The Deceiver's Gambit - New Mainline Candidate!

[Dalas120]

The Deceiver's Gambit - New Mainline Candidate!

Yearning for adventure, a newly-trained apprentice from the magic academy at Alduin fights alongside Wesnoth’s king during a major war against the orcs of the north. Play a pivotal role during this time of turmoil, as despite a string of battlefield victories Wesnoth seems to be slipping inexorably into chaos...

Replaces and rectons Delfador’s Memoirs, as part of Yumi’s in-progress “Terror of Asheviere” story arc. Plot approved for mainline.
- obliterate your foes with 23 learnable magic spells.
- manage multiple recall lists across 13 scenarios.
- Deoran appears in this campaign. He’s a retcon, not a continuity error; TSG is getting moved earlier in the timeline.

Now available on the 1.18 add-on server! Post feedback here, or on the discord.

[Lord-Knightmare]

I posted the same feedback report in the Wesnoth Modders Guild Discord but posting the same thing here to show that the forum post is getting attention at least.

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# The Deceiver's Gambit
# (The Delfador's Memoirs Rework)

## Feedback
## BY: TJK/Lord-Knightmare

### Scenario 0: Graduation

- Really nice introuction to the campaign where you can actually see a mage trial.
- Gives us an overview of what kind of character Delfador is.
- Also, a good introduction to the spellcasting system.

### Scenario 1: Stirrings of War

- I like the way that spells can be configured pre-battle. Very interested in deep diving into the spellcasting system code.
- I kept the magic missile spell, but replaced leviate with Find Familiar for scouting.
- Nice mechanic where the goblins flee screaming if you off the rouser.
- Loving how the revised story is developing so far.
- No achievements yet, huh?

### Scenario 2: Fort Garard

- The story seems to have changed and made Garad very belligerent. No complaints. I am interested to see how this develops further.
- I started with taking "chill touch" and "magic missile". My goal is harvest XP for Delfador so left out utilities. I later saw that picking the shield/leviate would have benefited me a lot.
- Typo Found: "Excellent" was spelt wrong. (Spearman one-liner help text)
- Is the village at 5,24 supposed to be unreachable?
- Garard II's unit's base does not fit into the 72x72 sidebar window. I know this is a bug doofus carelessly introduced so i will let it slide this time. You might wanna resize the base image of the unit to make it fit though.

### Scenario 3: The Ambassador

- Started the scenario with Shield, Chill Touch and Fireball. I was intrigued by Polymorph and Blizzard but did not think I can utilise it very well due to the high XP cost for the Roc (most attractive choice), maybe I can if I harvest more XP.
- Ah, the Sand Scamperer unit is used here.
- Hey, hey, hey! Deoran from the TSG! WAIT A MINUTE. Does not make sense. TSG takes place in 607 YW and this campaign is supposed to take place in 470 YW (130 years before). Just how? I suggest renaming this character or you might introduce a flood of confusion. Like several feedbackers will be confused by this name so I strongly recommend changing it.
- what is up with the tutorial hints? Is this supposed to be beginner level?

### Scenario 4: The Sylvan Seer

- Okay, a puzzle scenario. Interesting. Gonna take a good amount of time on cracking the puzzle. or might skip it...dunno yet.
- So, this Deoran is actually the SAME Deoran from TSG. Hmm, Is the timeline of TSG going to change to accomodate this campaign? If not, you're looking at a gaping plot-hole/inconsistency here.
- Why is Kalenz "aged" here? He does not have the same trait in HttT. This is another plot inconsistency. Or, is HttT supposed to be updated too? I think you really should get your story details with the linked works in order before introducing this to mainline or you would be asking for a lot of trouble.
- Woah...the fight afterwards was intense. Really well executed. I got also foreknowledge on what will happen next for the HttT, Angel of Ashes and what not.

### Scenario 5: The Deceiver

- I started this off with Fireball (I might be a Natsu Dragneel fan, wont admit this though) and Mnemonic (the passive one).
- Got "ENABLE_NIGHTBLADE" macro being deprecated message in this scenario.
- The scenario was easy enough. However, I think I may have skimmed note on AMLA not being done for Delfador...What was it again?
- TBH, with the spellcasting and AMLA adjustments for Delfador, this does not seem right for a tutorial campaign. Would be better as an intermediate one.

