Black
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Well duh, he has his very own thread on Codex!
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King Arthur the Roleplaying Wargame : Old Faith Complete
- Thread starter RK47
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Black said:
I can't believe there are people who get paid for doing shit like this.
I. Can't. Believe.
The remnants of King Cadeyrn holed themselves in Viroconium. It's autumn, our armies have exhausted their movement points. We must wait next year.
As Darth Roxor recommended, I shall begin research on all manners of disaster prevention to keep the Kingdom from ruin. Floods, Epidemics, Dry seasons should be a thing of the past after next year's research is over.
Sir Balin has maxed his Dragon's Breath and will now invest in Enchanted Weapons.
This should add additional punch to his Marauder charge.
Sir Gareth will max out his Curse of Shadows. No archer units will survive its assault now.
Our stronghold will build a storehouse to increase food output.
And a keep should push our Tyrant rating further.
Eventually I want to add a Torture Chamber to convert my heroes to Tyrants.
The advisers predicts an ample season ahead. We should still keep losses to a minimum, but at the moment we have decent surplus. Still not enough to maintain another army, though.
Once the winter is over, the battle begins once more.
This is an interesting map.
Two river crossings with five VPs. Three on the defender's side, two on the attacker's side.
We'll definitely capture the two VPs on our side with no problem, but we cannot use this particular crossing. The Lightning Bolt VP is across the stream. I despise losing men this way. We'll have to cross the southern crossing.
Sir Gareth unleashes his powerful Curse.
And eliminated one archer unit. Sir Kay and the archers plus infantry will hold the northern crossing. Sir Balin, Ywain and Gareth will take the Cavalry down south.
After the second archer unit was eliminated, the enemy showed no interest in contesting the southern crossing VP. Gareth and the other knights crossed the river unchallenged.
Sensing that they may return, Sir Kay's archers moved southwards along the river to strike...but suddenly the sky grew dark.
The enemy has cast Nightfall.
We couldn't fire even though we could spot several of them across the lake. Even ranged spells would not work. Thankfully, Sir Gareth's Dragon Eye nullifies all that. Sir Ywain's Lightning Bolt cracked the enemy columns, signalling Sir Kay's archers to fire.
Our forces are on both sides of the river. Sir Kay's archers makes use of the Dragon's Eye to rain arrows at the enemy. While Balin and his cavalry detachment with Sir Ywain hides in the forest on the opposite side of the river.
The enemy chose to cross the river, bypassing Balin's forces. They will die in a watery grave. Sir Balin would not be ignored, however, and struck a Light cavalry unit that managed to cross the river with Dragon's Breath. Sir Kay's archers mopped up the remnants.
Whatever that is left of the enemy is still knee deep in waters, Sir Ywain pressed the advantage with a second Lightning Bolt.
Their morale collapsed, Viroconium is ours!
This artifact isn't that bad, but I'd rather keep +2 leadership and +5 movement banner on Sir Kay. This artifact will make a good trading item when there's a merchant event going on.
The Visions of the Hermit is a DLC content that is included in the Steam special deal package.
Another year, another rebellion to put down in one of our own provinces. We're still in pursuit of the Hermit. But the kingdom's stability takes precedence.
This map features two river crossings. But the defenders have 4 VP against the attacker's 3 on their side of the river. There's no damaging VP here, but the Guard Tower can grant Cloud of Arrows spell for extra firepower.
The fight begins with our fastest units securing all three VP on our side of the river. Then we pick one crossing to assault. Sir Gareth unleashes Curse of Shadows on a stack of archer.
The rebel leader puts up a magical barrier.
It is of no consequence, we waited till it's down and rained both lightning and the curse once more.
Then we begin the assault.
At the same time, the rebels crossed the southern crossing. We're in a race of some sort for VPs.
We punched through the heavy infantry and crossed the river without any incident.
The enemy has captured one of our VP, luckily we've secured the village across to offset the loss.
Sir Balin starts a rampage against the small forces they left behind, while Gareth makes his way to the southeastern VP.
