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Magic/Artillery Rebalance - Anti-Monstrous+ Damage - SFO submod

Adjusts spell and large projectile damage to be more of a threat to larger or tougher enemies. Large projectiles such as cannonballs, bolt throwers and many magic projectiles are now serious threats for larger monsters, and a lord or a unit of trolls will no longer be able to stand in a fire tornado essentially unaffected.


"The dragons had harried their ranks for days, burning and looting their supply camps. The elven forces were close now, and once they combined forces would be unstoppable. Their only chance for salvation was an ambush, they were moving their convoy down a road between two forests as a decoy, while lines of bolt throwers were camouflaged among the brush in the edges of the forest, ready to strike.

The dragons appeared just as expected, their arrogance blinding them to the trap laid out for them, a warcry echoed, then the roar of dragons followed by silence as they descended onto the dwarven lines. Bolts launched from their positions onto an unsuspecting swarm of dragons, some noticed in time and pulled out enough to negate critical damage, but others were skewered, plunging into the solid earth beneath them with a thud. Dwarven war cries echoed out as the surviving dragons fled, pursued by hastily fired man sized bolts and the jeers of those avenging another grudge."



Most large projectiles such as many artillery units and magical projectiles such as fireball have been given anti-large or had their current anti-large value improved, meaning theyll do significantly more damage to troll sized enemies and larger.

Most area of effect spells have been given a effect that increases the damage dealt to a lower entity units such as trolls, lords etc... without increasing the damage taken by infantry units.




Battlefield depth is greatly increased, with artillery is becoming a more effective counter against larger creatures, instead of essentially just being an anti-infantry weapon, which creates a much better balance against large creatures, and more of a reason to use artillery against armies that use single entities. The proper counter to a giant using this mod isnt to shoot it with arrows, but to hit it with cannonballs.

Magic target choices become more nuanced too, as magic is also significantly more effective against larger creatures or tougher creatures, so projectile spells become more viable and worth the cost. One example of this is comet, where in the base game if you hit a tough unit or single entity directly with the comet they essentially laugh it off.

Using an area of effect spell on a unit of larger creatures becomes a possibility too, which reduces a few very powerful strategies (and imo cheesy) where you could use a unit of large creatures such as treekin or even a single entity creature to tank infantry then use magic to bombard the area - which the large/single entity takes virtually no damage from. If you try that same strategy with this mod, your tanking unit will take considerable friendly fire damage, which further balances magic and opens up more spells for use.