### Scenario 6: Ring of Swords

- Ah, an ambush by the orcish tribes and saurians.
- Took Spells: Fireball, Find Familiar, and Shield.
- I reloaded...rethought my life choices...I threw away the Find Familiar and picked Leviate..oh yeah.
- Recalled some spearmen and 2x White Mages.
- Had some units stay at starting keep while others with Deoran focused on rescuing her Royal Highness.
- Delfador stole the show...as expected..

### Scenario 7: The Great River

- Ah, the infamous recall-list switch...knew this "feature" had to come up sometime...
- No Poacher or Thug? Just Thief and Footpad? Okay...but no poacher...really?
- Okay, in my version, I got Rogue Mage as recruits...hmm...cool. They have new stats...okay
- Oh a female variant of Rogue Mage..might incorporate this into my era maybe.
- Okay, so the first part of the scenario is more doable now.
- Second part is still a close-call.

### Scenario 8: Ruins of Saurgrath

- Okay, so hunting Saurian level 3 Javlineer/Flanker this time.
- The first surprise 1v3 fight did prove quite a challenge as the right selection of spells would get me through. The shield one worked like a charm here.
- The other part of the scenario was quite uneventful. No complaints. Just an observation.

### Scenario 9: Omaranth

- So, the outlaws are going to be the only playable units here? Okay.
- AH, I remember this one. Like in the classic DM one. That night in the swamp thing but more utilised concept.
- Nice.
- Hmm...So, the scenario gives a hint of a necromancer...Oh, I wonder if Iliah Malal is actually here in the reworked version..or might be the queen herself.

### Scenario 10: Clan Blackcrest

- Hmm, pretty uneventful...I suppose this was a breather scenario...giving me a lot of XP to get some levelled troops.
- I was really looking forward to try out some more of the newer spells but I feel more optimised with the current build I got running.
- The alternate advancement to the Rogue Mage seems quite cool.

### Scenario 11: The Traitor

- Woah. A sudden twist to the existing plot.
- Hey Kaylan! Yeah!
- The scenario was quite challenging sincce Spearmen made quick work of my cavalry so I had to rely on Delfador to push through and snipe out Arand.
- I wonder if it will be guilt at having murdered Arand that Delfador was motivated to raise Konrad.

### Scenario 12: Revelry, Revisited

- Ah, kind of like Pebbles in the Flood from TSG...Okay, So I tried my best and sniped out 3 enemy leaders (while sending off my best trooops away)

### Scenario 13: Long Live the Queen

- Really fantastic finish of the campaign. Wonderful.
- The Boss fight was superb too.

### Overall

- Excellent.
- Compared to the classic DM, this was way more cooler and had a deeper plot.
- Kind of surpised that Iliah Malal (and the plot element which gave Delfador his power staff: Staff of Ul-sth) had no presence in this campaign though.

Also, I am aware much of the bugs and problems I have pointed out have already been fixed. Well done on the campaign! It's amazing.

[Sire]

Thanks for making the forum post! I tend to have text limits on ye olde Discord, and feel my walls of text are better suited for a proper message board instead of a chat platform.

* * * * * General Stuff * * * * *

Difficulty: Journyman (x2 Enemies, "Normal?")
Campaign Version: 1.01 (some bugs may have been fixed, as I saw a 1.03 version on the server while I was playing)
Save/Load: Used Frequently for favorable RNG

Overall, a fun campaign! While I personally leaned more into playing a Mage Commander (augmented traditionally Wesnoth), I definitely see the appeal and possibilities of the other playstyles. The spells are the defining feature of the campaign, and it was nice to see a variety of scenarios and objectives besides just "kill the enemy leader." The Deceiver's Gambit is definitely a campaign worth replaying!
-- One thing that did bother me was that the Familiar kept resetting (Part Two, Final Showdown) despite not dying. I was under the assumption it would always be by my side if chosen, even if other recalls were unavailable. This could have been a bug or intentional behavior, but if so it does sorta suck. I was hoping that the Familiar could grow alongside Delfador with its AMLAs...

