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[Sonlirain]

Open the phantom warrior floodgate.

[Mephansteras]

Cool, I love MoM!

But...could you put limiters on the image size, please? It's a bit hard to see what's going on with those images on my work monitor.

[Kolbur]

Build stables in the gnoll city and mass wolf riders. They are pretty good and easy to get but cost some production.
Afair you can fight enemy wizard's armies on the field without starting a war so try to get control of the tower. But you will be at war with him soon anyway.
You really need to scout. You know nothing about the surroundings of your island.

[LoSboccacc]

Spoiler: points taken! (click to show/hide)

disregarding the occasional fireball

the tower is presto recaptured thanks to Gunther flanking antics:

and Myrran invaded



A naga and a magic spirit are summoned and sent exploring the northern wastes.


Phantom warriors are a combat cast only, and only one at turn, (unless you exploit a recall bug)
so we will make up for that with this newly researched spell

those still are a combat only summon, but they are better, considering the one spell per turn limit

wolf riders starts being trained in the knoll city as well:

while the capital will bring some priest to war:

Spoiler: the northern wastes (click to show/hide)

not much to report from the north exploration so far, some interesting node and plenty of space for expansion (not a bad thing)




The outpost of Birmingham is founded in place of the gnoll city of the olds:

Spoiler: meanwhile on Myrror (click to show/hide)

two chivalry unit are dispatched, scouting east and north, in search of a place for our settler surplus to take a foothold

a city is found immediately near the tower.


and another further south east


jackpot!
it is the capital!

Sss'ra lives in that black tower.
also, dark elves
they will be more than a nuisance.

meanwhile the other scout found another city; all the movement attracted some attention


the glow around each unit indicate Sss'ra has a passion for magic enchantment.

we can't engage them like this, so let peel them out of their faith armor:


but it won't be easy, even if they are just a bunch of units,
each dark elf also dubs as a caster and their bolts do a lot of damage.

I rush to attack, before they can recover their magical protection;
as a opener the spearman get confused

then, as chivalry closes in with the hell hounds, a maximized psionic bolts get rid of the priests


we won, but with some casualty. we are now forced to wait the wolf raider and priest reinforcement, which are on their way from Arcanum

Spoiler: the cliffhanger (click to show/hide)

Sss'ra must have noticed the difficult situation we're in; we can't really retreat without letting her/him/it control of the tower, and we aren't strong enough to attack.

It/He/She has made a sortie with a army of 4 hell hounds and a swordmen, aiming at the tower.

Tank to our vantage position and anticipating Sss'ra intention, I managed to move the army into a checkmate:

Blue moves first.

we can intercept the hell hound army; we have a small chance of victory, but we will have to retreat whatever the outcome (I can't foresee any better than heavy casualties)


we can also make a dash for the city, hoping that the unit back on Arcanum will be able to contain and repel the invading army:

our victory here it is not to be taken for assured.

the reinforcements are a bit far away (two riders and two priest, some gnoll may get along from nearby cities but we're not that strong)

so, what now?

Spoiler: in game information (click to show/hide)

the historian records:


the astrologer predictions:


our magical laboratory


our new enemy

Spoiler: on the wizard tower (click to show/hide)

the winning condition is to conjure the spell of mastery, but you can also kill other wizard out of competition and win a military victory.
this is performed by taking control of the city with their tower; it is not a granted victory however: if the wizard has enough mana and the right spell, it will just come back into another city of his.

[Mephansteras]

Hmm...tough. Hell hounds are nasty, although if you can arrange it so that you're attacking them first you negate a lot of their advantage. Fire breath only works when they attack, not when they defend.

Summoned units can also be a boon against armies like that, since their loss isn't a big deal. Although fire breath will pretty well trash phantom units if I remember right.

[LoSboccacc]

I think phantom beast can be evoked and move immediately. They should be able to squish one unit and die giving serious damage on the second.

[LoSboccacc]

Spoiler: a field day (click to show/hide)

we shall conquer their city, as it will both deprive them of resources and provide us with a foothold in this realm

so city it is; since we're so near to Sss'ra and he's sporting a copious chaos grimoire, I'll open with a counter magic


which proves immediately useful


With much of his mana locked on evocations, there isn't much that he can do. eventually he overcome the barrier, even if too late.

The advancing formation open up for letting a phantom beast being evoked:


It lay waste on their formations until it dies of exhaustion.

Under the safe cover, the bowmengnolls advance and start engaging the hounds. they don't retaliate, for fear of leaving the city protective fire wall


When the bowgnolls show is over, they open up again for the second time, letting another horror charge unto the enemy


The hounds hare hunted and killed to the last by Gunther, after the phantom beast had reduced their ranks:





The hounds are strong and fierce creatures, but the phantom beast has quite some advantage over them.
Having the beast reducing their rank allow for Gunther the barbarian to engage the hellhounds in relative safety, greatly increasing the beast effectiveness.

Spoiler: lol u mad? (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: no loose ends (click to show/hide)

Since the phantom beast proved to be so much effective, I take a bold decision.

The mounts, still fresh after the city assault, are dispatched to follow and intercept the incoming Sss'ra army.



