Unit cards: Kingdom of Khazad-dûm image - DCI: Last Alliance mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms
DCI: Last Alliance is a submod for Third Age: Total War, focused on the War of the Last Alliance in the Second Age of Middle-earth.
Unit cards: Kingdom of Khazad-dûm
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Description
Mondays tends to be a long day, so here're the Dwarven unit cards by Araval, and Volunteers by misteed, to spice up the start of the week.
In order of apperance:
Dwarven Noblemen (BG)
Miner Militia
Iron Hills Veterans
Khazâd Spearmen
Ered Luin Wardens
Khazâd Axemen
Nogrod Raiders
Khazâd Swordsmen
Belegost Dragonbanes
Durin's Chosen
Gundabad Champions
Khazâd Archers
Dwarven Volunteers (Tôl Acharns)
Orocarni Warriors (Mercenaries)
Orocarni Archers (Mercenaries)
Impressive.
The Orocarni's helmets are perhaps my favorite of the bunch. :^)
The Orocarni are a sight to love or hate, depending on what side they ends up on ^^
Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu!
Or, as the Goblins calls it: "Run away! Run away!"
Loving the Nogrod and Belegost!
No Crossbows ?
I always doubted the effectiveness of a dwarf with a shortbow ... low drawpower, bad Archer traditions. they can maximal be mediocre bowmen.
No crossbows, in DCI at all, correct.
Oh certainly (even if Thorin, as a single exception, was a good marksman), I use to say our Dwarven Archers have an accuracy that gives them trouble to hit the side of a barn*.
However, when you can send arrows into a mass of enemies (like a host of filtyhy Goblins), where covering ground is as sure to cause a hit as marksmanship is, they do their part.
Consider them infantry given a bow; they are avilable from the barracks, have good armours (to handle missile fire as well as melee) and axes [even if they have less defence and attack than infantry proper], making them a hardy army unit and a great defender.
One of our bughunters named them the most valuable unit for Khazad-dûm even, haha.
As for the Orocarni Archers, they have composit bows**, which negates the drawpower issue. They are still not much more accurate than mediocre Men, but they get the range - and still have the armour to stay alive and for close quarters.
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"Before Thorin could cry out three of the dwarves had leaped to their feet and loosed off arrows from their bows. None seemed to find their mark." - The Hobbit
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"Then Thorin seized a bow of horn and shot an arrow at the speaker." - The Hobbit
ugh god you are not going with the hobbit movies are you? XD
Loving the work keep it up!
Not whatsoever, hehe
The faction was previewed long ago: Moddb.com
Some changes occured since that, like the addition of the Volunteers and that Ered Luin Spearmen and Khazâd Halberdiers switched roles and names, but all in all the models are mostly the same.
Cant wait to try out the mod!
Thanks for the explanation I appreciate.
I just thought that the invention of crossbows would be natural, for the dwarves are industrious and inventive. Converting the function of a bow to a Horizontal draw mechanism.
They could also use metal components and top any bow drawpower with a crank handle, furhter they would negate their size disadvantage.
Crossbows are just perfect for dwarves.
Especially when they see these fancy elfs and their wooden bows The first thing I would think of is something that is dwarf made instead of copying a elf design.
Im fine with your design decision though.
You're welcome!
Aye, it's a good logic to that, though it do not fit our taste for ME (that weapon comes off a bit to late Medieval, even if it was invented long before) since Tolkien did not added croosbows to the legendarium for this underground folk, or crossbows at all for anyone.
Every other mod adds the fan fic' crossbows, we just will be the one exception hehe ;)
May Mahal bless you, my dear friend, for I have finally found someone trustworthy. Someone, who shall honor the true nature of my folk and not follow the foolish lies, which are spread these days.
I shall look forward to see your efforts, don't disappoint me.
I intend for the Khazâd to approve, indeed.
May your beards never grow thin!
every update you guys post makes each month i wait worth it, love seeing the great progress guys & certainly looking forward to the end result as always. keep it up!
Then it's going in the righ direction!
We shall, not former president Bush, we shall! ^^
very nice!!