Re: Dragons in MEPBM

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <4nc8cd$nru@yama.mcc.ac.uk>,
Da Chieftain  <mllx4arm@stud.man.ac.uk> wrote:
>Here are a couple of quieries for the knowledgable out there:-
>
I'm sure others have more data, but it has been 24 hours, so I'll
post what I know.

>       i) What is the bonus to armies with dragons present. Is there a
>list of individual dragon bonuses?

In an article in the e-zine "Mouth of Sauron", issue #43, a particular
dragon who is thought to be relatively weak had a combat power of 35595.
Practically speaking, that means most armies will disappear when facing
a dragon.  Your best hope is to eliminate the army with the dragon so
he goes wandering again.  Note that in army/popcenter battles, the dragon
bonus only applies to the first fight, so if you can keep hiring a
replacement army on top of your fortified city, the dragon will not assist
in the attack on your walls.

>
>       ii) Can you still overrun an army with a dragon in tow?

I'd like to know the answer to this one.  Anyone ever had a army with a
dragon overrun?  I suspect it is possible when the army is small enough.

>
>       iii) Can they (or any other type of NPC) be victim of thefts
>kidnaps(?) or assasinations?

I know that other NPCs can have artifacts stolen from them (i.e. Gandalf has
lost his ring in one game I was in).  Kidnaps are harder than
assassinations, so I would not even try a kidnap on a dragon, but I might
try an assassination one of these days.  Failure might result in the loss of
your agent though.

>
>
>          Thanks in advance for your help.
>

- Patrick McGehearty

References

Dragons in MEPBM
Da Chieftain <mllx4arm@stud.man.ac.uk>
Wed, 15 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000