Sss'ra opens casting heroism and eldritch weapons on his spearman

but a confusion spell knocks them out of combat; still, they managed a heavy hit on Gunther.


a moment before the armies clashes, a phantom beast risen and start taking opportunity hit to passing by hell hounds


making it easy for the chivalry to overwhelm them.

while confused, the spearmen still are a dangerous foe and in a moment of sanity they manage to pick off a wounded chivalry unit.

but the following charge from the mounted man at arm vanquish the foe:

usually confounded unit flee, but it was for the better in the end to have it standing to the last man.


the tower is still under our control, and the following turn the first batch of reinforcement arrives:


the wolf rider should be able to go one on one with the hell hounds. the chivalry lost will be replaced by the other that was scouting east, and all is well on the Myrror plane

Spoiler: the aftermath (click to show/hide)

The people under the Old Man are really happy of the recent events
really, really, happy.


In the overworld, construction and expansion continues..


..a klackon tribe is found north..


..and the empire get some needed reorganization. now that research comes mostly from cities, I can allocate the mana to more urgent matters, since the recent event left a dent into our reserves:



just to be safe in this mana crunch I transmute some gold in mana crystals:


while our new Dark Elf city start producing some of those pesky caster units:


overall, I'm happy with our current situation



but a new peril casts his shadow over Myrror

[LoSboccacc]

OOC of various nature

I am having issue with internet, and I'm about to depart for my winter holidays, so probably won't get updated until after christmas

phantom beast are more or less equivalent to 1.5 hell hound, but because of how figure works it is much much better to attack three hound units instead of killing one and halving another, because it makes safe for hero/chivalry to attack them (two hounds are barely enough to bypass their defences, while four are more than a match)

Spoiler: true spoiler (click to show/hide)

I can't reasonably stop that army of high elves;
I am divided between
- sell anything in the city and abandon it
- leave only foot garrison and try a mad charge just to reduce their numbers

Either way chivalry will move toward the capital, the scout reported hell hounds here....

[Mephansteras]

Yeah, dark elves are a pain. At least until you get some units with really high magic resistance, which can pretty much shrug off all of their attacks.

[RedKing]

Dark Elf Warlocks though....Doom Bolts for EVERYBODY.

[Akura]

So is each unit a hit point, or what?

Spoiler: Long, unnecessary explanation of battle mechanics (click to show/hide)

Each guy in a unit, called a figure, is basically a hit point bar. If a unit has 3 hp, then every 3 hp of damage it takes kills a figure(healing that will revive dead figures). Total Attack stat(and, technically, HP) is multiplied by the number of figures(example, Spearmen with 1 Attack but 8 figures effectively has 8 Attack). Losing figures can effectively weaken a unit. It's worth noting that although a hydra(Nature summon) appears to have one figure, each head actually its figures(which, combined with their abilities) makes them lethal.

Every point of attack(called "swords" for short) is an attack roll. Each roll has a 30%(+10% for every To-Hit bonus) to hit. Then, every sword that hits goes against the defender's defense rating(called "shields"). Each shield makes a roll to negate a hit(30% each roll, 20% if attack has Eldritch Weapon). Each successful attack roll must make a roll against each and every shield. Every attack roll that makes it past the defense inflicts 1 HP of damage.

[Delta Foxtrot]

The smaller image sizes are appreciated, they're much easier on my monitor.

Did you know that having shamans and priests in your stack increases the heal rate of all units within the stack? Try to get a good stack or two with strong units and a few priests and send them over to Myrror. No use fighting over that DElf city if you can't defend it. Abandon it and retake it when you have more forces. Based on what you have right now, I'd probably train a mix of gnoll riders/pikemen/summons.

[Sonlirain]

So is each unit a hit point, or what?

Spoiler: Long, unnecessary explanation of battle mechanics (click to show/hide)

Each guy in a unit, called a figure, is basically a hit point bar. If a unit has 3 hp, then every 3 hp of damage it takes kills a figure(healing that will revive dead figures). Total Attack stat(and, technically, HP) is multiplied by the number of figures(example, Spearmen with 1 Attack but 8 figures effectively has 8 Attack). Losing figures can effectively weaken a unit. It's worth noting that although a hydra(Nature summon) appears to have one figure, each head actually its figures(which, combined with their abilities) makes them lethal.

Every point of attack(called "swords" for short) is an attack roll. Each roll has a 30%(+10% for every To-Hit bonus) to hit. Then, every sword that hits goes against the defender's defense rating(called "shields"). Each shield makes a roll to negate a hit(30% each roll, 20% if attack has Eldritch Weapon). Each successful attack roll must make a roll against each and every shield. Every attack roll that makes it past the defense inflicts 1 HP of damage.

Spoiler: Additional, unnecessary explanation of battle mechanics and slight clarification (click to show/hide)

It's a bit more complicated. 8 spearmen with 1 attack each don't actually deal 8 attack. They do 8 attacks worth 1 point.
now let's assume we have a creature with 4 defense being attacked by 8 spearmen OR a creature with 8 attack.

The spearmen in theory can do the same damage BUT each point of damage has to go through 4 shields (each having a 30% chance of blocking the damage) while a creature with 8 attack will ALWAYS do 4 damage and the shields have a CHANCE at stopping the remaining 4 IF they all work (30% chance per shield).
This makes singular creatures with more attack much more effective than a bunch of weaker ones even if they seem to have the same # of swords/shields as a whole.

[LoSboccacc]

Exactly, that's why at start when every beast with three defence basically laugh at your spearman the two strengh bonus on gnolls make a hell of a difference

*see adventures of wonder gnolls in war bear lairs.

[Neonivek]

It is why a few "Cannon fodder" races can laugh at you... Dang Zombies!