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Mal Shubertal: /* Glory */

2022-04-07T20:16:10Z

Glory

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	The one way of beating this scenario that I can attest to is the brute force method. If you have played the last scenario well, you will come in with significant starting gold and several Fugitives and Shadow Mages, as well as other lvl 2-3 units to recall. You will also have the ability to recruit rogues, and you should get at least one for its skirmisher ability. So you will take your units toward the southwest tower, staying clear of the orcs. Dangle some expendable units in range of the defenders, to lure them to jump out to attack. When they do, swarm them and continue pushing your army toward the western gate. Again, try to lure the northwestern tower defenders into the open, swarm them, and then push east into the castle. Don't pause for time of day, just keep attacking, time is of the essence. Use your mages to kill enemies on castle tiles, and use your thugs/highwaymen to screen the mages from counterattacks. Focus on taking out the enemy's pikemen/spearmen, because Gwydion and his horseboys will charge directly into them otherwise, and be even more useless than usual. If you take out the northwestern pikemen, then the Elensefar troops will get all the way into the castle and pressure the northeast tower from the inside. The hardest tower to capture is the southeast. The orcs will get close to taking it, but then they will be overwhelmed by the waves of reinforcements from the east. The reinforcements will follow the orcs southeast, back toward their leader outside the castle, but once the orcs are defeated the reinforcemetns will start to return to fight you, so you want to take the southeast tower while most of them are still outside. Here is where recruiting a single rogue at the start will really pay off. All you need to do is open a narrow path to the southeastern trap door, then you can use the rogue's skirmish ability to sneak him in on a suicide mission while the rest of your forces focus on the northeast tower, which will be comparatively easy, since the elensefar knights are providing distraction and softening up the defenders.		The one way of beating this scenario that I can attest to is the brute force method. If you have played the last scenario well, you will come in with significant starting gold and several Fugitives and Shadow Mages, as well as other lvl 2-3 units to recall. You will also have the ability to recruit rogues, and you should get at least one for its skirmisher ability. So you will take your units toward the southwest tower, staying clear of the orcs. Dangle some expendable units in range of the defenders, to lure them to jump out to attack. When they do, swarm them and continue pushing your army toward the western gate. Again, try to lure the northwestern tower defenders into the open, swarm them, and then push east into the castle. Don't pause for time of day, just keep attacking, time is of the essence. Use your mages to kill enemies on castle tiles, and use your thugs/highwaymen to screen the mages from counterattacks. Focus on taking out the enemy's pikemen/spearmen, because Gwydion and his horseboys will charge directly into them otherwise, and be even more useless than usual. If you take out the northwestern pikemen, then the Elensefar troops will get all the way into the castle and pressure the northeast tower from the inside. The hardest tower to capture is the southeast. The orcs will get close to taking it, but then they will be overwhelmed by the waves of reinforcements from the east. The reinforcements will follow the orcs southeast, back toward their leader outside the castle, but once the orcs are defeated the reinforcemetns will start to return to fight you, so you want to take the southeast tower while most of them are still outside. Here is where recruiting a single rogue at the start will really pay off. All you need to do is open a narrow path to the southeastern trap door, then you can use the rogue's skirmish ability to sneak him in on a suicide mission while the rest of your forces focus on the northeast tower, which will be comparatively easy, since the elensefar knights are providing distraction and softening up the defenders.

			If you had one of your units grab the poison potion from last scenario, you can use them as a 'poison bomb' by just throwing them into one of the gates and trying to hit as many units as they can before dying. There are no villages inside the fortress, so any poisoned enemy units will just stand around until they hit 1 hp forever, which makes it easy for your other units to dispatch them several turns later.

	Below are some other strategies for beating this level. This campaign was significantly updated in 1.15, so some of the suggested strategies below may no longer apply.		Below are some other strategies for beating this level. This campaign was significantly updated in 1.15, so some of the suggested strategies below may no longer apply.

Mal Shubertal at 02:49, 4 April 2022

2022-04-04T02:49:17Z

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	Notice that, during the first two scenarios of this campaign, your units will not be exactly Footpads, Thugs and Poachers. They will be instead ''Peasant Youths'', ''Villagers'' and ''Peasant Hunters''. The main difference of these counterparts is that they have a neutral alignment, so you need to adjust your strategies accordingly in case you're accustomed to the Time of Day cycle for chaotic units. From the third scenario onwards, your army will become regular (chaotic) units.		Notice that, during the first two scenarios of this campaign, your units will not be exactly Footpads, Thugs and Poachers. They will be instead ''Peasant Youths'', ''Villagers'' and ''Peasant Hunters''. The main difference of these counterparts is that they have a neutral alignment, so you need to adjust your strategies accordingly in case you're accustomed to the Time of Day cycle for chaotic units. From the third scenario onwards, your army will become regular (chaotic) units.