Enemy archers attempts to mount a counteroffence. But found themselves under spell bombardments instead.
Our archers used the window of opportunity to setup an ambush near the Village.
The oncoming rebel forces were killed without any major losses.
We've successfully traded sides on the river and gained more in the end. They've lost most of their forces and holds less VP than us.
Victory is achieved.
Nice artifact gained.
Rank 2 Slow is pretty effective if you consider the 800m distance and minimal mana cost. I equip Sir Ywain with it.
With the rebel forces crushed, we can now proceed to Northhampton to search for the missing Hermit.
Notice that the option is highlighted in green. In general, most quest options has stat attributes to successfully execute it. Adventure plays a part in stealth or thievery, Fight enables violence, Magic enables spell-solutions to quests.
Winter came as Sir Kay's army make their way to Cornwall, Arthur's first province. Next year, development will focus towards Old Faith teachings. King Arthur decides that the people should rediscover the Old Faith and practices it once more.
Sir Kay further augments his Masterful Tactics with Wedges of Steel.
The Elite Brigands gained more ambushing skills.
Sir Balin continues to infuse magic into his unit's weapons.
While Sir Gareth perfects his Dragon's Breath.
Next Update: The Conclusion of Dragon's Heart.
eklektyk
Erudite
Hmm looks interesting. Keep'em coming.
MasterSmithFandango
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This is definitely a quality game.
We raced to Cornwall to recover the Dragon's Heart, but a group of robber knights calling themselves Brotherhood of the Ravens is plaguing the province of Dunmmodia. Sir Kay's army will quell this threat on its way to Cornwall.
If you recall, this is where we fought against King Mark.
The enemy has so much plains to work with. I cannot risk moving my archers away from my starting positions. Best to stick to the forests.
The opening exchange is Dragon's Breath to cut down their number. Unlike Curse of Shadows or Lightning Bolt, Dragon's Breath is a flat chance to insta-kill, which is very valuable against high hp targets like Knights.
Then we pepper them with Lightning Bolt.
The enemy casts Whirlwind, a really annoying spell that has a small chance to kill soldiers over time. Like a slower Dragon's Breath.
They even summoned a fog to cut down our archer visions. We have no choice but to cast Dragon's Eye.
By then, control of the battlefield is lost, and we've fallen into the enemy's pace. They simply have the initiative here.
In the confusion of having shot and stopped their charges, two of them slipped past the front lines and flanked our archers columns.
We're fucked.
The loose formation is very vulnerable to trampling. The heavy infantry formed into a wedge and attempts to salvage the situation. By then, more than 3 dozens archers have died.
That was a terrible outcome.
At least the reward is decent.
Sir Kay returns to his army.
The wailing of the parents separated from their young haunted Cornwall that day. Many soldiers could not help but wept openly as they escorted crying children to the Unseelie. True to their word, they withdrew.
Our tyrannical act has driven our forces to insensitivity. We now pillage corpses of the dead and therefore boost our battle spoils by 50%. A massive sum.
Two pieces of rewards were given by the Hermit before his passing.
Some artifacts require conditions before it can unlock its fullest potentials. This one has the potential of adding 8000 hit points to the hero if you equip it and carry it for 20 battless.
The ring works in similar way. Except it provides slight increase to mana.
The Winter came and the people's spirits are subdued. More stronghold developments followed.
Sir Ywain withdrew to his studies and practiced his Lightning Bolt.
Next Update:
To be honest, I thought at it from the war effort perspective:
If we really wanted recruits for replacements, I would want it from the front-line provinces, not from Cornwall. Cornwall is like...the last province you'd probably lose. If the war is going so badly you had to recruit from Cornwall, it's probably already a lost cause.
Also, the music in this game is fantastic. Although they have limited tracks, they really captured the mood of medieval theme.
The World Map 2
What Warlock?
With this, the Old Faith shall return to Arthur's Domain.
Giants, wargs, barbarian archers, and berserkers.
A dozen of those giants would really hurt. Count on my Dragon's Breath to burn a few.
And mine as well.
