Pretender Balance Mod

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Blitz:
Well the crone has FOUR misc slots for one thing. That dosen't suck. Of course the Freak Lord would be wholly superior to the Archmage then, having THREE misc slots and trample, etc. You could tweak here and there... give the Archmage dominion 2 to start maybe.

Except that Trampling often sucks because the unit won't use other attacks (such as ultra-powerful swords / axes) unless the opponent is too large to trample. This is one reason I've stopped using the Earth Mother, and I certainly wouldn't want a fragile little Freak trampling. There's still the 3 misc slots, true, and more importantly the Freak's Fear ability, higher defense and precision, and Last but not least, 3 encumbrance vice the Archmage's 5, compared to the archmage's only advantage, movement 28 vice 16.

When you look at it that way (Fear, 3 misc, better stats, better encumbrance) the Freak is a bargain at 10 points more than the Archmage. But you can't raise the price on the Freaklord, because already no one takes him, so ....