Hi all... 1st time player here

[megajon]

Oh I definately am adapting..

where exactly can I buy beholders? I am also curious, can you ever get necromancers? they seem pretty bad ass!

[fld88]

Originally Posted by megajon

Oh I definately am adapting..

where exactly can I buy beholders? I am also curious, can you ever get necromancers? they seem pretty bad ass!

The swamp often has beholders and chances are you'll find them randomly in most areas thereafter. The Evil Beholders are much better then the plain ones though. It will likely be much later before you'll have a chance at Necromancers.

[Saridu]

You have to complete the swamp brothers quest. I missed it my first play through, talk to the brother in the castle by the Alchemist and he'll start the ball rolling. A tough fight at low level but you should easily walk through it.

After the quest is finished, the brothers offer incrementally better troops, the middle brother has a very good chance to stock Royal Snakes (If you don't know about them, get them! No retaliation and a special strike across an empty square special) The last brother Brown Hzlen or something like that has a good chance to stock Beholders, in my last game he stocked Evil Beholders

I've only seen Necromancers at the Black Tower in Demonis (Right near the end of the game)

Good luck adapting and enjoy raising the Jolly Rodger, aargh

[alon]

Thanks for the tips Saridu.

I would add a recommendation to try out the Alchemist Dwarf Level 4 units in the Swamps. They are my strongest unit at the moment: I'm Level 7 before going to Freedom Islands on Impossible.

Not a single Inquisitor in sight.
No Resurrection Spell.
No Sacrifice Spell.

Which reminds me, does anyone know of a sure way to get any one of those three?

[megajon]

thanks, I did find beholders, and actually replaced my dwarven alchys with them, but they are about on the same power level imo..

that really stinks about the necros only being near the games end =/

current army at lvl 8,
melee -royal snakes
ranged -cannoniers, bowmen, archmage, beholders...

I miss my inquisitors, waaah.... think I will try and paladin next and shoot for the inquisition.