Story-wise, I found some of the delays between text-boxes to be a bit off-putting. I know its supposed to happen for dramatic effect, but sometimes it feels like the game isn't responsive if it does nothing, even for that short time.
-- Same thing goes for the epilogue effect, clicking arrows to be greeted by no new text whatsoever. It's like flipping through a book and the next page is blank, only for the story to keep going on after the blank page has been flipped. It ruins the pacing in my opinion. // At least put some "..." in there instead of having nothing at all.

* * * * * Scenario Feedback * * * * *

Spoiler:

Scenario One:
-- Spells: Magic Missile, Familiar

Huh, could only recruit Mages. Thought this was gonna be rough, but then realized after taking out the Rouser the Goblins flee. In hindsight, the scenario hints at this at the start, but I'm in the classic "kill them all for EXP" strat, so I wasn't paying too much attention. Luckily, didn't have much issue and got the ball rolling.

Scenario Two:
-- Spells: Magic Missile, Familiar

Finally, some frontliners (Spearmen, Bowmen). I decided to focus on the Goblins and thought I was going to then handle the Orcs, but apparently I was just to focus on the Goblins alone. Guess I inadvertently followed the proper path!
-- If I knew going after the Orcs was the "harder/lucrative" option, I would've done that for more EXP. Oh well, I suppose this adds to the replayability of the campaign, especially since spells can be changed between scenarios.
-- Of note, I managed to promote one of my Mages to a White Mage.

Scenario Three:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Fireball

An interesting little scenario, making one's way through the annoying trees that just want to hug you. I know there are treehuggers, but when the trees hug back, its a little weird... /failedjoke
-- As an aside, seeing Deoran earlier in the timeline is interesting. The South Guard was one of my favorite mainline campaigns, so it'll be interesting to see how older Deoran handles things. Shame we don't get any hints on what happened to the other characters, but maybe that is intentional since it has two story paths (I'm assuming the Elf path is the canon choice).

Scenario Four:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Fireball

A fun little puzzle scenario. Later, I took the time to powerlevel my familiar here, as well as carefully position my units so Chantel can heal everyone once we were regrouped in the combat section.
-- I thought I got screwed when Kalnez got defeated on the last part, but I guess only Delfador counts.

Scenario Five:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Fireball

Ah yes, an assassination scenario. Blazed a path easily with my men (and some RNG manipulation), and claimed victory.

Scenario Six:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Siphon

My Familiar got an AMLA levelup! I'm also leveling my soldiers, managed to get a Mage of Light, and everything is looking on the up and up as I also cleared out the two bottom Saurian leaders.

Scenario Seven:
-- Spells, 1st Attempt: Shield, Levitate, Glamour, Fireball+
-- Spells, 2nd Attempt: Shield, Familiar, Polymorph, Animate Fire // Shield, Familiar, Glamour, Fireball+

...and I lost everything, including my leveled Familiar! The recalls I get, but the Familiar too? (I'm know of the recall list wipe/feature from the original DM, so I didn't mind too much.)
-- Granted, this level is a stealth one and having a leveled Familiar around (alongside a leveled Delfador) would probably make things too easy, but it does suck losing a unit I thought would actually stick around throughout the campaign, especially since its description states it persists across scenarios.

The first part sucked for me, as I had to deal with two guards (Saurian, Goblin) who were standing next to each other by the beacon. I couldn't snipe the beacon with Delfador, as they could still spot me. I could snipe the Saurian with Delfador, but the Goblin remained and I couldn't get my troops in position to reliably kill him too.
-- Luckily, I had a 6.4% chance to kill the Goblin with my Rogue Mage!...

I said screw that and restarted the scenario, opting for Fire Guardians and Polymorph. Guess I'm not fielding my regular soldiers this time...
-- Even then, with more opportunities to handle the guards, I was still subject to the whims of RNG. I managed eventually, and got to Part 2. I changed my spells around, and...
=== [BUG] While I couldn't cast spells (Shield), the abilities still changed out. I was sadly stuck as a Roc, but I gained Glamour's Leadership ability and Fireball+, while I was transformed as a Roc.
=== As an aside, I'm starting to see the appeal of Polymorph. The Roc is pretty awesome as a unit, although I personally rather stick with the classic spellcaster than using transformations.

