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kipshasz
Undefeatable Hero
Elvin's Darkside
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posted January 30, 2009 12:54 PM |
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ICTC 4: Spire
Heres my entry. Its originally designed for WoG so the creature stats are from HoMM3 not 5. Well, here goes nothing.
Spire
Motto: "rule with wisdom and sword, purge with fire"
A.K.A.: The Hordes of Chaos, The Bloodthirsty
Worship: None. The Hordes doesn't see dragons as gods.
Core philosophy: "Destroy the unworthy"; conquer and enslave the weak and rid the world of scum. Seeking greater good via evil methods.
Country/Kingdom: Blodfader, the island refuge of Lord Demian
Capital: Ironclaw domain, "The Spire of Terror"
Key Symbols: crossed axes, howling wolf
Description:
The Hordes consist of vide variety of creatures. From daemonic energy touched goblins, vile beastmen, to once noble knights and priests and majestic dragons. The power of The Hordes is based upon a ancient and dark scripture known as Codicium Malevolith. This tome contains a vide knowledge about Daemons. These symbiotic and mischievous beings reign over the astral plane. Few rogue wizards tried to siphon their powers but they were driven insane from the vile daemonic energies that were unleashed upon them. After a century of failed experiments daemnhosts were born. These people were imbued with a daemon. But some were compeletely possesed by their symbionts, others were transformed into horrifying winged beasts. Every human soldier of the Hordes was imbued with a lesser daemon, thus increasing their physical strenght and reflexses. The sideeffect was an unquenchable bloodlust and recklesness. This makes the Hordes a very dangerous oponent, because they use every single inch of their muscle to crush the enemy to dust beneath their feet.
Racial Skill: Siphoning
allows the hero to collect soul shards from slain enemy units. You can use soulshards to upgrade your creatures. The shards are consumed in the process(example: you have 50 peasants and 50 shards. Peasants get upgraded to Conscripts and 10 shards are consumed) the higher tier of creatures the more shards you need to upgrade them.
tier1: 5 creatures upgraded (1 shard)
tier2: 4 creatures (1 shard)
tier3: 2 creatures upgraded (1 shard)
tier4: 1 creature upgraded (1 shard)
Tier5: 1 creature upgraded (2 shards)
Tier6: 1 creature upgraded (3 shards)
Tier7: 1 creature upgraded (5 shards)
Basic: Shards are gained from 20% of slain troops
Advanced: Shards are gained from 30% of slain troops
Expert: Shards are gained from 40% of slain troops
Ultimate: Shards are gained from 50% of slain troops
Note: Siphoning only works on living creatures.
Town's lineup
Tier1(walker)
Ambusher->Pillager/Looter(Alt)
Tier2(walker)
Goatman->Goatman Raider/Fourhorn(alt)
Tier3(shooter)
Chaos Archer->Shadow Archer/Warped Ranger(alt)
Tier4(flyer)
Warped Beast->Winged Nightmare/Chaos Fury(alt)
Tier5(caster, shooter)
Chanter->Summoner/Daemon(alt)
Tier6(walker)
Knight of Chaos->Dark Paladin/Bloodknight(alt)
Tier7(Flyer)
Warped Dragon->Doomdrake/Dreadwyrm(alt)
Creatures
NOTE: Alternative and normal upgrades are identical. Only special abilities are different.
Tier1 (walker)
Ambusher
Dwelling: Goblin Yurts
Base growth: 25
Cost: 45 gold
Health: 5
Attack: 5
Defence: 3
Damage: 1-3
Shots: n/a
Speed: 6
Hex size: 1
Special: Daemonic, Recklesness, No Retaliation
Description: These warped goblins are rarely sent to battle. Their main role is to rob supply caravans and defenceless villages
Tier1 upg.
Pillager
Dwelling: Upg. Goblin yurts
Base growth: 25
Cost: 55
Health: 5
Attack: 5
Defence: 4
Damage: 2-4
Shots: n/a
Speed: 9
Hex size: 1
Special: Daemonic, Recklesness, Pillage
Description: Pillagers are better equipped Ambushers. Now they carry small rucksacks to carry the plunder.
Tier1 alt. upg.
