Re: Legends: Attacking Castles

From: adam@ns1.unicomp.net (Adam Adkins)

Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:58:40 +0000

In article <37ehue$b21@gondor.sdsu.edu>,
farallo <farallo@ucssun1.sdsu.edu> wrote:
>All righty.
>
>	I finally got my Dark Domain 3 set up the other day and I
>am ready to go on a tear.  My only question is what are the relative
>strengths of Castle walls.  It seems that I am surrounded by castles
>with either Improved stone walls or Legendary stone walls.

Hi Rob - I see that you decided to take the Saurians after all.  Good
for you!  As for the location of your setup - looks bad.  Improved stone and
better are takeable, but usually not with your initial setup, unless you are
attacking something with a wall size of just one or two, and appropriately
small keep, gatehouse, etc.

>This is a good example of an average castle:
>
>Castle  231 Dark Elf Population
>
>Wall Type: Improved Stone			Wall Size:	15
>Main Keep Size:	3				Stone Tow:	2
>Gatehouse:	4				Ditch Lvl:	1
>Moat lvl:	1			Total Men to Defend:	230
>
>Also has a magic guild and a
>Human Nomad Male with a Grey Cat Familiar
>Dark Elf Female.
>
>I would be attacking with 40 level ten Saurians, led by a 6 Tactics
>main character.  Do I stand a chance, howmany more troops should
>I get?

You have about "1 chance in 7 hells" of taking this one with 40 saurian
troops.  If you do, your army will be gutted.  Saurians are pretty tough, so
I might think about attacking this with 200 of them, after a thief spikes
the gatehouse, and if I had a leader with *at the very least* 20 tactics.
	Others will be able to elaborate on this, but the DF bonus will
probably be in the 40-50 range, likewise the morale add.  The total
leadership of the commander, with the walls added oomph, will be around 30
or better.
	Better by far to find something with earth mounds or wooden walls at
first.

Adam

References

Legends: Attacking Castles
farallo@ucssun1.sdsu.edu (farallo)
Tue, 11 Oct 1994 17:27:42 +0000