The Balkhanu
Author: Nyrrv#4841
The Balkhanu were originally a group of nomads that wandered their empty terrain relatively peacefully. One day they saw members of a group called the Xin-Xi tribe coming into their territory and claiming Balkhanu Villages for their own. This put the Balkhanu into a fury, and they decided they would take back what was rightfully theirs and teach the Xin-Xi (and other threatening tribes) a lesson.
The Balkhanu kept pieces of their nomadic lifestyle alive, establishing temporary outposts to attack empires from where they would least expect, and also perfected a new combat unit that would strike fear in the eyes of enemies.
The Balkhanu start with a level one capital and the Free Civilization tech. The tribe colour is a steely grey.
Techs
Free Spirit -> Free Civilization
- also unlocks the creation of outposts
Chivalry -> Brutality
- allows the creation of warhorse units instead of knights
Buildings
Outposts
- cost 14 stars to build
- can be sieged like cities
- when “captured”, it is destroyed and the capturer gets 5 stars
- max three in existence at any one time
- like cities, give a defence bonus to units with fortify
- if all your cities are lost, but you still have outposts, you are not eliminated
- produces 1 star per turn, or 2 if connected by roads to your capital
- can produce units like a city (but no super units)
- can be built anywhere but in enemy territory
- if it becomes inside enemy territory (eg. via border growth), the enemy must destroy it before building on its tile
Units
| replaces | name | cost | health | attack | defence | range | movement | skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight | Warhorse | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Dash, Piercing Shot, Semi-Escape |
Unit Skills
Piercing Shot
- can be activated like heal, and only when the unit has not moved this turn
- the unit gains 2 range, and ignores defence bonuses
Semi-Escape
- can move one third of their movement stat after attacking
Terrain
Animal: Mungalu - A brownish, white spotted horse-like with shorter legs than the Xin-Xi and Imperius variants.
Fruit: Casil - Four large, black, berries that resemble the black currant fruit.
Mountain: A winding mountain of crooked shape that has a small stream flowing through it.
Forest: Large trees (3 in a tile) resembling the Ulmus macrocarpa.
Field: Yellow-green (not quite as yellow as Zebasi’s).
Terrain Modifiers
Increased mountain and land, greatly decreased forest. The Balkhanu cannot start with any water tiles in their city unless the map is a water world
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