Scenario Eight:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Siphon, Contingency

While one probably should be going all-in on the spellcasting aspect, I can't help playing Wesnoth traditionally, wanting to level up my recruits and see them grow and then ~~annihilate everything~~ have fun at higher levels.
-- I decided to attack the bandits. It's my gold, and I decide what I want to do with it! (Reading through the scenario files, looks like it was just a giant misunderstanding. Whoops.)

Yes, this scenario would've been much easier if I just stuck to ye olde Polymorph and Animate Fire, but I wanted to field units, even though it is a terrible idea due to the poor terrain. Alas, I managed...

Scenario Nine:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Siphon, Dancing Blades

[BUG] I broke it. I went back to Turn 2 and it disabled the fog.

That aside, the scenario played as normal. Managed to get our favorite "not backstabbing thief" up to Assassin, and made good use of Shadow Mages and my Familiar. I really needed the numbers on this one, so I ended up having to recruit extra guys instead of sticking with my usual "elite force."

Scenario Ten:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Glamour, Fireball+

Ah, sweet freedom! My boys have returned! Now, if I knew how things were gonna turn out, I may have reconsidered my options a little more, but the Mage Army lives on!
-- Was a little surprised on my early victory since the primary bad guy surrendered after I beat up one of his guys. Oh well, all is well that ends well, right? (Horrible things are totally not gonna happen...)

[BUG] Upon leveling up my Part 2 Familiar back to AMLA status, it gave me double the options.
-- https://imgur.com/A1ixWUd

Scenario Eleven:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Glamour, Fireball+, Time Dilation

My boys... My precious boys, gone once again. At least we get mounted units now, and I imagine this scenario is supposed to be a showcase of Delfador's power once again instead of relying on ye olde armies. Either way, it was sorted out.
-- Time Dilation is pretty fun, especially for those who build up armies. I imagine Cataclysm is more for Spellcasting Delfador instead of Commander Delfador, and I may try that strat in another run.
-- That said, having pure Cavalry versus Spearmen is a bit rough. Guess I either have to rely on Delfador's summons more or just have Delfador carry everything (with the Familiar potentially helping).

Scenario Twelve:
-- Spells: N/A

This was a fun scenario. Having to decide between saving veterans or having them hold the line is great, and the ending was also neat. Looks like Deoran had his own Pebbles in the Flood moment. While some may be surprised at such a fate, I didn't mind and thought it was handled well.
-- Also, the boats speak of praising the King. Long live the king, say the boats!

Interlude: The King is Dead
-- Spelling Error "comsuming my home" -> "consuming my home"

Scenario Thirteen:
-- Spells: Shield, Familiar, Glamour, Fireball+, Time Dilation

...and I had an awkward start as there was no music playing. Big finale scenario, no cool tunes to listen to, which is somewhat saddening. Looking at the scenario file, apparently there's supposed to be music, but nothing plays.
-- Update: Apparently, it was Wesnoth itself having the problem, and not the campaign. Fully restarting Wesnoth brought the music back. Not sure if something in the campaign code did something to slience the audio and not bring it back, or I encountered a Wesnoth bug or something.

Managed the initial confrontation as an armchair general, as I had my army to handle things. I ended it with a well-timed Time Dilation, and for a short moment my memory lasped as I forgot about the 2nd attack. Remembering in time, Eldred was defeated, and it was now to the final duel...
--- ....WHY IS MY FAMILIAR BACK AT LEVEL ONE. (INSERT EXPLETIVE HERE) // In hindsight, it probably wouldn't be as effective in this showdown, but still!
--- Decided to change up the strat, Mudcrawlers, Chill Touch, Counterspell, Dancing Daggers, Chain Lightning. Turns out Mudcrawlers make for great decoys, as well as setting up Backstabs with Dancing Daggers. Chill Touch and Counterspell were defensive options, while I picked Chain Lightning thinking I had to handle adds. Except for the ghost phase, there weren't any, and even then I couldn't really take advantage of the Chain effect. Oh well, it happens.
--- Ending has "Text contains invlaid Pango markup" "<i>Maybe you can finally start to heal too.<i>"
--- As an aside, I really liked the ending confrontation with all of its visuals (the screen shake into the red screen, Eldred's new text, etc.). It was really well done!

