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'''Fortress''' is a [[alignment|neutral alignment]] [[town]] with the [[ | '''Fortress''' is a [[alignment|neutral alignment]] [[town]] with the [[Beastmaster]] and [[Witch]] [[hero class]]es. Fortress represents [[Tatalia]]. | ||
''"Fortress towns are built at the edge of swamps and are often used as bases by the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes. Their armies are primarily made up of deadly creatures — born of the swamps, and then subdued and trained for warfare. While among them there is only one ranged attack creature, Fortress units are possessed of many special abilities to offset this deficiency."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 92|RoE manual]]''</sup> | ''"Fortress towns are built at the edge of swamps and are often used as bases by the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes. Their armies are primarily made up of deadly creatures — born of the swamps, and then subdued and trained for warfare. While among them there is only one ranged attack creature, Fortress units are possessed of many special abilities to offset this deficiency."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 92|RoE manual]]''</sup> | ||
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* While among them there is only one ranged-attack creature, Fortress units possess many special abilities to offset this deficiency. | * While among them there is only one ranged-attack creature, Fortress units possess many special abilities to offset this deficiency. | ||
'''Pros:''' | '''Pros:''' | ||
*High defense (Defense themed town) | *High defense (Defense themed town) | ||
*With a two-hex [[moat]] and several buildings which increase the stats of the defending hero, a Fortress castle is a real pain to attack. | *With a two-hex [[moat]] and several buildings which increase the stats of the defending hero, a Fortress castle is a real pain to attack. So the Fortress moat is considered as the best moat in the game due to usefulness thanks to two-hex wide that make harder to attack a Fortress castle without support of shooters, flyers and spells. | ||
*Hand-to-hand troops with excellent specials ([[Dispel]], [[Death Stare]], [[Petrify]], [[Poison]]). | *Hand-to-hand troops with excellent specials ([[Dispel]], [[Death Stare]], [[Petrify]], [[Poison]]). | ||
*[[Serpent Fly and Dragon Fly|Dragon Flies]] are extremely fast. They share 8th place by speed among town units with [[Efreet and Efreet Sultan|Efreet Sultans]] (not including 7 level creatures, these two are fastest in the game), being faster than ''all'' creatures in [[Tower]] and [[Stronghold]] - and it's on level 3! For early development, it rocks, since the hero may simply rush through the map having Dragon Flies only (even basic Serpent Flies are ok, as their speed 9 is decent); and in a big battle, they are a major problem since they [[Dispel|remove]] positive spells casted on enemy units and cast [[Weakness]], making them less effective. | *[[Serpent Fly and Dragon Fly|Dragon Flies]] are extremely fast. They share 8th place by speed among town units with [[Efreet and Efreet Sultan|Efreet Sultans]] (not including 7 level creatures, these two are fastest in the game), being faster than ''all'' creatures in [[Tower]] and [[Stronghold]] - and it's on level 3! For early development, it rocks, since the hero may simply rush through the map having Dragon Flies only (even basic Serpent Flies are ok, as their speed 9 is decent); and in a big battle, they are a major problem since they [[Dispel|remove]] positive spells casted on enemy units and cast [[Weakness]], making them less effective. They are also good creatures in terms of speed per cost ratio for scouting heroes at early game and/or towns with slow armies. | ||
*Their swamp native terrain makes them move much faster than any hero (without [[pathfinding]]) in the swamp. | *Their swamp native terrain makes them move much faster than any hero (without [[pathfinding]]) in the swamp. | ||
*The [[Wyvern Nest]] is very cheap and has very low requirements compared to the other level 6 dwellings, allowing the Fortress town to get level 6 units in their army early even on impossible difficulty. | *The [[Wyvern Nest]] is very cheap and has very low requirements compared to the other level 6 dwellings, allowing the Fortress town to get level 6 units in their army early even on impossible difficulty. | ||
*[[Bron]] is the only hero in the game to bring level 4 units - [[Basilisks]] - with him at the start of the game. (Except [[Illor]] in HotA.) {{withhota}} | *[[Bron]] is the only hero in the game to bring level 4 units - [[Basilisks]] - with him at the start of the game. (Except [[Illor]] and [[Todd]] in HotA.) {{withhota}} | ||
'''Cons:''' | '''Cons:''' | ||
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Revision as of 15:50, 3 May 2024
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Fortress | |
Conflux | |
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Fortress is a neutral alignment town with the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes. Fortress represents Tatalia.
"Fortress towns are built at the edge of swamps and are often used as bases by the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes. Their armies are primarily made up of deadly creatures — born of the swamps, and then subdued and trained for warfare. While among them there is only one ranged attack creature, Fortress units are possessed of many special abilities to offset this deficiency." RoE manual
Fortress' native terrain is swamp.