I'll try to slow them down as much as possible But we really have to be wary of the warlock himself.
Aye, his magic surpasses us all.
The giant army usually marches quickly and will not use this pass. The map is a straight up beat down, no VPs to capture.
Since we cannot outrun giants, might as well just setup an ambush.
While we snipe their giants with Dragon's Breath.
Their wargs moved quickly than the rest of the units, our cavalry unit swarmed the packs before it could threaten the archers, however...
Scatter!
What just happened?!
The warlock just struck us with his Lightning!
Man, I totally fell for that one. Maxed out Lightning Bolt does ridiculous damage at tightly packed enemies, it's made worse because it does extra damage against heavily armored units like Knights. It took out 16 Marauders, 21 Knights, and 9 Champions.
I have to focus. We can't risk losing too much here! The rest of the enemy is still bearing on us.
Also, fucking Curse of Shadows hit our archers.
34 Brigands, 23 Archers died while running from it.
You're not the only one who can strike with magic!
The warlock replied with another lightning bolt, finishing off 17 Knights in one cast. We just lost a whole unit to 2 casts.
It's a good thing most of the survivors are veterans. We finally executed our long awaited ambush. Relieved that the warlock has no way to regenerate his mana.
We really must find a way to counter these spells in the future...Looks like they've had enough. Archers, finishing Volley!
Another bad day for our army.
We're in no shape for another fight, let's not antagonize them further, we just wiped out their guests, after all.
That's settled. Let's march to London before the Saxons get there first!
If we really wanted recruits for replacements, I would want it from the front-line provinces, not from Cornwall. Cornwall is like...the last province you'd probably lose. If the war is going so badly you had to recruit from Cornwall, it's probably already a lost cause.
Also, the music in this game is fantastic. Although they have limited tracks, they really captured the mood of medieval theme.
The World Map 2
The giant army usually marches quickly and will not use this pass. The map is a straight up beat down, no VPs to capture.
Since we cannot outrun giants, might as well just setup an ambush.
While we snipe their giants with Dragon's Breath.
Their wargs moved quickly than the rest of the units, our cavalry unit swarmed the packs before it could threaten the archers, however...
Man, I totally fell for that one. Maxed out Lightning Bolt does ridiculous damage at tightly packed enemies, it's made worse because it does extra damage against heavily armored units like Knights. It took out 16 Marauders, 21 Knights, and 9 Champions.
Also, fucking Curse of Shadows hit our archers.
34 Brigands, 23 Archers died while running from it.
The warlock replied with another lightning bolt, finishing off 17 Knights in one cast. We just lost a whole unit to 2 casts.
It's a good thing most of the survivors are veterans. We finally executed our long awaited ambush. Relieved that the warlock has no way to regenerate his mana.
Another bad day for our army.
Winter arrives, and our heroes hone their skills. Sir Gareth perfected his Dragon's Breath.
Sir Balin's Marauders gains elite skill pick.
Research efforts are underway to learn the Right of the Ancients, a law to spread the Old Faith.
The Stronghold builds Magistrate to quicken the research process.
And City Watch patrols are summoned to increase public safety.
Our alliance with the Welsh grants us access to two new units.
They hit hard and possess magic resistance, but their defense is pitiful. Skipped, brigands are better.
The Welsh is classified as 'Light infantry' but performs as good as heavy ones. Capable of advanced formations and possess armor piercing skills, they are as durable as most heavy infantry types. I might add them into the army later.
Next Spring, our army march unchallenged to claim one of the Saxon's empty province.
The next one isn't so empty. We finally met our first Saxon Army.
Saxon Riders are as good as Marauders. This army carries a hundred of them!
The Royal Guards are elite spear unit of Righteous Christians and a hard counter against Cavalry.
Longshields are hard to kill and is more for defensive purpose than offense.
The lack of forests and mostly plains seem to work against our advantage. I was fearful of making the wrong decision upon loading the map. The three VPs to the east are probably going to fall to the Saxons. We have to make do with a lone Sidhe Tower VP.
We did a quick grab for two VP and regrouped at the Sidhe Tower.
