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Hi, this is my first post on the board, and i'd like to give my 2 cents

What about a monk unit trained in the monastery?
It should be basically a melee hand to hand unit
It might have a counter ability (something like it deals additional damage when attacked) or an evade ability
It could also have a healing ability with a "self" range (he can only heal himself)
What do you think?

We might change the belt color based on the team

here the modified belt sprite

I'm confused: Why is he a hand to hand combat unit? That sounds more like a ninja or kung fu master.

Like a shaolin monk, trained in ascetic stuff and hand to hand combat.
It could be useful to train a combat unit at the monastery while you are full of healers

Oh, ok. He is mentioned in the pre-forum list. But it's okay, because I don't think he has a new thread to himself yet. You can see the idea there. I think he was gonna get a "stun" ability.

nice one, even though itshould be balanced (the chance should be different based on the unit you are going to stun)

Huh, so then an elephant archer is harder to stun than an ordinary archer??? Or do you mean like for the Hoplite?

yes, i had in mind the war elephant
so if you want it to stun any unit the monk should become a stronger unit slower to produce. You might also base the chance on remaining hp or armor

eg.
Stun chance= 80-remaining hp or
Stun chance= 100 - armor*10

What you think of this one?

Chance:
50 - (square root of health remaining * 3) + (armor * 4)

Hmm... I could see an evasive ability getting VERY annoying after a while. just throw a few of these guys on the front lines, with some archers to back them up, and as the opponent keeps trying to kill these little evasive guys you just peck at their front lines with archers.

Although I don't see how effective a bare fist could be against swordn'board

Well, they are expert martial artists, just use fantasy xD

Ok, i think i need some stats for this unit. Any suggestion?

I think this unit have ability like meditate that regent lose life every turn

Perhaps the monk should have a bamboo stick? (As these where one of there weapons of choose)

Stats
Cost 4
Hp 20
Attack 5
Range 1
No armor
Speed 3
Sight 4
1 action
Spell resistance 100%

They should have complete resistance. They are monks, come on!

COOLguy wrote:They should have complete resistance. They are monks, come on!

Ok. I will change stats to 100% resistance

Why don't spped 4
They are fast unarmored units, like iperagile guys
I think that it would be probably the first land unit with that range

edited image, one with a staff

The one with no stick looks nicer.

I agree, the stick one looks epic! The other looks a little strange.

I created 2 versions with chinese halberds used in kung fu

I like the staff ones best. The halberds just look a little big and awkward, I think.

Monk halberd 2 looks good but i also like the staff one more.

Thanks guys
It was a try for something different

lol they weren't bad, the staff is just better imho.

Yes, you are probably right

I prefer the staff to. But the halberds also look cool

I made the image smaller, it should fit better the game now