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Sorry for the delay, but I'm extremely busy right now, as I just landed a sweet contract. This makes me a happy [censored], but also reduces the amount of time I have available to 0. I will thus be forced to change the update mode for a bit. Request and you shall be given. The project is not dead, a...

All three. The offensive line branches at level three and again at level four, making three possible level four units, for a total of five L4 mages availabale to the faction.

Crossbow it is. Or maybe a pistol. I'm not 100% clear on how wide-spread firearms will be.

The duels in the Illiad are fought with spear, sword and shield, used in an entirely different manner. Also, precisely which fechtbucher are your referring to? The only major one with a decent section on the spear is Flos Duellatorum. Others concentrate mostly on the pollaxe, which was the choice we...

If the opponent is spamming cavalry, the correct counter unit is Spear Militia, which will have an advancement path dedicated to killing chargers. Plus, it's not about historical realism, it's about keeping in line with the theme. Why would a high ranking commander tote about a pike, which is a form...

Not really. It just loses one attack in favour of another, similarly to the Spearman-Swordsman path. The strikes and damage increase should be more than enough to compensate. A first strike polearm attack would not be thematically appropriate.

Today's update: the Iron Lancer, third and final construct unit, and a premier mercenary unit, the Freeblade. Iron Lancer , L1 striker. The Republic's 'nobility' are mages rather than knights, and it is a rare militiaman that can afford a warhorse and plate armour. This has led to a lack of heavy ca...

Just stick with the basics for now. A 'golem' race and a 'homunculus' race (since all other units save maybe two will be human) and units with vanilla abilities. We'll deal with more complicated stuff once evereything else is done.

How much weight a golem can lift... that IS a good question. As it's magic, let's go with something simple: a golem can lift as much as it weights. This would make heavier golems stronger, which works well with the progression, as we have clay->stone->stone with metal. To clarify further: an anima h...

They have basically no attack, though. I'm thinking something like 1 or 2 damage, four or five strikes, so they can reliably slow but do negligible damage. On the sprites: the golems are a nice fit, it seems. And I agree, the axe needs to be bigger. A LOT bigger. As for the humans, I imagine grey be...

In that case, I would appreciate your help in the coding department. I still have a long way to go with units, maps and campaign dialog, so that would probably be the best you could do at the moment.

I will start adding proposed stats to txt files to that end, starting tommorow.

Today's update: the homunculi, part one. -> Homunculus L1 light unit. Crafting a homunculus is an important event in every alchemist's life: successfuly animating such a servant signifies the end of apprenticeship, thus leaving the prospective alchemist free to do his own research and offer his serv...

Something akin to the jesus lizard, perhaps?

This is for units, art and campaign development of the Res Magica project. For now, I'll be uploading unit concepts and race fluff in txt format. Done: faction concept and fluff, all unit concepts, campaign storyline, most descriptions and dialogue. To do: art, animations, coding. WIP: Coding, campa...

Well, a rough graphical rendition of posted units would be great. I'll start a development thread so we can swap stuff over the forum and start working on the rest of the construct section.

Here: http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=30071