* * * * * Story Stuff * * * * *

Now, for some spoiler talk, there is one story aspect of the campaign that was not to my liking, and that is due to the rippling effects it has on characterization. This is more personal preference as I imagined the characters/story slightly differently, but I feel it is important enough to state it.

Spoiler:

Garard's Abusive Behavor. Why?

While I don't know what existing lore exists for Garard and Eldred, this particular characterization, in my mind, makes Asheviere a weaker character. I thought Asheviere was a master manipulator, powerful sorceress, and cunning strategist. With the abuse going on, now all I can see is a frightened little girl, a victim, who throws a tantrum and seeks vengeance on all those who wronged her. (That said, this is coming from a guy who never properly sat down and played through Heir to the Throne. So, what I see of the character Asheviere may be different to what actually already exists.)
-- In other words, I see one of the most promiment villians of all of Wesnoth, essentially "Queen [censored] of Irdya," reduced to a simple bully because some arsehole roughed her up. Sure, she can still just be as calculating and dangerous as before, and maybe she still had the same objective before being abused, but it just hits differently.
-- The Asheviere I know takes no [censored] from anyone, and especially would not be playing a damsel in distress without good reason (I know she likely set it up, but still). While Garard is off fighting his wars, Asheveire is working in the shadows so that everything will flow smoothly once it is time for her ascension. Blackmail? Bribery? "Unfortunate Accident?" She has it all.

As for Garard himself, I don't mind his other qualities. I'm guessing he's meant to be unlikable with the constant push for wars and desire to cement some form of legacy. A part of me wishes his abuse was instead simple neglect, as he is too consumed by the wars to pay attention to his consort and son. I also would have preferred a tragic outcome instead of Garard getting what he deserved, something like the classic "I was doing all of this for you. It was my dream to leave behind a legacy, a foundation, for you to build upon..." // Of course, Eldred doesn't give a damn (and neither does Asheviere).

Not sure where the inspiration for Eldred's character comes from, but I suppose it works. I have no real comment on him.

...So yeah, the whole abuse thing just bothers me. It does work from a story standpoint, and my main complaint is that it seemingly weakens Asheviere's character, at least of what I thought Asheviere was supposed to be. There's technically nothing wrong with it, it's just not to my personal liking.

[Dalas120]

Thanks for the playthrough! I really appreciate you taking the time to write up this feedback.

One thing that did bother me was that the Familiar kept resetting (Part Two, Final Showdown) despite not dying. I was under the assumption it would always be by my side if chosen, even if other recalls were unavailable. This could have been a bug or intentional behavior, but if so it does sorta suck. I was hoping that the Familiar could grow alongside Delfador with its AMLAs...

[s07] ...and I lost everything, including my leveled Familiar! The recalls I get, but the Familiar too? (I'm know of the recall list wipe/feature from the original DM, so I didn't mind too much.)

[s13] --- ....WHY IS MY FAMILIAR BACK AT LEVEL ONE. (INSERT EXPLETIVE HERE) // In hindsight, it probably wouldn't be as effective in this showdown, but still!

Ugh, this is definitely a bug. Sorry for the bad experience; will fix.

Same thing goes for the epilogue effect, clicking arrows to be greeted by no new text whatsoever. It's like flipping through a book and the next page is blank, only for the story to keep going on after the blank page has been flipped. It ruins the pacing in my opinion. // At least put some "..." in there instead of having nothing at all.

Good idea, will do.

[s07] === [BUG] While I couldn't cast spells (Shield), the abilities still changed out. I was sadly stuck as a Roc, but I gained Glamour's Leadership ability and Fireball+, while I was transformed as a Roc.

Should already be fixed on the newest version!

[s09] [BUG] I broke it. I went back to Turn 2 and it disabled the fog.

Uh oh, what exactly happened here? This isn't a bug I was aware about.

[s10] [BUG] Upon leveling up my Part 2 Familiar back to AMLA status, it gave me double the options.

Ack, will fix.

