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Cavalier • Valkyrie • Mage Knight

About these subclasses

Two subclasses for the mounted Knight class.
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Find the “adversary” listings for the different mount types, stats, and level up options.

Cavalier

Cavalier

Spellcast Trait: Agility

Play the cavalier if you want to ram through the battlefield atop a noble land mount.

Foundation

Mount Type Land: You have a land based mount that possess great speed and endurance. (Horse, tiger, dinosaur...)

Spur movement: You can have your mount mark a stress to allow it to move to a point within far range without making an agility roll, you can have it mark an additional 1-2 stress to move up to very far range instead.

Specialization

Joust: If you move at least a close range whilst mounted before making a weapon attack with an agility weapon (with range no further than close), gain an additional 2d10 to the damage roll of the attack. Increase the dice size by one for every range bound you move before attacking.

Targeting Bond: When you or your mount would be targeted by an attack from close range or further, you can choose which of you is targeted by that attack.

Mastery

Rushing Dismount: While mounted you can spend 2 hope to have your mount rush forwards in the direction of an adversary, moving up to far range, you dismount and make an attack roll against the adversary, landing within your weapons range of them. Increase the dice size of all dice used for the attack by one size. (If dice is already a d20 roll an additional d10 for each d20)

Physical Resistance: Your mount has resistance against physical damage.

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

Spellcast Trait: Agility

Play the Valkyrie if you want to dart about above the battlefield atop majestic a flying mount.

Foundation

Mount Type Flying: You have a flying mount that possess high manoeuvrability and precision. (Pegasus, giant eagle, wyvern...) You can ride your mount while it is flying, hovering or on the ground.

Pivot: When you or your mount is targeted by an attack from close range or further, you can have your mount mark a stress to gain 1d4 to it's evasion against the attack.

Plumet: You can have your mount mark a stress to stop flying and fall up to a very far range, then start flying and hover a very close range from the ground.

Specialization

Dive bomb: If you move vertically down at least a very close range whilst mounted before making an attack with an agility weapon (with range no further than close range), gain an additional 2d8 damage to the damage roll of the attack. Increase the dice size by one for each range bound you move vertically down before attacking.

Rising attack: When you make a weapon against an adversary within close range whilst mounted, and your mount hasn't moved vertically this spotlight. You can move a very close range vertically upwards as part of the attack.

Mastery

Superior pivot: Increase the number of d4's rolled by your "pivot" feature to 2d4, and reduce the minimum range to very close.

Magic Resistance: Your mount has resistance to magic damage.

Mage Knight

Mage Knight

Spellcast Trait: Strength

Play the mage knight if you want to sling spells whilst having a ride around the battlefield.

Foundation

Mount Type Land*: You have a land based mount that possess great speed and endurance. (Horse, tiger, dinosaur...)

Your mount deals magic damage instead of physical, and has a range of very close. 

Gain the additional level up option for your mount: [_] permanently increase the range of the mounts attack by 1 range bound

Arcane Step: You can have your mount mark a stress to teleport anywhere with close range, this does not count towards movement this spotlight.

Specialization

Magic Potential: Gain access to another domain that contains spells, you can only gain domain cards from this domain that are spells or grimoires, and that have levels less than or equal to half your level (rounded up).

How does this new found magic change the appearance of you and your mount?

Imbue: When you cast a spell, add a counter to a magic weapon you have equipped or to your mount. The next time you make an attack with with that weapon/with your mount, you can spend any number of tokens to roll that many additional damage dice. You can have a maximum of 2 tokens on a single weapon, and maximum of 5 tokens total.

Clear all tokens when you take a rest.

Mastery

Bond Magic: Whenever you cast a spell whilst mounted, you can spend a hope gain one of the following benefits:

  • Increase range of spell by one range bound 
  • Increase area of effect of spell by one range bound
  • Increase the number of targets of the spell by one
  • Increase the number of damage dice rolled by one

Printable cards

Foundation / Specialization / Mastery
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Cavalier
Mounted Knight

Cavalier

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Agility

Mount Type Land: You have a land based mount that possess great speed and endurance. (Horse, tiger, dinosaur...)

