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Strategic Garrisons

Defense buildings in TWWH3 have a very limited gameplay function, to add garrisons to settlements, but historical castles were built on strategic locations to allow control over surrounding territories. They were not only easy to defend, but also could not be ignored by the enemy, since troops could sally out at any time to disrupt supply lines and foraging parties. That's why armies didn't simply ignore them and pushed forward. They had to deal with them somehow, which often implied engaging in a long and costly siege.

Fortifications were connected with each other to provide relief in case of an attack. Thus, castles were an essential part of military supply lines.


This mod allows defense buildings to reduce recruitment times and increase recruitment capacity in their province. The most formidable fortifications provide so much control over the territory, that they reduce the movement range of enemy armies in the area.

The following changes to defense buildings affect armies in their province:

• MInor T1: local recruitment duration -1
  
• Minor T2: local recruitment capacity +1
  
• Major T1: global recruitment duration -1
  
• Major T2: global recruitment capacity +1
  
• Major T3: enemy armies' movement range -30%

All tiers include the effects of the previous ones.

In my experience, you won't find many Major T3 defense buildings on your campaigns because the AI tends not to have time to build them, or chooses not to, before you have painted half the map. But when you do, you may find it can take several turns to approach the fortress and lay siege on it. This is by design, of course, but if you find it frustrating, consider sending an agent to damage the walls before you bring your armies into the province. Damaged Major T3 defense buildings reduce enemy armies' movement range by 15%.

If, on the other hand, you want to find more fully developed walls earlier, play on harder difficulties, so the AI gets a bonus to its Faction Potential (which increases growth rate).


This mod is compatible with everything, including mods that change how garrisons work. I consciously didn't add features provided by existing mods, like Greater Garrisons by Zorbaz . This way, you can mix them together to get your own desired result. I recommend combining my mod with Hertz Playable Garrisons to represent your castles' ability to sally out and engage those fool enough to approach your best defended settlements.

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