[s12] -- Also, the boats speak of praising the King. Long live the king, say the boats!

Lmao, let me fix that.

[s12x] -- Spelling Error "comsuming my home" -> "consuming my home"

Will fix!

[s13] ...and I had an awkward start as there was no music playing. Big finale scenario, no cool tunes to listen to, which is somewhat saddening. Looking at the scenario file, apparently there's supposed to be music, but nothing plays.

That's odd, let me take a look. Might have been an issue with music fading.

[epilogue] --- Ending has "Text contains invlaid Pango markup" "<i>Maybe you can finally start to heal too.<i>"

Will fix!

Story Stuff

Will pass on to Yumi; I appreciate the feedback.

[SexyPringles]

Gameplay wise very good campaign and rework compared to the Delfador's Memoirs. I can actually use magic this time .

Plot was mostly good in my opinion but there were few things here and there that didn't sit right with me.

Spoiler:

I liked Delfador's character way more in here than in DM. In the original campaign it seemed like Delfador was already perfect, right from the moment he is introduced but here he actually goes through a character arc and grows. I also liked how Methor had a slightly bigger role than before.

The Deoran addition to the story was an unexpected surprise, but a welcomed one. Liked him already in South Guard and he even had his own last stand moment. The timelines don't match with Deoran here but that can be easily fixed with moving South Guard later in timeline.

Now for the things that were kinda meh for me personally, I greatly dislike the portrayal of Eldred. I don't know are you planning to rewrite some plot points in HttT but this timid scared kid is not what I had in mind when Eldred is first introduced in HttT.

Eldred is described like this in HttT: "Eldred was a brave and courageous warrior, able to lead his soldiers well. Unfortunately for Garard, his son was also ambitious... and treacherous. In the heat of battle, Eldred’s men turned on the King. And so, Garard was slain in battle that day, along with his brother and all his sons but Eldred."
This doesn't come off as someone who doesn't speak up when spoken to or someone who needs to have a constant acceptance of his parents.

Also this same quote brings up my other gripe, it basically says that Garard was slain in the heat battle alongside his brother but in TDG he just... gets killed while drunk? The campaign kinda contradicts with something that has already been established in HttT.

Now for Garard's character, I don't mind that he is abusing Asheviere and Eldred per se. But again kinda doesn't make that much sense and here's why I think that and I quote HttT again: "The Northern host encamped at Galcadar, by the Ford of Abez, and the King led his forces to meet them. Splitting his army in two, he led one half while his son, the Crown Prince Eldred, led the other."
Would a deadbeat father give half of his army to his son if Garard thought that Eldred was just useless? No, I don't think so. This quote personally makes me think that Garard has a great trust in his son's capabilities and wouldn't expect a sudden betrayal from him. That would mean that Garard loved his son and in my opinion, betrayals are always better when they don't come from the enemy but from a loved one.
If the abuse is already set in stone lore wise then it would make more sense to limit the abuse only on Asheviere then and leave Eldred out of it. Something along the lines that Garard's and Asheviere's marriage was purely political and nothing more but Garard does care for his heir and is teaching him to be a great leader and a capable warrior.

Garard and Delfador friendship is also kinda non-existent and shallow in my opinion. Delfador knows of Garads obvious flaws and abuse but still chooses to talk about him in very high regard in HttT. Quote: ""... and personal counselor to my King and my <i>friend</i>, Garard the Second, whom you most <i>foully</i> betrayed..."
I don't believe the older and wiser Delfador would talk about Garard in such a high manner if he really was that terrible king. Even the kings troops, after Garards death are basically like: "oh well, he was a bad king anyway. Totally deserved".
HttT paints Delfador as a friend and counselor for Garard but in here it isn't really that well portrayed imo.

Now the stuff that was removed aka Iliah-Malal. Not necessarily a bad thing but I was kinda expecting him and his tie to the Amulet of Veil from EI. But not a big deal.
Another thing that was removed was Delfador's adventure in the land of the dead, and how he got the staff of An-Usrukhar. I'm guessing it was removed because it's cliche: "An artifact that can be only wielded by someone with a heart in right place" is pretty used theme but idk I kinda liked it. Even if it is cliche it can still work when properly made.

