The Dreadfleet Field Artillery

Mortars

Mortars are short, heavy weapons, designed to lob a hollow, explosive shell high into the air so that it drops onto its target. While a solid cannon ball may plough through several victims, a Mortar shell explodes with tremendous force, scattering razor-sharp shrapnel over a wide area and scything through whole ranks of enemy warriors. Firing a Mortar is always a tense moment, for the quality of fuses is highly variable and it is not unknown for one to burn through before the crew have finished loading the shell. As a result, Mortar crews tend to be superstitious and carry multiple good-luck charms about their persons.

Unit Name Mortars

Main Unit Key wh2_dlc11_cst_art_mortar

Land Unit Key wh2_dlc11_cst_art_mortar

Naval Unit Key wh_main_shp_transport

Land Unit Group Siege Artillery

Naval Unit Group Siege Artillery

Soldiers 44

Caste War Machine

Category Siege Engine

Class Field Artillery

Cost 600

Recruitment Cost 600

Upkeep Cost 150

Engine Missile Damage 130

├ Engine wh2_dlc11_cst_art_mortar

├ Missile Weapon wh2_dlc11_cst_mortar

├ Projectile wh2_dlc11_cst_mortar_shell

├ Missile Damage 100

├ Missile Ap Damage 30

└ Base Reload Time 20

Accuracy 10

Range 380

Reload 10

Shots Per Minute 3.3

Ammunition 22

Melee Attack 10

Weapon Strength (Weapon Damage) 18

├ Melee Weapon wh_main_vmp_sword_zombie

├ Melee Damage Base 16

├ Melee Damage Ap 2

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 5

Melee Defence 6

├ Base Defence 6

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 20

├ Armour wh2_main_leather_20

├ Armour Defence 20

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 56

├ Man Entity wh2_dlc16_infantry_zombie_blood_crew

├ Man Speed 23

├ Man Health 8

└ Bonus Hit Points 48

Leadership (Base Morale) 30

Abilities

• Extra Powder
  Because you can never have too much.
• Crumbling
  The dead do not rest easily in the Old World. Those summoned by Vampires and Necromancers no longer have mortal concerns - they serve only their master's will.
• Disintegrating
  The Dark Magic binding has failed. Both flesh and necromantic energy slough off the subjects, leaving naught but dust.

Attributes

• Cannot Run
  This unit cannot run and will only move at walking pace.
• Causes Fear
  This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.
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Strengths & Weaknesses

• Anti-Infantry
  Anti-infantry units have an advantage against targets that are smaller than a horse. This advantage can be a damage bonus against small targets, superior weight used to smash through lighter enemies, or an explosive attack from range that affects a large area.

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Bombards (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_ship_cannons_1) Level 0 Carronades (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_ship_cannons_2) Level 1 Cannons (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_ship_cannons_3) Level 2 Munitions Hut (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_support_artillery_1) Level 0 Cannonry Shed (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_support_artillery_2) Level 1 Black Powder Depot (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_support_artillery_3) Level 2

Garrison Buildings

x 1

The Maelstrom (Stirring) (wh2_dlc11_special_settlement_galleons_graveyard_2) Level 2 The Maelstrom (Active) (wh2_dlc11_special_settlement_galleons_graveyard_3) Level 3 The Maelstrom (Powerful) (wh2_dlc11_special_settlement_galleons_graveyard_4) Level 4 The Maelstrom (Raging) (wh2_dlc11_special_settlement_galleons_graveyard_5) Level 5 Haunted Blockhouse (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_defence_garrison_2) Level 1 Palisades (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_defence_walls_1) Level 0 Barricade of Debris (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_defence_walls_2) Level 1 Parapets (wh2_dlc11_vampirecoast_defence_walls_3) Level 2 Sartosa (Pirate Shanty Town) (wh2_main_special_settlement_sartosa_cst_2) Level 2 Sartosa (Pirate Holdout) (wh2_main_special_settlement_sartosa_cst_3) Level 3 Sartosa (Pirate Lair) (wh2_main_special_settlement_sartosa_cst_4) Level 4 Sartosa (Pirate Stronghold) (wh2_main_special_settlement_sartosa_cst_5) Level 5 The Awakening (Pirate Shanty Town) (wh2_main_special_settlement_the_awakening_cst_2) Level 2 The Awakening (Pirate Holdout) (wh2_main_special_settlement_the_awakening_cst_3) Level 3 The Awakening (Pirate Lair) (wh2_main_special_settlement_the_awakening_cst_4) Level 4 The Awakening (Pirate Stronghold) (wh2_main_special_settlement_the_awakening_cst_5) Level 5

Faction Availability
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