Fortress building tree
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Total Building Cost: |
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Troop Cost / Week: | 26660 , 2 |
Common Buildings and Mage Guild
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Fort
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Tavern
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Town Hall
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Citadel
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Marketplace
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City Hall
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Castle
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Resource Silo (1 , 1 )
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Mage Guild level 3
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Capitol
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Creature Dwellings
Structure | Base Cost | Upgrade Cost | Creature | Max Grw |
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Gnoll Hut |
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Gnoll Gnoll Marauder |
30 | 70 | 2100 | |||||||||||||||
Lizard Den |
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Lizardman Lizard Warrior |
18 | 140 | 2520 | |||||||||||||||
Serpent Fly Hive |
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Serpent Fly Dragon Fly |
16 | 240 | 3840 | |||||||||||||||
Basilisk Pit |
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Basilisk Greater Basilisk |
8 | 400 | 3200 | |||||||||||||||
Gorgon Lair |
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Gorgon Mighty Gorgon |
6 | 600 | 3600 | |||||||||||||||
Wyvern Nest |
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Wyvern Wyvern Monarch |
4 | 1100 | 4400 | |||||||||||||||
Hydra Pond |
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Hydra Chaos Hydra |
2 | 3500 1 |
7000 2 | |||||||||||||||
Total Dwelling Cost: |
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Weekly Troop Cost: | 26660 2 |
Unique Buildings
Structure | Effect | Cost | ||||||||
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Glyphs of Fear | Gives +2 attack to defending Hero temporarily. |
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Blood Obelisk | Gives +2 defense to defending Hero temporarily. |
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Cage of Warlords | Gives +1 defense to visiting Hero. |
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Captain's Quarters | Horde Building. Growth +6/week for Gnoll / Gnoll Marauder |
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Shipyard | Allows building boats if the town has access to water. |
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Carnivorous Plant | Grail Structure. +5000 /day, +50% creature growth Gives +10 attack and +10 defense to defending Hero temporarily. |
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Heroes
Banned secondary skills:
Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from Scholars, Witch Huts (except for Necromancy and Leadership, if not allowed by a map-maker), Seer's Huts, Events or Pandora's Boxes.
Necromancy and Fire Magic are not available for beastmasters.
Necromancy, Resistance and Interference are not available for witches.
Creatures
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Name | Town | Lvl | Att | Def | Dmg- | Dmg+ | HP | Spd | Grw | AI Val | Cost | Special | |
Gnoll Gnoll | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 50 | |||
Gnoll Marauder Gnoll Marauder | 1+ | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 90 | 70 | |||
Lizardman Lizardman | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 126 | 110 | Ranged (12 shots) | ||
Lizard Warrior Lizard Warrior | 2+ | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 156 | 140 | Ranged (24 shots) | ||
Serpent Fly Serpent Fly | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 268 | 220 | Flying, Dispel | ||
Dragon Fly Dragon Fly | 3+ | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 312 | 240 | Flying, Dispel, Weakness | ||
Basilisk Basilisk | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 552 | 325 | Petrify | ||
Greater Basilisk Greater Basilisk | 4+ | 12 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 714 | 400 | Petrify | ||
Gorgon Gorgon | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 890 | 525 | |||
Mighty Gorgon Mighty Gorgon | 5+ | 11 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 6 | 3 | 1028 | 600 | Death stare 10% chance/unit | ||
Wyvern Wyvern | 6 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 1350 | 800 | Flying | ||
Wyvern Monarch Wyvern Monarch | 6+ | 14 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 1518 | 1100 | Flying, Poison | ||
Hydra Hydra | 7 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 175 | 5 | 1 | 4120 | 2200 | No enemy retaliation, Attack all adjacent enemies | ||
Chaos Hydra Chaos Hydra | 7+ | 18 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 250 | 7 | 1 | 5931 | 3500 | 1 | No enemy retaliation, Attack all adjacent enemies |
Town names
Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Fortress towns will use one of these following names:
Backwater | Coolmire | Deadfall | Deadwood |
Drakenmoor | Edgewater | Hermit Cove | Lostmoor |
Marshank | Marshchoke | Marshwall | Mossden |
Mosswood | Mudshire | Silt | Stillbog |
If there are more Fortress towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.
User commentary
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Pros:
Cons:
The fortress is a "Defense" themed town. It's evident all throughout the design of this faction. The castle itself has a double-thickness moat, and many tough, resilient creatures such as Basilisks, Gorgons, and the immovable Hydra which can make fortress hypothetically the hardest town to siege. Even the native terrain of swamp plays into this theme because many opposing heroes will be severely hindered in the area around your town. Unfortunately, having a tough defense is usually not ideal strategy in Heroes III as it is a game that favors aggression and outward expansion. Most players rank the fortress as among the weakest towns, and typically if you don't expand to other towns in the first few weeks, you'll most likely be outpaced by other players or NPCs. Pick a strong beastmaster as your hero and begin pounding on wandering creatures as early as possible (you'll suffer losses, but fortress creatures are hard to wipe out). |