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Balefire Archers

-> This unit is included in my Reporting For Duty - Mousillon submod <-

Originally posted by DeliCious:

the unit is awesome, i love it
Like, when you play a campaign you really want a unit like this

OPEN SCENE
The Ducal Palace of Mousillon. The interior is dark and drabby. Wind can be heard softly whistling through cracks in the stone walls. A hooded figure is in excited discussion with a Vampire clad in red on a throne.

NECROMANCER: Alright, so hear me out: Balefire. Archers.

RED DUKE: I'll take twenty.

END SCENE


Peasant Bowmen (Balefire Arrows) is an exclusive armour-piercing unit for the custom Mousillon faction (a Vampire-Bretonnian mix) by Mixu. Each arrow is tipped with a small explosive balefire charge that detonates on impact. "Balefire Archers" are useful against dense groups of infantry and can quickly cut enemy morale. The explosives can also knock down small enemies to make an opening for your own troops. Beware, the balefire does not discriminate: it will damage your own troops caught in any blast along with the enemy. Balefire Archers are also a very fragile unit. They are particularly vulnerable to magic; and their shorter range makes it easier for them to be targeted by the enemy.

Balefire Archers have a much smaller unit size than that of a normal Peasant Bowmen company. Balefire, made with elements of warpstone, has a maddening effect on the mind. Few normal men are able to withstand its proximity for long. Then again, the residents of Mousillon have never been very normal, have they?

Balefire Archers are recruited from the Tier 3 Rally Field building and require the Tier 3 Armoury.


This mod also does one more thing: It changes the variability in size for all Mousillon peasant units. Now you'll see short peasants standing next to tall peasants. The Mousillon Army doesn't have the luxury of only drafting 6-ft. tall specimens.


Thanks to The Duke for his idea to make the Balefire Arrows also be explosives. 10/10 idea mate! Thanks to DeliCious for help with testing and balancing.
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This unit is included in my Reporting For Duty - Mousillon submod for Mixu's Mousillon. Go get the main mod (which also has submods for both ER: Kislev Reborn and Cataph's TEB Southern Realms) here: