The Supreme Necromancer Faces Economic Collapse! | Age Of Wonders 4

Recruiting all these tier 3s was a calculated risk, but boy am I bad at math...
Difficulty: Brutal
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0:00 Intro
2:40 The Vampiric Spider Brood
11:35 A Feline Friend
16:47 A New Pawn
20:39 First Hero Quest
31:14 Tier 3 Tome
34:58 A Hero's Debut
42:30 Economic Collapse
47:36 A Fellow In The Underground
52:20 Further Descent In To Evil
55:19 The Surface Is Terrifying
1:04:14 Woops, Did I Just Accidentally A War?
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[@Fableheim]

Hello everyone and welcome back to Age of Wonders 4! Today, the Supreme Necromancer learns the hard way that even the Undead must care for their economy. All was going swell for our uncharacteristically diplomatic Lord of the Dead with a new friend at 11:35, recruiting a new meatshiel- I mean Hero at 16:48, helping out said Hero at 27:27, and even ascending to the third tier of magic at 31:15 where I resolved my previous misunderstanding about the Seeds that started at 12:30. However, my grave misreading of the situation at 52:20 has lead to a dangerous situation... for next time! Thanks for watching! (:

[@Grothgerek]

To be fair. they should have included such a minor detail as declaring war in the tooltip at 52:20. Yes, the text let can be interpreted as declaring war... but the tooltip didn't mention anything about it.

[@Fableheim]

@@Grothgerek I agree! I definitely thought I was just insulting/heavily reprimanding them and telling *them* to muster an army to defend their now weakened city. Ah well, I'll just get to break them.

[@Enderlinkpawnu]

okay so I skipped a episode here just to complement the title of the video. Idk the phrase "Supreme Necromancer Faces Economic Collapse" sounds like a really funny article to read on The Onion or something and it made me chuckle. Well done! Okay, back to episode 2 for me, I'll come back to watch this one when I am caught up.

[@Fableheim]

Hah, I wouldn't be surprised if there was an actual satire article out there akin to "The Dead Discover They Must Also Pay Taxes". XD

[@TimoRutanen]

"The undead citizens absolutely aghast at the foreign minister declaring war just for evil points"

[@Adi26021993]

Came for the game but stayed for the narration! You should narrate audible books if you don't already

[@Fableheim]

Thanks for the kind words! You're not the first person to suggest that, and it makes me smile every time. I've been meaning to look in to it, maybe some day!

[@BlizzardAcolyte]

- 28:51 the logic of “these GOLD Veins are brimming with RUBIES” really opened up my mind…so that all of its contents could spill out onto the floor in bewilderment - 31:51 I kinda wanted to finish hearing that speech Outside of that, cool episode

[@Fableheim]

Everyone knows that precious gems are found inside precious metals, that's why they're both called precious. Or... something. Sorry, some of them have actually been pretty cool, but I'm so used to skipping them from the nightmare that is Planetfall's tech. >_

[@TimoRutanen]

42:16 "I just got this new great tier 3 magic unit" "And now we're broke, how did this happen" Hmm.. I wonder if these events might be somehow connected :P

[@Fableheim]

Acquiring tier 3 units was a calculated expense, but boy am I bad at math...

[@Real-ChunkyBrain-]

Honestly your channel has become my default background sound while I study for finals. Thanks for helping me get through college? Idk still studying atm.

[@Fableheim]

Happy to help and best of luck! I believe in you. (:

[@ivanelias3916]

ah yes. even the undead had to pay taxes. :)

[@chriscarbone670]

I am really enjoying your series and style of video. I like the RP aspects you put into and all the WH references are fantastic. Keep it up!

[@DMrRaa]

For the magic victory, which you are worried about from the AI, they have to research magic tome rank 5, they have to build 3 seeds of affinity ( each takes more resources to be built and only one can be built per city ). Once that is done, a spell must be casted which takes 15 turns. Once the spell is casted it changes the world environment. For example, Age of shadows makes the world dark. Any destruction of a seed of affinity breaks the spell, then the seed must be rebuilt and the spell recasted. When the spell is successfully casted, magic victory occurs.

[@Fableheim]

I eventually resolved my misunderstanding, but thank you for the clarification! I'm wholly convinced the AI are going to pull that off sooner rather than later. I imagine the world will ignite in war at that point. XD

[@DMrRaa]

@@Fableheim when you start the spell, the AI throws everything they have at you focusing at one single seed. I play on normal, but imagine on brutal, even your Allies may start a war to stole the victory

[@Fableheim]

@@DMrRaa Typical AI, brutalizing the player so rudely. Do you know how the AI reacts to *other* AI starting the Magic Victory condition? Asking for a friend. >_

[@darklordrowan6152]

Sheeesh brutal difficulty is something else D: loving the series though and the commentary is great :D

[@Fableheim]

You could even say it's... brutal. :D

[@Kammereer]

A tip not relevant to this campaign, but relevant should you play any more - how to get Pantheon unlocks quickly. Create a custom realm with a single continent and no oceans. Set size to small, number of factions to 2, and distance between factions to Close. Create a Mystic culture with the Shadow Walkers trait. Build scouts every turn and set them to auto-explore. Don't do anything else - just explore with the scouts. Once you found the second player - declare a war on them and immediately surrender. The second faction now gets a Military victory, and since you are their vassal - you also get a military victory. Which gets you 500 pantheon xp and 1 pantheon point. The whole thing takes about 5-10 minutes per run, I usually find the opponent by turn 4-5.

