Hydra Species – WH3

"Hydra are made malleable by the mutating power of Chaos. In addition, the Druchii have owned Hydra for countless years, creating new subspecies through the arts of crossbreeding and the casting of dark incantations."

This Mod currently adds 4 new subspecies of Hydra for you to sink your teeth into, I have ideas for possibly 1 more and a Beastmaster Apprentices unit.

This mod was originally made as a part of the January 2021 Modding Jam, but Hydra’s have always been a favourite of mine.

Veteran War Hydra "The Claws of Khaine"

• Powerful Fire Breath
• Will of Iron
• Loyal Guardian
• Battle Hardened

Royal War Hydra "Malekith’s Chosen"

• Acid Breath
• Acid Blood
• Bone Protrusions
• Mentally Scarred

Chameleon Skinned Hydra "The Shadows of Anath Raema"

• Serpent’s Eye
• Chameleon Skinned
• Mirror Image
• Built for the Hunt

Spellthirster "Rakarth’s Vendetta"

• Magically Infused Breath
• Daerlythe’s Aura
• Chosen of the Convent
• Stunted Regeneration

Why you ask? Simply because i don’t like the idea of my Hydras replacing the normal War Hydras and the Kharibdyss, the Hydras are meant to supplement your armies not be the entirety of them.

• The "Titanic Beasts" Skill for High Beastmasters provides +1 Cap for each variant of these Hydras.
• Rakarth has a more potent version of this, his "Breeding Programmes" skill provides +1 cap for each variant aside from Veteran Hydras who get +2.
• Rakarths Innate Trait "Beastlord" provides +1 Cap for Spellthirster Hydra.
• The Hydrablade ancillary now provides + 1 Cap for Veteran War Hydra

• Veteran War Hydra – Recruited from T2 Beasts Chain +0 Cap
• Veteran War Hydra – Recruited from The Lairs of Clar Karond Landmark +3 Cap
• Veteran War Hydra – Forsaken Port of Nagronath +1 Cap
• Royal War Hydra – Recruited from The Black Tower of Malekith +3 Cap
• Spellthirster – Recruited from The Lairs of Clar Karond Landmark +1 Cap
• Spellthirster – Recruited from Forsaken Port of Nagronath
• Chameleon Skinned Hydra – Recruited from The Lairs of Clar Karond Landmark +1 Cap
• Chameleon Skinned Hydra – Recruited from Black Citadel of Anlec +3 Cap

Certain names of power now provide caps.

• Beastbinder +1 Cap for each variant of these Hydras.
• Hydrablood +2 Cap for Veteran War Hydra
• Leviathanrage +2 Cap for Veteran War Hydra
• the Black Conqueror +1 Cap for Royal War Hydra
• Wyrmscale +1 Cap for Royal War Hydra
• Emeraldeye +1 Cap for Spellthirster Hydra
• Headreaper +1 Cap for Spellthirster Hydra
• Shadowdart +1 Cap for Chameleon Skinned Hydrar Hydra
• Moonshadow +1 Cap for Chameleon Skinned Hydrar Hydra
• Darkpath +1 Cap for Chameleon Skinned Hydra Hydra

• TTC (Tabletop Caps) Supported
• Submod for Duke’s Damned Nations
• Submod for SFO
• Russian Translation
• Chinese Translation

Big thanks and Credits to:

Huge thanks to GabeSky who converted the old WH2 textures for me and gave the spark to start modding again.
Basedmemes, Meh and All Is Dust for helping me due to some old modding rust.
Cataph for the creation of the Spellthirster, Veteran and Royal Hydra unit cards.
ChaosRobie for his removable hydra heads and stumps for the Spellthirster <3
Skorne for the lovely hydra crests on the Royal Hydra.
Da Modding Den[discord.gg] – Big shout out to the modding den, the guys and gals there are the biggest help, so if you ever want to get involved in modding or just want a nosey around, do drop in and say hi!

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