knyghtmare
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3 years ago I have got to say. I do like this concept. A lot. Despite being designed for singleplayer, this concept has a potential to be a hybrid campaign, that is both single player and multiplayer. 4 scenarios is enough for MP and RPG SP as well.
Here are some adjustments:
Scenario 1 Story Scenario
Scenario 2 Story Scenario
Since these are both story scenarios, they can be combined, to one. the [replace_map] can be used to swap around maps and such.
In this scenario, due to the small army of Erlornas and the fact that this is the first scenario, I believe that, as in one concept of Lord-Knightmare, when the player's units stand on an elven village, an alarm is raised and the inhabitants join the fight.
I guess army compositions can be like:
| - | Player 1 | Player 2 | single-player mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elvish Fighter | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Elvish Shaman | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Elvish Archer | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Elvish Scout | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Elvish Hunter | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Elvish Acolyte | 1 | 1 | 1 |
i have trimmed down the unit count so that the squads can stay "small". Also, the Elvish Hunter and Elvish Acolyte and their advancements can be ported but they can be subbed in for Archers or Fighters.
In the Erlornas squad, if one of the priestesses is still alive, an Event can be triggered, which shows how the spirits of nature are summoned to aid the Elves in the fight against the Orcs.
I am assuming you have meant Faeries and Woses? Yes, it can be done.
Level even higher Orcs have the ability to summon slaves by force to fight, while Erlornas, defeating such a slave, frees him and brings him back to his side (player standing units commanded by Erlornas also free them after defeating Elvish slaves)
Very interesting concept. Analogous to what the Ogre Kingdom add-on was doing. Doable.
Scenario 7 Battle Scenario - Resist X Turns
One interesting thing which can be added here is a scoring system like the player(s) can get a numbered score based on their performance on turn limit ends. They can be scored in terms of units left alive, enemy units killed, types of enemy units killed and unit types they have on field. I have seen this done in one campaign and the code seems refactorable.
One other thing is that...What of Lormafel? That loyal Elvish Rider in scenario 1 who comes back in scenario 7 in the classic? He can be a useful hero here. Maybe another side character (a female elf maybe?) who can act as the commander of side 2 (if the hybrid thing is picked up)?
On follow-up question: Do we make it for re-inclusion into mainline or...do we make it an awesome UMC?
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The campaign will takes place in the year 8 of Wesnoth (Like in Original AOI)
In the campaign, the idea is that the player should only play a group of warriors assigned at the beginning - The campaign according to this idea, just like Lord-Knightmare wrote in one of his concepts, is to be Expert Difficulty with Story Delve
The concept is not very gameplay, more a story, where you look at the huge role of Erlornas Sun Division during the first Orcs invasion.
In this concept, Erlornas is the heir of Wesmere, the founder of the Elven colony in these forests (In the original, Erlornas was said to come from an ancient lineage)
I read that the campaign received a lot of bad reviews for the shallowness of the plot and predictability (In fact, this was probably the author's intention from the beginning, it was only supposed to teach the basics of Wesnoth mechanics and I think it did a good job) I'm going to try to show that that the story of An Orcish Incursion can be emotional.
In the plot, I would focus more on presenting the tragedy of Erlornas than enriching this campaign with an overwhelming amount of Lore.
So this is my very Little Idea and story Concept for AOI
Specialties:
Length:
7 scenarios - 4 battle, 3 story
Nature:
Single player with little RPG elements
Number of players:
1
Scenario 1 Story Scenario
It is supposed to show the unsuccessful bloodless rebellion in the Wesmere forests, which was to introduce the rule of the old kings. Erlornas is a descendant and heir of Wesmere, the forest founder.
Scenario 2 Story Scenario
It is supposed to portray the judgment of the three lords on Erlornas, who, together with his followers, is about to be exiled, but a messenger comes to one of the Lords of the western provinces with the news of the dark marches of shadow creatures called Orcs. The council, considering the situation, determines a new punishment for the Elvish mighty, he and his squad are to pay off the sin of rebellion by providing and shielding, withholding the first Orcs marches so that Wesmere can build a defense.
