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"Новичок-2012. Winter"

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Dimast (Red, Flax Grindan Grindan) Def iseedeadpeople (Blue, Rampart, Ivor Galtran) 125 Panic

I confirm. The respawn point was decent, though a bit cramped: 2 keeps, 3 crypts, and a Naga temple. In the tavern, Gosha is immediately spotted, but for some inexplicable reason, I spend 2k in the town on upgrading Kirr by +1 level. The first two days were not great; I wandered around aimlessly, but then things started to fall into place.

Gosha was leveling up nicely: he quickly gained experience in Necropolis, and I got Earth, Log. I captured a +5% coffin, rings of morale/luck, +1/+1, and +1 HP. The skeletons were a bit slow to accumulate, but the prospects were very promising.

In the first week, I didn't attack the Dryad outpost for a secondary resource, but instead focused on clearing the respawn point. I captured all the crypts, almost all the gold, the horses spawned in the citadel, and I took the Dryad outpost.

On day 121, I broke through the wooden defenses and spread out across the Necropolis territory. With Ivor, I was summoning skeletons in the main crypt and so on. I took the Necropolis town, surrounded by a lot of gold, 120 skeletons, and Gosha at level 8 (Necropolis experience, Earth, advanced defense, initial Log) - basically, all paths are open, and I'm enjoying life. And then, in the last few movement points, I run into Grindan.

It's clear that fighting him now is not the best option, but I can't run away, so I decide not to hesitate and attack, bringing in everything I have. Grindan turns out to have 5 mana with stats of 1255. I think: "Yes, I can do this!" But it wasn't to be: Grindan's Oil and half a stack of Storms with 30 Ice Arrows tear through my army. It turns out he had Earth experience at level 5.

GG, good luck in the next games.