Help Build The Virtual Kingdom 74

[StratOcastle]

Hello.

It's time to build the age 74 Virtual Kingdom.

The Guidlines:

1) The kingdom includes 25 provinces, and every race and personality.

2) The breakdown is as close to even as possible. Example:

3 avian
3 bocan
2 dark elf
2 dryad
3 dwarf
3 elf
3 faery
3 human
3 orc

3 heretic
3 mystic
3 paladin
3 rogue
3 sage
3 tactician
3 undead
2 war hero
2 warrior

Matching race and personality to build anything from a top feeder to an atypical war kingdom, and everything in between. Also, if you have any theme ideas I'd like to hear them as I seem to get a creative dry spell during these breaks.

Thank you and I look forward to your submissions.

[RattleHead]

2Avian Undead because the bird attack time begs for losses protection where it can get it! Limit them to 2 because I don't to keep cross-contamination of Plague to a minimum

3Bocan, 1 Rogue, 1 Heretic, 1 War Hero Rogue is a natural fit (stacking Bocan dmg on Rogue Ops and extra stealth!), I would do more, but I want to save Rogues for elsewhere too! Heretic is next best for a TM role in that case, gets to stack more damage bonuses, but will sacrifice some TPA for WPA so won't be an apex TM predator, but working over enemy Hybrids and Attackers... The WH just looks fun, if you can manage to stack up the honor and keep it for any amount of time, it will be a beast- I would play this as an Attacker and if the honor piled up, use that to go more Hybrid.

3Dark Elf Paladin Take advantage of the Ospecs strength combined with the Slaying bonus... Being a race that will stack up its defence with converts the -25% defensive losses is nice, too. Plague immunity will be nice because the Wages penalty will make their economy fragile. So you have cheap Offence that converts to Defensive Elites that are 25% harder to kill, and slay for nearly 11 points... With some of the defensive Paladin spells it might even be able to keep enough wizards to cast NMs

3Dryad Warriors Stack offence on offence! The highest raw offence by far, so it will benefit the most by the bonuses Warrior offers. If you get chained down you can retain obscene amounts of offence to keep yourself going, also with full conquest access could prove to be a nuisance from just about any range

2Dwarf Sage I see this as the best fit for Sage, I figure it can abduct other attackers, some TMs, well enough, but it can also turtle up to an extent and make itself much less appealing to be abducted, I think this is a good recipe to push science to the max

3Elf 2 Mystic, 1 Heretic [I]Mystic because WPA bonus on Elf, combined with dmg bonus and guild effect makes Meteors go something something... Heretic also tacks some DMG on, but gives a thief science bonus which might offer a bit of protection to your wizards, which you will need in order to make use of the extra mana from Heretic

3Faery 2 Rogue, 1 Mystic Fairly plain TMs, but the defence demands they hold both a Rogue and Mystic position, so that role has a chance to withstand attack (Elves and Bocans will be broken... Faes too, but not after much more effort).

3Human 1 Heretic, 2 Tact Human Heretic feels a bit silly, this is kinda where my leftovers ended up, but I think having the science to help combat your WPA penalty, as well as to bolster your TPA can be a nice little boost, rune refund is nice for the Humans themselves, but for overall rune economy it is not. Tactician offers CS which is invaluable in this day an Age of Bocans, other than that the speed bonus will be nice, with some Rax these 2 could fly with the Birds!

3Orc 2 War Hero, 1 Tact I like the WH combo here, lets face it, those Orc Elites need some protection from Ambushes in the form of Specialists. Why not have the Specialists convert into Elites too? Stacking gains+gains seems like a good idea too, that includes honor right? ;) The immunities are nice for Orc too, without income penalties, dragons, or draft costs they can maneuver quite freely, I feel! A tact to fill out the ranks, and join the birds!!

... and to apply this divisional approach...

Assault1
Avian UD
Human Tact
DE Paladin
Dwarf Sage
Elf Mystic

Assault2
Avian UD
Human Tact
Orc Tact
DE Paladin
Elf Mystic

Spearhead1
Dryad Warrior
Orc WH
Human Heretic
Bocan Rogue
Bocan Heretic

Spearhead2
Dryad Warrior
Orc WH
Bocan WH
Faery Rogue
Elf Heretic

HQ
Dryad Warrior
DE Paladin
Dwarf Sage
Faery Rogue
Faery Mystic

The Assault groups are combos that are meant to fight an attrition type fight, they will be generally fast with the Avians and Tacts, eroding your enemy's forces away while your DEs attack for cheap, and stack NW and defence up. The Elf Mystics fit in this group as one of their primary functions will be laying out Meteor blankets, adding to the attrition. The Dwarf Sage fills in where I would like to have another Tact, really, its not a particularly threatening setup, but its Elite lends itself to longevity, and of course a sprinkling of Amnesia here and there can't hurt TVK's chances!

Spearheads are potent offence, and thievery damage. The Rogues and Heretics will open up anyone who isn't in reach (I don't see that happening until the Warriors are all dead, though!). Bocan WH doesn't quite fit with the 'potent offence' but if you were to play it near the top in acres, it would probably be able to do cleanup after the Dryad and Orcs went through. Just needs to get the honor in the first place somehow...

HQ is going out and supporting the other groups as necessary, and focused on protecting the Faery Rogue and Mystic in this group which could be considered like the King and Queen if this were a chessboard. If those provinces fall, we probably got issues!

[StratOcastle]

Love it. Very well done, RattleHead.

Thank you.

I'll add thoughts as I go:

I'm an advocate of the Orc WH myself. Out of war, the use of WS helps with elite retention.

I like your spread of WH to bocan which mirrors something flogger mentioned years ago. To have dragon immunity across orcs to bocan you remain fully functional in the breaking realm.

[StratOcastle]

I'm still...but I'm getting there. This is an incomplete draft. Help with comfort food to. Preferably truck stop goodies.

Thanks.

StratO's Truck Stop

Avian: undead ~ Ham with Red-Eye Gravy
Avian: undead ~ Arkansas Chop Suey
Avian: undead ~ Corned Beef Hash*

Bocan: rogue ~ Jumbo Fried Shrimp
Bocan: rogue ~ Biscuits with Sausage Gravy
Bocan: rogue ~ Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup

Dark Elf: mystic ~ Pan Fried Catfish*
Dark Elf: sage ~ Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes

Dwarf: heretic ~ Beanie-Weenies
Dwarf: heretic ~ Liver & Onions
Dwarf: heretic ~ Steak & Eggs

Dryad: warrior ~ French Toast & Canadian Bacon
Dryad: warrior ~ Fried Chicken & Waffles

Elf: sage ~ Blueberry Pancakes & Maple Syrup*
Elf: mystic ~ Sliced Turkey with Stuffing & Gravy*
Elf - mystic

Faery: paladin ~ Fried Spam & Tatertots
Faery - paladin
Faery - paladin

Human - sage
Human - war hero
Human - war hero

Orc - tactician
Orc - tactician
Orc - tactician

[RattleHead]

I feel like you probably need a Breakfast Burrito in there, probably a Toasted Western, too. I'll take a Big Rig Reuben for lunch, and Spaghetti and Meatballs for dinner, please!

... Probably a World Famous Cinnamon Roll for dessert

[StratOcastle]

There you go. Thank you.

I'm thinking the dryad training thing might be important.