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Bela's Vauvalka - Lore-friendly hero, custom actions and skills (male sorceress)

This mod adds a loreful generic hero to all dark elves' factions - Vauvalka, the infamous outlaw male sorcerers.

DESCRIPTION

There was a prophecy, and the prophecy was of a demise. As Malekith believed that he will meet his death from the wrath of a powerful Man-Witch, almost none of Man-Witches of Naggarond managed to escape execution or the curse of hollowness. Many were killed, but some, however, hid in the corners of the busiest marketplaces, taverns and brothels in Dark Elves' realms. These men, called the Vauvalka, practice magic, despite having bounties set on their heads and disdain from commoners. Not all druchii lords, though, are disgusted enough by these children of dark arts to not use their services. After all, to pay more to Vauvalka always equates to own less to the avaricious and conceited Convent of Sorceresses. The Vauvalka, proving their name, became Shadows, that are to be found anywhere in Naggarond, if you come alone, and with enough gold.

UNITS

Though having same basic skills and magic lores that the Sorceresses have, the Vauvalka are a bit different in terms of gameplay. Unlike sisters of the convent, man-witches can be upgraded to be quite deadly melee combatants with strong armour-piercing damage and ward safe (trough 5 custom skills). They still lack most of armour (only 10 points higher than sorceress, as Vauvalkas wear pants), but with mentioned skills the battle will generally be over before the hero is wounded. Four of five skills are unlocked automatically on reaching certain ranks, as they are the essence of every Vauvalka.

Their actions are assaulting garrison, assaulting enemy army, assassinating enemy heroes, replenishing troops of a friendly army, and increasing the income on friendly grounds. However, their benefits should be carefully balanced due to the main disadvantage of the unit - their upkeep cost around 2x of that of sorceresses (the Vauvalka fight only for a good price, after all).

Recruiting is allowed (and caps increased) trough dark elves' settlements buildings as soon as they reach level 3 (meaning that in the small settlements the Vauvalka can be recruited only after it's full upgrade). Same applies to the Black Arks. Only Naggarond, due to it's estimated population, allows recruitment from level 1 (but for the lore's sake, don't put them anywhere near Malekith). Basically, as more druchii there are in the druchii town, as more Vauvalka have chances to be found in there.

COMPATIBILITY

You will need Mixu's unlocker for this mod to function. It should not be uncompatable with anything, but some issues might appear when using other mods for druchii heroes with the "engineer" tag in the unlocker. In this case, the units will probably mix into a single recruitment pool, but theoretically it shouldn't cause any other problem.

TROUBLESHOOTING

This mod is quite large, so bugs and other issues are possible. If you encounter any, please report.