Les Chiens de Guerre

Find bellow the translation of the specific rules and profiles for the immortals.

Many thanks to jez, matias and mathieu for their support.

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New Rules

1. Binary Command

The Immortals faction introduces a new notion: the binary command
The CMD value of a unit could now be followed by one of these two symbols:  ? or ?
Use markers with two different colours to represent the CMD points of your company. To make it simple we will talk about Dark markers and Light markers.
When the CMD value of a unit is followed by the symbol ?, the CMD points it brings to the company are necessarily Dark
When the CMD value of a unit is followed by the symbol ?, the CMD points it brings to the company are necessarily Light
When the CMD value of a unit is not followed by any symbol the color of CMD points this unit brings to the company can be Dark or Light, at the player's discretion (Note: the player is free to split the CMD value in two different colours)
During the Upkeep phase, after the companies reset the CMD points to their base value, there are three possibilities:
 - The player has the same number of Dark and Light CMD points: No particular effect, the Enlightened and Bloodthirsty abilities are inactive
 - The player has more Light CMD points than Dark CMD points: during the next turn the Enlightened ability is considered to be active for all units having it (the Bloodthirsty ability is inactive)
 - The player has more Dark CMD points than Light CMD points: during the next turn the Bloodthirsty ability is considered to be active for all units having it (the Enlightened ability is inactive)
When the player spends a permanent CMD point he is free to choose its colour.
When a unit with a Command score of at least 1 is killed, first remove the CMD markers of the same colour as its CMD colour (if any). If there are not enough markers from this colour, complete the loss with the other colour.
The CMD markers recovered during the Upkeep phase must be from the pool of the temporarily spent markers. It is not possible to swap the colour of these markers by using permanently spent markers.
If a unit has to spend CMD points from a specific colour to activate an order, and if there are not enough available markers from this colour, then it cannot use the order.

2. New state

Cursed x/y
The affected unit must re-roll x dices which indicate a hit in a melee combat during y turns.
The unit stumbles, nearly drops their weapon and seams incapable to efficiently fight. During an attack the affected unit must re-roll x of their dices that indicated a hit (other previous re-rolls included). These rerolls are cumulative with the ones  already imposed by the Man-at-arms ability. It is impossible to re-roll more than 5 dices.
If y is equal to 1, this state disappears at the end of the current turn.

3. Key words for the lemures

Residual
The lemure remains in play even after it released its spell

Vanished
The lemure is removed from play after it released its spell

4. New special abilities

Cannon fodder
if the model is included up to X times in a company, these models are considered as being of the same faction as the company's officer (for company composition purposes).

Terrifying
Any enemy unit must spend 1 CMD point to get in contact with units with this ability. On the other hand, enemy units do not have to spend CMD points if it is engaged by a unit with this ability.
Lemures are not affected by this ability.

Whirlwind attack
If ia unit with this ability inflicts damage to an enemy unit in melee combat, it also inflicts half of these damage points to every enemy unit in contact (PR applies).

Enlightened
Command effect - Dominantion CMD ?
When this ability is active the unit gains the Fanatic ability

Loyal
This unit may only be enrolled by an officer of the same faction. It may not be enrolled by an officer from another faction, even via the Prestige ability.


Prescient
A player who has at least one unit with this ability can select the nature of a zone of conflict on the battlefield rather than randomly determining it. If both players qualify, the player with the larger number of Prescient units gets to use pick the nature of a zone of conflict. If both players have the same number of Prescient units, the player who has the dominance chooses.

Grudge x
The unit cannot be enrolled by an officer from the designated faction, even via the Prestige ability.

Bloodthirsty x
Command effect - Domination CMD ?
When this ability is active the unit gains the Teleportation ability and its MVT value is increased by x.
When this ability is active the officer may spend up to 3 CMD points for a Vae Victis order targeting a unit with this ability (rather than 2 CMD points normally) .

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Profiles

Cheng Xiao-Chen
1635
Imperial bureaucrat

Officer
Hybrid
Male
Yanluowang (Buddhist)
Mentalist
Infernalist 1/1

MVT   4/7   3/6
SHT   -   -
CBT   4   3/5
DEF   4   3/5
PR   1
LP   14   7
FTH   3   2/4
CMD   6

ORDERS
Spiritual interference
Passive - 2 Permanent CMD - Unique
The enemy company immediately looses all its CMD points. It will recover them during the next upkeep phase

Vae soli

Vae victis

SPELLS
Curse of the Dragon
vanished
Affects a single unit in contact with the Lemure.  It is immediately affected by the Cursed 3/3 State.