	The main problem in this campaign is finding units to deal damage; Footpads are great for swarming and pinning enemies, but even swarming an enemy from all sides they might take less than half its HP off in one turn. None of your L1 units cause much damage. ~~It's important to~~ level ~~up a couple each of Thugs~~ and ~~Poachers~~; you then use these as first strike against an enemy unit, followed by the Footpad swarm to finish them off or at least pin them so you can finish them next turn. In particular, you want a Huntsman by scenario 7 so you have decent marksman damage for busting enemy commanders.		The main problem early in this campaign is finding units to deal damage; Footpads are great for swarming and pinning enemies, but even swarming an enemy from all sides they might take less than half its HP off in one turn. None of your L1 units cause much damage except thugs. Having at least a few high level thugs and poachers is necessary; you then use these as first strike against an enemy unit, followed by the Footpad swarm to finish them off or at least pin them so you can finish them next turn. In particular, you want a Huntsman by scenario 7 so you have decent marksman damage for busting enemy commanders.

	This is a small spoiler, but you will face many enemies with high pierce resistance in this campaign, especially toward the end. For this reason, it is advisable to not invest your xp too heavily into poachers. Instead, focus on levelling up footpads. They do decent ranged damage at higher levels, and their superior damage type, high movement, and survivability make them a better long term investment. One Huntsman should be enough to soften up the tougher enemies without pierce resistance, and give the ~~rest of the xp~~ to footpads. You start off with 2 level 2 thugs, in addition to Baldras, so getting them all up to lvl 3 will give you more than enough melee power.		This is a small spoiler, but you will face many enemies with high pierce resistance in this campaign, especially toward the end. For this reason, it is advisable to not invest your xp too heavily into poachers. Instead, focus on levelling up multiple footpads. They do decent ranged damage at higher levels, and their superior damage type, high movement, and survivability make them a better long term investment. One Huntsman should be enough to soften up the tougher enemies without pierce resistance, and give the kills to footpads. You start off with 2 level 2 thugs, in addition to Baldras, so getting them all up to lvl 3 will give you more than enough melee power for the whole campaign.

	=== The Raid ===		=== The Raid ===

Mal Shubertal at 02:46, 4 April 2022

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	The main problem in this campaign is finding units to deal damage; Footpads are great for swarming and pinning enemies, but even swarming an enemy from all sides they might take less than half its HP off in one turn. None of your L1 units cause much damage. It's important to level up a couple each of Thugs and Poachers; you then use these as first strike against an enemy unit, followed by the Footpad swarm to finish them off or at least pin them so you can finish them next turn. In particular, you want a Huntsman by scenario 7 so you have decent marksman damage for busting enemy commanders.		The main problem in this campaign is finding units to deal damage; Footpads are great for swarming and pinning enemies, but even swarming an enemy from all sides they might take less than half its HP off in one turn. None of your L1 units cause much damage. It's important to level up a couple each of Thugs and Poachers; you then use these as first strike against an enemy unit, followed by the Footpad swarm to finish them off or at least pin them so you can finish them next turn. In particular, you want a Huntsman by scenario 7 so you have decent marksman damage for busting enemy commanders.

			This is a small spoiler, but you will face many enemies with high pierce resistance in this campaign, especially toward the end. For this reason, it is advisable to not invest your xp too heavily into poachers. Instead, focus on levelling up footpads. They do decent ranged damage at higher levels, and their superior damage type, high movement, and survivability make them a better long term investment. One Huntsman should be enough to soften up the tougher enemies without pierce resistance, and give the rest of the xp to footpads. You start off with 2 level 2 thugs, in addition to Baldras, so getting them all up to lvl 3 will give you more than enough melee power.

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	Once you've reached all 4 trap doors (not necessarily at once), you have two more turns to survive before the fortress collapses and the scenario is won; make sure to keep Baldras and Harper alive and make sure they're out of the fortress' perimeter when it collapses.		Once you've reached all 4 trap doors (not necessarily at once), you have two more turns to survive before the fortress collapses and the scenario is won; make sure to keep Baldras and Harper alive and make sure they're out of the fortress' perimeter when it collapses.

