I didnt want to have to resort to changing stats of any kind, im very happy with the balance; arrows etc still have the power of instakill and range, but they are no longer the insane killers they were before.
I have been amassing groups of 3-4 soldiers each time... maybe I havnt been thinking metaphysically enough? I recall there is some hardcoded limit on posse size, though. Even then, the problem dosnt feel like it'll be solved by numbers; there are easily going to be enough orcs pouring in to keep my companions distracted. whichever one of the gang faces the weaponsmith dies; that leaves two more orcs for someone else to fight. pretty soon it all rolls up and the orcs are mobbing me to death. this dude represents the power of several guys concentrared into one, which makes ganging up on him extemely difficult..
...Or you could grab his head and gouge out his eyes. Shouldn't take too long, and he should be arrow fodder for your next adventurer.
you sir, are a gentleman and a scholar, I will try this immediently.
my only concern is his obscene unarmed damage, superior size and legendary strength might work to his advantage in a straight wrestle with a human.
If you make an adventurer and retire him in the human town he will be a reqruitable who never says no.
AMASS AN ARMY.
AN ARMY WORTHY OF MORDOR
on the subject of lashers, Ive found that in the right circumstances (1v1 against organic not wearing much armour, like animals, beats) the pain output of the lash is pretty useful. Then again, the orc unique lash weapon does 2x the human lash damage [:40] ( I gave orcs unique, large weapons so in fort mode dwarves wouldnt be able to pick up and use their weapons. plus, making them heavy, reasonable dam and high [:2] critical bonus for limb removing power kinda suits the orc mentality
question: what is the optimal layout of skills for killing a single hard dude like this? Ive been going for a mix of offense (10 in chosen weapon) and defence (9 in armour, 9 in shield).. would say, 15 in weapon work better? the armour dosnt seem to be helping much, but if hes virtually gibbing me through armour I dont dare think what he'll do to unarmoured flesh..
I GO TO BATTLE NOW