Caravan of Blue Roses Monsters & Beasts

The Direpack (Dire Wolves)

Dire Wolves are macabre parodies of the living Giant Wolves that roam the Badlands and the forests of the Old World. Their flesh hangs in tatters from cracking bones, their skulls and innards exposed through tears in their skin. They are swathed in an eerie, glimmering twilight and their eyes glow with unnatural energy. The stench of putrefaction hangs on their wet breath and their howls cause shivers of fear to freeze the bold. When they are slain, their bodies dissolve into a coiling miasma, leaving nothing behind. Vampires sometimes keep the largest of these creatures in pens deep below their castles and towers, feeding them on local peasants until they are large and glutted, then goading them to new heights of viciousness. The Vampire imbue their creations with Dark Magic to increase vitality and bestow a callous cunning. These monstrous creations are known as Doom Wolves, and it is these larger, more ferocious beasts that lead the Dire Wolf packs to war.

Unit Name The Direpack (Dire Wolves)

Main Unit Key wh_dlc04_vmp_mon_direpack_0

Land Unit Key wh_dlc04_vmp_mon_direpack_0

Land Unit Group Parents Monsters & Beasts

Land Unit Group War Beasts

Caste War Beast

Category Melee Infantry

Class Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 650

Recruitment Cost 650

Upkeep Cost 163

Number of Units 80

Hit Points 6080

├ Mount 0

├ Mount Entity

├ Mount Hit Points

├ Num Mounts wf1_dire_wolf

├ Man Entity wh_dlc04_monster_direpack_blood

├ Man Hit Points 8

├ Num Men 80

└ Bonus Hit Points 68

Mass 200

└ Man Mass 200.0000

Armour 0

├ Armour wh_main_body_0

├ Shield none

└ Missile Block Chance 0

Leadership 40

Speed 95

└ Man Speed 95

Melee Attack 34

Melee Defence 19

Weapon Strength 22

├ Melee Weapon wh_dlc04_vmp_wolf_fangs_direpack

├ Base Weapon Damage 19

├ Armour-Piercing Weapon Damage 3

├ Bonus vs. Large 14

└ Bonus vs. Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 28

Abilities

• 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

• Causes Fear
  This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.
• Vanguard Deployment
  This unit can deploy outside the deployment zone.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
• Strider
  Speed and combat penalties caused by terrain are ignored by this unit.
• Undead
  This unit is Undead (does not rout, immune to terror, becomes unstable when {{tr:morale}} is low).

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very Fast
  This unit can run circles around most other units, taunting and harassing the enemy or evading its missile fire.
• Weak Against Armour
  This unit's attack can hardly punch through armour and is thus wasted on heavily armoured enemies.
• Vanguard Deployment
  This unit can deploy in an expanded deployment area, allowing it to start the battle within striking distance of the enemy - or somewhere unexpected.
• Anti-Large
  Anti-large units have an advantage against targets that are at least as large as a horse. This advantage can be a damage bonus against large targets or an attack that focuses on a very small area. However, some units are simply better against large targets because their attacks are slow and easy to dodge by skilled melee combatants.

Faction Availability
Immortal Empires	The Barrow Legion Lahmian Sisterhood Necrarch Brotherhood Strygos Empire The Silver Host Mousillon Templehof Von Carstein Sylvania Vampire Counts Vampire Counts Vampire Counts Vampire Counts Rebels Waldenhof Sylvania
The Realm of Chaos	Jiangshi Rebels Sires of Mourkain Caravan of Blue Roses Lahmian Sisterhood Nagashizzar