Graveborn
A candlelit civilization with a corpse for a heart, ruled by whichever necromancer commands the ancient skull that quickens the dead. Their cities are safe, rich, and full of living and risen alike, and their loyalties turn the moment the throne does.
The necromancer whose living hand currently rests upon the skull, and so commands the numberless dead until someone pries it away. Corvane rules a courteous, well-fed realm and smiles at her guests over dinner, and every guest knows the smile could outlive them. She did not take the throne to serve death. She took it because the alternative was to be ruled by someone worse.
Castle
Buildings
Special buildings
Units 21 in the roster
Summons
Called into battle by abilities, not built.
Researches
Bone honed sharper than steel. All units gain +1 attack damage. Current bonus: +0. Next tier: 100 gold (1/10).
Older bone holds together harder. All units gain +1 armor. Current bonus: +0. Next tier: 100 gold (1/10).
Reinforced bindings, denser bone. All units gain +5 max HP. Current bonus: +0. Next tier: 100 gold (1/10).
The dead never tire of swinging. All units gain +0.01 attack speed. Current bonus: +0. Next tier: 100 gold (1/20).
Raises your building cap by +1 each tier. Buy it when your food bar is full and you still want spawners or towers. Next: 500 gold.
Your skeletal fighters and spearmen attack 20% faster and hit for +2. One-time research that surges the whole melee line at once. Next: 500 gold.
Every bone is inventoried. Losses are discouraged. Skeleton Fighters and Spearmen gain +1 armor. Next tier: 250 gold.
The estate provides. The estate expects arrows. Poison, Fire, Ice and Shadow Archers gain +50 max mana for their elemental arrows. Next tier: 300 gold.
Depreciation is for the living. Every skeleton raised from a corpse gains +30% of its base max health and +3 attack damage. Next tier: 350 gold.
The horse was buried with its master. It considered that a promotion. Every mounted unit gains +1 armor and +10% of its base max health. Next tier: 400 gold.
Each chair funded in perpetuity, each occupied by the fellow it was named for. Venomancers, Cryomancers, Pyromancers and Shadowmancers gain +25% of their base max mana and +0.5 mana regeneration. Next tier: 300 gold.
It roosted on the chapel for a century. The chapel has been reassigned. The Gargoyle gains +2 armor and +15% of its base max health. Costs 500 gold.
Upkeep is a line item. Rest is not. Every unit regenerates 1 more health per second. Next tier: 500 gold.
The terms were generous. The terms were also permanent. Vampires and Vampire Lords heal for +0.1 more of the damage they deal, and the Vampire Lord's aura shares a quarter more per tier. Next tier: 450 gold.
Shop
Trade 200 wood for 100 gold. 180s cooldown - turn surplus lumber back into spending money.
Trade 100 gold for 100 wood. 60s cooldown between buys - top up lumber the moment a build needs it.
Trade 1,000 gold for 1,000 wood. 60s cooldown between buys - top up lumber the moment a build needs it.
Trade gold for a single stardust.
Every unit on your team drinks a share of the damage it deals.
The enemy's next wave spawns late.
The enemy's next income tick pays half, and the difference comes to your team.
Buy one more Rescue Strike.
Mend your team's castle.
Your whole army moves faster for a while, marching and fighting.
Requires a teammate. Your buildings send the team's next wave instead of the scheduled teammate's.
Requires a teammate. This one wave, every teammate's buildings spawn together.
Requires a teammate. Send gold to a teammate, a tenth lost on the way.
Requires a human teammate. Hand your unspent Rescue Strike to them.