Pastoral
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I encountered the following problem: while playing a map and finishing it earlier than expected (without using cheats to recalculate turns), I captured a Fendragon about a month and a half into the game and defeated the Beasts before their scouts were supposed to reach me. I discovered that the Beast, which was waiting on the eastern islands in the sea, had self-destructed because all of its castles had been captured.
This was unfortunate because it had the Ring of Life – the last ingredient needed to create the Elixir of Life. And then I had to fight Yogabos and, most importantly, the hippogryphs in the antimagic garrison – without the elixir.
But that's okay...
The real annoyance was when I found out that this Beast, out of sadness and grief that its home castles had been captured, killed one of the mages who was waiting for me in the east. And I had to save up, sell resources, to get to the wizards.
Maybe it would have made sense to hide each of the 10 mages behind a red tent so that no one would eat them before their time?
This was unfortunate because it had the Ring of Life – the last ingredient needed to create the Elixir of Life. And then I had to fight Yogabos and, most importantly, the hippogryphs in the antimagic garrison – without the elixir.
But that's okay...
The real annoyance was when I found out that this Beast, out of sadness and grief that its home castles had been captured, killed one of the mages who was waiting for me in the east. And I had to save up, sell resources, to get to the wizards.
Maybe it would have made sense to hide each of the 10 mages behind a red tent so that no one would eat them before their time?