	The one way of beating this scenario that I can attest to is the brute force method. If you have played the last scenario well, you will come in with significant starting gold and several Fugitives and Shadow Mages, as well as other lvl 2-3 units to recall. You will also have the ability to recruit rogues, and you should get at least one for its skirmisher ability. So you will take your units toward the southwest tower, staying clear of the orcs. Dangle some expendable units in range of the defenders, to lure them to jump out to attack. When they do, swarm them and continue pushing your army toward the western gate. Again, try to lure the northwestern tower defenders into the open, swarm them, and then push east into the castle. Don't pause for time of day, just keep attacking, time is of the essence. Use your mages to kill enemies on castle tiles, and use your thugs/highwaymen to screen the mages from counterattacks. Focus on taking out the enemy's pikemen/spearmen, because Gwydion and his horseboys will charge directly into them otherwise, and be even more useless than usual. If you take out the northwestern pikemen, then the Elensefar troops will get all the way into the castle and pressure the northeast tower from the inside. The hardest tower to capture is the southeast. The orcs will get close to taking it, but then they will be overwhelmed by the waves of reinforcements from the east. The reinforcements will follow the orcs southeast, back toward their leader outside the castle, but once the orcs are defeated the reinforcemetns will start to return to fight you, so you want to take the southeast tower while most of them are still outside. ~~The~~ northeast tower is comparatively easy, since the elensefar knights are providing distraction.		The one way of beating this scenario that I can attest to is the brute force method. If you have played the last scenario well, you will come in with significant starting gold and several Fugitives and Shadow Mages, as well as other lvl 2-3 units to recall. You will also have the ability to recruit rogues, and you should get at least one for its skirmisher ability. So you will take your units toward the southwest tower, staying clear of the orcs. Dangle some expendable units in range of the defenders, to lure them to jump out to attack. When they do, swarm them and continue pushing your army toward the western gate. Again, try to lure the northwestern tower defenders into the open, swarm them, and then push east into the castle. Don't pause for time of day, just keep attacking, time is of the essence. Use your mages to kill enemies on castle tiles, and use your thugs/highwaymen to screen the mages from counterattacks. Focus on taking out the enemy's pikemen/spearmen, because Gwydion and his horseboys will charge directly into them otherwise, and be even more useless than usual. If you take out the northwestern pikemen, then the Elensefar troops will get all the way into the castle and pressure the northeast tower from the inside. The hardest tower to capture is the southeast. The orcs will get close to taking it, but then they will be overwhelmed by the waves of reinforcements from the east. The reinforcements will follow the orcs southeast, back toward their leader outside the castle, but once the orcs are defeated the reinforcemetns will start to return to fight you, so you want to take the southeast tower while most of them are still outside. Here is where recruiting a single rogue at the start will really pay off. All you need to do is open a narrow path to the southeastern trap door, then you can use the rogue's skirmish ability to sneak him in on a suicide mission while the rest of your forces focus on the northeast tower, which will be comparatively easy, since the elensefar knights are providing distraction and softening up the defenders.

	Below are some other strategies for beating this level. This campaign was significantly updated in 1.15, so some of the suggested strategies below may no longer apply.		Below are some other strategies for beating this level. This campaign was significantly updated in 1.15, so some of the suggested strategies below may no longer apply.

Mal Shubertal: /* Glory */

2022-04-04T01:32:30Z

Glory

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	* Objectives: Destroy all four towers		* Objectives: Destroy all four towers
	* Lose if: Baldras or Harper die, or time runs out		* Lose if: Baldras or Harper die, or time runs out
	* Turns: ??~~/34~~/?? (Easy/Medium/Hard)		* Turns: ??/??/32 (Easy/Medium/Hard)
	* Starting units: Baldras ~~and~~ Harper, ~~possibly~~ Helicrom		* Starting units: Baldras, Harper, Helicrom
	* Other: Move a unit onto each of the trap door to destroy a tower		* Other: Move a unit onto each of the trap door to destroy a tower

	The ~~Wesnothian~~ army ~~is tough to beat~~ if you ~~have~~ to ~~try to take~~ them ~~on inside~~ their ~~fortress -~~ and ~~they get reinforcements every afternoon. You have~~ to ~~lure as many as possible out of the fortress -- dangle bait just within their engagement range. It's the final scenario~~, so ~~don't worry about money, just recall all your L2 and L3 recalls and recruit until you are out of gold~~.		The Orcs will focus on the wesnoth army primarily, but if you get too close to them some of their units will get distracted and peel off to attack you, so try to keep a good distance from them during the early turns.

	~~If you chose to have Helicrom join you in battle~~, ~~he will be auto-recalled~~ for ~~you, and you will be able to recall and recruit his Shadow Mages~~. ~~(In earlier versions they would be a separate, allied faction~~.)		Every time the Afternoon time of day arrives, a new group of reinforcements for the Wesnoth side arrives at the right side of the screen. The first ones arrive just as the orcs are getting the upper hand in the southeastern tower.

	~~March your troops straight North and hang out around the first village there~~. It will be a ~~nice pitched battle for a few turns~~, ~~but eventually your numbers~~ will ~~overwhelm them. Then you can split your forces a bit~~ to the ~~west and south entrances~~. ~~Remember that your Outlaws and above fight~~ a lot ~~better~~ in ~~the mountains than~~ your ~~opponents (offsetting the garrison bonus)~~.		On Turn 8, Lord Maddock's son, Gwydion, will appear in a Northwestern castle. He will send in 8-9 mounted units, Lancers or Knights on Hard difficulty, which will proceed to attack. Unfortunately, equestrian tactics don't seem to be one of Elensfar's strong points, and their riders will just make a headstrong charge, which will fail to defeat the defenders. They will shake things up a lot, kill a bunch of units, and create openings for you to sneak in your quick units.

