Ossified Undead Skirmish Tactics

Ossified Undead
Setting:	Age of Fantasy
Games:	Age of Fantasy, Age of Fantasy: Skirmish, Age of Fantasy: Regiments
Species:	Undead
Version:	v2.50

Note: as v2.50 is in constant development the following might not be accurate.

Why Play Ossified Undead

The Ossified Undead are an unrelenting tide of deathless iron.

Pros:

• Ossified reduces the impact of AP.
• Undead negates many of the issues with Morale
• Some pretty strong quality values for your army

Cons:

• Very narrow unit selection
• (Almost) Your entire army is Slow
• Shooting is near-nonexistent

Army Special Rules

• Ossified: Attacks targeting this model reduce their AP value by 1, to a minimum of AP(0). While ineffective against hordes of basic Hand Weapons, it will make things like Great Weapons less powerful.
• Swift: This model may ignore the Slow rule.
• Undead: Whenever this unit takes a morale test, it is passed automatically. Then, roll as many dice as remaining models/tough in the unit, and for each result of 1-2 the unit takes one wound, which can’t be regenerated.
• War Aspect: When this model fights in melee, they randomly get either Rending or AP(+1)

Wizard Spells

• Enslave (4+): Enemy unit within 12" takes -1 to hit in melee. No better way to keep your bony boys unharmed than making them unable to get hurt.
• Undermine (4+): One enemy unit within 12" takes 2 AP 2 hits.
• Command (5+): One friendly unit within 12" can immediately move 6". The fact that your army is Slow just proves how invaluable this spell is.
• Deadly Contract (5+): One enemy model within 12" takes 4 hits. While they lack AP, it's a good way to at least dent a hero or brute.
• Deception (6+): Two enemy units within 6" take 6 AP 1 hits each. Way stronger than most spells like this and still able to flatten mobs.
• Drain (6+): Enemy unit within 18" takes -2 to hit in shooting. Considering how easily your army can get caught in the open, that -2 is incredibly powerful.

Unit Analysis

Heroes

• Herald of Death: Your premier hero, gifted with Poison as well as War Aspect to guarantee some measure of AP. That said, it is merely a 4+ for quality and defense, which might see it suffer a bit against dedicated hero-killers, and the loss of buffs means that the herald will only be useful as a beatstick. If you need mobility, then you'll need to buy a Skeletal Steed.
  • Melee: As mentioned above, every weapon the Herald uses has Poison, including its default Hand Weapon. If you are looking for something more, you can go for a Lance for Impact on the charge, a halberd for Rending, a Spear for Phalanx support, a Great Weapon for a guaranteed AP(2) or Dual Hand Weapons for more attacks.*Bone Master: A budget hero, costing only 25 points over the Herald of Death's 40. While capable of buying all the same weapons sans Poison, their upgrades are vastly different.
  • Buffs: Taking a Trophy Banner is a simple addition for Fear. Soul Master grants them access to Wizard and the spells available to the army.
  • Mounts: Like the Herald of Death, you can also buy a Skeletal Steed for the Bone Master, boosting its speed to normal with Swift. However, you could instead buy a Bone Throne, improving its Tough rating and granting Arcane Power so you can shut down enemy wizards.

Infantry & Cavalry

• Guardian: Your basic troop is quite powerful, with a 4+ to quality and defense on top of everything else. Poison gives them a decent amount of offensive power, but you can also provide either a Halberd or Spear depending on how you want to position them and the Great Weapon can help rip through armored foes.

• Death Rider: A Guardian on horseback, meaning that they're moving at normal speed with Impact. This comes at a rather sizeable price hike though. If you plan on riding hard into the Impact life, then the Lance is your only option.

• Stalker: An even crazier melee nut, carrying AP(1) Quad Blades and War Aspect to improve their AP game. This makes them more potent in melee (especially if you give Dual Falchions for a default AP(2) before factoring in War Aspect), but they remain just as vulnerable, if not more so, than the mere Guardians. That said, there are no fiercer beatsticks than these.

• Immortal: The elite of the elite, carrying a 3+ to quality and defense as well as a Halberd for a powerful melee weapon out the box. Though they're still Slow, they have a very powerful combination of a 3+ defense, Tough(3), Regeneration and Ossified to make them very difficult to remove.

List Building & Tactics

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See Also

• Ossified Undead

• Ossified Undead Skirmish Quickplay Armies
• Age of Fantasy: Skirmish

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