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Not every monster is content to simply shuffle forward and swing a rusty weapon. Some strike with venomous fangs, others unleash devastating breath weapons, and the most cunning employ ambushes, pack tactics, and supernatural powers to hunt their prey.

The Monster Skills Deck expands your encounters with 54 modular skill cards that can be assigned to creatures, seeded into your Dungeon Deck, or used as a quick-reference system for your favourite denizens. Inside you'll find natural abilities, learned techniques, special powers, and deadly boss abilities designed to make your encounters more dynamic, unpredictable, and memorable.

The forthcoming Dread Pool System will introduce an optional modular resource management for Quest Masters to keep things fun and fair, while providing them with a more meaningful turn during the game. You could even introduce PvP with monster players with very little modification.

🔹 54 new and revised monster skill cards.
🔹 Natural, Basic, Special, and Boss Skills
🔹 New attack profiles, reactions, passives, and tactical abilities
🔹 Suitable for both prebuilt encounters and randomized play

Whether you're commanding a pack of ravenous beasts, leading a horde of greenskins into battle, or unleashing an ancient terror upon the heroes, Monster Skills provide new tactical options and fresh challenges for every quest. This deck stands perfectly on its own, and combines seamlessly with the upcoming wave of Dreadening expansions.

THIS DECK IS IN PLAYTESTING.