	~~On Turn 8 (on Medium difficulty) , Lord Maddock's son, Gwydion~~, ~~will appear in a Northwestern castle. He will send~~ in ~~8-9 mounted units, Lancers or Knights on Medium difficulty, which will proceed~~ to ~~attack. Unfortunately~~, ~~equestrian tactics don't seem to be one of Elensfar's strong points, and their riders will just make a headstrong charge, which~~ will ~~fail to defeat the defenders. They will shake things up~~ a ~~lot, kill a bunch~~ of ~~units, and create openings for you to sneak in your quick units~~.		The Wesnoth leader gets a ridiculous income, in addition to his periodic free reinforcements, so he will win a battle of attrition.

	Remember: It's the trap doors that matter, not defeating enemy units.		Remember: It's the trap doors that matter, not defeating enemy units.

	Once you've reached all 4 trap doors (not necessarily at once), you have two more turns to survive before the fortress collapses and the scenario is won; make sure to keep Baldras and Harper alive and make sure they're out of the fortress' perimeter when it collapses.		Once you've reached all 4 trap doors (not necessarily at once), you have two more turns to survive before the fortress collapses and the scenario is won; make sure to keep Baldras and Harper alive and make sure they're out of the fortress' perimeter when it collapses.

			The one way of beating this scenario that I can attest to is the brute force method. If you have played the last scenario well, you will come in with significant starting gold and several Fugitives and Shadow Mages, as well as other lvl 2-3 units to recall. You will also have the ability to recruit rogues, and you should get at least one for its skirmisher ability. So you will take your units toward the southwest tower, staying clear of the orcs. Dangle some expendable units in range of the defenders, to lure them to jump out to attack. When they do, swarm them and continue pushing your army toward the western gate. Again, try to lure the northwestern tower defenders into the open, swarm them, and then push east into the castle. Don't pause for time of day, just keep attacking, time is of the essence. Use your mages to kill enemies on castle tiles, and use your thugs/highwaymen to screen the mages from counterattacks. Focus on taking out the enemy's pikemen/spearmen, because Gwydion and his horseboys will charge directly into them otherwise, and be even more useless than usual. If you take out the northwestern pikemen, then the Elensefar troops will get all the way into the castle and pressure the northeast tower from the inside. The hardest tower to capture is the southeast. The orcs will get close to taking it, but then they will be overwhelmed by the waves of reinforcements from the east. The reinforcements will follow the orcs southeast, back toward their leader outside the castle, but once the orcs are defeated the reinforcemetns will start to return to fight you, so you want to take the southeast tower while most of them are still outside. The northeast tower is comparatively easy, since the elensefar knights are providing distraction.

			Below are some other strategies for beating this level. This campaign was significantly updated in 1.15, so some of the suggested strategies below may no longer apply.

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	[Comments by cph] At hard, I played it a bit differently. Helicrom's units throw themselves at the south gate and clog it for a day or so; the riders attack the west gate and tie up the enemy there. So I marched my entire force into the woods southwest of the fortress; once both gates were clogged by the allies, I moved my forces closer to both gates, and then lunged into the fortress with all the Footpads, Outlaws and Fugitives I could fit in. Fugitives on good defensive tiles are great for holding the flanks of the thrust, and Footpads are expendable. Bash away throughout the night on all the enemies you can, moving as much as you can into the fortress; seize the central fort with outlaws, and rush Footpads to the 4 towers as soon as you get an opening. The orcs went down the east side of the level, so they ran straight into the reinforcements, and I didn't have to fight either.