Looter
Dwelling: Goblin Shack
Special: Daemonic, Pillage, Cannibalize
Description: more mutated version of ambushers. These goblins aren't so reckless as the rest of their bretheren, so they are worth to take into battle. When they are wounded they eat fresh corpses of slain enemys and loots them for valuables.
Tier2(walker)
Goatman
Dwelling: Goatmen Caves
Base growth: 8
Cost: 120gp
Health: 20
Attack: 6
Defence: 4
Damage: 2-5
Shots: n/a
Speed: 5
Hex size: 1
Special: Daemonic, Strenght of the Herd
Description: The only beastmen race who weren't toys to the wizards of Seven Cities, these vile beings are the basic infantry of the Hordes. Their strenght is even increased when fighting in large numbers
Tier2 upg.
Goatman Raider
Dwelling: Upg. Goatmen Caves
Base growth: 8
Cost: 140gp
Health: 25
Attack: 8
Defence: 5
Damage: 3-7
Shots: n/a
Speed: 7
Hex size: 1
Special: Daemonic, Strenght of the Herd, Pillage
Description: Some goatmen are used as extra muscle power when attacking heavily guarded objects, where goblins are doomed to fail. Their role is to keep the guards busy while goblins do their thing
Tier2 alt. upg.
Fourhorn
Dwelling: Fight Pits
Special: Daemonic, Strenght of the Herd, Wounding
Description: The warrior caste of goatmen, these brutes stand as shocktroopers of the Hordes. Fourhorns' strenght is one to be feared, due to the fact that these beasts never go to battle alone
Tier3(shooter)
Chaos Archer
Dwelling: Shooting Range
Base growth: 7
Cost: 220gp
Health: 15
Attack: 10
Defence: 5
Damage: 3-6
Shots: 24
Speed: 6
Hex size: 1
Special: Daemonic, Shoots twice, No Range Penalty
Description: The ranged troops of the Hordes. Their bows are made from finest magohany, each one fletched to perfection. Some say that they are able to shoot you in the eye from half a mile away
Tier3 upg.
Shadow archer
Dwelling: Upg. Shooting Range
Base growth: 7
Cost: 250gp
Health: 15
Attack: 10
Defence: 6
Damage: 4-8
Shots: 36
Speed: 6
Hex size: 1
Special: Daemonic, Shoots Twice, No Range and Obstacle Penalty
Description: More accurate than their bow wielding enemies these skilled sharpshooters use crossbows to thin out enemy ranks
Tier 3 alt. upg.
Warped Ranger
Special: Daemonic, Black Arrow, Cloak of Shadows
Description: The Warped ranger is created when the symbiont takes over the mind of his host, but not compeletely posessess it. These bowmen use great elven conposite bows and obsidian tipped arrows to vreak havoc in enemy lines
Tier4(flyer)
Warped Beast
Dwelling: Breeding Pens
Base growth: 4
Cost: 310
Health: 40
Attack: 12
Defence: 7
Damage: 7-13
Shots: n/a
Speed: 9
Hex size: 2
Special: Daemonic, Retaliates twice, Rend
Description: When a beastial daemon is hosted into a human body, a warped beast is born. Ferocious and hungry for human flesh these beasts have razor sharp claws and fangs to tear open any type of armor
Tier4 upg.
Winged Nightmare
Dwelling: Upg. Breeding Pens
Base growth: 4
Cost: 400
Health: 55
Attack: 14
Defence: 8
Damage: 8-16
Shots: n/a
Speed: 11
Hex size: 2
Special: Daemonic, Endless Retaliation, Rend
Description: a more mutated version of a warped beast. Now they are tireless and have bigger fangs, tusks and claws to pummel their enemies into shapeless piles of flesh and bones
Tier4 alt. upg.
Chaos Fury
Dwelling: Breeding Pits
Special: Daemonic, Poisonous, Rush Dive, Immune to blind
Description: Unleashed only for battle these vile beasts can only orientate by smell. These flying daemons like to dive in the crowd and mangle everything with their malformed claws
Tier5(caster, shooter)
Chanter
Dwelling: Daemonic Circle
Base growth: 3
Cost: 500gp
Health: 30
Attack: 13
Defence: 10
Damage: 12-14
Mana: 40
Spells: Curse
Shots: 12
Speed: 6
Hex size: 1
Special: Daemonic, Spell stealer
Description: Priests dedicated to summon and imbue daemons. Often seen on the battlefield these mages use powerfull curses to weaken enemies.