Spur movement: You can have your mount mark a stress to allow it to move to a point within far range without making an agility roll, you can have it mark an additional 1-2 stress to move up to very far range instead.

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Cavalier
Mounted Knight

Cavalier

Specialization

Joust: If you move at least a close range whilst mounted before making a weapon attack with an agility weapon (with range no further than close), gain an additional 2d10 to the damage roll of the attack. Increase the dice size by one for every range bound you move before attacking.

Targeting Bond: When you or your mount would be targeted by an attack from close range or further, you can choose which of you is targeted by that attack.

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Blade domain icon Sage domain icon
Cavalier
Mounted Knight

Cavalier

Mastery

Rushing Dismount: While mounted you can spend 2 hope to have your mount rush forwards in the direction of an adversary, moving up to far range, you dismount and make an attack roll against the adversary, landing within your weapons range of them. Increase the dice size of all dice used for the attack by one size. (If dice is already a d20 roll an additional d10 for each d20)

Physical Resistance: Your mount has resistance against physical damage.

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Blade domain icon Sage domain icon
Valkyrie
Mounted Knight

Valkyrie

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Agility

Mount Type Flying: You have a flying mount that possess high manoeuvrability and precision. (Pegasus, giant eagle, wyvern...) You can ride your mount while it is flying, hovering or on the ground.

Pivot: When you or your mount is targeted by an attack from close range or further, you can have your mount mark a stress to gain 1d4 to it's evasion against the attack.

Plumet: You can have your mount mark a stress to stop flying and fall up to a very far range, then start flying and hover a very close range from the ground.

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Blade domain icon Sage domain icon
Valkyrie
Mounted Knight

Valkyrie

Specialization

Dive bomb: If you move vertically down at least a very close range whilst mounted before making an attack with an agility weapon (with range no further than close range), gain an additional 2d8 damage to the damage roll of the attack. Increase the dice size by one for each range bound you move vertically down before attacking.

Rising attack: When you make a weapon against an adversary within close range whilst mounted, and your mount hasn't moved vertically this spotlight. You can move a very close range vertically upwards as part of the attack.

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Valkyrie
Mounted Knight

Valkyrie

Mastery

Superior pivot: Increase the number of d4's rolled by your "pivot" feature to 2d4, and reduce the minimum range to very close.

Magic Resistance: Your mount has resistance to magic damage.

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Blade domain icon Sage domain icon
Mage Knight
Mounted Knight

Mage Knight

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Strength

Mount Type Land*: You have a land based mount that possess great speed and endurance. (Horse, tiger, dinosaur...)

Your mount deals magic damage instead of physical, and has a range of very close. 

Gain the additional level up option for your mount: [_] permanently increase the range of the mounts attack by 1 range bound

Arcane Step: You can have your mount mark a stress to teleport anywhere with close range, this does not count towards movement this spotlight.

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Card Backing
Blade domain icon Sage domain icon
Mage Knight
Mounted Knight

Mage Knight

Specialization

Magic Potential: Gain access to another domain that contains spells, you can only gain domain cards from this domain that are spells or grimoires, and that have levels less than or equal to half your level (rounded up).

How does this new found magic change the appearance of you and your mount?

Imbue: When you cast a spell, add a counter to a magic weapon you have equipped or to your mount. The next time you make an attack with with that weapon/with your mount, you can spend any number of tokens to roll that many additional damage dice. You can have a maximum of 2 tokens on a single weapon, and maximum of 5 tokens total.

Clear all tokens when you take a rest.

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Blade domain icon Sage domain icon
Mage Knight
Mounted Knight

Mage Knight

Mastery

Bond Magic: Whenever you cast a spell whilst mounted, you can spend a hope gain one of the following benefits:

  • Increase range of spell by one range bound 
  • Increase area of effect of spell by one range bound
  • Increase the number of targets of the spell by one
  • Increase the number of damage dice rolled by one
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