"Might vs. Magic"

~no1_knows_me~ (Blue, Barbarian, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def Javdet (Red, Dungeon, Deemer, Deemer) 2sm4d(3) 2.4.3. :eek:

Now that was a battle:smile14:

Week 1: Respawn was so-so, colored 3 external dwellings of goblins, happy about Evil Eye 2 Dragon Utopias near the castle :) Found gloves and a cloak +2/2 in the skeletons :smile03: At the end I take a pre-max Dwarf Cottage with minimal losses. At home I have 1-7 in the Citadel except for cyclopes.

Week 2: Broke through the guard of the Dragon Utopia (mummies) and wandered into a long underground passage to Inferno's secondary. Near the castle fire elementals (102 units with GS) guard a Dragon Fly Hive and some scroll. Barely make it out of the battle, losing a bird and meat - 6 Wyverns with me. At 127 Crag Hack level 10 goes into the Nagash room :smile21: - it's max, a loss. My opponent took pity and gave auto. Waiting for army reinforcements.

Week 3: A ???? Nagash room falls, then another one, then Griffin Conservatory 2, I want to go for the Dragon Utopias, but I go into the underground passage for the geese. Dragon Fly Hive +8, then 48 magicians guard a library. Papa has basic tactics :smile22: But I find a horde of diamond golems, get advanced and hit the magicians. I lose 3 Wyverns and a few birds. Then 5k experience in a Pandora's Box and a sword +2, wanted to break myself on 137, but at the end I uncovered the Sword of Justice :smile41: behind a horde of gray magicians...

Week 4: I pick up the sword and go for the Dragon Utopias. The first one on 3 Red Dragons, the second on 2 and the third on 1 :smile54: A sea of lava, from the artifacts they dropped: shackles, wizard hat, shield +4, cloak of denial, black orb, armor +4/4, wings, КЗ...I also took another Inferno, a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, an external dwelling of efreeti, a Griffin Conservatory 2 and boots.

Week 5: I go for the red respawn (nowhere to be found is the Heavenly Eye and Earth isn't expert either - I wander like a blind sheep:smile28: ) At 215 I'm a couple of tiles short of the red capital and Deemer attacks himself: Crag Hack level 21 27-24-14-13 army: 7 behemoths, 4 angels, 29 Wyverns, 10 Efreet Sultans, 52 gray golems, 169 gray devils and 134 gray goblins vs Deemer level 21 9-16-11-18 army: 12 angels, 44 horminoses, 22 manticores, 104 cyclopes, 86 medusas, 16 champions and 216 troglodytes. Due to bad morale I remove half of the angels for red and gift them 35k gold. They in turn kill my efreeti, goblins and 3 angels:mad: I go into my underground passage, rebuild Inferno castles:smile10:

Week 6: Took an artifact +1 to speed, necklace +3/3, ambushed the ducks. Again can't find the Heavenly Eye anywhere, wander blindly through terra incognita. At 225 I stole a sword +6 and Sphere of Air from under the reds' noses, I took the attack on Deemer like a fool: Crag Hack level 21 27-25-20-18 squad: 9 behemoths, 41 geese, 9 efreeti, 76 gray golems, 30 gray demons and 216 imps vs Deemer level 22 10-16-11-19 squad: 9 angels, 33 horminoses, 25 manticores, 114 cyclopes, 87 medusas, 18 champions and 241 troglodytes. Due to monstrous antimorale I lose everyone except 4 behemoths and 29 ducks, give reds 15k gold :mad: Killed all of Deemer's angels with Lightning. I ransom in Inferno, come out of the underground passage between two of the red castles: the capital and the human town. At home Deemer is of course sitting with a strong army, and I took on the 227 humans with built angels :smile08:

Week 7: Finally learned Heavenly Eye - not many stars left, I looped into the underground passage for the last ones. There besides a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and Pandora's Boxes there was nothing worthwhile. At 235 I attack Deemer again:smile23: I only put out the main force, left only the Inferno one + a little from the human town - the plan was to thin the ranks with an explosion dealing 2k damage, but that ???? Deemer as if he knew took and placed the Sphere of Suppression :mad: Again I sponsor the reds with cash :mad: I finish off the last sandy treasure zone, where in a Pandora's Box they gave 4 behemoths and I took КВ. The reds captured one of my Inferno towns and the human town with a ???? chain :mad:

242 I don't make it to Deemer.
243 He attacks himself:

Crag Hack level 24 30-30-22-(157) army: 11 behemoths, 37 Wyverns, 25 birds, 3 angels, 126 gray dogs, 117 gray orcs and 8 arch magi

vs

Deemer level 23 14-18-14-(783) army: 100+ horminoses, 27 manticores, 19 champions, 38 crusaders, 169 cyclopes, 121 medusas and 363 troglodytes

I have expert tactics, cloak of speed + another artifact total +3 speed - I move first. I douse the minotaurs with filth dealing 1950 damage. I block the shooters with angels and griffins, I hit the manticores with behemoths it seems...I get slowed. Then I get berserked. I douse the manticores - sent them to heaven. Again berserk on Wyverns and griffins. Again I douse the medusas. In the end 5 heads, 30+ Wyverns, a couple of birds and orcs remain.

Thanks for the great game.