[Spoilers] A Grand Ol' Adventure: Dain the Caswallawn of the Grigori

[McClure]

How many units attacking vs. how many defending? I would think that you can expect that each of your Warriors would kill at least one Barb Warrior before dying, so a 3-4 unit garrison would go a long way.

Have you gotten an Adventurer yet? It seems from your last update you should have a ~16-XP unit available. A four-promotion Warrior should be almost unbeatable in a city.

[Sciz]

Yeah I got an Adventurer quite some time ago. Don't have the gold to promote it though, and besides I want mage heroes!

[Square Leg]

Yeah I got an Adventurer quite some time ago. Don't have the gold to promote it though, and besides I want mage heroes!

As nice as mage heroes sound, they take forever to get and you'll end up with 100xp by then. I'd get a Heroic warrior with your first adventurer and use him for barb defence/attack.

[Sciz]

Huh. I survived. I honestly didn't see that coming, especially since every barbarian warrior had combat 1 and I had none. Not one of my warriors died either.



And I also shave off two turns on my mining research!

[DaveV]

Maybe now would be a good time to go after those barb cities, assuming they've just shot their bolt?

And I agree with Square Leg - a combat hero or two would be a big help in the early barb smashing game.

[Square Leg]

Huh. I survived. I honestly didn't see that coming, especially since every barbarian warrior had combat 1 and I had none. Not one of my warriors died either.

And I also shave off two turns on my mining research!

Win

much xp gained?

[Sciz]

Yeah a stack of five more barb warriors just arrived though, so no rest for the wicked!

I'll try to go after the barb cities after that though.

[Sciz]

Well i've successfully fended off all attacks, but the barbarians are still pouring in, another stack of 4 warriors are nearing from the north, and right behind them is 3 more warriors.

I think Selrahc has lost a city to barbarians, as his score has plummeted, which is a shame of course.

[DaveV]

Now that there's a civ-killing wraith wandering the map, upgrading an adventurer is more important than ever. Big plans for the later game are pointless if you can't survive to implement them. I recommend 0% science until you have enough cash for an upgrade. If the upgraded adventurer helps you capture a barb city, that will more than pay back the upgrade cash.

[Sciz]

Are wraiths visible?