Olden Compendium

Necropolis

Deathland Resource: mercury

Ruled by Necromancers and Vampires, Shadowspire’s undead rise after each battle and often sap strength from their foes with every strike.

§ Heroes

Roster (18)

§ Faction laws

Tiered unlocks

Each tier opens at the listed win-count threshold. Within a tier, every group offers a mutually-exclusive choice — pick one card per group.

Tier 1
Unlocks at 0 wins
Pick one — Group 1
- Resource Riches I
  1 cost
  
  Provides a one‑time allotment of 2500 Gold, 5 Wood, and 5 Ore when enacted.
- Tax Collectors
  2 cost
  
  Produces 250 Gold daily.
- Animate Dead I
  3 cost
  
  Your heroes gain 2% Necromancy Power.
- Gifts of the Afterlife
  2 cost
  
  Your heroes gain 1 Luck.
Pick one — Group 2
- Elite Skeletons
  3 cost
  
  Skeleton growth in your cities increases by 4. They gain 2 Attack and Defense.
- Elite Wights
  3 cost
  
  Wight growth in your cities increases by 4. Their minimum Damage increases by 1.
- Black Death
  2 cost
  
  Enemy creatures take +50% from Damage-over-time effects.
Tier 2
Unlocks at 5 wins
Pick one — Group 1
- Mining: Mercury
  2 cost
  
  Produces 1 Mercury daily.
- Stand to the Death!
  2 cost
  
  Your heroes gain 1 Defense.
- Animate Dead II
  3 cost
  
  Your heroes gain +250 maximum Necromantic Energy.
- Laws of the Immortals
  2 cost
  
  Your cities generate +20% Law points.
Pick one — Group 2
- Elite Undead Pets
  3 cost
  
  Undead Pet growth in your cities increases by 2. They gain 2 Initiative.
- Elite Graverobbers
  3 cost
  
  Graverobber growth in your cities increases by 2. They summon +50% units.
- Death Equalizes All
  4 cost
  
  Friendly creatures from different factions don’t decrease each other’s Morale.
Tier 3
Unlocks at 15 wins
Pick one — Group 1
- Resource Riches II
  2 cost
  
  Provides a one‑time allotment of 5000 Gold, 10 Wood, and 10 Ore when enacted.
- Moon’s Grace
  3 cost
  
  Nightshade spells of your heroes gain 1 level(s).
- Animate Dead III
  4 cost
  
  Your heroes gain 3% Necromancy Power.
- Forbidden Alchemy
  2 cost
  
  Your spell upgrades cost –20% Alchemical Dust.
Pick one — Group 2
- Elite Liches
  3 cost
  
  Lich growth in your cities increases by 1. Their healing abilities restore 100% more HP.
- Elite Dread Knights
  3 cost
  
  Dread Knight growth in your cities increases by 1. Their maximum Damage increases by 6.
- Bloodthirst
  3 cost
  
  Vampirism of friendly creatures increases by 50%.
Tier 4
Unlocks at 30 wins
Pick one — Group 1
- Free Death
  3 cost
  
  Your Necropolis creatures cost –10% Gold.
- Terra Mortis
  5 cost
  
  Your Necropolis heroes always battle on their Native Terrain.
- Animate Dead IV
  3 cost
  
  Your heroes gain +250 maximum Necromantic Energy.
Pick one — Group 2
- Elite Vampires
  3 cost
  
  Vampire growth in your cities increases by 1. They gain 25 HP.
- Return to the Soil
  4 cost
  
  Friendly creatures battling on their Native terrain gain 1 Speed.
- Terror and Dread
  3 cost
  
  The chance of Morale or Luck triggering for enemy creatures decreases by 1% for each point of their Morale or Luck, respectively.
Tier 5
Unlocks at 50 wins
Pick one — Group 1
- Resource Riches III
  3 cost
  
  Provides a one‑time allotment of 7500 Gold, 15 Wood, and 15 Ore when enacted.
- Magic Absorption
  6 cost
  
  The enemy loses 1 level(s) on all Magic School spells.
- Animate Dead V
  5 cost
  
  Your heroes gain 4% Necromancy Power.
Pick one — Group 2
- Morituri te Salutant
  4 cost
  
  Friendly creatures can make +1 counterattacks per round.
- Death’s Presence
  4 cost
  
  Enemy non‑Necropolis creatures deal –5% and take +5% Damage. Your non‑Necropolis creatures gain the opposite effect.