Tier5 upg.
Summoner
Dwelling: Upg. Daemonic Circle
Base growth: 3
Cost: 550gp
Health: 35
Attack: 14
Defence: 11
Damage: 12-15
Mana: 60
Spells: Fire Ball, Curse, Bloodlust
Shoots: 16
Speed: 7
Hex size: 1
Special: Daemonic, Spell steal, Mana Leech
Description: More powerfull than Chanters, Summoners can siphon magical energy when a spell is unleashed.
Tier5 alt. upg.
Daemon
Dwelling: Daemonic Portal
Special: Daemonic, Aura of Chaos, Paralyze, Arcane Explosion
Description: more powerfull daemons who possesed their hosts compeletely. Their presence on the battlefield can increase damage dealt by every soldier of the Hordes
Tier6(walker)
Knight of Chaos
Dwelling: Relinquished Temple
Base growth: 2
Cost: 1200gp
Health: 110
Attack: 16
Defence: 15
Damage: 15-30
Shots: n/a
Speed: 8
Hex size: 2
Special: Daemonic, Ensnare, Pillage
Description: Knights who swore alliegiance to the Hordes became merciless war machines. Wether it be a man, woman or child, no one is safe from this knights axe
Tier6 upg.
Dark Paladin
Dwelling: Upg. Relinquished Temple
Base growth: 2
Cost: 1500gp
Health: 125
Attack: 18
Defence: 17
Damage: 15-30
Shots: n/a
Speed: 11
Hex size: 2
Special: Daemonic, Ensnare, Pillage, Shadow Embrace
Description: Once a noble Paladin swears loyalty to the Hordes, his soul is lost forever. Bearing huge one bladed axes a band these warriors can destroy a small settlement in a matter of minutes.
Tier6 alt. upg.
Bloodknight
Dwelling: Hall of Malice
Special: Daemonic, Permanent Bloodlust, Double Damage, Aura of Destruction
Description: These warriors live for only one thing: Slaughter. Where bloodknights were present there are burnt settlements and brutally killed people. Very few had seen a Bloodknight and lived to tell the tale
Tier7(flyer)
Warped Dragon
Dwelling: Dragon Nest
Base growth: 1
Cost: 2500gp 1 gem
Health: 180
Attack: 20
Defence: 20
Damage: 40-50
Shots: n/a
Speed: 12
Hex size: 2
Special: Daemonic, Immune to spell levels 1-3, Acid Breath
Description: Warped dragons are born when a dragon egg is infused with raw daemonic energy. These dragons have an acid like breath that slowly disintegrate armor
Tier7 upg.
Doomdrake
Dwelling: Upg. Dragon Nest
Base growth: 1
Cost: 4000gp 2 gems
Health: 300
Attack: 24
Defence: 24
Damage: 45-55
Shots: n/a
Speed: 15
Hex size: 2
Special: Daemonic, Immune to all spells, Two headed attack, Acid Breath, Ice Breath
Description: Mutated warped dragons grow a second head and a doomdrake is born. Apart acid this dragon also breathes ice making him twice as dangerous
Tier7 alt. upg.
Dreadwyrm
Dwelling: Dragon Lair
Special: Daemonic, Immune to all spells, Death Stare, Three headed attack, Venomous
Description: Sometimes a warped egg hatches into a three headed dragon. These wyrms posess no breath attacks, but each head has different type of venom. The beasts stare is very frightening, and sometimes warriors die just from looking at it.
