Eater of the Dead

[quantum_mechani]

Johan K said:
QM hasn't waited long enough or fed it long enough. He probably chickened out and placed it in an unpopulated province before it became unfettered even.

Nope, I fed it all the way to unfettered, and sent it into battle in every stage.

[Endoperez]

Quantum didn't notice it moving on its own.


It is VERY hard to kill the Unfettered. When it's moving on its own, you can't ignore it. However, it still has few very big flaws:

1) It only does trample damage. It has very low AP for a trampler. Further, it can get Limp. It just won't kill things. They'll rout, of course, but that doesn't give it any corpses.
It will have MAJOR difficulties fighting ethereal, high-defense and/or regenerating creatures. Because it WON'T kill things fast, it might hit the turn 50 battle limit, and rout, and die.

2) It doesn't kill population. Pazuzu, Lord of the Plague Wind, has disease wind. Eater of the Dead doesn't. Making Eater kill population would fit it much better than a high-level mage that won't be spending ALL its time in enemy lands.

3) It starts battles with just 352 hp. I think that's due to even the Unfettered's base HP being 180. It does regenerate up to 1000+ hp pretty quickly.


It does have few nice abilities, though. Wonder how it "gets up to 1000+ abilities pretty quickly"? Hmm...

[NTJedi]

I'm currently at work...
Any screenshots of the unfettered stage and/or other stages?

Endoperez said:
Quantum didn't notice it moving on its own.

So this independent travels to different provinces on its own? That can be dangerous if it tunnels back towards its creator.

[Endoperez]

NTJedi said:
So this independent travels to different provinces on its own? That can be dangerous if it tunnels back towards its creator.

It seemed to be pretty random. It also went to an independent province, and joined the defenders. Light infantry and Unfettered fighting side by side really warms your heart. That might be just the disease aura, though.

[NTJedi]

Endoperez said:
It seemed to be pretty random. It also went to an independent province, and joined the defenders. Light infantry and Unfettered fighting side by side really warms your heart. That might be just the disease aura, though.

That's good news... I pray this trait becomes available to the mapedit and/or mod commands.
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I have doubts the creature is worth 50_astral... even after feeding it to full growth.

[BigJMoney]

Endoperez said:
1) It only does trample damage.

Does a trampler also use their normal attacks at the end of their movement?

=$= Big J Money =$=

[Nerfix]

No, they do not. So Eater's bewildering array of attacks is no use because it tramples.

[Ballbarian]

Not entirely true, as it would use the bewildering array of attacks against creatures equal to or greater than its own size.

[Nerfix]

Not many of those around though.

[Endoperez]

Nerfix said:
Not many of those around though.

There are lots of size 6 creatures the Eater would be terrific against. Unfortunately, those will most probably avoid direct combat, and instead send smaller Bane Lords or Wights to do their bidding.