The two enemy Knights, led by their leaders charged at the Sidhe Tower, ahead of their army. Sir Ywain slowed one of them down with magic.
The enemy cast Fog of Avalon, we quickly countered with Dragon Eye to nail the oncoming Knights.
One of them summoned a Barrier to deflect arrows. We ignored him for now.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, we have lost control of all VP to the enemy.
As the enemy cavalry charge down on our melee line, Balin, Ywain and a Knight unit smashed at them from behind.
Our melee line held the charge.
Nice loot, look at that huge amount of gold! Think I'll pass the artifact to Ywain. Another large army awaits us...The Saxon Wars is just starting.
laclongquan
Arcane
lightbane said:The real codexian approach would be to pretend to agree, then backstab these heretical faeries and kill them all
I was really disappointed when you had to give up those children.
I told you to get prot from magic... but you would not listen!
Also, that battle with the warlock is probably one of the hardest ones in the game.
Also, don't make the stupid mistake of facing Sir Bertram... yet
If it's instant strike like Lightning Bolt, we're going to just have to eat it like a man. I didn't mind the Curse of Shadows much, but the Lightning Bolt and Dragon's Breath is just brutal on the pocket. That was like...10k worth of unit died in one cast. There was another counterspell that absorbs casts that costs 1.5x the mana spent casting. I thought of getting that, but I still have to pre-cast it before the spell actually hits, the application kinda suck to be honest.
We're stuck on Old Faith btw. This should be fun. I haven't even demonstrated Sidhe Roads yet.
We're stuck on Old Faith btw. This should be fun.
I haven't even demonstrated Sidhe Roads yet.
Sewage are being improved in cities to promote health and a Sacred Meadow is planned to spread the influence of Old Faith.
An offer came during the winter.
It's not a bad offer. We accept.
The year passes.
Sir Lucan wished to propose a second army to be formed, but at the moment he realized the kingdom needs to focus on Saxon Wars and gather more capable commanders. Perhaps later, he will get a chance to prove himself.
Sir Bedivere is an Old Faith Warlord, with a moderate level of Old Faith spells learned.
The Sidhe Roads is an instant teleport spell that works in battlefields.
The cost is pretty prohibitive. It starts at 100, reduced by 15 per rank invested. However, there is a way around it.
Springborn is our first Sidhe Unit, remember the children who were kidnapped? They grew up to be soldiers of the Sidhe and became known as the Springborn. Some Sidhe units have Pathwalker - trait, this reduces cost of Sidhe Roads by half for the hero leading the unit. That is why it only costs 42 mana for Sir Bedivere to cast a rank 2 Sidhe Roads.
The Sidhe infantry is also not as well-armored as their Christian counterpart but they strike hard with their great-swords and excel at forest ambushes and gains bonuses from woods/weathers. The theme of the Sidhe is non-cavalry army. They rely on magic to move quickly and weather magics to deliver heavier damage instead of cavalry charges.
He also comes with a decent artifact that grants +2 to Enchanted Equipment skill, a massive boon.
It increases his unit damage by 15% per rank and 10% magic resistance per rank. Excellent!
Sir Kay's face's expression hardens.
I have no idea why the AI always choose this map. I guess it's advantageous to them?
And with that, Sir Bedivere and his Springborns vanished without a trace.
Sir Bedivere's poison is both slowing and damaging. It's not really a good skill, but cheap on the mana.
The Sangreal Knights are just too fast. We're about to lose control of the VPs.
The onrushing knights made it to the shores, only to be put down by our infantry.
The situation is dire, our archer columns are trapped. There's no line protecting them and enemy units are converging from three directions.
Sir Kay's archer columns ran across the small lake with the enemy in hot pursuit.
Sir Bedivere and the rest of the infantry are still stuck in a pitched battle.
Another unit of our archer broke off from the rest and had to be rescued by a Knight unit.
Sir Kay is pursued to the forest, however Balin is ready to assist.
That was all the punch needed. With the enemy mounted units wiped out, the infantry could not withstand the charge. The enemy's army routed.