	[Comments by Bumblebee] A different strategy is to avoid direct fight as much as possible and remember you lead guerilla fighters. Recall all quick L2 and L3 units (with at least 6 or 7 moves per turn), recall all ''quick'' L1 Footpads, some poachers and a couple of Thieves or Rogues are helpful too. Spend the first day taking villages and moving your forces, let riders and orcs kill some defenders. Don't send too many units on eastern flank, or they will lure orcs, and orcs will fight mostly you instead of garrison. When army reinforces arrive, retreat if they notice you. Kill pursuers one by one. Let reinforces meet orcs.		[Comments by Bumblebee] A different strategy is to avoid direct fight as much as possible and remember you lead guerilla fighters. Recall all quick L2 and L3 units (with at least 6 or 7 moves per turn), recall all ''quick'' L1 Footpads, some poachers and a couple of Thieves or Rogues are helpful too. Spend the first day taking villages and moving your forces, let riders and orcs kill some defenders. Don't send too many units on eastern flank, or they will lure orcs, and orcs will fight mostly you instead of garrison. When army reinforces arrive, retreat if they notice you. Kill pursuers one by one. Let reinforces meet orcs.
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	[Comments by KingElk] Similar to bumblebee, but more specific. This worked on normal difficulty, I'm not sure if it would work on hard. First, recall any Outlaws/Fugitives, or Rangers (I had one ranger (L3 Poacher) and it came in handy fending some of the enemies off, and it is fast.) As the above states, any units with 6/7 moves per turn. Do NOT recall anything else, even if its L3. After, with any leftover gold, recruit Outlaws until you are out of money. Move your entire army (and leader) along the dead west part of the map, until you reach the west entrance. Do NOT fight the army coming from the south gate. They might get a few shots at you but you will beat the scenario before they swing around their main army to trap you in the west (your northwest ally will fend them off for 3+ turns). Split your Outlaws and send 3-5 to the north gate, and the remaining shoved into the west gate. You will probably meet resistance in the west, but the only entrance you need to reach from the west gate is the southwest one. From the north, split again and attempt to reach the northwest and northeast objectives in one turn if possible. As a bonus, if your Outlaw has one extra movement point when it takes an objective, it still has that after and can move onto a castle for 70% defense. The southwest objective can be taken by pushing through the west gate. After those three are down, squeeze some Outlaws from the north or west to the southeast, at any cost. In all likelihood, the northeast Outlaw will have little resistance because of the orc/human fighting. Your leader can head northwest to the corner of the map for safety, don't use him for fighting. NOTE: You don't need the extra ally that was offered earlier in the campaign, or the extra gold. I made the mistake of getting Rogue Mages, but it didn't matter.		[Comments by KingElk] Similar to bumblebee, but more specific. This worked on normal difficulty, I'm not sure if it would work on hard. First, recall any Outlaws/Fugitives, or Rangers (I had one ranger (L3 Poacher) and it came in handy fending some of the enemies off, and it is fast.) As the above states, any units with 6/7 moves per turn. Do NOT recall anything else, even if its L3. After, with any leftover gold, recruit Outlaws until you are out of money. Move your entire army (and leader) along the dead west part of the map, until you reach the west entrance. Do NOT fight the army coming from the south gate. They might get a few shots at you but you will beat the scenario before they swing around their main army to trap you in the west (your northwest ally will fend them off for 3+ turns). Split your Outlaws and send 3-5 to the north gate, and the remaining shoved into the west gate. You will probably meet resistance in the west, but the only entrance you need to reach from the west gate is the southwest one. From the north, split again and attempt to reach the northwest and northeast objectives in one turn if possible. As a bonus, if your Outlaw has one extra movement point when it takes an objective, it still has that after and can move onto a castle for 70% defense. The southwest objective can be taken by pushing through the west gate. After those three are down, squeeze some Outlaws from the north or west to the southeast, at any cost. In all likelihood, the northeast Outlaw will have little resistance because of the orc/human fighting. Your leader can head northwest to the corner of the map for safety, don't use him for fighting. NOTE: You don't need the extra ally that was offered earlier in the campaign, or the extra gold. I made the mistake of getting Rogue Mages, but it didn't matter.

	[Comments by Hipparchos] Similar to KingElk, but even faster in my experience: recall/recruit all quick troops then it's "student body left" as you march north along the west side of the map. Hugging the edge isn't necessary (and slows you down a bit), just stay about 4 hexes away from the city walls and you won't attract any defenders (which is what you want). Avoid all enemy contact and combat, and ignore villages, as your goal is the NORTH gate! You must accept Helicrom's help, then fall in behind his lines as his horsemen attack the city and attract the guards away from the western walls while the orcs attract the guards away from the eastern walls. I also send a single sacrificial unit east to distract and delay the Wesnoth reinforcements. And sometimes the west gate is left unguarded for a turn, so it's a good idea to drop off an outlaw nearby to exploit that. By the time you're at the north gate, it should be unguarded. The city is fast-moving pavement, so you should be able to rush enough units in through the north gate to take all four towers in one or two turns. The game's AI makes the enemy seek out weaker units to attack, which means they will mostly leave you alone as you take their rear. The entire scenario takes me 12 turns this way at normal difficulty.

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Mal Shubertal: /* The Hunters */

2022-04-03T20:23:49Z

The Hunters

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	There are 4 easter eggs in this scenario. In the southwest corner there is a whirlpool which will spawn an extra large tentacle. There is no bonus for killing it, but it is lvl 3 so you can get some easy xp. XP is plentiful in this level though, and you will waste a lot of upkeep walking your units over to it and then all the way back to the main fighting, so it's probably not worth the trouble. North of Baldras' keep there is a key. Southeast of the keep is a white coffin. If one of your units touches the key and then another unit touches the coffin (they don't have to do it at the same time), it will unlock and reveal a ghoul. If you kill the ghoul you will get a potion that gives any unit that picks it up a melee poison attack and some extra hp. Northwest of Helicrom's keep is a white structure that will give a bonus 16 gold EACH to both Baldras and Helicrom. Northeast of Helicrom's keep is a sword that will give Helicrom a permanent +2 melee damage.		There are 4 easter eggs in this scenario. In the southwest corner there is a whirlpool which will spawn an extra large tentacle. There is no bonus for killing it, but it is lvl 3 so you can get some easy xp. XP is plentiful in this level though, and you will waste a lot of upkeep walking your units over to it and then all the way back to the main fighting, so it's probably not worth the trouble. North of Baldras' keep there is a key. Southeast of the keep is a white coffin. If one of your units touches the key and then another unit touches the coffin (they don't have to do it at the same time), it will unlock and reveal a ghoul. If you kill the ghoul you will get a potion that gives any unit that picks it up a melee poison attack and some extra hp. Northwest of Helicrom's keep is a white structure that will give a bonus 16 gold EACH to both Baldras and Helicrom. Northeast of Helicrom's keep is a sword that will give Helicrom a permanent +2 melee damage.

