2 small questions about horror mark

[LintMan]

The one time I was attacked by a horror, it was on a soul contracted mage casting some ritual spell.

The horror that showed up wasn't a small one (I'm not sure if it was a Doom Horror, though: I'm thinking it was a regular Horror), but I felt confident because the target mage had a bodyguard of 5 Iron Dragons, one of my favorite units.

Combat begins, the dragons fly over and all attack the horror. The horror lives, and immediately flies past the dragons and attacks my mage, killing him instantly. End of battle.

IIRC, Iron Dragons have a decent bite attack, but I might have done better with bodyguards specialized in doing regular attacks rather than trampling. But I think the horror mark makes the horrors prioritize the marked being, even when already surrounded by enemies. So unless your bodyguards are going to kill the horror immediately the first round before it can move, I suspect you're a goner unless the target victim is tough enough to hold up for a few rounds against the horror.

[Stormbinder]

Originally posted by LintMan:
The one time I was attacked by a horror, it was on a soul contracted mage casting some ritual spell.

The horror that showed up wasn't a small one (I'm not sure if it was a Doom Horror, though: I'm thinking it was a regular Horror), but I felt confident because the target mage had a bodyguard of 5 Iron Dragons, one of my favorite units.

Combat begins, the dragons fly over and all attack the horror. The horror lives, and immediately flies past the dragons and attacks my mage, killing him instantly. End of battle.

IIRC, Iron Dragons have a decent bite attack, but I might have done better with bodyguards specialized in doing regular attacks rather than trampling. But I think the horror mark makes the horrors prioritize the marked being, even when already surrounded by enemies. So unless your bodyguards are going to kill the horror immediately the first round before it can move, I suspect you're a goner unless the target victim is tough enough to hold up for a few rounds against the horror.

Nah. Target victim should summon something first round, and you should give him gems if needed, unless he can kill horror in first round with spell. Also tramplening is indeed one of the worst possible attacks against horrors, since they got to make two checks - 75% of faliure because of they are etherial, AND good chance of failure becuse of horror's high defense (all tramlening attack made as attck 10 vs unit's defense). I would suggest next time to try something with magical attack as a bodyguard, so it could hurt etherial units.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Stormbinder:
I would suggest next time to try something with magical attack as a bodyguard, so it could hurt etherial units.

In addition to this, I would also suggest horror-marked bodyguards, so that the horrors do not ignore them.

[Boron]

Originally posted by Norfleet:

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Originally posted by Stormbinder:
I would suggest next time to try something with magical attack as a bodyguard, so it could hurt etherial units.

In addition to this, I would also suggest horror-marked bodyguards, so that the horrors do not ignore them.

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that's a hard to achieve goal or

[Edi]

At least mages carrying the Forbidden Light unique artifact can expect to get attacked by horrors within the next five to ten turns after equipping the artifact. That's the way it worked in Dom-PPP anyway the times I saw Forbidden Light being used, but its description says it attracts horrors so the chances of attack are probably drastically increased.

Edi

[Boron]

Originally posted by Edi:
At least mages carrying the Forbidden Light unique artifact can expect to get attacked by horrors within the next five to ten turns after equipping the artifact. That's the way it worked in Dom-PPP anyway the times I saw Forbidden Light being used, but its description says it attracts horrors so the chances of attack are probably drastically increased.

Edi

yeah zens miqr says that too . another that example is the gift of kugri . so these 2 items need probably very good protection of the wearer

i really would like to know the odds for a simple soul contract . in order to evaluate if the odds are poor enough like 1% to not be worth trying to protect the wearer's because if the soul contract is in use for average 50+ turns it really pays of well enough .
if the odds would be instead 5-10% i would perhaps take different measures .
unfortunately abysia has no cheap scouts or leaders so i think "cheapest" solution is to hoard them on researching sages .
but if the odds would be 5-10% that would be perhaps to careless .
so does anyone know the odds or should i ask the developers cause i really want to know that

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Boron:
i really would like to know the odds for a simple soul contract . in order to evaluate if the odds are poor enough like 1% to not be worth trying to protect the wearer's because if the soul contract is in use for average 50+ turns it really pays of well enough .

The most cost-effective place to put soul contracts is on a scout. The chance of a horror attack is low enough that you only really have to worry about it over a period of dozens of turns.