And now in the end my own two cents. I think the story would improve making it into 2 parts. First part focusing on young Delfador and Iliah-Malal, in this part Delfador would be the young and brash but slowly growing and eventually earn his place as the kings counselor and and second part on the orcs, old Delfador and up to the betrayal.

Overall a good campaign. Needs some polishing and changes to the plot imo but the good groundwork is there.

[Dalas120]

Much appreciated; responded on discord!

[Sire]

[s09] [BUG] I broke it. I went back to Turn 2 and it disabled the fog.

Uh oh, what exactly happened here? This isn't a bug I was aware about.

I was playing the scenario normally, got into a bad situation, and used Wesnoth's standard "LOAD TURN" function to go back to the start of Turn 2.
-- When I did, the fog was disabled. The shroud still existed and the rest of the scenario seemed to play normally, but otherwise the fog was gone.
-- I don't remember if I was on Turn 2 or a turn or two ahead when I did it.

[ZIM]

Hello, first of all I love the campaign, it's certainly more compelling than Delfador's Memoirs. My main feedback is, in lower difficulties, many times you don't really get the feeling of fighting against an overwhelming army, like in S06. I played in Journeyman difficulty, and the saurians basically just sit there, they didn't even recruit anything. Same thing with S10. They didn't really give the feeling of an army that is capable of holding their position for years. My suggestion is to increase gold and give more starting units for all sides. Also, regarding the story, it's quite solid for me, I like the characterization. But I guess this means HttT will be getting revised? Also, what's the deal with the zombie drakes in S09? Is there an explanation why in that region there are many tunnels that have many drake corpses? That's the odd thing that struck out to me.

Lastly, I want to report a bug. In the last scenario, it seems if you surround Eldred completely with Mudcrawlers/Fire Guardians, the ghosts can't heal him. The ghosts did die after a few turns, but the scenario didn't progress. I checked the scenario file, and I guess it's because you forgot to put the FIRE_EVENT=yes argument in the KILL macro for the ghosts. I managed to finish the scenario by debugging and using the throw command for check_ghost_gone event

[Dalas120]

My main feedback is, in lower difficulties, many times you don't really get the feeling of fighting against an overwhelming army

Ah, I appreciate you letting me know about this! I'll see what I can do to readjust the difficulty and fix this.

I guess it's because you forgot to put the FIRE_EVENT=yes argument in the KILL macro for the ghosts. I managed to finish the scenario by debugging and using the throw command for check_ghost_gone event

Will fix, thanks!

[Dalas120]

I should ask - did you find Journeyman difficulty a reasonable challenge but weird thematically, or was it both too easy and also weird thematically?

[ZIM]

I should ask - did you find Journeyman difficulty a reasonable challenge but weird thematically, or was it both too easy and also weird thematically?

I think the difficulty is quite reasonable. The only scenario that I find was too easy is the ruins of saurgrath, since the saurians didn't recruit anything. Maybe the AI have a problem with low gold?

[Lexa04]

Hi, I've completed your campaign. It was quite interesting, I liked the different spells Delfador used, and the plot is quite twisted, evil is not depicted as pure evil anymore, it has its own real reasons, I like that.The only downside is that the role of Kalenz and elfs is too reduced. I played on the easiest difficulty and it seems to me that it is too easy - the enemies recruit very few fighters, and in the Revelry, Revisited scenario they do not recruit at all, until you kill several enemy leaders. Also, in the Long Live the Queen scenario castle marks look very strange on the road, it is useful information, but just strange.

[Lexa04]

By the way, here is my replay of the last scenario. There you can see that enemy leaders are almost inactive

[Dalas120]

Unfortunately, so, the issue with Easy is that it needs to be EASY. A player should be able to pick up Wesnoth for the very first time and be able to complete Easy, which means I can't just turn up player gold massively since managing large armies also adds difficulty (even if the enemies are comparatively weak).

I've got a patch coming up that'll turn up both player and enemy gold on easy/normal, which should help with this a little bit, but I can still only have so many enemies on Easy.

[Sire]

Just remembered I never added my replays for my 1.01 playthrough, so I made this post.
-- Probably outdated now, but may still be useful.