	The next scenario is the end of the campaign, so plan your advancements accordingly. It will feature a lot of fighting on castle tiles and mountains, and it will emphasize speed and mobility. This means that the magical attacks from helicrom's units will be useful, as will the speed of the footpad advancements. Huntsmen are of dubious importance. On the one hand, their marksmanship ability is useful for attacking enemies on castle tiles, but on the other hand the enemy will have lots of Shock Troopers and Pikemen ~~next turn~~, so pierce damage will not be very effective.		The next scenario is the end of the campaign, so plan your advancements in this scenario accordingly. The final scenario will feature a lot of fighting on castle tiles and mountains, and it will emphasize speed and mobility. This means that the magical attacks from helicrom's units will be useful, as will the speed of the footpad advancements. Huntsmen are of dubious importance. On the one hand, their marksmanship ability is useful for attacking enemies on castle tiles, but on the other hand the enemy will have lots of Shock Troopers and Pikemen, so pierce damage will not be very effective.

	For maximizing carryover gold into the ~~next~~ scenario, keep 2 things in mind:		For maximizing carryover gold into the final scenario, keep 2 things in mind:

	1) the objectives say there is no early finish bonus, but this is not exactly true. There is no way to finish before turn 21 when the last patrol appears. But there is an early finish bonus from turn 21 on.		1) the objectives say there is no early finish bonus, but this is not exactly true. There is no way to finish before turn 21 when the last patrol appears. But there is an early finish bonus from turn 21 on.

	2) At the end of this scenario, it will calculate carryover gold for both Baldras' and Helicrom's team, but only Baldras' carryover actually affects the starting gold for next scenario; Helicrom's carryover gold just disappears. For this reason, it can be a good idea to send ~~a footpad from Baldras~~' side to steal all of Helicrom's villages ASAP. They will help offset Baldras' upkeep and increase his income for the whole level, and are just wasted on Helicrom.		2) At the end of this scenario, it will calculate carryover gold for both Baldras' and Helicrom's team, but only Baldras' carryover actually affects the starting gold for next scenario; Helicrom's carryover gold just disappears. For this reason, it can be a good idea to immediately send Harper to Helicrom's side of the path to steal all of Helicrom's villages ASAP. They will help offset Baldras' upkeep and increase his income for the whole level, and are just wasted on Helicrom.

	=== Glory ===		=== Glory ===

Mal Shubertal: /* The Hunters */

2022-04-03T14:41:58Z

The Hunters

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	Daylight only lasts from turns 11-16, so it can make sense to retreat during this period. Just remember not to retreat TOO far, because if the units at the outpost see you or any member of the patrol, you lose.		Daylight only lasts from turns 11-16, so it can make sense to retreat during this period. Just remember not to retreat TOO far, because if the units at the outpost see you or any member of the patrol, you lose.

			This is just my observation, but the patrols seem to become more 'focused' as they get closer to the outpost. If you put a bait unit off the path when they are far from the outpost, one of the patrol units can sometimes be lured into the forest to attack it. But once they get close to the outpost, they won't go for a lure like this any more and will just drive straight for the outpost no matter what.

	There are 4 easter eggs in this scenario. In the southwest corner there is a whirlpool which will spawn an extra large tentacle. There is no bonus for killing it, but it is lvl 3 so you can get some easy xp. XP is plentiful in this level though, and you will waste a lot of upkeep walking your units over to it and then all the way back to the main fighting, so it's probably not worth the trouble. North of Baldras' keep there is a key. Southeast of the keep is a white coffin. If one of your units touches the key and then another unit touches the coffin (they don't have to do it at the same time), it will unlock and reveal a ghoul. If you kill the ghoul you will get a potion that gives any unit that picks it up a melee poison attack and some extra hp. Northwest of Helicrom's keep is a white structure that will give a bonus 16 gold EACH to both Baldras and Helicrom. Northeast of Helicrom's keep is a sword that will give Helicrom a permanent +2 melee damage.		There are 4 easter eggs in this scenario. In the southwest corner there is a whirlpool which will spawn an extra large tentacle. There is no bonus for killing it, but it is lvl 3 so you can get some easy xp. XP is plentiful in this level though, and you will waste a lot of upkeep walking your units over to it and then all the way back to the main fighting, so it's probably not worth the trouble. North of Baldras' keep there is a key. Southeast of the keep is a white coffin. If one of your units touches the key and then another unit touches the coffin (they don't have to do it at the same time), it will unlock and reveal a ghoul. If you kill the ghoul you will get a potion that gives any unit that picks it up a melee poison attack and some extra hp. Northwest of Helicrom's keep is a white structure that will give a bonus 16 gold EACH to both Baldras and Helicrom. Northeast of Helicrom's keep is a sword that will give Helicrom a permanent +2 melee damage.

