SDE Heroes 03

As promised last time here are the final three Heroes that come with the basic boxed set of Super Dungeon Explore - Angry Bear, Deeproot Druid and Glimmerdusk Ranger.

The Glimmerdusk Ranger is an Elf Hero, the Deeproot Druid is a Half-Elf Hero and Angry Bear is a Polar Bear.

Deadly archers, the Glimmerdusk Rangers patrol the edges of the Fae Wood, hunting any foolish to enter uninvited. With the rise of the Consul and the Nether Rifts advancing into their lands, the Rangers have begun to venture from their woodland realm. They offer considerable skill to any who will take the fight to the Consul. She specialises in ranged combat and can shoot at a target up to 8 squares away. She also comes with the Herbalist ability, which she can use to remove all Status Effect tokens from herself or any other Hero. She is useful as a back up character but beware how you use her.

Sacred Guardians of the Deeproot Tree, the Druids are fierce defenders of their revered realm. Druids can assume animal forms when doing battle. Often when magic and cunning have failed, animal rage can overcome. It is tempting to transform the Deeproot Druid into his Angry Bear form as soon as possible but don't be too hasty to dismiss him, for the Druid has some useful skills. All of his attacks inflict Poison and he is Immune to Poison. He is slightly faster than Angry Bear with a Move of 7 instead of 6. Finally, he can cast a Magic spell called Stranglethorn, which slows down opponents in addition to wounding them.

Some skilled Druids can take the form of a raging Totem - Ursos - a mighty bearlike creature filled with nature's wrath for the enemies of the Deeproot Tree. Like the Druid, Angry Bear is also Immune to Poison and he is Immune to Knockdown. However, his attacks do not inflict Poison. Instead, they can Knockdown, Immobilise or Weaken an opponent. His Armour and Attacks are more powerful than the Druid's.
In the few games I have played so far I have found the Glimmerdusk Ranger to be the weakest of all the Heroes. She excels at ranged combat but is not that good at melee combat. The Deeproot Druid is useful but he does pale when compared to Angry Bear. When he transforms into Angry Bear you just want him to charge headlong into his enemies and beat them to a pulp. Angry Bear is certainly one mighty cool looking Hero. By the way, I painted him as per the rulebook and stat card illustrations but I've seen many other versions of him, including Black Bear, Brown Bear, Panda, Tabby Cat(!) and even Winnie the Pooh!

I know that you all love to see group shots, so here are all nine Heroes from the basic boxed set. From left to right in the back row are the Glimmerdusk Ranger, the Deeproot Druid, Angry Bear and the Hexcast Sorceress. From left to right in the middle row are the Claw Tribe Barbarian, the Hearthsworn Fighter, the Ember Mage and the Riftling Rogue. Leading them all is the Royal Paladin.