Scenario 3 Battle Scenario - Defeat Enemy Leaders
It would depict the first encounter (Later called Erlornas Sun branch with shadow servant scouts). The elves are beginning to realize the danger. As he marches through the last free groves that form a barrier between the plains marking the border with the sea, Erlornas confronts his first battle with the commander of an orc scout unit. He wins and learns how to survive on the battlefield, smeared with the blood of enemies and friends buried in front of numerous oaks, alders and lime trees.
Mechanic
In this scenario, due to the small army of Erlornas and the fact that this is the first scenario, I believe that, as in one concept of Lord-Knightmare, when the player's units stand on an elven village, an alarm is raised and the inhabitants join the fight.
You can enrich the scenario by adding other events As I'm not very good at building complex Events, I won't be giving you a lot of them.
Scenario 4 Battle Scenario - Defeat Enemy Leaders
The beginning of a lonely fight of a squad already slowly declining with three orc commanders called the Three Hammer Brothers (Their units would be created for the campaign) who enter a contemptuous conversation about the Elves, then describing the evil that will take place in the woods as they slaughter the Elves doomed to extinction.
Mechanic Heroic battle on three fronts with three orc forces with different recruits. There can also be a priestess temple in the centre of the map.
You can enrich the scenario by adding other events
Sample Event
Orcs may have the ability to set fire to forests.
Sample Event
In the Erlornas squad, if one of the priestesses is still alive, an Event can be triggered, which shows how the spirits of nature are summoned to aid the Elves in the fight against the Orcs.
Scenario 5 Battle Scenario - Make the Slaves Rebelion
The journey of the Elves through the burned and looted villages near the evergreen groves of Wesmere, where in the distance you can hear a whip hitting the backs of captive Elves. Erlornas, taking his sword out with his men, murders all slave herdsmen, and then in the dungeons of the fortress he finds a mysterious Elf, who tells him about his journey with the eyes of emerald leaves and hair being one with the blowing wind. Hearing thanks from numerous liberators, Erlornas shows the direction of the free lands, where evil has not yet managed to re-infest and, separating with the mysterious minstrel, hears the words "The sun has born you, your hair is its rays, and your face is a glow that will blind those who wander in the darkness of the shadows"
Mechanic
Level even higher Orcs have the ability to summon slaves by force to fight, while Erlornas, defeating such a slave, frees him and brings him back to his side (player standing units commanded by Erlornas also free them after defeating Elvish slaves)
You can enrich the scenario by adding other events
Scenario 6 Story Scenario
The heir of Wesmere's company sets up their last camp near a hill looking out for the wide sea, but no Elf dares to climb it, and hidden under the cover of dark night, they remain silent, remembering the faces of their loved ones and those who are no longer with them. Erlornas, tired, stands in front of this hill and remembering his beloved Reilen and his parents, friends, unable to hold back tears, throws himself to his knees in front of a big tree and, pouring out a stream from his eyes, does not agree with the imminent death at the hands of the monsters of the night. In the end, resigned, sobbing, he rests against the tree trunk and looks at the faces of his companions saying "It's over, even I can not see any hope, and terror has filled my heart", but in the end one of the Elves muttered the old saying "When you only see a shadow around, look at heaven and see the glow of hope that will remain in you forever " Hearing these words, Erlornas begins to look at the sky full of stars and, sadly smiling in the face of the hope that has long since abandoned him, says "You are there, full of light and happiness of peace, and we are here in the face of terror and evil, which we are unable to present, forehead ". Finally, remembering the gift of his lady of the heart, he reaches for the pocket dirty with dust from which he takes the gift out. A silver ring with a snow-white jewel, and when he looks at it, he remembers Reilen's face and imagines what their unborn child will look like, remembers once again their happiness, which he refused to both of them when he set off on this suicidal journey, he remembers everyone who participated in the his way through life, smiling he finally mumbled "Thank you for everything ... Thank you for being by my side all the time", he spoke the words and immediately put the ring on his finger and after a while said a soft farewell "I'm sorry". Finally, ready after a long silence, he wiped his crystal tears and, looking down from