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TRISS
Overview
Role: Triss is a predatory battlefield-control Character of the Underdark. A powerful Dryder, she uses her exceptional speed, venom, and webbing to hunt down enemies, restrict their movement, and reshape the battlefield. Once Triss catches her prey, escaping her grasp can prove extremely difficult.
Core Information
Summon Points: 2
Alignment: Grey
Affiliation: Underdark (Undead Court)
Keywords
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Character
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Underdark
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Dryder
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Large Creature
Statistics
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Health: 6
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Armor: 4
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Speed: 6
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Defense: 7
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Dodge: 8
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Willpower: 5
Universal Rules
Triss gains the following Underdark Universal Rules:
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Natural Armor
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Elusive
(See Underdark Universal Rules.)
Special
Large Creature (Melee)
Due to her large size, Triss presents an easier target to opponents engaging her in close combat.
Enemy units gain +1 to Melee attack rolls made against Triss.
Web Walker
Triss moves effortlessly across the webs she creates.
Triss may move through Web terrain and Web effects without suffering their movement restrictions or other negative effects.
Tactics and Strategies
Triss is a highly mobile battlefield-control Character who excels at isolating enemies and preventing them from escaping once she has engaged them.
Her Speed 6, high Dodge, and Elusive rule allow her to move aggressively around the battlefield, while Web Walker allows her to operate freely within areas that would hinder other units.
Venom's Bite gradually weakens enemies through damage and reduced movement, while Not So Fast makes disengaging from Triss dangerous. Opponents must consider carefully whether attempting to escape is worth potentially suffering another Venom's Bite.
Exploding Webs allows Triss to control groups of enemies from a distance, giving her a way to restrict movement before closing in herself.
Her most powerful battlefield-control ability is Silken Wall. By connecting two Pillars of Fate with an impassable wall, Triss can divide enemy forces, block Line of Sight, protect allies, isolate targets, or temporarily deny access to important areas of the battlefield.
Triss is not intended to overwhelm opponents through raw damage. Her strength comes from deciding where the battle takes place and whether her prey is allowed to leave.
Abilities
Venom's Bite
Type: Melee (M)
Mechanic: Fate vs. Willpower
Damage: Light Damage
Triss sinks her venomous fangs into her prey, injecting a potent toxin that weakens the victim even after the initial attack.
On a successful attack:
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Gain 1 Fate Token.
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The target suffers -1 Speed until the end of its next activation.
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The target suffers +1 Damage at the beginning of its next activation.
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Venom's Bite may generate a maximum of 1 Fate Token each round.
Not So Fast
Type: Interrupt, Free Action
Mechanic: Fate vs. Dodge
Cost: 1 Fate Token
Once Triss has caught her prey, she is reluctant to allow it to escape.
When an enemy unit attempts to leave Melee combat with Triss, she may immediately use Not So Fast.
On a successful Fate vs. Dodge roll, Triss pursues the enemy and immediately re-enters Melee combat with it.
If Triss's Fate roll exceeds the target's Dodge by 3 or more, she may immediately perform Venom's Bite against that enemy.
Not So Fast may be used even if Triss has already attacked during the round.
Exploding Webs
Type: Free Action
Range: 10"
Area: Burst 2
Mechanic: Fate vs. Dodge
Cost: 3 Fate Tokens
Triss compacts a mass of sticky webbing and launches it toward her prey. Upon impact, the projectile explodes outward, covering the surrounding area in thick strands of web.
All enemy units within the 2-inch Burst are targeted.
On a successful Fate vs. Dodge roll, the affected unit is Immobilized until its next activation.
Triss is unaffected by Exploding Webs due to Web Walker.
Silken Wall
Type: Ultimate, Free Action
Cost: 5 Fate Tokens
Triss uses the Pillars of Fate themselves as anchors for an enormous wall of dense webbing, allowing her to divide the battlefield and trap enemies exactly where she wants them.
To use Silken Wall, Triss must be within 4 inches of either the Central Pillar of Fate or an Outer Pillar of Fate.
Triss immediately leaps onto that Pillar and then moves to:
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The Central Pillar, if she began at an Outer Pillar; or
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One Outer Pillar of her choice, if she began at the Central Pillar.
Triss then creates a massive Web Wall connecting the two Pillars.
The Web Wall:
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Completely blocks Line of Sight.
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Completely blocks movement through it.
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Is considered Impassable Terrain.
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Has Armor 10.
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Is automatically hit when attacked.
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Remains in play until the end of the round.
After creating the wall, Triss's controlling player chooses which side of the Web Wall Triss occupies.
If the Web Wall passes through the position of an enemy unit when created, Triss's controlling player chooses which side of the wall that enemy unit is placed on.
Silken Wall does not require a Fate roll. Once its 5 Fate Token cost is paid and its positioning requirements are met, the ability succeeds automatically.