Cultist

Cultist

T2SchismLiving165+12/week

Cultist is the base tier 2 creature for Schism.

Stats

Bars compare against the best tier 2 creature
Health
15
Attack
5
Defense
4
Damage
4–6
Morale
0
Luck
0
Initiative
4
Speed
3
Movement
Ground
Counterattacks
1
Morale range -5 to 5Luck range -5 to 5Action points 1
HP per gold 0.091Avg damage per gold 0.030Derived from the 165 gold recruit cost — higher is more army per gold
Weekly growth +12HP per week 180Avg damage per week 60Gold per week 1,980
Updated from the game files · build 24128879 · 9 Aug 2026

Abilities

Glance of the Abyss

1 round cooldown1 energy

Curses target enemy creature. Once per round, Cursed creatures take [ 12 + 2 × amount of units ] Pure Damage at the start of their turn. This effect is stackable.

Duration: 2 round(s).

Traits

Living

A fully sentient inhabitant of Jadame.

Morale range: –5 to 5.

Luck range: –3 to 3.

Fallen Living creatures can be raised as Undead after battle.

Long Reach

Has an attack that targets the hex directly behind an adjacent hex. It doesn’t provoke counterattacks and doesn’t move the attacker next to their target.

Upgrade line

Base form and its two upgrade options — the pair costs the same, so pick on strengths
Base

Cultist

15
5
4
4–6
0
0
4
3
Cultist
165
+12/week
Upgrade
15
5
7
4–6
0
0
5
5
  • New
Binder
220
+12/week
Upgrade
15
9
4
4–8
0
0
4
4
  • New
  • New
Votary
220
+12/week

Stats are compared against Cultist: green is higher, red ▼ lower. A badged glyph is a power the base form does not have; a gold-ringed one is a power it has under the same name but with different rules.

Other tier 2 creatures

Locust
Locust
Hive130+14/week
12
5
4
3–5
0
0
6
5
Infiltrator
Infiltrator
Dungeon120+13/week
13
6
4
3–6
0
1
6
5
Crossbowman
Crossbowman
Temple95+14/week
10
5
3
3–4
0
0
4
3
Hoplet
Hoplet
Grove185+9/week
18
6
5
4–8
1
1
6
5
Halfling
Halfling
Neutral150+60/week
6
6
6
3
6
6
Peasant
Peasant
Neutral150+60/week
5
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Ghoul
Ghoul
Neutral200
20
9
6
4–7
0
5
5
Wight
Wight
Necropolis100+19/week
8
3
0
2–4
0
5
6

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Lore

Although Lyssara’s expedition to the Sea of Regrets (as it is now called) had a higher purpose, I fear that for many Alvarians, it has become a lure of temptation and power. Many of them nowadays are little more than cultists now.