included in this expansion. Four new heroes join your adventures: Lyssa, Challara, Ronan of the Wild, and Vyrah the Falconer. Of course, the overlord also gains new monsters to oppose the heroes. With the addition of Bonds of the Wild, the overlord can command hordes of kobolds, fiery hellhounds, and cunning deep elves in battle. In addition, two brand-new quests are introduced in this expansion to chronicle your search for the healing branch: One Man’s Trash and Bonds of the Wild!

Contains four heroes, twelve kobolds, four hellhounds, and two deep elves.

Companion of Dragons

Long ago, Challara’s ancestors lost their most priceless heirlooms to a vile dragon. Though her family endured, the indignity of the theft has weighed on Challara since her youth. She left her home and tamed the dragon Brightblaze to flaunt her superiority over her ancient enemy, and one day she will march on the evil dragon’s hoard to prove her skills and reclaim her family’s valuables with interest. For now, however, Challara and Brightblaze support the search for another treasure: the branch from the Tree of Life!

Challara and Brightblaze share an immutable bond, a fact reflected by Challara’s hero ability. This ability grants you access to the Brightblaze familiar at the start of each encounter, allowing you to place the Brightblaze token in an empty space near Challara. Of course, a familiar to aid you in battle is a powerful advantage, and the dragon Brightblaze is no exception.

During a quest, Brightblaze can move quickly across the battlefield, but more importantly, he can perform a Melee attack during his activation that uses the dice and abilities of a Magic weapon you have equipped. Extra attacks are one of the most crucial abilities you can use in Descent: Journeys in the Dark, and with Brightblaze, you can essentially gain bonus attacks with a powerful Magic weapon like Lightning Strike or Ice Storm .

Brightblaze is not invincible on the field of battle, but if he is defeated, Challara’s heroic feat recalls him to your side. If Brightblaze has been defeated, you can trigger Challara’s heroic feat to return him to life and place him in any empty space adjacent to you. Then, you can immediately activate Brightblaze, allowing you to rain fire and death on the overlord’s monsters. What’s more, Brightblaze can also activate as normal on that turn, which dramatically increases the amount of damage you can deal. With Brightblaze and Challara at your side, you’ll have the power to battle ever-increasing numbers of foes – an essential ability, because Bonds of the Wild also offers hordes of monsters to oppose the heroes.

Innumerable Foes

Countless monsters seek to hinder the heroes on their quest, and some of these monsters may respawn faster than the heroes can defeat them. Once minions of a sorcerer, the kobolds were enchanted to multiply whenever their tasks proved to difficult for a single servant. Their master, better known for his laziness than his intelligence, underestimated the power of his spells and the cruelty of his creations. So was born the old adage that kobold strength is measured in bodies.

During a quest, the kobolds battle very differently than the overlord’s other monsters. They are by far the most numerous monster group available to the overlord – during a four-player game, the overlord receives three master kobolds and nine minion kobolds! Minion kobolds do not begin the game in play, however. Each master kobold bears the Spawner ability, allowing you to place one minion kobold adjacent to each master kobold at the start of each overlord turn. By holding the master kobolds back and sending your minions against the heroes, you force the heroes to fight through waves of bodies to reach their objectives.

An individual kobold may not be particularly dangerous, but in great numbers, a kobold swarm can be lethal. Every kobold possesses the Swarm surge ability, meaning that you can spend a surge to deal an additional damage for each other monster adjacent to your target. If you’re fortunate enough to completely surround a hero, you’ll deal seven extra damage whenever you trigger Swarm! This might not happen for every attack, but your kobolds can use the Scamper ability to move through spaces containing heroes and surround their prey. If the heroes want to recover the healing power of the branch, they’ll need a way to deal with the overlord’s hordes of kobolds.

Enter the Wild

Call your companions and prepare to begin your quest! Terrinoth needs you to find a branch from the Tree of Life, and the overlord’s monsters rush to oppose your quest. Can you harness the magic of Challara and Brightblaze to triumph, or will hordes of kobolds overwhelm your defenses?

Leave the comforts of civilization behind and look for Bonds of the Wild at your local retailer in the third quarter of 2015!

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