Hydra Tamer

[Agema]

Hydra tamers are perilously close to useless.

They are useful for the retreating hydra trick: set the hydras near the front with guard commander order, and the commander at the back. They then retreat, leaving a poison cloud behind them. Enemy units move through the posion cloud to try to engage the hydras, and start dying as they chase the hydras to the back of the map. Try that without a poison-resistant commander, you'll have cause for embarrassment.


Could give them a summon hatchling ability. You'd have to increase their cost a lot, as that's a HUGE advantage.

[Torin]

I was thinking more of a summon allies with only 25% chance of getting an hydra hatchling. or 75% chance of not getting anything.

[Amonchakad]

Originally Posted by Torin

I was thinking more of a summon allies with only 25% chance of getting an hydra hatchling. or 75% chance of not getting anything.

I don't think that can be done, but I'm not an expert modder.
As far as I know, you can either automatically summon 1 or 5 units automatically(not BETWEEN 1 and 5, just 1 OR 5), give them the ability to spend a turn for 1,2 or 5 units, or use the automatic summoning dependant on dominion strength, but that isn't really thematic for Hydras.

EDIT: Now that I think of it, there could be a way to have them summon Hydra "eggs", but I fear that the maximum incubation time would be 1 month. Still, better than nothing.

[Amorphous]

Hydra tamers should be able to safely lead hydras on raids into miasma-covered provinces. It is not much, but at least it is something.

[Sombre]

Originally Posted by Amonchakad

I don't think that can be done, but I'm not an expert modder.
As far as I know, you can either automatically summon 1 or 5 units automatically(not BETWEEN 1 and 5, just 1 OR 5), give them the ability to spend a turn for 1,2 or 5 units, or use the automatic summoning dependant on dominion strength, but that isn't really thematic for Hydras.

EDIT: Now that I think of it, there could be a way to have them summon Hydra "eggs", but I fear that the maximum incubation time would be 1 month. Still, better than nothing.

You can:

Have them autosummon per month regardless of anything else: Either 1 or 5 units.

Have them summon allies: 1,2,3,4 or 5 units.

Have them domsummon: Full strength, half strength, 20th strength.

Regarding units which change over time (like eggs hatching) it can be done and you can have it take X months where X is the number of unit ids you are willing to use up. However every time they get into a battle, it also 'accelerates' their 'growth' by the equivalent of 1 month. For eggs not so much a problem.

[chrispedersen]

how would you do that without casting a spell sombre?