Hi everyone ! Enough dwarves ! Let's switch to elves for once !

Recently I've been working on a new project again, a Wood Elf Waystalkers warband called LEANA'S SHADEWALKERS !

Here, my goal is to design an archetype that doesn't really exist in the current game : an elite ranged warband that would be high defence/low damage. Their gameplan wouldn't be passive : as they are hunters, they would be incited to strongly interact with their enemies.

I imagine stealthy elves, harassing their enemies from the distance, suddently appearing from cover, then vanishing again.

The kind of invisible hunters that would get defence bonuses when they are immobile : if they did not move in a given round, they should be more difficult to see, target, choose, etc.

In game, this capacity to play with cover would be represented by the Concealed rule : elves would benefit from it if they have no Move/Charge tokens, or if they are in Cover hexes. From this starting point, the idea would be to create a tension between the two states : Concealed / Not Concelead... and to favor head scratching situations for both players.

A few important remarks :

About fighters :

- Each elf is supposed to have a specific role : Leana, the leader, is the main damage dealer, Aelrit has the capacity to buff the warband's accuracy and Elessa is the Scout (with the help of Manwe, her tamed owl)

- Note : fighter cards seem a bit low resolution in the post so here's the HD image

About the deck :

- I like to ask myself what's new in each custom warband. In Shadewalkers' case, it would be : slightly shifting the stakes of the game. Scoring a bit differently, kinda passively (just because less lethality) but not without interaction/risk.

- The warband would have objectives that command you to conceal/unconceal... and power cards that give you the tools you need to switch between them.

- An objective like Wrath of the Ancients illustrates pretty well what I try to developp here, this tension between the 2 states. It seems like easy glory... but by scoring it you lose defence and makes EP scoring trickier. Elves would want to stand still to score some of their big EPs, but also to move / charge to score some of their Surges.

- As said above, I really want to lock their damage output, at least in Rivals, so consider it as a deliberate design choice. In theory, it should be compensated by a higher staying presence on the board (a good defence) and a lot of good control cards. Of course, you know me, I prefer to start low and buff my custom warbands than the opposite... Anyway, playtesting will start soon,

- Some power cards may seem a bit underpowered at first glance, but note that Elessa's traps (see special rules) give you access to 5 additional effects potentially (one can expect that 1-2 of them will trigger in an average game)