Sylvania
Faction
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| Sylvania | ||||
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Playable Leader
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| Mannfred von Carstein | |
| Mortal Empires - Easy | |
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Starting Units
Mechanics
Raise Dead: New units can be raised from among the dead; famous battle sites improve the quality and quantity of the troops available.
Vampiric Corruption: The taint of Undeath can be spread within enemy territory, leading to public order issues and Vampiric rebellions.
Varied unit roster with flying units, monsters and expendable Undead troops.
Faction Traits
Start with 1 Blood Kiss
| Scope | Source | Target | Ownership | Location | Territory |
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| Faction To Faction Own Unseen | Faction | Faction | Yours | Factionwide | Any |
Campaign movement range: +10%
| Scope | Source | Target | Ownership | Location | Territory |
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| Faction To Character Own | Faction | Character | Yours | Factionwide | Any |
Recruit rank: +2 for Grave Guard and Black Knight units
| Scope | Source | Target | Ownership | Location | Territory |
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| Faction To Force Own Unseen | Faction | Force | Yours | Factionwide | Any |
Upkeep: -15% for Grave Guard and Black Knights units
| Scope | Source | Target | Ownership | Location | Territory |
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| Faction To Force Own Unseen | Faction | Force | Yours | Factionwide | Any |
Lord Traits
Leadership: +10 when fighting against Men
| Scope | Source | Target | Ownership | Location | Territory |
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| General To Force Own | Character | Force | Yours | Forcewide When Commanding | Any |
Winds of Magic power reserve: +30
| Scope | Source | Target | Ownership | Location | Territory |
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| Character To Force Own Unseen | Character | Force | Yours | Forcewide | Any |
Units
Monstrous Infantry
War Beast
Melee Cavalry
Hero
Melee Infantry
Chariot
Generic
Lord
Monster
About
Info
Can only capture territory belonging to other Vampire Counts factions, or any of man's factions except Norsca.
Raise Dead: New units can be raised from the dead in any province. Famous battle sites provide bonuses to the quantity and quality of options available.
Corruption: Vampiric corruption can be spread in enemy territory, leading to public order problems and even Vampiric rebellions.
Strong battle magic options, including raising of new units from the dead.
Units cause fear, impacting enemy leadership.
Crumbling: instead of routing, units will suffer casualties when losing in combat.
Some battle casualties are automatically raised from the dead post-battle, even in defeat.
No missile units.
Playstyle
The von Carsteins are an abominable bloodline of Undead nobles from Sylvania. Striking out at the head of a mighty Undead host, a Vampire Lord can raise the dead, summoning them to his indomitable will. Vlad and Mannfred von Carstein each believe they should be the Eternal Emperor, something Karl Franz will learn - as the living pay tribute to their Unholy Majesty!