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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. | 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 | 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). | ||
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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 creature dwellings
Fortress specific buildings
- Blood Obelisk - (+2 Defense to heroes defending against a siege)
- Cage of Warlords - (+1 Defense to visiting hero)
- Captain's Quarters - (Gnoll horde building, +6/week)
- Glyphs of Fear - (+2 Attack to heroes defending against a siege)
- Shipyard - (allows to buy boats)
- Carnivorous Plant - (Grail building, +10 Attack and Defense to heroes defending against a siege, as well as 5000 gold/day and +50% creature growth)
Fortress building tree
Resource | Basic | Upgrades | All |
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28900 | 25500 | 91400 | |
70 | 50 | 175 | |
45 | 20 | 105 | |
0 | 0 | 10 | |
0 | 0 | 10 | |
7 | 12 | 29 | |
17 | 22 | 49 | |
Troop cost/week: | 26660 + 2 |
Common buildings
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Village Hall | Village Hall (existing) |
Fort | Fort
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Tavern | Tavern
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Mage Guild level 1 | Mage Guild level 1
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File:Town Hall large.gif | Town Hall
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Citadel | Citadel
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Marketplace | Marketplace
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Mage Guild level 2 | Mage Guild level 2
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City Hall | City Hall
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Castle | Castle
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Resource Silo | Resource Silo ()
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Mage Guild level 3 | Mage Guild level 3
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Capitol | Capitol
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Blacksmith |
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Mage Guild level 4 | Mage Guild level 4
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Mage Guild level 5 | Mage Guild level 5
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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
+ colspan = 14 style="background-color:#Template:Blue 0; font-size: 120%; color:white; height:28px;" | Fortress 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 |
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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). |