Blessing of the Dragon
Residual
All the allies within 4 fathoms of the Lemure gain the Natural Talent ability. Units that already have this ability are not affected

AURA
Breath of the Dragon
Permanent - 8 fathom radius - Enemies
Enemies suffer a penalty of -1 CBT. Units getting in contact with Cheng Xiao-Chen after a charge are considered to have the Slow ability

WEAPON
Sharp claws
Slashing

1   2
2   3
3   4 + Life drain 1
4   5 + Life drain 1
5   6 + Life drain 2

ABILITIES
Charisma
Leader
Expertise
Enlightened
Immunity (poison)
Prescient
Regeneration 2
Bloodthirsty 3


60
Unique
Medium (30mm)
-

Sentinel
1635

Independent
Human
Male
Yanluowang (Buddhist)
Loyal

MVT   4   3
SHT   -   -
CBT   5   4/6
DEF   4   3/5
PR   3
LP   12   6
FTH   3   2/4
CMD   1 ?

ORDER
Whirlwind attack
Free - 1 Permanent CMD
The sentinel gains the Whirlwind attack and Elusive abilities and a +2 CBT bonus until the end of the current action phase. If the sentinel dies when using this order he automatically kills one enemy trooper in contact with him.

WEAPON
Halberd
Slashing
Piercing
Lunge 2
Cumbersome
Eager

1   2
2   4
3   6
4   9
5   11

ABILITIES
Enlightened
Fury
Tenacious

29
Limited 3/2
Medium (30mm)
-
 
Sentinel
1635

Independent
Demon
Male
Yanluowang (Buddhist)
Loyal

MVT   3/6
SHT   -
CBT   5
DEF   4
PR   3
LP   12
FTH   3
CMD   1 ?

ORDERS
Toad warrior
Passive - 2 Permanent CMD - Unique
The sentinel is affected by the following Bonus/Penalty until the end of the game: Terrifying, +1 DEF, -2 CBT

Ultimate sentinel
Passive - 1 CMD
The sentinel may decide to have the Attraction 4 or Protective ability until his next activation. This order can only be used once per activation

WEAPON
Halberd
Slashing
Piercing
Lunge 2
Cumbersome
Eager

1   2
2   4
3   6
4   9
5   11

ABILITIES
Entangle
Bloodthirsty 3
Tenacious

29
Limited 3/2
Medium (30mm)
-
 
Blade Master
1635

Independent
Hybrid
Male
Yanluowang (Buddhist)

MVT   5/9
SHT   -
CBT   6
DEF   4
PR   0
LP   13
FTH   2
CMD   1 ?

ORDERS
Position swap
Passive - 1 CMD
The blade master may swap his position with one ally in contact (the base size of the ally has to be the same size as the blade master's) . This swap doesn't cause any reaction (abilities, attacks of opportunity…). If the blade master swaps his position before his attack phase he can engage a unit he entered in contact with.

Mimicry
Passive - 1 CMD
The blade master selects one ability of the enemy unit he is in melee combat with. During the melee combat between the two units, the blade master is considered to have this ability (at the same level) and the enemy unit is considered to not have it. This order doesn't allow the blade master to choose a weapon ability or the Invulnerable ability. This order can only be used once per Action phase against a unit, and cannot be used against a Lemure.

WEAPON
Sword and tentacles
Slashing
Piercing
blunt
Lunge 2

1   3
2   4
3   6
4   8 + Stunned
5   11

ABILITIES
Strider
Attraction 3
Demoralize
Bloodthirsty 4
Combat sense

30
Limited 3/2
Medium (30mm)
-
 
Blade Master
1635

Independent
Human
Female
Yanluowang (Buddhist)
Loyal

MVT   5   4
SHT   -   -
CBT   6   5/7
DEF   4   3/5
PR   0
LP   12   6
FTH   2   1/3
CMD   1 ?

