I’m sure I’m not the only one that finds the current iteration of the undead boring and tedious, and get frustrated with the fact that they don’t really offer anything new to combat beyond being really frustrating by being immune to new stuff.
I want to introduce new strategies that are especially effective against the undead. Throwing Axes could shine here in a way they don’t elsewhere. Axes in general could prove more useful than elsewhere. Introduce specific units that are “weak points” in the enemy formation, giving benefits to careful maneuvering. Introduce more situational advantages that can be seized.
Suggestions:
Remove their ranged damage reduction – Change it to only be a reduction to piercing damage at the 80% value instead. This will give throwing axes a powerful niche and make them worth picking up ever, since they have a better chance of breaking enemy shields before they hit the line AND deal full damage.
Introduce a “leader” unit – This unit channels whatever force propels the undead. If killed (or absent from the battle), every unit gets a special undead “injury”, MINDLESS, that reduces their stats and changes their AI to something crappy that makes them attack without any strategy, and causes the “Executioner” ability to trigger. However, as long as the leader unit lives, the undead will heal a bit every turn and the leader can also heal them (and their armor, for skeletons!) to full via a special action, giving them even more resilience. Necromancers would be the leader equivalent for weidergangers/geists, and the ancient undead have their own. There should only ever be one leader per battle.
Reduce move speed even further – Reduce the move value of skeletons to 2 hexes, making it easier to maneuver around them and control the pace of the battle and engage on your own terms.
Allow wounds to apply to undead – Create a new subset of wounds for undead. Make the threshhold high but achievable with perks. Examples: Beheaded, arm removed, leg removed. Let the wounds be healable healed by the leader’s heal action.
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