Special Abilities
Daemonic: This creature belongs to Spire. Daemonic creatures cannot be slowed and/or weakened
Recklessness: Increases damage by 15% but reduces defence to 0
Pillage: after a victorious battle hero receives 5% of defeated armies worth. After a victorious siege the hero gets 5% of wood and ore required to build the town. The number of total loot is increased by 1% for each stack with this skill present
Strenght of the Herd: Damage increased by 2 for 50 Goatmen present
Wounding: Reduces attack by 1 (stacks up to 5)
Black Arrow: Reduces defence by 1(stacks up to 5)
Cloak of Shadows: Defence against ranged attacks is increased by 1
Rend: Reduces defence by 2(stacks up to 3)
Spell Stealer: Steals a positive buff from a enemy stack and places it on a friendly stack. Also can remove a negative buff from a friendly stack and place it on enemy stack
Arcane Explosion: When a stack bearing this ability dies, all nearby units(up to two hexes away) receives 50 damage
Ensnare: throws a net on a enemy stack making it unable to move. Lasts 2 turns or until attacked
Shadow Embrace: 25% to deal additional 35 damage
Aura of Chaos: increases all nearby friendly units attack by 2
Aura of Destruction: increases all nearby friendly units damage by 5
Ice Breath: Reduces attacked units speed by 4. Lasts 3 turns
Venomous: 25% to paralyze, 25% to weaken, 25% to slow attacked stack
Cannibalize: Identical to Life Drain
Special Buildings
Altar of Chaos: Allows to sacrifice Haven units (lvl 2,5 and6) and Stronghold units(lvl 1) to their Spire counterparts
Totem of Rage: Boosts Ambusher/Pillager/Looter growth by 10
Astral Vortex: permanentely adds 1 spell power to a visiting hero
Cauldron of Blood: increases garrisoned hero's spell power by 2 during a siege
Grail Structure
Eye of Terror: Adds 10 Attack and 10 Spell power to garrisoned hero during a siege
Hero Class
Lord of Chaos
Attack: 2
Defence:1
Spell Power: 2
Knowlegde: 1
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"Kip is the Gavin McInnes of HC" - Salamandre
"Ashan to the Trashcan", "I got PTSD from H7. " - LizardWarrior
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baklava
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Mostly harmless
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posted January 30, 2009 01:00 PM |
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Sounds good, but I can smell a lawsuit from Games Workshop from all the way over here 
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"Let me tell you what the blues
is. When you ain't got no
money,
you got the blues."
Howlin Wolf
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kipshasz
Undefeatable Hero
Elvin's Darkside
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posted January 30, 2009 01:20 PM |
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Edited by kipshasz at 12:16, 11 Feb 2009.
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I acctually was inspired by Warhammer's Hordes of Chaos faction. They always looked cool to me. The idea came to me after BoF crumbled to ashes. After a lot of brainfrying and coffee,several burned notebooks i've finnally shaped it into HoMM faction.
MOVED TO MAIN POST
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"Kip is the Gavin McInnes of HC" - Salamandre
"Ashan to the Trashcan", "I got PTSD from H7. " - LizardWarrior
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Mytical
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted February 07, 2009 11:49 AM |
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Edited by Mytical at 13:07, 07 Feb 2009.
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Wow..think if I read all of this my head would explode? 
Do like the syphoning ability (even if a little wow warlockish)
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kipshasz
Undefeatable Hero
Elvin's Darkside
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posted February 07, 2009 01:12 PM |
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Your head is safe Mytical. I'm using a cell phone instead of PC(don't ask) and i have a limited amount of symbols i can type(5524 to be exact). If i used a PC instead of my phone, all the material would been in one post instead of several.
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"Kip is the Gavin McInnes of HC" - Salamandre
"Ashan to the Trashcan", "I got PTSD from H7. " - LizardWarrior
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Mytical
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted May 02, 2009 11:37 AM |
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Despite my head almost exploding from the ammount of reading..this was a interesting faction. I will even give it a 
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted May 02, 2009 10:36 PM |
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jiriki9
-Spire: Solid, but not great faction. Here, too, 30 points.
Dark Crystal
Spire
Cohesiveness 6/10 – sounds cohesive, but not enough info
Storyline/History 4/10 – interesting history, but no campaign.
Creativity 10/15 – sounds creative, but not enough info.
Battle facets 4/10 – there are some interesting creatures’ abilities, but no info about heroes.
Discretionary 2/5 – interesting faction, but no pictures and it’s unfinished.
Total score: 26/50
Mytical
Spire - 45/50
Jiriki: 30 (25%) + DarkCrystal: 26 (25%) + Mytical: 45 (50%)
Final score= 36.5
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