Silent Seas AAR

[Nerfix]

120 composite archers judging from the small figures. How odd. Let's hope they won't get stupid ideas...what are you researching BTW?

[okiN]

Such a huge crowd of missile troops could wreak havoc on your unarmored soldiers. I'm scared.

[st.patrik]

Turn 14
Everything is proceeding according to plan. Caelum launched three fruitless attacks against me: two sets of 'Call of the Winds' in two different provinces, and then a pathetic attempt to dislodge me from his city with regular forces. Devasura captured 6 blood slaves, which upset the people. That and the increase in taxes left the province pretty unhappy with their overlords.

T'ien Ch'i did not attack, but instead took the indy province which borders both of us. This is unfortunate because it gives me a larger border to defend, but a lot better than a declaration of war. Balakrit has found the border between T'ien Ch'i and Vanheim, and is hanging out in an independant province hoping to see some action. Just so long as he doesn't join in that's ok.

With the extra money from putting Caelum's taxes at 200% I am able to afford another Yaksha, as well as my standard purchase of Yavanas. I am hoping to get one with extra Nature magic, because if so he will be able to summon his brethren from outside this world to aid us - that is as soon as I find the formula for the incantation. Those Yogis are only doing a so-so job figuring that stuff out.

[st.patrik]

Turn 15
More of the same this month: Caelum made another (feeble) attempt to break my siege. I captured another 11 blood slaves and now the people are getting well and truly mad. Things are stable with T'ien Ch'i. My newly recruited Yaksha is very good at Earth magic, but not as good at Nature as I had hoped. I am going to send him north to capture the mostly empty remaining Caelum province, and build some temples, to try to persuade the people there that their worship of this Caelian so-called 'god' is misguided. In the mean time Divya the Guru is continuing to search for magic sites. I need to build up my military for the inevitable war with T'ien Ch'i. Maybe take a few more independant provinces to increase the income somewhat. Anuprabha is bouncing back and forth along the border, to give the impression of large troop movements to any T'ien Ch'i observers who might be watching.

Gah! I just realized that instead of recruiting Yavanas last turn I recruited Guhyakas! Not a terribly big deal, just that the Guhyakas carry a spear (so do less damage) and are less effective at both attack and defence. Oh well.

[st.patrik]

I just realised that I never posted a shot of my unit of choice, the powerful Yavana. Well, here he is:

With my water 9 astral 4 blessing he gets +4 def, which takes him to a whopping 18. Between the high defence and the awe effect these guys take very little damage in melee. They also have 2 attacks, one of which is capable of doing quite a lot of damage, so their damage output is impressive too. They just really have to stay away from missile weapons.

[Nerfix]

Did anyone notice how there's this odd big eagle amongs those smaller ones?

And yup. Stick monkeys...*chuckle*

Guhyakas and Yavana's ook like solid units. Not much of a resource cost and good stats. Nice.

[st.patrik]

The big hawk is the leader.

These guys are one example of sprites that have been remade. They look way better than the hawks from Dom II (IMHO).

[Agrajag]

Nerfix said:
Guhyakas and Yavana's ook like solid units.

Now I'm wondering if that's intentional or not

[Nerfix]

Eh, it's unintentional.

[st.patrik]

Turn 16
Again an uneventful turn. Another 5 blood slaves. I wonder if Caelian virgins have wings...

Caelum didn't even try a counter-attack this turn. Ananda is moving north towards the lone Caelian province. Devasura is turning his attention from blood hunting to preaching. Anuprabha is searching to see if the border provinces have any secret magical sites. I am recruiting another Yakshini to help with research and site searching.

All is quiet...