Round 23 Changes

These changes are tentative until this notice goes away.

• When you register, you will be asked to pick a Ruler Title:
  • Commander: reduces training costs
  • Conjurer: reduces spell costs
  • Embalmber: increases conversions
  • Engineer: increases improvement points
  • Excavator: increases ore and gem production
  • Healer: reduces casualties
  • Investigator: increases spy strength
  • Pathfinder: dcreases cost of exploration
  • Researcher: increases XP production
  • Surveyor: decreases construction and rezoning costs
  • Warden: increases lumber production
  • See Scribes for latest numbers.
• Dominions without a custom Ruler Name gets 100 extra prestige.
• It is no longer possible to send less than a target’s land DP.
• New faction perk: Salvaging.
  • Salvaging is a percentage which determines how much of casualties’ ore, gem, and lumber costs are salvaged.
  • On attack, the resources return with land.
  • On defense, the resources become immediately available.
  • Salvaging only happens for the successful party.
  • Armada salvages 50%.
  • Dwarf salvages 25%.
  • Gnome salvages 50%.
  • Halfling salvages 25%.
  • Human salvages 75%.
  • Imperial Gnome salvages 75%.
  • Jagunii salvages 25%.
  • Kobold salvages 10%.
  • Legion salvages 25%.
  • Nomad salvages 65%.
  • Sacred Order salvages 15%.
  • Sylvan salvages 65%.
  • Troll salvages 20%.
  • Wood Elf salvages 35%.
• Plunder has been refactored.
  • Instead of being a simple yes/no check, plunder is now more detailed so that different units can plunder different amounts and resources.
  • Plunder only happens on successful invasions.
  • Plunder is limited by the target’s stockpiles.
  • Plunder has been given to a lot new factions and units.
  • Dragon plunders 50 food, 100 gems.
  • Gnome Juggernaut plunders 2 ore, 0.15 gems.
  • Goblin Skulker plunders 1 platinum, 0.35 gems.
  • Halfling Master Thief plunders 2 platinum, 0.1 gems.
  • Human Cavalry plunders 0.75 platinum, 0.25 gems.
  • Jagunii War Mammoth plunders 1 gem, 1 food.
  • Kobold Grunt plunders 0.1 platinum, 0.01 gem.
  • Lux Pax plunders 1 mana, 0.2 gems.
  • Nomad (see below).
  • Nox Lich plunders 1 mana, 0.2 gems.
  • Troll Mountain Troll plunders: 2 food, 1 gems.
• New faction: the City-state of Kerranad.
  • A prosperous, peaceful city-state which, until now, has managed to stay out of the conflict. Uneasy with both Imperial or Commonwealth rule, they have declared independence from both.
  • Alignment: Independent.
  • Spell: Retribution (+20% OP if target recently invaded your realm, shared with Jagunii).
  • Perks:
    • Platinum production: +10%.
    • Ore production: +50%.
    • Gem production: +50%.
    • Can sell food.
    • Salvage: 95%.
    • Cannot rezone.
    • Cannot train Archmages.
    • Max 1 Kerranad per round.
    • Minimum six rounds played for an account to be able to select Kerranad.
  • Starting buildings:
    • Plains: 100 farms, 200 smithies
    • Forest: 50 lumberyards, 25 forest havens
    • Mountain: 200 ore mines, 200 diamond mines
    • Hill: 100 barracks
    • Swamp: 50 towers, 25 wizard guilds
    • Water: 50 docks
  • Starting improvements:
    • Markets: 2.5%
    • Keep: 5%
    • Forges: 2.5%
    • Walls: 2.5%
    • Armory: 5%
    • Observatory: 10%
    • Harbor: 10%
  • Units:
    • Assassin: 4/0 – 200 plat, 100 ore, 1 Spy – counts as 1 spy on offence and defence, increases defensive casualties (for target), -50% offensive casualties.
    • Immortal Guard: 0/4 – 400 plat, 200 ore, 10 gem – increases base morale by 1% for every 1% of population made up of Immortal Guards.
    • Battlemage: 6/6 – 1,200 plat, 75 ore, 1 Wizard – counts as 1 wizard on offence and defence, immortal wizard (does not die on failed spells).
    • Immortal Knight: 9/4 – 800 plat, 120 ore, 25 gems, 1 Immortal Guard – increases base morale by 2% for every 1% of population made up of Immortal Knights, +1 DP if paired with an Immortal Guard.
• Nomad:
  • Cannot build homes or barracks.
  • +25 barren pop.
  • +1% OP per 1% barren land (no max).
  • +10% construction cost (from -25%).
  • -2 tick construction time.
  • Fighter replaced with Light Cavalry: 3/0 – 300 plat, 15 ore – returns 3 ticks faster, -25% casualties, plunders 2 plat and 0.1 gem.
  • Kharash replaced with Sabrer: 0/3 – 275 plat, 35 ore.
  • Kheshig replaced with Halberder: 0/7 – 1,000 plat, 100 ore – increases offensive casualties (invader suffers additional casualties).
  • Horse Archer changed to: 8/3 – 1,200 plat, 50 ore – returns 3 ticks faster, -50% casualties on offence, and plunders 1 plat, 0.25 gem, and 0.5 ore.
• Demon:
  • Archdemon +1 OP per 2 souls (from +1 OP per 10 souls).
  • Imp point per soul changed from 1,200 to 400.
• Marshling:
  • Construction cost changed from +25% to +10%.
  • Pop bonus increased from +15% to +20%.
• General changes:
  • Norse Berserkir now only become champions for successful invasions over 75%.
  • Gnome construction time reduction increased from 3 to 6 (construction takes 12-6=6 ticks).
  • Armada Commodore changed to 0/5 from 4/5.
  • Conversions on failed invasions reduced to 1/12 of defensive casualties (from 1/3).
  • Defensive conversions capped to actual number of offensive casualties and further reduced to 1/3 if the invasion is successful.
  • Fixed round generation command, which is mostly a technical fix but it increases the randomness of when offensive actions are prohibited.