The Cercerci

Author: SonicArcherGuy#0633

This tribe is a combination of outcasts from different tribes when their leaders found that they were performing horrific rituals, dedicated to the Blood God, Cerec. These rejects came together to show the Square their tremendous power on the battlefield, spilling all the blood the need to rule in dedication to Cerec.

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The Cercerci start with the Barbarism tech and the bloodthirsty Berserker unit.

Techs

Barbarism replaces Chivalry

• allows you to train the Berserker unit
• gives you the Burn Forest and Sacrifice abilities

Bloodlust replaces Riding

• allows you to train the Bloodhound unit

Devotion replaces Philosophy

• allows you to train the Devotee unit
• gives you the Literacy and Blessing abilities
• unlocks the Wisdom task

Abilities

Sacrifice

• you may sacrifice units at Temples of any kind to get a random effect
• what you get will depend on the unit and Temple
• posibilities include will include resources, population gain (for the nearest city), a technology, etc.
• you may also get a bad thing from sacrificing, like population loss, unit damage, etc.

Blessing

• you may sacrifice higher value units (Swordsman, Berserker, Knight, Giant, Guard of Cerec, Mind Bender, etc.) to Bless units
• rather than a 50-50 chance of getting a good/bad event from Sacrificing, you get a 70-30 chance
• costs 10 stars

Units

Guard of Cerec Lore

This is a sacred Royal Guard of Cerec, a humble Berserker brought beyond mortal limits by Cerec, and has power no Polytopian could hope to comprehend.

Skills

Hidden Recovery

• hides health and healing action
• allows you to heal after moving

Counter

• makes the Berserker take no damage from an attack and deal the same damage back to the attacking enemy
• only useful for 1 attack
• does not retaliate on ranged attacks, but still takes no damage
• uses its action, but can be used after moving, even if no unit is in range

Bloodlust

• as health lowers, the unit increases damage dealt:

  • at full health: No extra damage
  • at 8-6 health: 25% damage boost
  • at 5-3 health: 50% damage boost
  • at 2-1 health: 100% (double) damage boost

Devoted

• when Sacrificing this unit, provides a better chance of getting a good event
• when this unit is Blessed, provides a 90-10 chance of getting a good event

Special Counter

• similar to Counter, except with half its attack added on top of the retaliation

Spawn Rates

++farm
+fruit
-forest

Visual Design

Field: Rich brown and grey soil.
Fruit: Red Banban fruit.
Animal: Bloodhound
Forest: Scorched trees.
Mountains: Volcanoes
Monuments: Ritualistic and blood-related.

Note: Banban is pronounced ‘baanbaan’.

Lore - How Bloodlust links to Barbarism

One day, a devotee travelled a bit too far into the volcanic lands.
He was lost, as the environment looked all the same all around him.
But, he managed to find some sort of wild animal feeding on something.
He thought maybe he could tame it and get it to guide him out of the badlands. But, this animal was never seen before, as no tribe had dared travel into the badlands this far. But also nobody had encountered this animal… and live to tell of it.
What the animal was, was an illusive Bloodhound. These animals were fast, brutal killers. They were mainly carnivores, but there were only two kinds of food in the volcanic region. One of them being their own kind. Yes, Bloodhounds have been known to cannibalise if they were desperate.
Unfortunately, tasting blood tends to send Bloodhounds crazy for more meat.
As the devotee walked towards it, it turned around, red eyes blazing. The hound snarled and snapped at him. The devotee instantly drew back.
But the hound leaped at him, still hungry.
The devotee did his best to defend himself, throwing the dog away and pelting anything he could pick up at it. Mostly rocks.
But then he picked up the Banban fruit, a spicy and jelly-like fruit common to the volcanic region. They are also known for curing quite a few illnesses. This was the other food in the Badlands.
He thought it was useless, but he threw it anyway.
The beast caught it in it’s mouth, but as soon as it ate the fruit, it’s eyes went from blazing to dull.
What the tribes of the Square didn’t know, is that this fruit can cause the most bloodthirsty Bloodhound to become docile and friendly.
It then padded up to the man and snuggled into him.
“This… this is something to study.” he said.
The dog guided him out of the badlands, and he brought it with him to his fellow devotees, to teach them.
What they soon realised, is that this nature, this ferocity… it was something to learn and take in. Bloodhounds soon caused the birth of Berserkers, fierce, wild warriors, just like the Bloodhounds before them.
This dog was named Nagenarl, and was regarded as legendary among all devotees, soon to be named… the Cercerci.