Centaurs

Huche_wawa · Post by **Huche_wawa** » September 5th, 2005, 5:37 am

how about centaurs? they could be like horsemen except with better defence because they don't have to tell the horse when to dodge

Centaur spearmen-->centaur lancer-->Centaur hero
-->centaur fury--> Centaur rager

Centaur Sharman-->CentuarHerbalist

Centuar Archer-->Centuar Sharpshooter-->Centuar Crossbowteer
-->Centaur Arsonist

Centuar Swordsman-->Centuar Bladesman-->Centuar Champion

the fury has a long stick with one of the deamon hunters (warcraft) weapons on each end

Post by **Viliam** » September 5th, 2005, 6:11 am

Please read the older threads on centaurs:
New Lawful Race: Centaurs
Centaurs

To say it shortly: for any mythological creature, a new faction in Wesnoth is possible to create. But then we would have hundreds of factions, difficult to balance, and also difficult to find good artists to do all pictures and animations for them. So you should make a very good argument why exactly the Centaurs should be the chosen ones. (Why not Dark Elves, Giant Ants, Robots, Ninjas, Golems, Giant Spiders, and countless others, instead?)

Please note that your idea requires a lot of work from other people, so that's why you should convince them. (Unless you want to make your own pictures, own campaigns, and maybe even own distribution of Wesnoth -- in such case, you are absolutely free to do it!)

By the way, it is not necessary for a new unit, or for a new group of units to have its own faction. There is Giant Scorpion unit in game, but there are is no Giant Scorpion faction (no Giant Scorpion archer / shaman / whatever). There is a Wose unit with 3 advancement levels, but it has not its own faction. Even Elves do not have their own faction. So again, why exactly Centaurs should?

Huche_wawa · Post by **Huche_wawa** » September 5th, 2005, 8:53 pm

i don't know if they should become a faction but i thought it would be a cool race to try, all cavelry have crap defence, so since these have better, they would be unique, and more powerful than most cavelry, and it would help the elves (what do you mean they don't have a faction?) who i find outclassed by most factions, they would be a race that focuses on speed and attack, i think they could also be a good enemy for the elves of others in campaigns like the trolls in the cave senarios

unsung · Post by **unsung** » September 5th, 2005, 9:00 pm

Huche_wawa wrote:i don't know if they should become a faction but i thought it would be a cool race to try, all cavelry have crap defence, so since these have better, they would be unique, and more powerful than most cavelry, and it would help the elves (what do you mean they don't have a faction?) who i find outclassed by most factions, they would be a race that focuses on speed and attack, i think they could also be a good enemy for the elves of others in campaigns like the trolls in the cave senarios

um, how would a creature of the forest be effective against trolls exactly?

and 30% resitance to blade is good, which calavlry have. as do horsemen.
I think you have the elvish scouts and orcish wolf riders confused as calavalry type units, which they aren't. (right now, only humans have real calavalry type units)

Huche_wawa · Post by **Huche_wawa** » September 5th, 2005, 9:29 pm

unsung wrote:
Huche_wawa wrote:i don't know if they should become a faction but i thought it would be a cool race to try, all cavelry have crap defence, so since these have better, they would be unique, and more powerful than most cavelry, and it would help the elves (what do you mean they don't have a faction?) who i find outclassed by most factions, they would be a race that focuses on speed and attack, i think they could also be a good enemy for the elves of others in campaigns like the trolls in the cave senarios
um, how would a creature of the forest be effective against trolls exactly?

they have swords so since an elf can hurt a troll so can a centuar

and yes, maybe they wouldn't be that unique, but "horse" archers and mages are

Nicolas · Post by **Nicolas** » September 6th, 2005, 11:16 am

I have an image.

appleide · Post by **appleide** » September 6th, 2005, 12:28 pm

The guy looks cool, except his body seems a little 'backwards' like out of place, if you know what I mean... And the weapon he is holding isnt very clear.

Nicolas · Post by **Nicolas** » September 6th, 2005, 12:37 pm

a bow.

Nicolas · Post by **Nicolas** » September 6th, 2005, 12:51 pm

i have the idea for units tree
Name........hp...xp..lev.mov..melee atk..................ranged attack.................
centaur......32..50...1....7.....kick,7-2,impact......bow,4-4,pierce.....................
centaur f....40..90...2....7.....kick,9-3,impact......bow,4-4,pierce.....................
centaur w...50..--....3....7.....kick,10-4,impact....bow,4-4,pierce.....................
centaur s....40..90...2....7.....kick,7-2,impact.....bow,8-4,pierce,marksman.....
centaur ss...50..--...3....7.....kick,7-2,impact......bow,12-4,pierce,marksman...
centaur av..48..--...3.....8.....kick,9-3,impact.....bow,8-4,pierce,marksman.....
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........../centaur shooter-centaur Sharpshooter
centaur.......................\
..........\centaur fighter\/ \centaur avenger
..................................\
....................................centaur Warrior

appleide · Post by **appleide** » September 7th, 2005, 7:45 am

I think it would be a better idea to have them as a side race, like merman, nagas, and saurians.

Do you ever read about a centaur army anywhere? They are supposedly rare creatures, you know.

Cuyo Quiz · Post by **Cuyo Quiz** » September 7th, 2005, 4:48 pm

The last two days i have been thinking at how a centaur would fare in biological composition.

My reasoning guide me to think the human-like torso should lean back somewhat, so i think the presented graphic is ok.

I won't make my whole monologue on the centaur development cause i don't want my reasoning GPL'd

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Nicolas · Post by **Nicolas** » September 7th, 2005, 5:14 pm

appleide wrote:I think it would be a better idea to have them as a side race, like merman, nagas, and saurians.

Do you ever read about a centaur army anywhere? They are supposedly rare creatures, you know.

Yes...
i think they will go in the elves faction or in the dwarves faction,with the gryphons.

Cuyo Quiz · Post by **Cuyo Quiz** » September 7th, 2005, 5:17 pm

Yeah. We all know Dwarves have this weird craving for riding wild things bigger than them.

Nicolas · Post by **Nicolas** » September 7th, 2005, 6:22 pm

maybe we can reduce to centaur and centaur shooter(renamed centaur polemarch)
centaur->centaur polemarch(

)

gryphonlord · Post by **gryphonlord** » September 7th, 2005, 6:56 pm

I think Centaurs fit better with elves than with dwarves, because they are essentially forest creatures, at least in most literature I have read. They could be fast, like scouts, and have a good ranged bow attack, and maybe even healing.