Phaelice, The Reclusive

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Fury7			CMD 8
SPD	STR	MAT	RAT	DEF	ARM
7	5	6	4	16	13
Black Widow
M		Special		POW	P+S
		Multi		7	12

Phaelice's Damage					15
Point Cost					72
Field Allowance					C
Victory Points					5

Base Size: Small

1 Description
2 Special Rules
3 Feat
4 Spells
5 Concept Notes
6 Playtesting Notes
7 See also

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Description

Phaelice The Reclusive, Circle of Oroboros Iosan Warlock Character
"She is beyond even my influences. What happened to her as a child that could have incited such an isolation?" Morvhanna, The Autumnblade

Phaelice is the most reclusive of the potents, her domain being located in the northern part of the Thornwood. Her domain is covered in webs, with danger lurking around every corner. Phaelice has a fascination with spiders, seeing them as the perfect creatures. They are perfectly symmetrical, can adapt to any situation, and create beautiful works of art: their webs. Phaelice was born in Shyrr, a secret from her father, the brutal tyrant that ruled at the time, who sought to "cure" the elves by eradicating their deities. She was taken to Issyrah when the Consulate seized and killed 2000 "souless" infants. She enrolled in the church of Araushnee, the elven deity of destiny, and began to study magic. Late into her training, Phaelice felt a calling that she couldn't explain. The wind whispered to her, and she spent most of her time in the forest. Phaelice was the first Iosan in a long time to posess the wilding. Phaelice hid this by throwing herself into her training, developing a fascination with spiders. Her father however, felt the unfamiliar magic emnating from Issyrah, and in his last days of office, went to Issyrah with his guards to capture the child. Phaelice found out and fled Ios. She was met by a contingent of druids that was sent to retrieve them, with a certain Overseer Baldur leading the group. She was taken back and intstructed by Krueger first, and then Morvhanna, which nearly started a war within Oroboros. Upon elevation to Overseer by Morvhanna, she was sent to the northern Thornwood to prove her worth. This part of the forest was ruled by two Infernals that could take spiderform. They had no name, in common, but the druids referred to them as Bebilith and Yochlol, as they were once druids who betrayed the order. Phaelice used her newfound powers to summon spiders from all across the Thornwood. She then reached out, and could feel the ties between the bigger spiders, awakening her warlock potential. She defeated the two spirits and bound them to herself, elevating her status to that of a potent. She has since been busy exerting her control over the area she won, calling spiders and continuing in secret her worship of Araushnee. She has emerged now, as the druids return from Castle of Keys, and the attack on Nyssor in Korsk. In combat, Phaelice combines druidic magic with Iosan magic, giving her warbeasts spiderlike traits, and blasting her enemies with blasts of arcane feedback. Outside, Phaelice still carries the interests of Ios at heart, and the attack on Nyssor brought a dark rage festering inside up. She wants nothing more than to meet the Eldritch that dared touch Him in battle, and destroy it. She is also concerned about the advance of Everblight, and the destruction of the Nyss. Many wives wait for their husbands that have been left hanging in Phaelice's web, to weak to move, as her warbeasts feed.

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Special Rules

Phaelice

All terrain - Phaelice ignores movement penalties from rough terrain and obstacles. Phaelice may charge across rough terrain.
Arachnid Affinity - Phaelice never suffers from poison, duskvenom, eldervenom or venom.
Eight Eyes - Phaelice may spend one fury point to benefit from Eight Eyes. Phaelice's front arc extends 360 degrees and enemy models do not receive a back strike bonus while targeting Phaelice. Eight Eyes lasts for one round.
Spirit Binder - While Phaelice has at leastt one fury point on her, she gains +1 MAT and ARM

Black Widow

Critical Venom- When Phaelice succesfully hits a living model with a melee attack, that model suffers Venom. Venom is a continous effect that gives -4 SPD to the target model. Venom expires on a roll of 1 or 2.
Double Strike- Phaelice may make a second Black Widow attack during her activation without spending a fury point. The attack roll is made at -2 MAT. Only one extra Double Strike attack may be made per activation.
Reach

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Feat

Grand Web of Araushnee
Phaelice has an absolute fascination with webs, and in a combination of elven and druidic magic, she creates giant strands of webbing that emnates from the ground, and encases her enemies. The webbing contains a powerful venom that weakens the person, until they can barely lift their weapons and dodge attacks. Eventually, they become stuck, at the mercy of Phaelice.

Enemy models move at half rate in Phaelice's CNTRL area. In addition, living enemy models suffer -2 STR and DEF for one round. Enemy models that leave her CNTRL area may move at normal SPD. The Grand Web of Araushnee lasts for one round.

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Spells

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Spell	Cost	Range	POW	AOE	UP	OFF
Creeping Swarm	3	8	10	3	X
Living enemy models and friendly non circle models that are in the AoE when it is first put in play suffer Venom and a POW 10 damage roll. Living enemy models and friendly Circle models that end their activation in the AoE take one damage point. When upkeep is paid, the AoE moves 2", as determined by the deviation template
Fog the Mind	2	Self	-		X
Phaelice gains invisibility that expires when she casts a spell, performs an attack, or action. Phaelice can't be targeted by ranged or magic attacks while invisible, can't be charged or slammed, and gains +4 DEF against melee attacks. Phaelice doesn't block LOS or provide screening when invisible.
Predator's Leap	2	8	-	-	-	-
Move target friendly Circle warbeast up to 5" from his current location, and while moving from Predator's leap, the warbeast may move completly past a model if the warbeast can completley move past that model's base. The warbeast ignores rough terrain, obstacles and movement penalties.The warbeast cannot be targeted by free strikes during this movement. Predator's leapcan't be cast more than once/activation.
Theurgic Backlash	3	12	12	-		X
Target model hit by Theurgic Backlash suffers d3 points of damge for each spell other spell affecting it, and each focus or fury point on the model. Models do not benefit from spells that add to the target's DEF and ARM while being targeted by Theurgic Backlash attacks.