Zealous Ward

[Jazierel]

Metal scuplted eagle sitting on a branch, ready to take flight. Team colored magic gems for eyes.

Hit Points: 35
Power: ---
Armor: 10%
Blocking: 100% (unless focused, then 0%)
Recovery: 3
Attack Pattern: 6 tiles
Attack: When focused, gives one unit +5 to attack and 1 extra movement point (eg. 4 tiles for knight instead of 3). The drawback is that the unit may only move forward and side to side, not backwards from the direction it is facing at the beginning of its turn. Example below: (for knight)
__REGULAR___------___WITH WARD___
------------------{}{}{}{} X{}{} {}{}
{}{}{}X{}{}{}---{}{}{} X X X {} {}{}
{}{} X X X {}{}---{}{} X X X X X {}{}
{} X X X X X {}---{} X X X X X X {}{}
X X X ^ X X X------X X X X ^ X X X X
{} X X X X X {}---{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
{}{} X X X {}{}---{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
{}{}{}X{}{}{}---{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}

*Its a bit chopy, but hopefully you get the idea*
(any suggestions on drawing on the forums that work better?)

[Aro23r]

I think its kind of useless. The ability to retreat/fall back is a big part of the game, getting rid of that is like marching forward to your death, at times

[Jazierel]

A note I probably should have placed in the original post for clairfication.
*If you change direction at the end of your turn, facing in a "retreating direction" (away from the enemy) on your next move the way your unit is facing is your new "forward direction", therefore allowing you to move that way. *
(if that wasn't clear before, sorry... though I know what you mean Aro23r, its best use would be for chasing down units or even quickly returing to your own lines to defend them)

[Choi]

Interesting concept. How about if you retreat, you only move the regular distance and it loses focus?

[Hashish_Scout]

I think that could be a nice compromise. You can retreat in a hurry if you want to, but the check on it is it loses focus. Cool.

[Ri'Orius]

Very interesting idea.

For future reference though, the code tag can be quite useful:


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It's the # button on the panel above the text field in which you write your post. It makes all characters have an equal length.

[Caanon]

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