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Heavy Raider - Painted Ones

Strong warships, constructed to withstand the worst the sea can throw at them.

Inhumanly decorated, and inhumanly savage, these men are dangerous indeed.

Most of the northern European tribes were not naval powers, but there were still able seafarers to be found amongst them. Shipbuilding techniques were well understood, so while many vessels were small leather-skinned boats for inland and inshore use, bigger sea-going vessels were also made. Shipwrights used heavy planking for hulls, stitched together and then fastened to a wooden skeleton to create sturdy craft able to cope with Atlantic conditions. Julius Caesar was surprised at the quality of the enemy ships when his fleet clashed with the Veneti from modern-day Brittany. The Veneti vessels had flat bottoms to cope with shallows, but were also of heavy oak construction to cope with rough seas. This made them tough opposition for Roman galleys, and capable of shrugging off a ramming attack. Caesar said that the enemy ships "...were constructed of planks a foot in breadth, fastened by iron spikes the thickness of a man's thumb; the anchors were secured fast by iron chains instead of cables”. When the Romans were forced to board, they faced fearsome warriors used to close-quarters fighting at sea.

(Painted Ones)
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.

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Heavy Raider - Painted Ones

Unit Name

Heavy Raider - Painted Ones

Main Unit Key

Bri_Painted_Heavy_Raider

Land Unit Key

Bri_Painted_Ones

Naval Unit Key

barbarian_heavy_raider

Soldiers

120

Category

Medium Ship

Class

Melee Ship

Custom Battle Cost

850

Recruitment Cost

850

Upkeep Cost

170

Ship Health

1290

└ Ship

barbarian_heavy_raider

Ship Speed

3

Melee Attack

37

Weapon Damage

25

├ Melee Weapon

rome_celtic_longsword_bonus_infantry

├ Melee Damage Base

20

├ Melee Damage Ap

5

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Bonus vs. Large

0

├ Bonus vs Elephants

0

└ Bonus vs Infantry

15

Charge Bonus

37

Melee Defence

56

├ Base Defence

21

├ Shield

celtic_shock

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

10

├ Armour

none

├ Armour Defence

0

└ Shield Armour

10

Health

55

├ Man Entity

rome_infantry_light_fast_barb

├ Man Health

45

└ Bonus Hit Points

10

Base Morale

60

Abilities

Heavy Raider
  • Row Hard 20
    Increases speed for 20 strokes.
    Ship speed
Painted Ones
  • Frenzy
    Improves a unit's charge and weapon damage for an extended period.
    Charge damage, Weapon damage
    Exertion: fatigue

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.
  • Scare (everyone)
    This unit frightens all enemy units.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Heavy Raider
  • Very good hull strength
  • Medium crew
  • Average speed
  • Average ramming
  • Very good boarding
Painted Ones
  • Very good attack
  • Average defence
  • Average damage but low armour penetration
  • Good morale
Requires Buildings
Heavy Raider - Painted Ones Lv. 0 Raiders' Port
Raiders' Port
(barb_port_military_4)
Level 3
Garrison Buildings
Heavy Raider - Painted Ones x 1 Raiders' Port
Raiders' Port
(barb_port_military_4)
Level 3