ORDERS
Opportunistic
Free - 1 Permanent CMD ?
This order must be used immediately after the last action of one of your units activated by a vae soli order, and before the activation of an enemy unit. This order allows you to activate the blade master immediately. The blade master should be waiting to be able to use this order.

Ardent spirit
Free - 2 CMD
The blade master is considered to have DEF 6 during the melee attack against an enemy unit who possesses at least one re-roll.

WEAPON
Swords
Slashing
Piercing

1   3
2   4
3   6
4   8
5   10

ABILITIES
Defensive combat
Fury
Enlightened
Fast 2
Combat sense
Natural talent 2

30
Limited 3/2
Medium (30mm)
-
 
Kuan Yin
1635
Nâga priestess

Independent
Demon
Female
Yanluowang (Buddhist)
Mentalist

MVT   6/9   5/8
SHT   -   -
CBT   5   4/6
DEF   3   2/4
PR   0
LP   12   6
FTH   4   3/5
CMD   1

ORDERS
Motivation
Free - 1 CMD
Kuan Yin may use this order to give the Brave ability to an allied unit just after an enemy unit used an order

Attack of the cobra
Passive - 1 Permanent CMD  ?
Kuan Yin may use this order to gain the Rapid strike (attack) ability until the end of the current Action phase

Attack of the python
Passive - 1 Permanent CMD  ?
Kuan Yin may use this order to gain the Rapid strike (defense) ability until the end of the current Action phase

AURA
Lemure devourer
Permanent - 6 fathom radius - lemures
No lemure can get within 6 fathom of Kuan Yin. If a lemure starts its activation inside the area of effect of this aura it automatically suffers 1 point of damage and must finish its activation outside of this area. The lemure can't release its spell inside the area of effect of this aura.

WEAPON
Blades
Slashing
Piercing

1   4
2   6
3   8
4   10
5   12

ABILITIES
Runaway
Enlightened
Bloodthirsty 3
Combat sense

30
Unique
Extra Large (50mm)
-
 
Peasant
1635

Trooper
Hybrid
Male
Yanluowang (Buddhist)


MVT   4   3
SHT   -   -
CBT   4   3
DEF   3   2
PR   0
LP   9   4
FTH   2   1
CMD   -

WEAPON
Flail
Blunt
Lunge 2
Cumbersome
Eager

1   3
2   5
3   7
4   9
5   11

ABILITIES
Combined attack
Tenacious 2

16
Unlimited
Medium (30mm)
 
Peasant
1635

Trooper
Hybrid
Male
Yanluowang (Buddhist)


MVT   4   3
SHT   -   -
CBT   4   3
DEF   3   2
PR   0
LP   9   4
FTH   2   1
CMD   -

WEAPON
Spear
Slashing
Lunge 2
Cumbersome
Eager

1   3
2   5
3   7
4   9
5   11

ABILITIES
Combined attack
Tenacious 2

16
Unlimited
Medium (30mm)
-
 
Soul carrier
1635

Trooper
Hybrid
Male
Yanluowang (Buddhist)
Mentalist

MVT   4   3
SHT   -   -
CBT   -   -
DEF   3   2
PR   0
LP   10   3
FTH   3   2
CMD   -

AURAS
Mist of unities
Permanent – 8-fathom radius - Lingering - Troopers - Yanluowang allies
If an allied Yanluowang peasant suffers damage while in the area of effect of this aura you may decide to transfer all the damage points taken to another allied Yanluowang trooper also in the area.

Fetid mist
Permanent – 8-fathom radius - Instant- Yanluowang warriors (immune)
All units inside the area of effect of this aura are considered to have the Cursed 1/1 state. If a unit was already affected by this state before entering the AoE, the power and duration of the Cursed state are increased by 1. A unit can only suffer the effects of the Fetid mist aura once per turn

ABILITIES
Dodge 2
Evasive
Runaway
Regeneration 2

19
Unlimited
Medium (30mm)
-
 
Xian

Lemure
Asexual
Unbeliever


MVT   6
SHT   -
CBT   -
DEF   6
PR   0
LP   2
FTH   -
CMD   -

ABILITIES
Immunity (piercing)
Harmless
Elusive
Insignificant
Maverick
Invulnerable

0
Medium (30mm)

Hilarious.  I just finished my translation of the profiles.  ;D

Ah well.

Thanks for these.  Now for some english cards or at least high res versions we can convert.

