Mod: Reign of the Vampiri

[Sombre]

You could make it so it didn't cost too much though, couldn't you?

[Amos]

You could make it so it didn't cost too much though, couldn't you?

1) No one really uses thralls if they have a choice. Its just a flavor unit.
2) It wouldnt make too much sense if you got 20 Thralls from 5 slaves (I could explain it as a cloning ritual or something but it would feel forced).

[Sombre]

Well you could just say the blood from 5 slaves is used in a ritual to dominate the minds of 20 villagers. Makes as much sense as 36 slaves or whatever to make a vampire.

People use thralls as chaff in the game, or for patrolling. They aren't entirely useless.

[Amos]

Before I changed the cost to 0 in the recent update the cost for the Thralls was 9gp. Most of the Tetsu cost 10gp and they are better armed and armored. Even if you want to use cheap troops for chaff and patrolling, the Tetsu are much better for this role. They dont get rolled over in the first turn by heavy cavalry like Thralls do. IMHO the Thralls are worthless as a unit.

[Amos]

Version 0.20

Ghoul Soldier changed to replace Thralls as chaff. Resource and money costs significantly lowered, mor 20, def 5 and noheal.
Added Death scale requirement to nation's description.

[HoneyBadger]

I was thinking that if you just want interesting chaff, it might be fun to have thralls that, after a certain amount of damage has been done to them, a bat (with slight fear effect) explodes from their chests, where their heart used to be, and attacks.

It would still be a weak unit as a thrall with a pitchfork, and the bat would have like 1 hp and very low stats, but it would be thematically pretty spectacular to see a bloody bat exploding from a thrall's chest-cavity, it my opinion. You could have a somewhat tougher version that metamorphosed into a giant rat or even a wolf or a spider, or one with giant leeches bursting out of the still-living thrall to attack you, or even a high-level one possessed by a nasty demon. Maybe they could be national summons? It would be quite a surprise to attack a group of thralls, expecting to roll right over them, but then suddenly some of them are turning into monsters while others have monsters eating or exploding their way out of their own bodies to attack you.

That would make your basic thrall a really useful, still very weak unit, because it would serve as a camoflage for the more dangerous versions-you'd never know what you might get when you attack that group of thralls.

[Amos]

Added an even more chaff like Ghoul Soldier (9gp 5res).
I dont understand why Quarterstaff is a better weapon than a pitchfork.

HoneyBadger I was planing to use the "bat" idea for a multihero. Would be a shame to use it on chaff.