LA Pangea - a rotten way to go green

[Aezeal]

hey does carrion woods only produce critters in forests (is what I deduce from the reply on my previous post) I've not played this race or strat so I'm a nubbie on pan and carrion woods.. but this gives me a lot to work with

[Jarkko]

Originally Posted by Aezeal

hey does carrion woods only produce critters in forests (is what I deduce from the reply on my previous post) I've not played this race or strat so I'm a nubbie on pan and carrion woods.. but this gives me a lot to work with

No, it creates the normal very basic manikin everywhere in your dominion. They have the sleep-vines so they are excellent to take out elephants, cavalry, thugs and lone SC's. In every other aspect they basically suck just like undeads do (but as Baalz have noted above, with good buffs when the opponent is unprepared, they are great, because there are *lots* of them).

In forests however random manikin are created. Most are still the basic manikin, then there are the even crappier wingless harpy variation (an undead harpy that can not fly, so it hops around with a massive tactical speed of 4 IIRC), the same chaff manikin as you get everywhere else but with different looks (probably so that you get some additional micromanagement hell as you can't select them all with double-click) awesome looking minotaur manikin (they look great, but they actually are just as crap as normal manikin, they just have a bit extra HP), wolf-manikin (fast manikins, good for flanking) and horse manikin (fast too, and they have half decent stats, so they actually are good). In forests you also have a chance to get the "I did just pee in my pants because of happines" -quality Elephant manikin (basically same stats as the Behemoth you can summon with Death magic) and Centaur manikin (sacred, Vine Bows, fast, good stats).

[Gregstrom]

Originally Posted by Jarkko

In forests however random manikin are created.... the same chaff manikin as you get everywhere else but with different looks (probably so that you get some additional micromanagement hell as you can't select them all with double-click)

That's not entirely fair... they have better defence, strength and MR as well.

And I think you left out the boar manikins (like standard ones but a little faster and with appalling MR) and bear manikins (huge HP and strength but dreadful MR again). Both are okay for sieging castles, but don't let them anywhere near a battle if the opponent can cast control undead.