And what a massive loot it is. Too bad the loss replacement cost roughly the same.
Winter arrives as we reinforce our army. Many soldiers gained much experience from this year's battle.
Sir Balin perfected his enchanted weapons.
The Stronghold improvement continues, once the Ancient Meadows complete, Sidhe Legation construction will begin.
The following year, a false prophet appeared at a Christian province. We need to deal with this quickly.
There is always other, more beneficial, yet expensive options.
Smaller remnants of Saxon army patrol Norfolk's countryside, we hunted and wiped out two of them.
Looks like we're ready.
This is very similar to London. Tight quarters, making speed and setup positions essential. The AI is very weak in this situation.
Sir Bedivere already captured a VP in town, while Sir Balin rushes another, the enemy only started moving downhill from their Stronghold.
Sir Gareth enjoys a little sniping session.
The defenders could not coordinate well, their mounted units arrived first, only to be killed by our archers. They tried everything, fog, and anti-arrow barriers, but we still pierced their defenses.
By the time they got down, 150 archers are already aiming at them.
The enemy has vacated their stronghold VP. Sir Bedivere takes it with teleportation.
The Norfolk defenders are marching into a meat grinder, their Fog magic only making it worse, their archers had not fired a shot while we butchered their cavalry.
When the cavalry made it to melee range, our heavy infantry slaughtered them.
Yep, they're still marching a few blocks away. LOL.
We controlled all VP and retreated in the cover of the fog.
They reached the city's exit...and served as target practice upon arrival.
Abysmal defense AI, to be honest.
MasterSmithFandango
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Damn... nice.
Here's a little cheat that the AI kingdoms like to use. Normally, heroes are needed to recruit more troops, but the Saxons didn't need any heroes to hire all these mounted units. Good thing we scouted earlier, they'll turn to 300 strong units if we let them complete recruitment.
We wiped them out handily and so ends the Saxon kingdom. Winter arrives and some brigands have gained the ability to fire flame arrows.
While the use of flame increases damage by 30% but it increases reload time by 30%
Sir Gareth needs to pick a useless skill before he can unlock Spellweaving.
I'm not sure if it's worth it, but since I pumped his combat skill, he should kill more in melee instead of dying. Oh, he doesn't have to kill them personally either, he just needs to be close to get the mana point.
Sir Bedivere takes Magical Protection, but I'm not sure if it's the right decision.
Rank 10 bowmen gets access to Swift Arrows. 10 minute cooldown but 30 seconds of super fast reloads for that burst damage.
The Heavy Footmen can get more bonuses in open fields.
But I doubt we can pick our battles when it comes to really slow, heavy infantry. So I picked Masterwork Weapons instead.
The Stronghold aims for longer, bigger projects now.
Our morality finally unlocks the first slowing poison of the Sidhe. It has its use...but there are better skills out there.
The Rights of the Ancients Law is passed, and every year we convert our people to the Old Faith.
With the conquering of Norfolk, we can now recruit Saxon Knights and Saxon Riders. I'm leaning more towards the Riders, the Knights are overpriced.
Our Alliance with Wales starts to show signs of cracks. They want us to show a little bit of tribute.
We take this chance to further increase our beliefs in the Old Faith with huge donations to keep the Alliance going.
More good news.
This allows us to divert our military power towards conquering both West and East Mercia, where Sir Dagonet awaits recruitment.
Also, slightly missed update earlier:
I've been saving this artifact for rainy days, This cursed artifact was awarded upon completing Merlin's Return. This item's cursed property is really painful to absorb, but once the curse is cleansed, this artifact becomes pretty useful by granting Sidhe Roads to its wielder! And eventually at 1000 mana used, we will unlock its second magical property, a 50% discount on the casting cost of Sidhe Roads.
My boss would kill me if I do it now.
Hello and welcome back to King Arthur's LP! After Norfolk fell, Saxonian units are available. I've debated on whether I should consolidate them into my army, but I think not, my aim right now is to aim for more Sidhe units to integrate. With the Saxons threat are over, only Wales and the kingdom of East & West Murcia stands independent. Since Wales is allied with us, guess it's time for us to absorb Murcia.
