Field folio / hostile denizens
A battle-worn monster manual for the roguelike route: grove horrors, bog lights, quarry raiders, and the dead things waiting beyond the first descent.
Encounter habitat
Forest chapter
Boss of the corrupted grove
Forest boss that anchors a corrupted root grove.
An ancient root-heart split open and taught to hate. The Matriarch plants herself in the high grove and lets her thralls do the surrounding.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Root-bound melee guard
Root-bound melee guard.
A soldier-shape braided from bramble, bark, and old grudges. It exists to lock down lanes while the grove closes in.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Fragile fungal skirmisher
Fragile fungal skirmisher.
Small, spiteful, and quick to pop out of cover. Rotcaps are not durable, but they force parties to spend actions cleaning up the undergrowth.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Fungal backline pressure
Fungal backline pressure enemy.
A whispering cultist of the mushroom bloom. It prefers safer ground and punishes parties that ignore the rear ranks.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Armored forest bruiser
Armored forest bruiser.
A living shield with too many legs. The beetle is slow to reposition, but its shell makes it a stubborn mid-field obstacle.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Weak fodder creature
Weak fodder creature with simple melee pressure.
A wobbling appetite given tactical inconvenience. Blobs appear as extra fodder in the forest glade and are more nuisance than nemesis.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Wetlands chapter
Boss of the drowned lights
Wetlands boss that lures parties through the bog.
Her lanterns promise safe footing where there is only black water. The Hag drags fights into the mud and lets panic do half her work.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Fast bog-light skirmisher
Fast bog-light skirmisher.
A laughing spark that darts between reeds. Lantern Imps are fragile, but their speed makes them excellent flankers and finishers.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Mire-bred melee biter
Mire-bred melee biter.
A low, snapping hunter bred by the wet ground. It is not clever, but it makes every bad step in the marsh more expensive.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Wetlands flank hunter
Wetlands hunter that pressures the flank.
It watches from grass-choked channels until the party line stretches thin. Then the reeds move and the Fenstalker is already behind you.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Bog caster support
Bog caster support.
A hunched spell-worker who reads futures in stagnant pools. It is less durable than the frontline, but more dangerous if left undisturbed.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Quarry chapter
Boss with a heavy stone maul
Boss brute with a heavy stone maul.
Grimgor rules the quarry by impact alone. When he plants his maul, the stone remembers who owns it.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Melee pressure enemy
Melee pressure enemy.
A hard-hatted brawler from the quarry crews. Grunts are straightforward threats that punish exposed casters and low ground.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Ranged pressure enemy
Ranged pressure enemy.
A ridge-line sniper who understands exactly how annoying elevation can be. Archers are fragile, but their range changes the shape of a fight.
Known actions: Shortbow Shot
Graveyard chapter
Undead boss guardian
Undead boss guardian with weighty attacks.
Kharrox is the graveyard's final tax: every trespass paid back in bone. He advances slowly, but every hit feels like a tomb door closing.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Evasive spectral support
Evasive spectral melee support.
A memory of motion in a broken burial cloth. Dust Wraiths slide around the edge of the line and make safe tiles feel temporary.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Armored guardian
Armored guardian with stable melee pressure.
A walking lintel of shield, mail, and oath. The Bulwark does not hurry because most enemies are forced to come to it eventually.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Undead miner
Undead miner with steady melee pressure.
Some quarry crews kept digging long after burial. The Bone Pickman brings a miner's rhythm to the melee: step, swing, repeat.
Known actions: Basic Attack
Undead ranged skirmisher
Undead ranged skirmisher.
It has forgotten its name but not its aim. Shard Hurlers chip at the party from broken grave markers and ruined walls.
Known actions: Shortbow Shot