All is not well in the Gnarlwood. Despite supping on the flesh of thousands of doomed combatants drawn to the secrets it hides, the wood still hungers. Terrible earthquakes rend the land and bring new treasures to the surface, as this deadly forest reforms over and over. Now the broken earth yawns open to reveal giant Mawpits, eager to swallow all comers into their grinding chthonic gullets.
These terrifying phenomena have drawn two new factions into the Gnarlwood, each seeking different ends. Who is truly the hunter, and who will be the hunted?
Warcry: Hunter and Hunted pits the rugged rangers of the Wildercorps Hunters in a fight for survival against a frenzied Mawpack of Gorgers – pallid ogor brutes afflicted with a curse of eternal hunger.
The feral fiends that make up a Gorger Mawpack are pariahs even amongst the hungriest heavyweights of ogor society. Cursed to never find relief from their eternal hunger, damned to taste no satisfaction in the feast, Gorgers are malformed, malicious, and malnourished beasts – quite literally gutless, at least by mawtribe standards.
Packs of Gorgers prowl on the outskirts of mawtribe camps, squeeze through the open caves where ogors discard their leftovers, and lope after their prey with appalling feral intent, led by mighty Clawbacks. They’ve been drawn to the Gnarlwood in unprecedented numbers by the eruption of the Mawpits, which they believe are a manifestation of the Gulping God.
The mortal citizens of Ghur’s settlements make excellent sacrifices for these holy hollow places, and when Gorgers begin snatching people from their beds, it’s up to the local Wildercorps to track them down.
Hunting such foul creatures takes a hardened veteran of the wilderness, which means the Wildercorps Hunters are perfect for the job. These expert scouts are no stranger to long weeks spent in the wilds of Ghur and beyond, and chafe at the pomp and formality of the Free Cities. They use their experience as trackers to survive perilous skirmishes, and rely on their loyal Trailhounds to keep watch in the hostile environs of the Mortal Realms – the Gnarlwood included.
Hunter and Hunted also comes with a brand new piece of terrain – a troublingly toothsome Mawpit, complete with a bone pulpit built over its fanged rim by worshipful ogors. These peristaltic potholes must constantly eat or else return to stone and dirt, and so consume anything that ventures near them, screeching and howling the moment they finish their meal.
This set also comes with Warband Tome: Hunter and Hunted, which is stuffed to bursting with background information and illustrations for the Gnarlwood, Gorgers, and the Wildercorps, as well as full rules, quests, and background tables for both warbands (and the Mawpit), a shared campaign arc, and a new battleplan generator.
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