Our first battle takes us to a familiar place. We're going to blitz ALL of East Murcia in one season. The Murcian Defenders are highly outclassed, this should prove to be easy.
One VP on our side..another VP nearby, but in shallows. While the enemies have three on their shores. No problem. The Sidhe ninjas will guide the way.
Yoink.
That was easy. Now to wait for the unsuspecting enemy...
Looks like Bedivere's got it. Our archers will cover this side. We'll punish those who dare come close.
Ah, more victims of my curse.
Looks like they're here. Let's get'em boys!
With the infantry tying up the cavalry, we held equal VP while keeping one neutral VP under close watch.
The enemy doesn't seem interested in moving at all...perhaps...if I can persuade them to move...heheh.
Farewell, fools!
What is that old fool trying to do?
Come and get it!
Looks like he provided a diversion, ADVANCE!
Heheh, looks like the Commander caught on my plans. Good. Time to back off...
RUN FASTER LADS! ANY SECOND NOW---!
Phew...did everyone make it?
One didn't.
You can see it on the pre-teleport screenshot that one lagged behind and got trampled. Oh well.
With the advance of our archers, the ranged power they brought was too much to resist. Sir Gareth's Curse of Shadows claimed hundreds of Murcian archers, while Balin revelled in the slaughter.
Rest easy, Lad.
Marvelous work, Knights! But we're not finished yet!
The gold is nice...but the artifact is even better.
30% attack speed. Awesome. Archers benefit the most so Sir Kay gets it.
The second assault follows.
You going on that wizardry again, old man?
Heh.
COME GET SOME!
The Murcian light cavalry were stupefied. They could not even gain momentum before the Springborns greatswords swung and decapitate their horses.
Running away? A little poison might convince you to stay!
Hmm. This isn't a battle anymore, it's slaughter.
I'm not complaining.
We haven't even secured a second VP but almost half of the Murcian army is already decimated.
We're done here. Let's go, boys!
Excellent work, Bedivere!
I see you've been busy, Commander.
The Murcian Knights attempted to capture the VP across the river. We pelt them with arrows till only one of them remain.
Looks like they're too afraid to even defend that point.
Again, I'm not complaining.
Looks like they're planning some sort of counterattack, two knights charging ahead!
No problem.
You just can't do that against rank 10 archers and brigands. Their morale collapses.
More good loot.
In less than a year, the kingdom of East Murcia was absorbed into Arthur's Kingdom. Nobody doubted the Western kingdom will follow suit.
But something foul occurred in Viroconium...
Our first battle takes us to a familiar place. We're going to blitz ALL of East Murcia in one season. The Murcian Defenders are highly outclassed, this should prove to be easy.
One VP on our side..another VP nearby, but in shallows. While the enemies have three on their shores. No problem. The Sidhe ninjas will guide the way.
Yoink.
With the infantry tying up the cavalry, we held equal VP while keeping one neutral VP under close watch.
One didn't.
You can see it on the pre-teleport screenshot that one lagged behind and got trampled. Oh well.
With the advance of our archers, the ranged power they brought was too much to resist. Sir Gareth's Curse of Shadows claimed hundreds of Murcian archers, while Balin revelled in the slaughter.
The gold is nice...but the artifact is even better.
30% attack speed. Awesome. Archers benefit the most so Sir Kay gets it.
The second assault follows.
The Murcian light cavalry were stupefied. They could not even gain momentum before the Springborns greatswords swung and decapitate their horses.
We haven't even secured a second VP but almost half of the Murcian army is already decimated.
The Murcian Knights attempted to capture the VP across the river. We pelt them with arrows till only one of them remain.
You just can't do that against rank 10 archers and brigands. Their morale collapses.
More good loot.
In less than a year, the kingdom of East Murcia was absorbed into Arthur's Kingdom. Nobody doubted the Western kingdom will follow suit.
But something foul occurred in Viroconium...
laclongquan
Arcane
Nice cliffhanger there!
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