Iron Helm: Adventure Pack #6 – Malicia's Refuge Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Pack Contents
• Setup
• Character
  • Eldra
• Trappings
  • Raven Staff
  • Witches' Bread
• Loot
  • Boots of Haste
  • Holy Hand Grenade
  • Undead Mimic
  • Whip
• Skill
  • Life Drain
• Boss
  • Malicia
• Enemies
  • Tainted Priest
  • Tainted Warrior
• Plots
  • The Caged Man
  • The Slippery Slope
  • The Winged Statue
• Map

Pack Contents

The box lists: 1 Character Card, 1 Boss Card, 1 Skill Card, 2 Trappings Cards, 4 Loot Cards, 3 Plot Cards, 5 Enemy Cards, 1 Map Card.

Setup

Malicia's Refuge (insert card):

There was no doubt where Malicia's lair was once your eyes took sight of the entrance. Now you must find the courage to enter!

Remove the following cards from the base game and replace them with the cards found in this adventure pack.

• Enemies: Skinkling and Goblin.
• Plots: Hidd Inn, The Passageway, and The Shrine.
• Boss: Malicia.

Character

Eldra

• Trappings: Raven Staff & Torch
• Skill: Life Drain
• Card code: C10. Class printed on the card: MIND.
• Stats as printed: 9 (heart), 14 (purple), 8 (grey hexagon), 1 (red), 3 (gold).

Trappings

Raven Staff

• Card code: T28. Printed values: gold 2, grey 1, blue 2H.

Whenever you are to gain poison, you may choose to lose health of equal value instead.

Witches' Bread

• Card code: T29. Printed values: gold 1, grey 1, blue AS.

Discard this card and all blessing tokens to gain energy equal to the blessing tokens discarded.

Loot

Boots of Haste

• Card code: L41. Printed values: gold 3, grey 1, blue AS.

Once per dungeon level, you may attack first during a skirmish.

Holy Hand Grenade

• Card code: L40. Printed values: gold 2, grey 1, blue AS.

Discard this card to immediately defeat any foe with 6 or less base health.

Undead Mimic

• Card code: L39. Printed values: heart 11, blue 2, green 0, purple skull.

You may avoid this conflict by spending 1 blessing.

Whip

• Card code: L42. Printed values: gold 5, grey 1, blue PH.

When rolling two or more dice in combat, if the results are of matching value, you may immediately attack again.

Skill

Life Drain

• Card code: S21. Class printed on the card: MIND.

Before combat begins, you may spend 2 energy to deal d6 damage to your foe, while also gaining d6 health.

You may not gain blessing tokens.

Boss

Malicia

• Card code: B9. Printed values: heart 20, blue 4, green 2, purple skull. Three gold markers are printed in the bottom-right corner.

Malicia's damage is modified by your position on the morality track.

Enemies

Tainted Priest

Two copies are in the pack. Card code: E24. Printed values: heart 7, blue 0, green 1, purple skull. One gold marker is printed in the bottom-right corner.

Tainted Priests deal additional initial damage equal to the number of blessing tokens you have.

Tainted Warrior

Three copies are in the pack. Card code: E23. Printed values: heart 6, blue 2, green 1, purple skull. One gold marker is printed in the bottom-right corner.

You may spend a blessing token to avoid this conflict.

Gain 1 blessing token if you defeat the Tainted Warrior.

Plots

The Caged Man

• Card code: PT30.

Release the man?

Spending much time and energy you finally free the man. He gratefully thanks you and quickly makes a dash for the shadows and is gone.

Lose 2 energy and move up 2 spots on the morality track.

Slay the man?

Before the old man can react, you make a quick and precise strike through the bars of the cage, ending his life immediately.

Gain 1 potion and move down 2 spots on the morality track.

The Slippery Slope

• Card code: PT28.

Climb the massive rock structure?

You may perform this action as many times as you wish until you roll a 6.

Dice icons on the card, with their printed results:

• One die showing 1: You slip and fall and are badly injured. Lose health equal to the dungeon level +2.
• Two dice showing 2 and 3: You start to fall but catch yourself. Lose 1 energy.
• Two dice showing 4 and 5: You do not reach the top, but you do find 1 gold wedged between some rocks.
• One die showing 6: You reach the top! Gain gold equal to the dungeon level, 1 loot card, & 1 potion card.

Walk away?

You know better than to take this sort of risk.

The Winged Statue

• Card code: PT29.

Compare your current morality level to the chart below and take the corresponding action.

• -5/-4: Lose all blessing tokens and health equal to the dungeon level.
• -3/-2: Discard one item from your inventory and lose 1 energy.
• -1/0/1: Nothing Happens.
• 2/3: Gain blessing tokens equal to the dungeon level and 1 energy.
• 4/5: Search through the Loot Deck and take any card you want. Then reshuffle the deck.

[Transcriber note: the printed text of the 4/5 result reads "Than reshuffle the deck" at the resolution of the source image; it is transcribed here as "Then reshuffle the deck." The 2 to 3 and 4 to 5 die groupings on The Slippery Slope are read from the dice icons at this resolution.]

Map

The pack includes 1 Map Card. The map card is an image with no rules text.