Warlord table reference

Turn sequence

Turn sequence § 501

Each turn has Ready, Draw, Initiative, Order, and End of Turn phases.

Ready phase § 502

All players rotate their cards one step toward ready.

Draw phase § 503

Discard any number of cards, then draw one at a time up to hand size.

Initiative phase § 504

Warlords roll to determine the first player in the Order phase.

Order phase § 505

Players alternate one Order at a time until all pass consecutively.

End of Turn phase § 506

Resolve end-of-turn abilities and expire turn-long effects before the next turn.

Actions and timing

Actions § 110, 510

Every action is an Order or React with costs, effects, and a defined resolution sequence.

Orders § 507

Orders are the actions performed one at a time during Order-phase priority.

Reacts and React windows § 508

Reacts interrupt normal timing only when their printed trigger occurs.

Limited actions § 510.7

A Limited Order or React may be performed only once each turn.

Targeting § 511

Actions and strikes target cards they name or directly affect in a targeted way.

Combat

Attacks § 507.3

An attack spends a Character to perform its sequence of melee strikes.

Strikes § 509

Melee and ranged strikes resolve through declaration, targeting, roll, hit, wounds, and resolution.

Melee strikes § 509.3

Melee strikes normally target within one rank and use the Character’s ATK.

Ranged strikes § 509.4

Ranged strikes normally target exactly two ranks away and use only their stated ranged bonus.

Advantage and disadvantage § 105.2

Advantage keeps the higher of two d20s; disadvantage keeps the lower.

Formation and movement

Formation and ranks § 401

Characters occupy ordered ranks, with rank 1 closest to opposing formations.

Illegal ranks and falling forward § 401.6

A rank with more characters than the rank in front must be repaired immediately.

Maneuver § 507.5

Spend a Character to move one rank or change position within its current rank.

Ready, spent, and stunned § 107

Orientation records whether a card can pay spend costs or perform actions.

Damage and defeat

Wounds and dying § 104

A character dies when its wounds equal or exceed its hit points.

Death React § 508.6.1

A dying Character may perform this React before it leaves play.

Kill React § 508.6.2

The killer performs this React after the defeated Character reaches the discard pile.

Victory § 101

Defeat every opposing Warlord while keeping a Warlord under your control.

Common protections

Ward § 602.19

Opposing non-strike actions cannot target this Character.

Stealth § 603.12

Enter opposing front ranks and attempt to cancel strikes that target this Character.

True Strike § 602.14

This Character’s strikes cannot be canceled or redirected.

Planar § 602.5

Natural odd non-spell strike rolls miss a Planar Character.