the sky on the faces of the last Elves accompanying him, was ready, ready to come to terms with death, to fight for the lives of all those who accompanied him on his journey. To fight for the future of his loved ones. "I am Erlornas, the heir of Wesmere, all my life I wanted the good of all of us, I strove for this, I followed this path, but tomorrow it will be time to fulfill my obligation to my people, tomorrow we may die, we may die loaded on poisoned blacks, but we will fight by our side until the end, we will fight for our families, will you go this last time with me, comrades, will you stand with me this last time against the beasts from the sea whos come to pillage, murder and slave our families, make from them the shadows of former glory, if my death can give enough time to protect them, I will do it, I will slaught all this monsters and never let them win, even if this will sign my end, even if the cost is never united with Reilen, because I fight for her, I fight for those were killed, our brothers and sisters, who would help them if we were not here? This Council made from the ones that never experienced the love to their kin that suffered here on the borders, letting them die? I will not be like them, I will give voice to those who can't anymore sing with us, for those who were left alone, I will ask again, will you join me this one last time? Will you give me your strength to carry it for those who were left alone and for those who will live in this world after US!? I ASK AGAIN DO YOU JOIN ME!?" These words were greeted loudly by everyone.
Scenario 7 Battle Scenario - Resist X Turns
The next day, when Erlornas stood this last time on a high hill overlooking the wide waters covered with the darkness of hundreds of enemy ships mooring at the shores. The elves no longer felt fear, grief had long cooled them down, and their fortitude had been strengthened last night. As the black cloud slowly climbed the hill towards the Elves. Erlornas without a word looked at his gift from his beloved, then kissed it as if dedicating it to her. Then he took from the scabbard the sword with which he was to write his story, and looking into the eyes of his companions for the last time before the last march, putting on his golden helmet and with the sword at his chest, without fear, he moved against the unbridled darkness, and carried his thunderous battle hymn in the air. he carried the Irdya Elves into battle for the last time, and around them shone a golden glow created from the fire of the soul of the Wesmere heir, who, using all his inner power, carried the hope of all dead Elves to fight the beasts born to hate.
The last scenario is to end the scene when the required turn limit is over and then an amazing blast of sunlight will occur, which will lead to the ending inscription - The End
Mechanic
An epic story ending where the player will have to show off their skills to survive on the battlefield
You can enrich the scenario by adding other events
Epilogue
Erlornas squad stopped the orc invasion for about month, killing hundreds of enemies born of darkness, but finally stood against the impossible, but the Elves, although forbidden by their law to mourn the exiles, composed a long song about the Elves, sons and daughters of light, the ward called, the branch of the Sun, or the branch of the son of Wesmere, who, like a mountain avalanche, destroyed the backwoods of enemies falling to the ground, never to rise again.
"Once, one day, the old day I saw hills full of trees, clearings full of meadows, and among them warriors, warriors surrounded by the hope of the sun of inner heat, they did not say their name, but their leader stretched out his hand to me, and he was called Erlornas and he was proud, but with a beautiful interior, and when in I was entering friendly borders, I heard his battle hymn, and when I stood far away, I saw a light glow looming in the distance, pure as if made of gold, it was the beginning of the dawn of hope which they gave us and which we will never pay back to them until the last leaf day ... "- Unknown Rescued by Erlornas Poet
"Lonely they were abandoned, living in the shadow of their lives, they lived for others, their light shone for us, Hope of good for us, the last bright ray in the dark sky, but it was enough to bring us freedom and peace, it was them and not anyone else who gave us this beautiful life, thanking them, we will remember, because from now on they are with us forever, although the banished we remembered, they gave us this beautifull live ..." - Fragment of a Song about the branch of the Sun
Additionally, the whole idea here can modify the Current Main Maintainer of AOI Lord-Knightmare
As for the dialogues, I can try it in the future, if the idea works fine and will be accepted.
Personally speaking, I really liked writing this story and I hope to continue developing it even though I have many other projects.