Oi!

that's  so cool..
playing inmortals gonna be fun ,playing againts them a total nightmare ...  I'm getting them  as soon they are out ....

They are out.  I ordered mine from Maelstrom Games off Ebay out of the UK (best prices I've seen and free shipping worldwide).  Got an e-mail Friday, they were sent on their merry way.  Hopefully I should have them about the middle of next week if previous shipments are any indication.

Thank you for this translation DS. One error I noticed. The Demon Sentinel should have a CMD of 1 ? not - .

 ;)

It is corrected, thanks

So I saw that the two new sets for March were in at my FLGS and in my haste purchased them - but no translations available yet! Any word on when this is likely (either official or with the bold help of unofficial sources)

Try the english HD army builder, since it has all the special rules translated and printed in the list. Handy as heck. :)

Hello all of you,
since a week I've been owning the Immortals starter set now, I don't speak any French so I'm dependent on this translations. First of all a big thank you to all of you who translate the rules.
One question is left in my mind it's about the Binary Command. I haven't played any Hell Dorado game yet, so it could be, that I've missunderstood something^^. Now the question: Models, for example Cheng Xiao-Chen, with no specific CMD, neither black nor white, can they (or me^^) chose on the beginning of each turn, what colors their CMD points have or do I decide it once per game on the beginning?
Hope you can help me or at least understand what I mean^^

Greets
Christian

New Guys too? Sweet!

Hi,
You have to choose the color of all "neutral CMD" at the beginning of the game and play with this choice all the game.
But I think that if Cheng Xiao-Chen die you can choose  how you permanently loose his CMD.

Hope this help

Blast, lost my iniative throw on the answer...  ;D

Actually I don't thing the question of Cheng dying has been answered. I would suppose your answer would be the correct one, but logically thinking he would lose as much dark and light command that he originally had and if there isn't enough of one kind, you lose the one kind left available. BUT, with temporary command included, this would be a terrible pain for bookkeeping, so I'd go with your interpretation.

First of all thank you for the answers.
One more question, just to check if I understood everything: So when I choose the neutral CMD at the beginning of the game, could I also choose Cheng Xiao-Chen tp produce either only black or only white or only mixed CMD, so that he doesn't produce any "neutral" CMD...?

Greetings
Christian

Cheng doesn't produce any "neutral" CMD (if I understand correctly). He produces either dark or light and the ratio is decided by the player at the beginning of the game. Yes, he can produce all-dark or all-light if the player so decides.

Ah, ok, I'm beginning to understand^^
So none of the Immortals produces "neutral" CMD and for all CMD points with no specific colour I have to decide at the beginning of the game which colour they have...? (Hmm, would be easier if I spole French, then I could read the rules on my own...^^)

Greetings
Christian

That's right ;D

Ok, thanks fpr the help...  :)

Now I'll just have to wait for my girlfriends Saracens (or we'll ahve to wait) then I'll try for my firs Hell Dorado game

Greetings
Christian

Has anyone done translations of the cards for Li Tsu Tsin and Chan Lee?

Official translated cards are in the works. But here are the translated stats you asked for.

Li Tsu Tsin
1635
Imperial counselor

Officer
Hybrid
Female
Yanluowang (Buddhist)
Mentalist
Infernalist 2/2 □□

MVT   5/8   4/7
SHT   -   -
CBT   4   3/5
DEF   4   3/5
PR   1
LP   10   7
FTH   3   2/4
CMD   5

ORDERS
Perfidious possession □
Passive • 1 permanent CMD • Unique
Li Tsu Tsin targets one Trooper or Independent enemy unit she is in contact with.
The two players secretly bet a number of permanent CMD points (players may check how many CMD points the adversary has left before making the bet). Then the stakes are revealed simultaneously. If Li Tsu Tsin wins the targeted unit is Controlled until the end of the game. If her adversary wins nothing happens.
In any case the CMD bet by Li tsu Tsin’s adversary is definitively lost. On her side Li tsu Tsin loses the CMD points she bet or half of the CMD her adversary bet (round up), whichever is higher.
It is possible to bet 0 CMD points.
If the target is a Trooper directly compared the bets. If the target is an Independent each CMD point spent by its owner counts as two for the comparison.

