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Gloomhaven Custom Class: Harrower Amber Aegis

What is the Amber Aegis?
The Amber Aegis is the name given to the type of Harrower tasked with protecting the hive from the various threats they face. They are large, brutish creatures - lacking the depth of unsettling intelligence compared to a usual Harrower. However, what they lack in good conversation, they make up for threefold in strength and utility; equal parts shepherd, instinctual tactician and crawling, spiked bulwark.

What does the Amber Aegis do in game?

The Amber Aegis introduces a couple of novel mechanics;
- Colony tokens - unique tokens placed on the maps that give adjacent allies various benefits. They are a part of the Amber Aegis's natural defense system - and damage the Aegis when they are trampled by enemies.
- XL health pool - this extra large health bar is to represent not only the size of the beast, but also their use of their health as a resource for their heavy reliance on passive damage through Retaliate and other abilities.

A non-exhaustive list of main class themes include:
- Focus on defensive play and crowd control
- Strong heals that often come with a downside for allies (it's not the Aegis's fault it has to heal you by spiderman-thwipping you in nightmare web)
- A very tasty perklist - but little in the way of active attacks.
- Reliance on Retaliate for most damage - get your many tiny insect butts in the fray!
- Earth and Fire consumption - including dual elements as introduced by Forgotten Circles.