Wraiths for Vampire Counts

The mod adds a roster of ghost units for the Vampire Count factions. It is primarily themed around Castle Drachenfels (with some units only available from there), but it also adds new ethereal units to the Wraith building chain. Since they are pretty strong against anything without magic damage, I’ve limited them with the Tomb King’s cap mechanic.

Apart from 6 new units (including 1 RoR), the mod also provides 2 new heroes and 1 new lord choice, adds some low level building tiers and renames Kemmler’s starting settlement to Castle Drachenfels (compatible with Old vs New!).

Wraith Lord – new lord, can choose between Lore of Shadow or Death, loosely based on Wight King stats

Spectre – new hero, available as both Shadow & Death variant, recruitable only from Castle Drachenfels (but factionwide with the highest tier)

I have created an additional tier 0 building to give earlier access to Spirit Host units.

Wraith Knights – based on Black Knight stats
Wraith Knights (Lances) – based on Black Knight stats
Wraith Guard – based on Grave Guard stats
Spirit Host – ethereal meat shields

The units available from the Wraith building can also be recruited via the Raise Dead mechanic!

Drachenfels Militia – based on Skeleton Spearmen stats
Drachenfels Guard – RoR, Halberds & Shield, based on Tomb Guard stats

To make the units fit with the ethereal theme, I reduced their leadership and health, while also reducing the unit size by about 20%. I hope that helps to keep them balanced, but please let me know what you think.

All units recieve the same buffs as their corporeal variants (with Drachenfels Guard counting as regular Grave Guard).

I couldn’t find how to make the icons for the caps visible in unit recruitment, so it only shows that you’ve reached the cap, but not how many units you have.

– Spirits Host units are available in unlimited quantity
– Wraith Guards & Wraith Knights start with a cap of 2 each, increased through the Wraith building
– Wraith Knights (Lances) start with a cap of 1, increased through the Wraith building
– The Drachenfels units start with a cap of 0, increasing through building the landmark
– Heinrich Kemmler passively gets +2 Drachenfels Militia and +1 Drachenfels Guard
– Wraith Lords have a skill to increase the cap for Wraith Guards & Knights

Since the Spectres are added as females to work in the Banshee tab, they get female names after recruitment. It doesn’t really bother me, since you can rename them anyway (and I’d argue Spectres of both genders look the same), but if anyone happens to know how to fix it, I’d appreciate the help!

Bloodline Units – Blood Dragons
Bloodline Units – Von Carstein & Lahmia
Bloodline Additions – Strigoi Hero
Wraiths for Vampire Counts
Damned for Vampire Counts
Bloodkiss – Expansion – in cooperation with Lethani

Bloodlines: Rare Vampires – by thesniperdevil
Red Duke Bloodline Skill Fix – by A’ln
Sylvanian Mortal Levies – by v o i d

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