Kaledonoi Melee Infantry

Pictone Neitos

The painted warriors of Britain were recognisable thanks to the blue designs adorning their skin and made famous by Julius Caesar’s 'De Bello Gallico'. Their bravery and savagery is evident from his commentaries. Fighting unarmoured, and sometimes naked in the style of the Gaulish Gaesatae or the northern Picts, the painted ones relied on their skills with the Celtic longsword, a weapon designed to slash and hack rather than stab, and their tall shields, which could also be used as a weapon in its own right. Their tattoos generally took the form of curlicue lines, dashes and circles, which mirrored abstracted animal and natural forms. Frightening to behold, these designs probably held religious significance, uniting the warriors with their gods, their lands and their tribes. Whether woad was the source of the blue dye or some mixture of copper and iron that Caesar referred to as 'vitrum' is not entirely clear. Woad, however, does make a better candidate as it has slightly antiseptic properties.

Unit Name Pictone Neitos

Main Unit Key Bri_Pictone_Neitos

Land Unit Key Bri_Pictone_Neitos

Naval Unit Key barbarian_transport

Soldiers 300

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 629

Recruitment Cost 629

Upkeep Cost 126

Melee Attack 42

Weapon Damage 11

├ Melee Weapon bsword4

├ Weapon Damage 11

├ Weapon Deadliness 0

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs. Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 17

Melee Defence 75

├ Base Defence 23

├ Shield shield5

└ Shield Defence 52

Armour 1

├ Armour arm0

├ Armour Defence 1

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 20

├ Man Entity heavy_light

├ Man Health 20

└ Bonus Hit Points 0

Base Morale 60

Abilities

• Stamina (average)
  Governs how fast the unit tires and restores fatigue, and is dependent on type of unit, weight and approach to combat.

Attributes

• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Resistant to Cold
  This unit tires less quickly in snow.

Strengths & Weaknesses

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

• Very good attack
• Average defence
• Average damage but low armour penetration
• Good morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Tavern (rom_BARBARIAN_commons_public_3) Level 2
Lv. 1	Mead Hall (rom_BARBARIAN_commons_public_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Kaledonoi
Imperator Augustus	Kaledonoi (Imperator Augustus)