Tactical Duel Map [06-08-23] file

CHANGELOG

[06-08-23]

Master Hunter, Blood Sister and Blade Dancer now have improved textures, based on the Unique Heroes mod. Special thans to aseguine for his great work!

- Nur now correctly has Town Portal.
- Nature's Wrath no longer appears in level ups (Is unique to Talanar now)
- The Goblin Grunt's special animation has been restored.
- Some minor text corrections.

[03-08-23]

It is now possible to grant your opponent a 10000 gold bonus by visiting the tile with the magic symbol.
When you step on or pass through it, you will be asked once if you want to do so or not.
After that, it will no longer trigger. The goal is to give newcomers or less experienced players a fighting chance :)

Special thanks to Sokratik, lead developer of HRTA!

HERO SPECIALS:

- Unit specialists get +6 att/def.
- Weaker unit specs like peasants, zombies, assassins, blood maidens, dino riders, wyverns, Coven Mistress or Storm of Arrows get extra units.
- Initiative/Atb specs like Aura of Swiftness, Swift Striker, Windrider, Master of Initiative toned down.
- Mass spell specs like Poisoner or Sacred Hammer down to 40% chance.
- Specs like Reanimator or Flame Wielder up to +10 spellpower.
- Some heroes have access to ultimate racials (like Ultimate Necromancy, not Howl of Terror)
- Some obvious fixes like weaker Pounder, Centaur Mistress without +Atb and weaker Blood Drinker, Shadow Dancer, Master of Elements, Warchief, Border Guard.
- Some minor buffs to Cavalry Commander, Soulhunter, Catalyst.
- Some minor nerfs to Gate Keeper, Sword of Sylanna.
- Grok can now summon the Avatar of Destruction. (Repurposed Avatar of Death, scales similar to phoenix but has more interesting gameplay and doesn't waste your mana if it dies)
- Alastor can now bypass undead immunity to mind spells!
- Talanar now gives Enraged to the whole faction, plus +1 max damage.
- Dirael starts with Hive.
- Vinrael starts with +8% hp (actually Battle-Hardened)
- Inga gains first 3 tier runes by default but can't get higher.
- Rolf has a Fireball ballista which suits Fortress wonderfully.
- Maahir is the only hero that can see opponent skills/spells/artifacts, plus +1 att/def.
- Nur gains 12 mana/turn and exchanges 1 knowledge for 1 spellpower!
- Eruina can trigger her free witch attacks with single dark spells or FIreball/Firewall/Meteor centered on the target unit.
- Freyda has Vessel of Elrath but Divine Vengeance is significantly weaker.
- Svea gains +2sp and has access to Empowered Lightning and Chain Lightning.

UNIT/SPELL/SKILL CHANGES:

- Summons remain fairly strong but now die a bit easier. Stats tweaked to account for the hero's might stats!
- The Elemental Balance summon, Lost Souls, exchange Vulnerability Strike with Random Hex.
- Conscript +1Hp.
- Inferno's Efreet summon loses Flamewave but gains damage.
- Necro's Mummy summon has an improved Tremors spell.
- The alt Lich can shoot even when blocked! However, it cannot use spells and the damage within close range is the same as from afar.
- The Banshees have a sick new model!
- Stalkers can now bypass 25% of the opponent's defence and also retreat when attacked in melee!
- Wheeling Attack 80->70% bonus.
- Titan upgrades are split again: One can use Call Lightning, the other Call Storm.
- The alt Shaman starts with Regeneration at no mastery and increases her spellpower multiplier with each rage level. She can also Entangle and cast slow but no haste.
- Fortress unique summon was changed from Valkyrie to Einherjar (has Flamewave)
- Frenzy dmg bonus is 0/1.5/3% on basic/adv/exp, for improved scaling.
- Haven's Retaliation Strike is weaker but also triggers versus ranged attacks.

OTHER:

- Map balance and visual files merged again, to avoid confusion.
- Magic Factions no longer have access to the Mercenary Camp (might stats at the expense of magic stats) because that made their might builds rather strong.
- Fix: Goblin traps no longer crash the game when a crystal or barrier is summoned on their tile.
- Fix: Dryads have a faster flying animation.
- Fix: Shadow Witches and Wraiths have their victory animation restored.
- Fix: Blood Maiden idle animation has their weapon glow fixed.