AMLA Brainstorming Thread

Duke Guillermo · Post by **Duke Guillermo** » February 5th, 2006, 10:44 pm

Yeah, the AMLAs related to HP are too substantial.

EDIT: I've since decreased their effects.

Na'enthos · Post by **Na'enthos** » February 5th, 2006, 11:12 pm

-edit- I did try to keep these not too overpowered. But I'm not sure if these are balanced.

Mage of Light:
-Healing mastery: increases healing done (by +2 to each target?)

Paladin
-Righteous fervour: +1 attack (both sword and lance)
-Holy charge: lance attack becomes holy

Lancer
-Positioning: decreases damage done to the lancer after the lancer has charged (-25%?)
-Life in the saddle (or a more appropriate phrase): increases movement (by 2?)
-Tactics of the charge: +5% chance to hit

Sharpshooter
-Enchanted Bow: +3 damage
-Expert fletching: +2 damage
-Bowmastery: +2 attacks (or, possibly, gains a 'barrage' attack, showering a target with arrows)

Javelineer
-Fast thrower (or a more appropriate phrase): +2 ranged attacks
-Keen eye: +2 ranged damage

Iron Mauler
-Strong legs: +2 to movement
-Blessed mace: attacks do holy damage (may not be appropriate)
-Great strength: +1 attack, +2 damage (wanted to increase the number of attacks over damage, but in the end couldn't conceive of another AMLA-ability name).

Bball_24 · Post by **Bball_24** » February 5th, 2006, 11:32 pm

How about awe?
Increases ZOC to 2 hexes.

Website · Post by **Sapient** » February 5th, 2006, 11:41 pm

Bball_24 wrote:How about awe?
Increases ZOC to 2 hexes.

That might be a good ability for Woses, but I would call it "soften earth," restrict it to affecting certain terrain, and make flyers immune to it.

Sea dragons could get "maelstrom," same principle but only affects water tiles.

Maybe something similar for a Knalgan unit in mountain "control rock," or for an undead unit "grasping hands" in swamp.

Bball_24 · Post by **Bball_24** » February 5th, 2006, 11:58 pm

Sapient wrote:
Bball_24 wrote:How about awe?
Increases ZOC to 2 hexes.
That might be a good ability for Woses, but I would call it "soften earth," restrict it to affecting certain terrain, and make flyers immune to it.

Sea dragons could get "maelstrom," same principle but only affects water tiles.

Maybe something similar for a Knalgan unit in mountain "control rock," or for an undead unit "grasping hands" in swamp.

Yeah, that's a great idea! But should it be the terrain the AMLAed unit is on or the terrain the attacking unit is on?
Also beseiged: for human/elven/knalgan archers: When on village ZOC is 2.

toms · Post by **toms** » February 6th, 2006, 4:03 pm

Elvish Sylph: Relearn ->gives heals again
Grand Knight: Plating ->gives better pierce resistance

Ability idea (maybe for "quicksword" units): Double strike ->do I have to explain this?

appleide · Post by **appleide** » February 15th, 2006, 6:34 am

Dwarvish Lord -> Leadership.

SmokemJags · Post by **SmokemJags** » February 15th, 2006, 12:20 pm

I'd like to see leadership units get an ability that allows them to bestow their bonuses onto equal level units as an ALMA bonus.

Would be great in long campaigns because it seems to me units like the Elf Marshal just aren't that great anymore when you have almost all level 3 units, and trying to train up lvl 1 and 2 units isn't very feasible in later stages of almost all campaigns.

deonjo · Post by **deonjo** » February 15th, 2006, 2:15 pm

I think there should be an option for all the ALMA units just to improve their HP, so giving each unit a choice between a new ability, or an improvement in HP, just like the Status Quo.

Website · Post by **Sapient** » February 15th, 2006, 3:24 pm

Here's an idea for Paladin:

Make Disciple- random chance of defeated enemy being added to your recruit list.

SmokemJags · Post by **SmokemJags** » February 15th, 2006, 10:01 pm

Possible idea for all units.
You know how when you level up normally, you fully heal?
How about as an AMLA choice, heal a percentage somewhere between 25-75% depending on what seems most realistic?
You don't get any benefits like stats or abilities, but considering how long it takes for a level 3 unit with about 80 hp to sit out of combat to heal, a quick boost of HP just might help quite a bit, though you sacrifice long term improvement.

Website · Post by **Sapient** » February 15th, 2006, 10:44 pm

Soliton wrote:
Sapient wrote:Here's an idea for Paladin:

Make Disciple- random chance of defeated enemy being added to your recruit list.
So you get to recruit Lichs in the next scenario?

I'd say the chance of converting a lich (or other high level chaotic creature) would be quite slim indeed. Any reasonable formula would make it near zero. Still, it would be a nice surprise if he actually managed to convert a lich.

deonjo · Post by **deonjo** » February 16th, 2006, 2:08 pm

no actually that's a brainstorm, sapient isn't rejecting the idea. the idea is actually pretty cool, kust like pokemon

But I REALLY like the idea about healing 75% of your health or choosing something else. In a dire situation, sometimes u need that extra health when ur best unit is about to die, and I think that fixes that, being balanced with the factor that, that unit will not have another chance to choose another ability for a long time. And just to clarify, with the double area of ZoC, will the unit stop at the unit's 1st line of ZoC, or the 2nd one?

deonjo · Post by **deonjo** » February 17th, 2006, 1:42 pm

I also got another idea, maybe there should be an ability like "last stand" where when the unit is dying, like 20-30% of their life is gone, they will start attacking 2x or 3x harsher, because they know they are about to die, so they start becoming more fierce. Now this shouldn't really be given to a knight, or anyother unit with charge

but, i think some other units might find it helpful.

toms · Post by **toms** » February 17th, 2006, 2:38 pm

deonjo wrote:Now this shouldn't really be given to a knight, or anyother unit with charge but, i think some other units might find it helpful.

It also shouldnÃ‚Â´t be given to a berserker, but I follow the rules and let your idea in peace.

Draug: Vampiric axe->gives drain to it.
-- You give wondered views to me? Then: the current draug is a little bit weak with damage increased by 2 from the revenant.