			The next scenario is the end of the campaign, so plan your advancements accordingly. It will feature a lot of fighting on castle tiles and mountains, and it will emphasize speed and mobility. This means that the magical attacks from helicrom's units will be useful, as will the speed of the footpad advancements. Huntsmen are of dubious importance. On the one hand, their marksmanship ability is useful for attacking enemies on castle tiles, but on the other hand the enemy will have lots of Shock Troopers and Pikemen next turn, so pierce damage will not be very effective.

			For maximizing carryover gold into the next scenario, keep 2 things in mind:

			1) the objectives say there is no early finish bonus, but this is not exactly true. There is no way to finish before turn 21 when the last patrol appears. But there is an early finish bonus from turn 21 on.

			2) At the end of this scenario, it will calculate carryover gold for both Baldras' and Helicrom's team, but only Baldras' carryover actually affects the starting gold for next scenario; Helicrom's carryover gold just disappears. For this reason, it can be a good idea to send a footpad from Baldras' side to steal all of Helicrom's villages ASAP. They will help offset Baldras' upkeep and increase his income for the whole level, and are just wasted on Helicrom.

	=== Glory ===		=== Glory ===

Mal Shubertal: /* The Hunters */

2022-04-02T12:02:25Z

The Hunters

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	Turn 1: 3 shock troopers, 2 heavy infantry		Turn 1: 3 shock troopers, 2 heavy infantry

	Turn 5: 1 shock trooper, 1 heavy infantry, 1 swordsman, 1 longbowman, 1 javelineer		Turn 5: 1 shock trooper, 1 heavy infantry, 1 swordsman, 1 longbowman, 1 javelineer

	Turn 11: 1 shock trooper, 1 heavy infantry, 1 pikeman, 1 longbowman, 1 spearman, 1 javelineer		Turn 11: 1 shock trooper, 1 heavy infantry, 1 pikeman, 1 longbowman, 1 spearman, 1 javelineer

	Turn 17: 2 shock troopers, 1 heavy infantry, 1 longbowman, 1 swordsman, 1 lieutenant, 1 spearman		Turn 17: 2 shock troopers, 1 heavy infantry, 1 longbowman, 1 swordsman, 1 lieutenant, 1 spearman

	Turn 21: 1 master at arms, 3 duelists, 1 swordsman, 1 javelineer		Turn 21: 1 master at arms, 3 duelists, 1 swordsman, 1 javelineer

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	start: first watch		start: first watch

	Turn 4: midnight (the same as first watch and second watch, mechanically)		Turn 4: midnight (the same as first watch and second watch, mechanically)

	Turn 7: second watch		Turn 7: second watch

	Turn 10: dawn		Turn 10: dawn

	Turn 11: morning		Turn 11: morning

	Turn 14: afternoon		Turn 14: afternoon

	Turn 17: dusk		Turn 17: dusk

	Turn 18: first watch		Turn 18: first watch

	Turn 21: midnight		Turn 21: midnight

Mal Shubertal: /* Unlawful Orders */

2022-04-02T01:45:28Z

Unlawful Orders

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	* Starting units: Baldras and Harper		* Starting units: Baldras and Harper

	~~Detach two Footpads to grab~~ villages, one ~~in the town (Lord Maddock isn't going to use~~ them ~~all~~		There are a lot of villages on this map, so your first 3 recruits should be footpads. 1 should go northwest, the other northeast. If one of them is quick, or if you can recall a quick one, send it first to the west side of your starting area and then south across the river. The enemy will focus mostly on your ally's troops that run straight down the center of the map, so a quick footpad can often sneak down the west side of the map and claim several villages without being noticed. You can also use your starting units to grab all of your ally's villages nearby on turn 1.
	~~anyway) and~~ one to the ~~north~~. ~~Move~~ your ~~commander onto Lord Maddock~~'s ~~keep at~~ the ~~first chance you get~~, so ~~you~~ can ~~recruit more~~ and ~~closer~~ to ~~the action~~.

	Lord Maddock's troops will be barely a speedbump and by the end of the first night you'll be on your own.		Lord Maddock's troops will be barely a speedbump and by the end of the first night you'll be on your own.

	You can play this defensively by holding the north bank of the river and letting the enemy come to you, or you can try for a faster victory by sending a swarm of ~~thugs~~ right on the heels of maddock's men, ~~planning for massive casualties~~ on ~~both sides~~. Either way, sending some quick units over the bridge to the east will help you to break the bottleneck at the southern river crossing.		You can play this defensively by holding the north bank of the river and letting the enemy come to you, or you can try for a faster victory by sending a swarm of units right on the heels of maddock's men. If you're trying to rush, a swarm of footpads is the best bet. Their high mobility lets them get past the bottleneck at the bridge, and their high defense on flat gives them a decent chance of surviving the counterattack. Either way, sending some quick units over the bridge to the east will help you to break the bottleneck at the southern river crossing and flank the enemies fighting at the central bridge crossing.

