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Some warriors have the opportunity of poisoning the enemy.Takes 5hp/turn. Duration of action: 3 turn.

this needs a new engine which is not implemented yet

this is not a tech but an ability that must be activated.
so some units have poison on them and they can poison the weapon that lasts a few turns.

and yes i am not sure i can configure this, but maybe (i can do very complex things )

the point is: this is not a tech but an ability or spell, i will move it into a new section will be called abilities/spells.

btw: which race and which units u though having this ability?

i think orcs used poisoned arrows to compromise their poor skills

ok, which units among orcs?

the ranged warriors.
the orcs have archers too, but they are inefecrive and low ranged compared to himan. that is why they use poison on the arrows.

I agree...maybe undead archers, too, just by their infectious nature...

orcs have already a similar ability.

Currently this ability lasts 2 turns but only on 1 turn unit can poison enemy. I think at this ability should last 3-4 turns.

Currently, poisoned weapon on most orcs is a total waste of time. Few enemies survive a master orc warrior hitting them already, and for any orc to cast it costs them a turn that they would do more damage in attacking.

As much as I don't know if it is a good idea to add even more power to orc units, I would like to propose we adjust this to be a permanent upgrade to all units that would have the ability. This means anything that would cast it on themselves now deals poison on every hit once researched. That would at least make this a useful upgrade.

This is supposed to be used against armored units and cavalry JUST BEFORE the battle, i still find it useful for me

Yeah, that 1 turn window you may or may not have. I think it would be preferable to just give permanent poison, rather than need to cast it.

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Anyways always seems too OP, maybe just prolong the duration to 5

I would simply 2 two things:

1) extend it to other subraces (goblins and such)

2) extend it to ranged.

This way you trade power for versatility.

You haven't a fixed poison damage but you can give up one attack for a few turns of poison.

Agreed. and maybe prolong duration by 1 turn

Alexander82 wrote:I would simply 2 two things:

1) extend it to other subraces (goblins and such)

2) extend it to ranged.

This way you trade power for versatility.

You haven't a fixed poison damage but you can give up one attack for a few turns of poison.

Makes a lot more sense to give it to goblins anyway, both for realism (goblins are small and look for any edge they can get) and balance (goblins have less attack, so can actually benefit more)

Ranged: typically the ideal place for poison anyway, so good idea.

Yeah. If Daniel agrees I'll simply extend poison to other orc units.