Sedge Mother

The Peatholm are led by the Sedge Mother. She stands behind her army in the same way, never strikes and casts one power a round with Command, but her job is different: she does not hit, she makes time work for her people.

Hit points: 60
Defence: 8
Command at start: 3
Each later round: +2
Command at most: 6

The enemy can strike or shoot the hero like a stack, and the hero never strikes back. When the hit points run out the hero is knocked out for the rest of that battle, never killed: the next battle the hero stands again at full health.

Powers

One cast a round, during the turn of any of your stacks. A power costs its Command.

The 3 powers and their Command cost
Power	Command	Target	What it does
Sinking Ground	2	An enemy stack	One enemy stack anywhere moves 2 tiles fewer and gains nothing from Charge until the round ends.
Bitter Dew	3	An enemy stack	Poisons an enemy stack and every enemy beside it: 16 damage at the start of each of their next 2 turns.
Moss Bed	2	One of yours	One of your stacks gets up to 12 HP back at the start of each of its next 2 turns; the fallen stay down.

Passive: Slow Water. Poison your Poison units put on an enemy stack lasts 1 more turn. So a Poison blow that would tick for 2 turns ticks for 3 while the Sedge Mother stands.

Sinking Ground is the answer to a charge: cast it on the knights or wolves before their turn and they arrive late and gain nothing from Charge. Bitter Dew is best on a cluster of enemy stacks standing together. Moss Bed saves the wounded, not the dead, so cast it on a stack of a few big creatures, such as Bulltoads or a Shrineback.

Powers are cast only in battles you play by hand; Auto-resolve never casts.

Command by level

In Conquest, a hero of a higher level starts each lair battle with more Command: 1 more for every level above the first, never above 6.

Command at the start of a lair battle, and the experience each level needs
Level	Start Command	Total XP
1	3	0
2	4	500
3	5	1200
4	6	2200
5	6	3500
6	6	5000
7	6	7000
8	6	9500
9	6	12500
10	6	16000

Skill paths

At each new level the hero is offered 3 skills, one from each group (army, command and march), and keeps one. A skill can be taken up to 3 times; each rank adds up. Army skills change every fight, Auto-resolve’s too; command skills change what the hero brings to a battle; march skills change the map. The hero stops levelling at level 10.

Every skill of the Sedge Mother at each rank
Skill	Group	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
Sharpened Steel	army	+1 attack for every stack	+2 attack for every stack	+3 attack for every stack
Shield Drill	army	+1 defence for every stack	+2 defence for every stack	+3 defence for every stack
Volley Drill	army	+2 attack for every shooting stack	+4 attack for every shooting stack	+6 attack for every shooting stack
Hold the Line	army	+2 defence for every melee stack	+4 defence for every melee stack	+6 defence for every melee stack
Steady Nerves	command	Fear lowers your stacks' attack by 2, not 3	Fear lowers your stacks' attack by 1, not 3	Fear no longer lowers your stacks' attack
Grave Call	command	After a won lair, 20% of the guards' costliest fallen stack (at least 1) rise to fight your next lair battle	After a won lair, 40% of the guards' costliest fallen stack (at least 1) rise to fight your next lair battle	After a won lair, 60% of the guards' costliest fallen stack (at least 1) rise to fight your next lair battle
Steeped Dew	command	Bitter Dew poisons for 20 a turn, not 16	Bitter Dew poisons for 24 a turn, not 16	Bitter Dew poisons for 28 a turn, not 16
Deep Moss	command	Moss Bed heals up to 16 a turn, not 12	Moss Bed heals up to 20 a turn, not 12	Moss Bed heals up to 24 a turn, not 12
Long Stride	march	+2 map movement every day	+4 map movement every day	+6 map movement every day
Watchfire Eyes	march	Sight reaches 4 tiles round the hero, not 3	Sight reaches 5 tiles round the hero, not 3	Sight reaches 6 tiles round the hero, not 3
Beast Tongue	march	40% more beaten guards join after a won lair (at least 1 more)	80% more beaten guards join after a won lair (at least 1 more)	120% more beaten guards join after a won lair (at least 1 more)

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Play Lead the Peatholm in a Conquest match.