	Your enemies' resistances change dramatically with time of day. So it can pay to get some poachers for attacking during daylight when the enemy horse units are vulnerable to pierce, and some footpads for attacking at night when they're vulnerable to impact. Thugs are your only melee unit, so you want ~~a bunch~~ of them either way.		Your enemies' resistances change dramatically with time of day. So it can pay to get some poachers for attacking during daylight when the enemy horse units are vulnerable to pierce, and some footpads for attacking at night when they're vulnerable to impact. Thugs are your only melee unit, so you want some of them to deal with archers either way.

	Maddock will obligingly jump off of his keep once he's spent his starting gold if you're nearby, so on turn 3 or 4 you will be able to recruit in your own keep, then run over to Maddock's keep and recruit again in the same turn.		Maddock will obligingly jump off of his keep once he's spent his starting gold if you're nearby, so on turn 3 or 4 you will be able to recruit in your own keep, then run over to Maddock's keep and recruit again in the same turn.

Mal Shubertal: /* A Strategy of Hope */

2022-04-02T00:56:50Z

A Strategy of Hope

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	* Starting units: Baldras and Harper		* Starting units: Baldras and Harper

	Your allies are surprisingly effective and ~~can pretty much handle~~ the saurians ~~on their own, so~~ focus ~~most of your attention on~~ the orcs ~~and just~~ send ~~a few~~ units to ~~accompany~~ your ally ~~against~~ the ~~saurians and steal some kills when possible~~. It~~'s tempting~~ to send a ~~bunch~~ of footpads ~~around to steal villages~~, ~~but~~ you ~~might~~ be ~~better off~~ just ~~recruiting mostly thugs and poachers and trying~~ to ~~take out the enemy leaders ASAP for the early finish bonus~~.		This scenario is not hard to beat overall, but to get a lot of carryover gold for the next scenario, you need to consider your unit choices and movement carefully.

			To get the best early finish bonus and carryover gold, you want to kill both enemy leaders around the same turn. If you kill one of them way before the other, then all your units on that side of the board will be useless for several turns as they walk across the whole map to help attack the other leader, and they will be eating up your upkeep the whole way.

			There are a lot of allied villages in the southwest quadrant of the board, so it can pay off to send 1-2 footpads that way in the first few turns. You can use harper for this, since the pitcher is in that area anyway, but he will miss a lot of opportunities to gain xp since he'll be so far from the fighting.

			Your allies are surprisingly effective and focus all their attention on the saurians. That means your main focus will be the orcs, but you still need to send enough units toward the saurian leader to help your ally so that you kill both leaders at roughly the same time. It can be hard to find the right balance of which units to send to which side, so one strategy is to recruit a mix of thugs and poachers on turn 1, then see what your ally and each enemy leader recruits and send your units in the directions where they will be most useful. Your last recruitment turn can be mostly footpads, since they're fast and versatile and you can send the majority of them to whatever front seems to be having a harder time. Keep in mind that saurians have resistance to pierce and vulnerability to impact, so a footpad will do just as much damage to them as a poacher.

	Notice that, after the stark realization reached by Baldras at the end of the previous scenario, your army has turned now into standard chaotic units (Footpads, Thugs, etc.). But Relana hasn't gone full outlaw and killed any human soldiers yet, so she and her troops are still neutral.		Notice that, after the stark realization reached by Baldras at the end of the previous scenario, your army has turned now into standard chaotic units (Footpads, Thugs, etc.). But Relana hasn't gone full outlaw and killed any human soldiers yet, so she and her troops are still neutral.

Mal Shubertal: /* The Hunters */

2022-04-01T12:30:00Z

The Hunters

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	* Objectives: Kill all enemy patrols before they reach the outpost		* Objectives: Kill all enemy patrols before they reach the outpost
	* Lose if: Death of Baldras, Harper, or Helicrom. Any patrol units survive when turns run out. Any allied unit is sighted by the outpost guards.		* Lose if: Death of Baldras, Harper, or Helicrom. Any patrol units survive when turns run out. Any allied unit is sighted by the outpost guards.
	* Turns: 27 (Hard~~. I'm not sure of the turns on lower difficulties~~)		* Turns: ??/??/27 (Easy, Medium Hard)
	* Starting units: Baldras and Harper		* Starting units: Baldras and Harper

	Helicrom and Baldras are each their own team, with their own income, and you control each one each turn. Unfortunately, this means Helicrom's leadership does not affect Baldras' units.		Helicrom and Baldras are each their own team, with their own income, and you control each one each turn. Unfortunately, this means Helicrom's leadership does not affect Baldras' units.

	Like the starting dialogue says, you will need to intercept 5 patrols. They each appear in the southeast corner of the map and travel along the path toward the outpost in the northwest corner. Here is their composition and the order of their appearance:		Like the starting dialogue says, you will need to intercept 5 patrols. They each appear in the southeast corner of the map and travel along the path toward the outpost in the northwest corner. Here is their composition and the order of their appearance, on Hard difficulty:

	Turn 1: 3 shock troopers, 2 heavy infantry		Turn 1: 3 shock troopers, 2 heavy infantry