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When we were making new Spells in a previous article, there was one that demanded lots of extra attention: Zelda’s ability to summon a Phantom in Super Smash Bros. It’s a Spell we’ve long wanted to include in Reclaim the Wild, but we always knew it’d be a little more complicated than most other Spells.

Well, what’s a better start to the Halloween season than summoning a warrior spawned from darkness? Zelda’s Phantom is a long-winded Spell, but we hope it provides all the fun you’d expect from creating a hulking, heavily-armored spirit to command on the battlefield. (You’ll have to provide the Jojo references yourself, I’m afraid.)

Check it out below!

Today’s article is a special guest article! Milly’s been a prolific member of the community, writing interesting homebrew and providing copious notes and useful feedback. Today, he’s presenting rules to reshape how Reclaim the Wild’s tactical combat works – from a square grid, to a classic hex grid.

Distances in Reclaim the Wild are usually measured in squares. However, some people may wish to use hexagonal maps for battles instead. Converting squares to hexes may be difficult, but this guide may help make the task less daunting!

What is a hexagonal grid?

A hexagon is a shape that has six sides, as opposed to squares that have four. Hex maps typically have two variants: one with a horizontal (or “flat”) top, and one with vertical (or “flat”) sides. The principles outlined in this article will work the same in both variants, with one important exception: a flat-top hex map allows straight top-down (or north-south) movement, while a flat-side hex map allows straight left-right (or east-west) movement.

Read more about hex-based combat below!

While Reclaim the Wild has a good variety of Spells taken from all over the Zelda series, there were still some Spells that just didn’t make it in! There were also a few Spells from Super Smash Bros. that we just couldn’t find room for.

Today, we’re adding a few of those forgotten Spells to the repertoire of heroic wizards and warlocks all over Hyrule. Check ’em out below!