Vae soli

Vae victis

AURA
Tormented spirits
Permanent • 8-fathom radius
All ally units inside the area of effect gain the Whirlwind attack ability but the damage inflicted via this ability is inflicted to all the units (allies and enemies) in contact with the affected unit.
Units that already have the Whirlwind Attack ability are not affected by this Aura.

SPELLS
Soul exchange
Remanent
Remove one of the Troopers of your Company with a medium base size and a value of less than 20 points from the battlefield and place it aside as soon a Lemure carrying this spell is invoked.
The Trooper previously put aside automatically replaces one unit in contact with the Lemure when it releases its Spell. The target can only be a Trooper with a medium base size and a value of less than 20 points. It is placed aside with its current status. The Trooper who appeared into the game is considered as not yet activated.
The player who just lost his Trooper now controls the Lemure (previous activations during this turn are taken into account). He could now use it to enter into contact with another Trooper to make another exchange.
A Trooper who has already been affected by this spell cannot be chosen as a target again. If the Lemure is killed when "carrying" a Trooper, the warrior is also killed.

Smile of the Lady
Remanent
As long the Lemure is in contact with an allied unit, all the CMD costs of the Orders (permament or not) received by this unit are divided by two (round up). Also the restrictions relative to the color imposed by the Order can be ignored. As soon as the Lemure gets into contact with its ally, it stops being activated independently and moves at the same time as the unit in contact.


Immortal blade
Slashing

1   2
2   3
3   4
4   5 + Stunned
5   6 + Life drain 3

SPECIAL ABILITIES
Charisma
Leader
Expertise
Enlightened
Regeneration 2
Blood-thirsty 3

44
Unique
Base : Medium (30mm)

Chan Lee
1635

Independent
Hybrid
Male
Yanluowang (Buddhist)
Loyal

MVT   5/8   4/7
SHT   -   -
CBT   7   6/8
DEF   4   3/5
PR   0
LP   12   6
FTH   3   2/4
CMD   1

ORDERS
Iron fist
Passive • 1 permanent CMD
The Blood-thirsty ability must be active to use this Order.
The damage inflicted by Chan Lee during the melee combat will ignore any type of protection the target may have.

Iron shirt
Passive • 1 permanent CMD
This Order must be the last effect of Chan Lee’s activation. Until the beginning of his next activation he is considered to have a PR 5 against shooting, blasts and explosions, and suffers a -4 CBT penalty

Projection
Passive - 1 CMD ● Permanent
This order must be declared before an attack.
If Chan Lee achieves 4 hits during his nxt attack, in addition to the damage caused by the attack, he can use Projection.
The projected model is immediately moved by the player who controls Chan Lee, regardless of terrain or intervening models, to a maximum of 6 fathoms outside of any control zones and no contact with an enemy. At the end of this projection the Projected enemy is Stunned.
Chan Lee can not use Projection on a model with a large base.

Yin Yang □
Free • Unique
Swap the color of the CMD markers of your Company.
If applicable, simultaneously swap the color of the CMD markers of your adversary.

WEAPON
Bare hands
Blunt
Piercing

1   2
2   3
3   5
4   7
5   9

SPECIAL ABILITIES
Enlightened
Man-at-arms 5
Blood-thirsty 3

26
Unique
Base: Medium (30mm)

Hou-Chi

Lemure
Asexual
Unbeliever

MVT   5/8   
SHT   -   
CBT   -   
DEF   6   
PR   0
LP   1   
FTH   -   
CMD   -

SPECIAL ABILITIES
Harmless
Elusive
Insignificant
Maverick
Invulnerable
Blood-thirsty 3

0
Base : Medium (30mm)
 
Chung

Lémure
Asexual
Unbeliever

MVT   4   
SHT   -   
CBT   -   
DEF   6   
PR   0
LP   3   
FTH   -   
CMD   -

SPECIAL ABILITIES
Entangle
Harmless
Elusive
Insignificant
Maverick
Invulnerable

0
Base : Medium (30mm)

Time to beat that dead horse again: is there a chance to get these cards as downloadable material anytime soon?
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Thanks.

The biggest issue is getting the HQ versions of the InDesign files. I have the low quality files and they look really really bad.

I'll see about poking some people.

I am planning on using my Immortals on friday and wonder if anyone has english versions of the cards?