Mercenary Longbow Hunters

The German warrior was exposed on an open, flat battlefield but, when fighting in hills and woodland, he had the advantage. Most were raised as hunters in dense forests, so became expert at stealthy manoeuvres and laying ambush. Whilst their battle tactics were proven, their longbows, often two metres in length and made of yew, lacked the power and accuracy of composite bows made in the east. Their ammunition was also somewhat lacking: limited iron supplies meant these men often fired bone-tipped arrows that struggled to pierce enemy armour. On the battlefield, archers lined up behind slingers - afforded some protection by the shields of the warriors in front of them.

Unit Name Mercenary Longbow Hunters

Main Unit Key Mer_Ger_Longbow_Hunters

Land Unit Key Mer_Ger_Longbow_Hunters

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 120

Category Missile Infantry

Class Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 480

Recruitment Cost 480

Upkeep Cost 170

Missile Damage 38

├ Missile Weapon rome_longbow

├ Projectile arrow_longbow

├ Missile Damage 30

├ Missile Ap Damage 8

└ Base Reload Time 12

Accuracy 5

Range 165

Reload 19

Shots Per Minute 6

Ammunition 30

Melee Attack 7

Weapon Damage 23

├ Melee Weapon rome_shortsword

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 3

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 5

Charge Bonus 3

Melee Defence 5

├ Base Defence 5

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 27

├ Armour cloth

├ Armour Defence 27

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 50

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_very_light_fast

├ Man Health 45

└ Bonus Hit Points 5

Base Morale 20

Abilities

• Quick Reload
  Improved reloading for an extended time.
  Shots per minute
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Resistant to Fatigue
  Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
• Hide (scrub & forest)
  This unit can hide in scrub and forest until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.
• Snipe
  This unit remains hidden while firing.
• Stalk
  This unit can move hidden in any terrain.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Long range
• Average rate of fire
• Good damage but low armour penetration
• Very weak in melee
• Very poor morale

Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
1	rom_province_pool_germania_minor	Germania Minor	Bavay Vesonto	1	0.15	1	4
2	rom_province_pool_magna_germania	Magna Germania	Flevium Treva Tulifurdum	0	0.15	1	4
3	rom_province_pool_suebia	Suebia	Calancorum Pelplin Setidava Virunium	1	0.15	1	4

Grand Campaign Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
4	rom_province_pool_germania_minor	Germania Minor	Bagacum Vesontio	1	0.15	1	4
5	rom_province_pool_magna_germania	Magna Germania	Flevum Tulifurdum Uburzis	0	0.15	1	4
6	rom_province_pool_silesia	Silesia	Belz Budorgis	1	0.15	1	4
7	rom_province_pool_suebia	Suebia	Ascaucalis Alabu Lupfurdum Rhougion	1	0.15	1	4

Caesar in Gaul Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Province	Region	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
8	gaul_province_pool_arduenna_silva	Arduenna Silva	Divoduron Durocorteron Noviodunon Treverorum	1	0.15	1	3
9	gaul_province_pool_germania_inferior	Germania Inferior	Atuatuca Bagacum	1	0.15	1	3
10	gaul_province_pool_silva_carbonaria	Silva Carbonaria	Bratuspantion Gesoriacum Nemetocenna	1	0.15	1	3
11	gaul_province_pool_silva_nigra	Silva Nigra	Argentorate Noviiomagos Uburzis	1	0.15	1	3

Faction Mercenaries Pool

Mercenaries Pool
No.	Pool	Faction	Initial Unit Count	Chance To Replenish	Max Replenish Per Turn	Max Count
12	rom_faction_pool_germanic	Arii (Imperator Augustus) Cherusci (Imperator Augustus) Cimbri (Imperator Augustus) Frisii (Imperator Augustus) Gutones (Imperator Augustus) Helisii (Imperator Augustus) Helveconae (Imperator Augustus) Marcomanni Elders (Imperator Augustus) Marcomanni (Imperator Augustus) Rugii (Imperator Augustus) Semnones (Imperator Augustus) Cherusci Cimbri Frisii Gutones Lugii Marcomanni Rugii Suebi tribal council Suebi	1	0.15	1	4
13	gaul_faction_pool_german	Nemetes (Caesar in Gaul) Suebi (Caesar in Gaul) Vangiones (Caesar in Gaul)	1	0.15	1	3