THE CHANGELING Boss Fight

*Cursed Flame: In the Roll Attack Dice step; if you retained a critical success, the enemy operative this weapon is being used against cannot use its weapons' weapon rules (except for the Range and Limited X weapon rule) until the end of the turning point.

Phases: This operative has the following Phases during the battle:

• PHASE 1: This phase occurs when this operative has 20 to 10 wounds. During this phase, you can select 1 strategy ploy for 0 CP during the Ready step of the strategy phase of the turning point.

• PHASE 2: This phase occurs when this operative has 9 to 0 wounds. During this phase, you can use a firefight ploy for 0 CP during the firefight phase of the turning point. This operative is injured. Worsen its Save stat by 1.

Formless Horror (1AP): Once per turning point; until the start of this operative’s next activation, remove its model from the killzone and set up any incapacitated operative’s model as centered as possible of where this operative's base was (use a base as a reference) and in a location where it can be placed. Once placed, it cannot be a valid target by enemy operatives (except for it being a secondary target during a shooting attack) nor benefits from anything your opponent uses (e.g. ploys, equipment etc.) and remains an operative controlled by you.

While being Polymorphed, this operative cannot perform any action other than Reposition, Charge, Dash, Fall Back and Mission actions. In addition, when an enemy operative visible to and within 3 inches of this operative is activated, roll a 1D6. If the result is higher than that operative's APL stat, you can interrupt that activation and force that operative to immediately perform a Shoot or Fight action against the nearest enemy operative to it (if possible). After that action ends, subtract 1 from this operative's APL stat until the end of its next activation.

Once Polymorphed; if it is a target of a shooting attack, or if it is the start of this operative’s next activation (whichever comes first); this operative must revert to its original model and it can do so while within control range of an enemy operative.

Upon reverting to the original model, its base has to be set up as centered as possible on the Polymorphed model base's location where it can be placed (use a base as a reference).

This operative can perform this action for 1 less AP if it is wholly within your territory and it cannot perform it while being visible to and within 9 inches of an enemy operative.

Ploys: STRATEGY PLOYS

You can use select the following strategy ploy for this operative during the battle:

• TRICKSTER OF THE GODS (1 CP): Whenever this operative is fighting or retaliating and it strikes, you can immediately end that sequence then perform a free Fall Back action. Whenever an enemy operative selects this operative as a valid target, you can immediately perform a free Dash action.

FIREFIGHT PLOYS

You can select the following firefight ploy for this operative during the battle:

• CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT (1 CP): Use this firefight ploy during this operative's activation or counteraction. Roll 2D6, then select one enemy operative vsible to and within 9 inches of this operative. You can change up to 2 of the following stats of that operative each using one of the results until the end of the turning point: Its Save stat - Its APL stat - Hit stat of one of its weapons - Atk stat of one of its weapons - The normal Dmg stat of one of its weapons - The critical Dmg stat of one of its weapons.

Mischief and Confusion (1AP): PSYCHIC. Whenever an enemy operative is visible to and within 9 inches of this operative. Until the start of this operative’s next activation, until it is incapacitated or until this action is performed again by this operative (whichever comes first), whenever that enemy operative is shooting, fighting or retaliating, your opponent must re-roll their attack dice results of 6. In addition, whenever an enemy operative is activated within 9 inches of this operative during this turning point and performs any action other than Reposition and Dash, roll a 1D6: on 5+, that action cannot be performed (any AP spent is not refunded). That enemy operative may try to perform another action.

Embodiment Of The Grand Schemer: This operative has the following rules for the battle:

• This operative can be activated and may counteract multiple times during the turning point as follows: Activate - Counteract - Activate - Counteract...etc. until the end of the turning point. It becomes Expended after each activation, and it must be Readied after each counteraction (except after the last enemy operative to activate).

• This operative can perform up two Reposition and three Shoot actions during each of its activations during the turning point.

• During this operative's activation, whenever it performs an action during which it moves. Until the end of that activation, that operative can move through parts of terrain features as if they were not there, but must end those moves in a location it can be placed. Note that it can move through Wall terrain (i.e. in the Gallow Dark killzone).

• Once per turning point, when it performs the Reposition action. If it does, do not move it. Instead, remove it from the killzone and set it back up more than 9 inches of enemy operatives.

• Until the end of the battle, you can re-roll any or all the attack or defence dice for this operative. Retained defence dice are always critical successes (change each normal success to a critical success)

• This operative ignores the Piercing, Seek, Seek Light, Saturate and Accurate weapon rules. Attack dice that have 1 or 2 Dmg stat don't inflict damage on this operative.