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Tower Ambushers

Why I made this mod
I was never really that happy with towers, which had a pretty small benefit in defending a territory. I grew frustrated that small armies would wreck my shrines, or invading armies would waltz through a heavily defended region whilst fort garrisons sat comfortably behind their walls.

So I gave towers an additional benefit as described above.

How it works:
At the end of a characters turn, if they are in hostile territory with a tower outpost, they are logged as a candidate for ambush.
At the start of a regions turn, if there is a candidate for ambush in them, there is a 40% chance to spawn a small army that will ambush the invader.
This battle can be reinforced like any other, so nearby armies of refugee camps can assist the small force.
At the end of combat (or if the ambusher declines to attack) the ambushing army is destroyed.

Narrative explanation:
In my mind, towers act as little outposts where small groups of civilian warriors meet up and go scouting, perhaps finding and tracking enemy armies on patrol. They may choose to harass larger armies, destroy small invaders, or even begin skirmishing a large army to buy time for reinforcements.
After the battle is over, if any units that survive, go back to the tower to be the "home guard"civilians that they are. Military campaigns is not for them.

Gameplay implications:

• very weak trespassing armies can be ambushed and wiped out/ finished off by tower ambushes.
  
• Combined with Refugee Camp outposts, provides an ambush opportunity to weaken or destroy larger armies that may be passing through border regions.
  
• A chance sieging units could get attacked.

Regional Identity:
To match my narrative, I have made the ambushing armies linked to the realm the outpost is in. Typically one general and...

• Fenkhu & Yamhad: 4 Canaanite Rock Throwers
  
• Highlands: 3 Kaskian javelins
  
• Isuwa & Lowlands: 4 Isuwan slingers
  
• Nubia & Kush: 3 Nubian hunters
  
• Lower Egypt: 4 lower Egyptian militia slingers
  
• Retjennu & Sinai: 1 habiru militia, 2 habiru archers
  
• Upper Egypt: 4 upper Egyptian slingers
  
• Western Desert: 4 Libu slingers
  
• Yamhad: 4 Canaanite rock throwers
  
• Aber Nahra: 2 Ahlamu nomad tribesmen, 1 Ahlamu pack camel
  
• Achaea: 4 Achaean slingers
  
• Assuwa: 4 Assuwan slingers
  
• Haltamti: 4 Elamite slingers
  
• Mat Assur: 3 Akkadian hunters
  
• Mat Tamti: 1 Akkadian farmer, 2 Akkadian archers
  
• Thrace: 3 forest skirmishers
  
• Zagros: 3 Uratu hunters

Todo:

• Need to create a dummy effect for towers.
  
• Taking suggestions for a snappier mod name.
  
• looking for someone to make better mod thumbnail!

Recommended mods:
I built this mod as one of three that addresses my main issues with military outposts. Check out my other mods here:
Persistent Forts: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3297218817
Forts Reinforce all battles: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3308569708

Special thanks:
I asked a lot of people for help on this. Shout out to those in the Agora Modding Discord (https://discord.gg/wSTGhQv9) and the Total War Pharaoh Discord for their help. Aslo special thanks to the Sofia devs who helped me out too with my incessant queries!