SkyrimTAG:Roaming Monsters

Roaming Monsters block your path.

The wilds of Skyrim are a dangerous place, with Roaming Monsters wandering the roads that can severely hinder your progress.. During the game, different Events and Quests will force you to place Roaming Monster tokens on the board. Trying to move through a Roaming Monster will end your movement on that space and force you to fight it as your action for the turn. If a Roaming Monster moves onto your space, you cannot move and have to fight it during your turn.

When facing a Roaming Monster, draw the appropriate card from the Numbered deck to fight. After resolving the encounter, either by combat or by escaping, you can move to any adjacent space, as long as there are no Roaming Monster tokens there. The Roaming Monster will be removed from the board, and its card placed back in the deck.

Roaming Monsters generally appear and move as a result of an Event or Quest card. Depending on the situation, these enemies can either chase you or try to destroy a Stronghold. There are two types of Roaming Monster movement:

• Move towards the closest Stronghold: The Roaming Monster moves towards the closest Stronghold. If there are two or more Strongholds at the same distance, the Starting Player can decide what the enemy's target is. Roaming Monsters do not move towards Strongholds that are already Rioting.
• Move towards a player: The Roaming Monster moves towards either the closest player or the Starting Player. If two players are at the same distance, the Starting Player can decide who the enemy's target is. If the Roaming Monster is following the Starting Player and they are not on the board, the Roaming Monster won't move.

Roaming Monsters will only move 1 space at a time.

Encounters

Most Roaming Monsters come in a set of 6 tokens. Some Roaming Monster tokens have two different encounters, one on each side of the token, one being harder than the other. When placing one of these tokens on the board, flip the token like a coin to randomly determine which side will be used.

• Dunmer Cultists x6
  • Dunmer Cultist — A Human enemy. Its abilities are Ice Spike, Firebolt, and Summon Daedra.
• Vampires x6
  • Blooded Vampire — An Undead enemy. Its abilities are Swing, Drain, and Freeze.
  • Vampire — An Undead enemy. Its abilities are Swing, Drain, and Freeze.
• Trolls x6
  • Troll — A Human enemy. Its ability is Crush.
  • Frost Troll — A Human enemy. Its ability is Crush.
• Daedra x6
  • Dremora Kynreeve — A Daedra enemy. Its abilities are Maul, Tear, and Firebolt.
  • Dremora Valkynaz — A Daedra enemy. Its abilities are Hack and Chain Lightning.
• Thalmor Justiciars x6
  • Thalmor Justiciar — A Human enemy. Its abilities are Firebolt and Ice Spike.
• Dragons x4
  • Dragon — A Dragon enemy. Its abilities are Claw, Bite, and Breath.
  • Blood Dragon — A Dragon enemy. Its abilities are Claw, Bite, and Breath.

Dawnguard

• Vampires x6
  • Vampire Mage — An Undead enemy. Its abilities are Firebolt, Drain, and Freeze.
  • Vampire Berserker — An Undead enemy. Its abilities are Swing, Drain, and Charge.
• Boethiah's Chosen x10
  • Chosen — A Human enemy. Its abilities are Swing, Crush, and Spark.

From the Ashes

• Ghosts of Cyrodiil x10
  • Rodhlan — An Undead enemy Redguard. His ability is Swing. Blank rolls on the Enemy Die are rerolled.
  • Im-Lei Persar — An Undead enemy Argonian. His abilities are Pierce and Banish.
  • Noraril Aedire — An Undead enemy Altmer. His abilities are Ice Spike and Blizzard. Followers are not allowed in combat with him.
  • Canoriana Velori — An Undead enemy Imperial. Her abilities are Swing and Slash. He is immune to Heavy Attack damage.
  • Hylster Grey-Blood — An Undead enemy Nord. His abilities are Chop, Sweep, and War Cry.
  • Fiathe Monena — An Undead enemy Breton. Her abilities are Ice Spike, Firebolt, and Phasing.
  • Ji'med — An Undead enemy Khajiit. His abilities are Swing and Stab. You cannot sneak or heal when fighting him.
  • Mariea Dalisen — An Undead enemy Dunmer. Her abilities are Ice Spike, Lunge, and Summon. Her attacks ignore Magic armor.
  • Lugac Bargm — An Undead enemy Orsimer. His abilities are Hack and Chop. His attacks ignore Heavy armor.
  • Menilphaneth Ivywing — An Undead enemy Bosmer. Her abilities are Swing, Aim, and Whirlwind. Her attacks ignore Light armor. She rewards the Potion of Plentiful Well-Being, Ring of Renewal, Necklace of Resurgence, or Amulet of Chaos Damage when defeated.

Gallery

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  Roaming Daedra token

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  Roaming Dragon token

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  Roaming Dunmer token

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  Roaming Thalmor token

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  Roaming Troll token

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  Roaming Vampire token

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  Roaming Vampire token from Dawnguard

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  Roaming Boethiah's Chosen token