The fae are the most affected by the Blight, their minds torn asunder into fragmented memories as their bodies collapse into a magically charged substance known as Grist. When exposed to the warming glow of Sunshards, the Grist can absorb the energy and crystallize into a new being: a Shardborn. These creatures warp the environment around them, sharding it and strengthening their connection to the surrounding elements. With each Sunshard they consume, their form grows and warps slowly knitting their broken mind into a warped consciousness.
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay of The Shardborn is complex, taking advantage of the battlefield in order to unlock powerful abilities. They can cause terrain on the battlefield to gain terrain rules likerugged or their signature terrain rule: sharded. While usually more than able to handle themselves in a fight, a Shardborn in terrain with the sharded terrain rule is usually absolutely terrifying.
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Shardwalker: One of the most important abilities in the Shardborn arsenal, Shardbringer allows you to deploy 50mm diameter Sharded terrain bases when the associated model is deployed. Deeds and other abilities allow you to maneuver these across the battlefield, allowing you to set up the ideal situation.
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Shardbringer: Sharded terrain is always Rugged and Hazardous, a veritable field of crystal caltrops that are difficult to navigate. Models with Shard Walker however ignore these modifiers, able to travel across Sharded terrain with no penalties.
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Shard Focus: While standing in Sharded terrain, models with this ability gain a listed bonus: an additional ability or stat modifier that emphasizes the Shardborn’s nature: Blazes gain Burning on their weapons, Tremors become even harder to harm, and the Tempest becomes a sniper.
