New monster "line": Corpse Moth and Corpse Worm

[Velrei]

basically, a level 1 monster with bat movement and defenses for the moth.

~24 hp

10-1 blade plague Bite (level 0 corpse worm) Melee

4-2 impact Poison Cloud Ranged

It creates a Corpse Worm which can level up to become another Corpse Moth.

The worm form should be rather weak and slow.

~18

5-2 blade Bite Melee

4-1 impact slow Silk Spray Ranged

Just something random I came up with, it violates RIPLIB, but it's supposed to be a monster unit anyway, and it has a rather good reason out of it.

Of course, I suspose any player fighting a number of these will curse me forever since they have poison, slow, and plague...but oh well.

[Velrei]

Addition: the corpse moth would most likely have a level 2 with an extra strike and generally improved stats.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

So you'd give skirmisher to the corpse worm? Mmm...for a unit with plague, I think that's far too overpowered. I mean, that would mean you've got an assassin zombie-maker, essentially.

And yeah, the moth is far inferior. Maybe if you switched them, and removed the slow from the Silk Spray?

Try it out, stick it in an era.

[irrevenant]

And yeah, the moth is far inferior. Maybe if you switched them, and removed the slow from the Silk Spray?

I believe the point is that Larvae grow into Moths, not the other way round. It would be more natural to beef the moth's stats.

[Velrei]

And yeah, the moth is far inferior. Maybe if you switched them, and removed the slow from the Silk Spray?

I believe the point is that Larvae grow into Moths, not the other way round. It would be more natural to beef the moth's stats.

I think you are correct, the moth's stats do need to be beefed up, I wanted to make it fast and kinda annoying since it attacks weaker units with poison then finishes them off.

I don't think this unit would be "balanced" for any faction, but might be fun as a random monster on a campaign or map.

Mostly I just wanted to suggest a new type of monster for people to use, and I think this one would be challenging under the current AI for people to deal with, especially early on if I beef up the stats.

[peet]

Actually, the two hunits have roughly the same stats outside of HP, but presumably the moth has a much better move. If the worm moves 5 (with terrain modifiers) and the moth moves 8 (with no terrain modifiers because he flies), then the moth is a much superior unit.

The slow attack is the only thing that makes the worm better; I find that slow is a very valuable special. But if the moth also had slow, that would probably do it.

Peet

[Velrei]

Actually, the two hunits have roughly the same stats outside of HP, but presumably the moth has a much better move. If the worm moves 5 (with terrain modifiers) and the moth moves 8 (with no terrain modifiers because he flies), then the moth is a much superior unit.

The slow attack is the only thing that makes the worm better; I find that slow is a very valuable special. But if the moth also had slow, that would probably do it.

Peet

perhaps slow could replace poison as a ranged attack on the moth, which would allow it to surround it's opponents and prevent them from getting far or doing much damage.

Good idea.

[Sangel]

Why not have it so that the Corpse Moth creates a Corpse Worm when it kills? Then, when the Corpse Worm "grows up" into a Moth, it can create more Corpse Worms of its own.

[arielbys]

Why not have it so that the Corpse Moth creates a Corpse Worm when it kills? Then, when the Corpse Worm "grows up" into a Moth, it can create more Corpse Worms of its own.

It does so.

[Neoskel]

Some people just don't pay attention...

[Sangel]

Ah, I read the stats the wrong way round. Normally people put the low level stats before the high level stats.

Well... carry on then...

[AI]

Knowing how the AI picks its attacks, this would be better stats to make it more dangerous and annoying, even if the stats are weaker. You could of course boost them to prevent RIPLIB.

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~24 hp
4-2 blade plague Bite (level 0 corpse worm) Melee
9-1 impact Poison Cloud Ranged

Anyway, this would cause it to use the poison cloud first (higher expected damage) and switch to bite when the enemy's HP is low. (higher CTK)

[ADmiral-N]

Doesn't the plague ability always transform the enemy into a walking corpse? As opposed to, say, "the lowest level unit of the current line."

[michchar]

no, you can turn it into any unit you want, its just that the current plague is set to turn the enemy into WCs

[Velrei]

Knowing how the AI picks its attacks, this would be better stats to make it more dangerous and annoying, even if the stats are weaker. You could of course boost them to prevent RIPLIB.

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~24 hp
4-2 blade plague Bite (level 0 corpse worm) Melee
9-1 impact Poison Cloud Ranged

Anyway, this would cause it to use the poison cloud first (higher expected damage) and switch to bite when the enemy's HP is low. (higher CTK)

Good idea, that should make the ai use it more effectively.

Thank you.