Unforgettable Moments

[Wauthan]

A funny moment and a warning for those that are a little bit too eager to try out new strategies.

In the larger mp game I'm participating in one of my opponents had started out a Jotunheim "undead mage factory" with the death9 blessing.

He sent his full undead force of thirty mages, gygjas and skratti, and perhaps 200 various "lesser" undead right clean trough my dominion with numbers that swelled for every laboratory he claimed.

Then his army reached my capital and was promptly banished into nothingness by 12 stouthearted High Inquisitors. The next turn I reclaimed all my lost territory with the various scouts that had been hiding in his wake, claimed and sacked his capital with ten rituals of "Call of the Wild" cast in the previous turn.

Unstoppable undead horde indeed. Throwing bones to the dogs more like it.

[PvK]

Nice stories. And, that's a great trick with the summoned troll!

I've written about other great moments on other threads. E.g. the time I set my own mummified hero on fire via an oversight, thus losing a major battle, since he was the only one leading the huge army of undead and demons which was supposed to wipe out miasmatic C'tis. I'd started him out in the middle of my devil brigade... oops. Or, the time Henric my cursed priest won the arena deathmatch, to go on to become a heroic melee combattant.

Just tonight, I had a memorable moment against Pythium. They kept casting Wrath of God even after I dispelled it, and the Last casting resisted my dispel so it must be rather strong, and I was having to live with it. While battling their armies on two fronts and having to suffer constant losses from lightning strikes, I sent my magic-item bedecked succubus Fanelle hunting for the caster. She eventually snuck her way to Pythium, and finally, tonight, she found Coriolanus the Arch Theurg Prophet, who wasn't at all interested in her dream games. He was a serious wizard with Fire 1, Air 4, Water 4, Astral 6, Holy 5, Quarterstaff, HP 24, Strength 21, Attack 21, Defense 21, MR 23, precision 19. He cast quickness. Fanelle swooped in and he staved her off (repel staff bonk for a bruise) and then smote her, destroying her magic shield, crippling her arm, and taking her from health 30 to 4. Then she gutted him with her magic sword and he exploded in a huge bath of holy flames... which fortunately didn't snuff her out. Whew! Nice job, Fanelle! The lightning is over!

PvK

[Endoperez]

This just happened in Dominions 1 with Pangaea:

I had been attacked by a monstrous Manticore, which had 5 Astral, 4 Earth and 2 Air. It started battle by casting Invulnerability, followed by either Body Ethereal or Luck. I had driven it away, and thought it had retreated into capital of Arcoschepale just a small fight to the west. So I collceted my Cross-bred forces, gave them all the Maenads I had to spare and went after Arcos. It wasn't until I had their capital besieged that their pretender was a Master druid. Then I remembered that the Manticore had been pretender of Vanheim, and that he must have died in the retreat.

Now I started to finish Arcoschepale. I managed to lose my army of poison spitting crossbred, including 3 basilisks, because Arco had only 3 commanders and handful of poison-immune Mandragoras. They slaughtered my Minotaurs, and my starving spider-thingies decided to run away. I'm not very proud of that battle. After pondering a little, I decided I would change tactics. Taking some summoned wolves and remaining spidermen, together with 3 Dracolions and 2 Cockatrices, and just letting them all to slaughter the three mages forming the army of Arco (mandragoras had all been destroyed the turn before). Orokestes the Eunuch and the pretender Master Druid died in the first round to the bites of angry wolves, and the remaining native mage second turn. Astrologer's Body Ethereal could not save him from the mouths of crippled, badly hurt Dracolions. All three had cast Ritual of Returning on themselves, but that was of no help.

Now I should mention that I had given Soul Contract to a Pandemoniac the turn before. As excepted, a devil had appeared to my citadel in Pangaea. But what kind of a devil! First, it was a commander. I checked, no, there was no devil in the garrison, so this had to be a gift from the Infernal Lord. Now I checked the devil. Imagine my surprise when I saw Orokestes the Devil before me! Orokestes, with all his magics (FAEW2S3H) and both items he had died with! (enhchanted pike, endless wineskin) Not a bad gift, eh?

( I have no idea about why this happened, check the thread "Strange Bug in Dom1", it might have some answers. )

[ February 14, 2004, 15:38: Message edited by: Endoperez ]

[Gandalf Parker]

Alot of my favorite stories involve Wind Ride in combo with some charming spell such as HellBind. Gaining 2 or 3 prophets at the same time is fun. Snatching an enemy commander who had fantastic leadership ability and a ton of nice equipment is great. Attacking the province he was in and watching a huge army rout for lack of leadership is a giggle fest. Doing it with just a lone scout is roll-on-the-floor hilarious.
heehee "Hey leaderless troops.... BOO!"

[ February 14, 2004, 18:52: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]