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Cataph's Vampire Counts: Human Levies
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25 May, 2016 @ 5:23am
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Cataph's Vampire Counts: Human Levies

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Description
As per title, this mod does a pretty simple thing: it adds low-mid tier imperial units for recruitment and custom battle to Vampire Counts and Von Carsteins.
For now, the additions are:
- Spearmen (both versions)
- Swordsmen
- Huntsmen (new unit, city lvl.4, heavily capped)

Stats are altered only with a lower leadership and slightly lower stats on the Swordsmen. They are recruited via main buildings (Altdorf and Couronne included).
Uniforms will show proper faction colours (red/black for Sylvania); variants were customized to ban pesky comet-like effiges et similia; also, voice overs settings were altered as possible to prevent similar shows of support towards Altdorf's Empire. Mannfred will instead give them direct orders via necromantic megaphone.

Oh, another thing this mod does is limiting Kemmler's regeneration to undead targets, just to prevent these poor fellas to be healed via necromancy. This will not affect the game in any other way.

Reasoning: most Vampire Counts - the Von Carsteins in particular - do not actually wish to squat life in its entirety but are rather enthralled by their desire of becoming emperors. Over living and undead servants as well. In times of need or for a whim, they could even force living Sylvanians and other humans to fight for them - sheer terror would do the trick. Thus, fear dictates the upkeep (in default dark magic and not actual moneyz) and the lowered morale.

At least this is my reasoning, give or take, rate up or down as you desire!

No claims on original content which is either property of Creative Assembly or Games Workshop.

- Thanks to Drax for his crash-dummy assistance.
- Usual thanks to the PFM crowd.
- French translation submod by Skkizoboy.

(Huntsmen stats are currently different from those shown in the screen)

FAQs Answers:
- Halberdiers are a no-go. They would easily affect balance and I don't want that. Stick to your GGs.
- Drakenhof Templars and whatever else are more suited to a RoR mod and not to what is conceived as a levy addition. Don't really fit, even for the little impact a single unit would make.
- "They take attrition in human lands": yes, it's called mass desertion.
- This is supposed to be a simple and lightweight mod! I don't want to meddle with textures (more than I did with the Huntsmen) or more units or mechanics.


See the collection above for examples of what's surely compatible.
318 Comments
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Sardorim 22 Oct, 2022 @ 3:59pm 
Well, the Vampires did use them for food but they didn't abuse them and not all those used as food were even killed. It was pretty much like taxes... with blood. Other than that, the peasants were safeguarded as Vlad saw them as subjects and not just food and he did want to rule.
Azaghal 7 Aug, 2021 @ 12:58am 
Funny thing is, the Sylvanian peasantry is pretty loyal to the von Carsteins.
They paid lower taxes and were left alone, so when Styrland held Sylvania for a time and the Vampires came back the peasants actually supported the Vampires over the living Nobility.
Tiggy Skibbles 22 Jun, 2021 @ 1:21am 
Can we get a Warhammer 2 version please?
Bran Mak Morn 31 Mar, 2019 @ 12:43pm 
Sorry to spam, but could you also make a skin modification to add variation and make some individuals look, blue/vampiric.
Bran Mak Morn 31 Mar, 2019 @ 12:42pm 
Yeah, add peasant units like dreg's and brawler's with little armor and maybe even a barbaric tribal melee unit.
Sor Hugh 30 Oct, 2018 @ 5:41pm 
Why so? I'd love to field your units alongside the new Von Carstein crossbowman. If you could add them just for that bloodline then it would be perfect!
Cataph  [author] 30 Oct, 2018 @ 1:00am 
The VC rework is actually why this would not 100% fit anymore.
Sor Hugh 29 Oct, 2018 @ 6:49pm 
Could we get this for WH2? Pretty please! Would work great with the coming VC rework!
Mumion der Unsterbliche 28 Aug, 2018 @ 10:35pm 
WH 2 Version ?
Jabbalamut 9 Aug, 2018 @ 4:38pm 
Is this going to be moved to mortal empires or no?