Re: Happiness in Darkness -An Argatha Ktonian Dead
 

"Spring in the year 3 of the ascension wars"

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6945/5bu8.jpg
Ermor attacks the same indy province i attacked.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3499/2hr4.jpg
I had only 50 crossbows, ermor wins with huge losses.
Maybe i do not know Dom2 as good as i think, but i think those ghuls are new Dom3 Ermor units http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3299/3of7.jpg
The poison claw has additionally to damage a paralyzing poision effect which does fatigue damage i think. This effect seems to have no MR-savethrow, so a huge horde of them might be dangerous for a SC. The ghuls are size 2 so they can swarm well.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7097/4fq8.jpg
I almost overlooked it. We found Loremasters http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif.
Loremasters seem much much weaker than in Dom2, BUT they are in fact much more useful in Dom3 because they are probably the only mage that can have all 8 paths!

This reduces MM a lot. Eventually i will get an Astral2 Loremaster and sitesearch with accashic then http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

It will take at least 10 more turns though to get evocation 6, construction 6 and conjuration 5. But i have searched enough classically imho, so i will stop searching now and save all pearls for accashic http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

Re: Happiness in Darkness -An Argatha Ktonian Dead
 

The ghouls were in Dominions 1...and 2...and they've always been cheap fodderdead. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

And yay for Loremasters!

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Hm yeah but by the time i am that far in the game i should have 500-1000 RP so i think it doesn't matter much anymore then http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

Thanks. That is quite unlikely. Fortunately i have loremasters now, so that should increase the chances a bit http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.



Hm i think i will attach all screenshots normal again, this is probably better than linking them http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

Re: Happiness in Darkness -An Argatha Ktonian Dead
 

Hm and how did you get them in Dom 2?
I can't recall ever getting ghuls as Ermor AE or SG, they only got soulless as freespawns i think.
Maybe i misremember though http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Happiness in Darkness -An Argatha Ktonian Dead
 

You misremember, Ermor gets them as freespawn. Ermor and other unholies could aslo reanimate Ghouls and there was a spell that summoned ghouls.

Re: Happiness in Darkness -An Argatha Ktonian Dead
 

I don't think that they had the poison claw before. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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They did, and it's actually a pretty poor attack.

Re: Happiness in Darkness -An Argatha Ktonian Dead
 

I looooved ghouls (as you can probably tell by my avatar), and use them probably more than I should have in my BE Ermor game a while back. They're actually not too bad at taking down units like Jotuns, and it can be a pretty irritating way to reclaim lost provinces if you're sick of Black Hawks or have way too many death gems.

Re: Happiness in Darkness -An Argatha Ktonian Dead
 

Looooving ghouls sounds wrong. Somehow it does.

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It is interesting that you mention this. It makes it sound like doubled research costs doesn't affect the late game at all and if you think about it, it makes sense. I wonder if the doubling alone was enough to get the desired effect.

Man, I had no idea ghouls had poisoned claws. That makes them a bit more desirable in my eyes, now.

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