[@Fableheim]

LMAO that is 100% going to be patched out. I might do that to unlock some society traits but I'd also kind of like to earn pantheon points. Maybe 50/50. Thanks for letting me know! (:

[@Kammereer]

@@Fableheim Well I'm just saying, the Necromancer Cape and Necromancer Orb are waaaay down the Pantheon tree... 😈

[@Altama2002]

I enjoy your play through. Thanks for making it.

[@Fableheim]

Thanks for watching! (:

[@vaclavsoukup7302]

>Be me, Supreme Necromancer >Arrive to a new world >Enslave underground elf population >All goes right for a while >Mfw when steward brings me the financial records and we are in the red I didn’t sign up for this in the Necromancy Academy

[@bernardmancay8275]

Am I evil when I say I really love this episode?! cant wait for the next one! :)

[@devoncummings2853]

Heads up, the overlook tower ( i think that's the name) is what's used to ignore moral

[@Fableheim]

I'll be looking to construct it as soon as possible!

[@davidmaclean2734]

Just thinking, instead of calling your units blessed soul, for rp purposes, id call them cursed souls 😅. Keep up the vids there equally entertaining and funny, liked, subscribed and hit the notification bell

[@Fableheim]

I'd absolutely do that if there weren't actual cursed souls in the game, which is what I was expecting to find in the Desecrated Temple. My headcanon is I've just bound these ones to my service. (:

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

The moment you are so focused on the reward that you don't pay attention to the "Rally the troups!" part that imply war. But what is evil if not looking for your own profit while disregarding the conscequences for those around you? x) So, how will Iratus face the conscequences of his actions while the giants on the surface fight each other? Thanks for the storytelling. ^^

[@romulofriederichs5467]

This entire episode in a nutshell: "Well.... shit..." Jokes aside i'm curious about one thing: is it possible to get one of those mythical units into your army? Like the bone dragon, the living shadow and other stuff? Last but not least, in a scale from 0 to 10, how much would recommend this game? I gotta say that your playthrouth hás caught my interest.

[@Fableheim]

You can definitely acquire Mythic units. Some Mythic units come from the final tier of research like the earlier discovered Horned God, but I *think* the others (like Dragons) come from Golden Wonders, kind of like the Blessed Soul I've recruited from the Desecrated Temple under my control. You can also discover units from clearing out infestations and stuff, so maybe if you clear a dragon infestation, you can find one? They were recruitable in Age of Wonders 3, albeit with a lot of effort, so that's what I'm basing my confidence off of. I'd give this game a 9/10 but I also absolutely loved Age of Wonders 3. If you're on the fence and not feeling the itch, I'd recommend waiting until the first DLC releases during the summer, since there are still some stability issues that should be ironed out by then. Otherwise, I think this is great foundation for a game that will get better over time and is currently as fun as your imagination can make it.

[@Kammereer]

13:30 Seeds are Tier 3. There are more improvements at tier 4 and 5 which are necessary for the magic victory. Being only tier 2 at turn 50, you are behind the 8ball. But you got a pretty challenging start.

[@Fableheim]

I eventually realize my misunderstanding. My heart skipped a few beats when I thought they were already getting ready to trigger the countdown. Thanks for confirming what I feared... and the sympathy points. (:

[@Kammereer]

​@@Fableheim Ok, after watching more - I was wrong. I don't think you are doing too bad actually.

[@rogersodd1396]

your mistake was not taking the material tome for the bonus from the tree...Irakus also is a material guy..just say it culd have help you alot..even 1 book can increas in time the bar ..and bein underground means less resoursces.

[@Fableheim]

Iratus certainly could be associated with Materia, and it might have served me better than the Tome of Revelry. Things to test for future runs. (:

[@barryevans791]

I don't think the AI cheated, they just focussed on 1 tomb book rather than messing about spreading across 3 trees

[@Fableheim]

The Brutal AI gets a slew of bonuses across its economy, which is a large part of what makes it Brutal. Committing to one Affinity type of Tomes just increases your progression down its associated Empire upgrade path, which I don't believe the AI gets bonuses toward.

[@blackblade99009]

if you are doing a melee unit focused run you can go into materium to get 30% crit chance on melee units, paired with sundered blades and you can do a lot with them.

[@Fableheim]

Oooo, this is a good idea that I'm going to put in the pocket for future runs -- thanks! (:

[@blackblade99009]

@@Fableheim remember to build a hero for support, getting precision training, endurance training, and strength training will help make them hit harder (that 30% crit becomes 40%) and more tanky allowing you to keep them around longer and even level them up to make them stronger.

[@Fableheim]

@@blackblade99009 The Support tree is so strong that even Iratus is beginning to dabble in it!

[@MrTagazook]

We want the build for the slaaneshy halfling barbarian! sound hilarious x)

[@Fableheim]

The Slaaneshi Hobbitses are too powerful for this world! But I bet I can make them even better. And one day their fury shall be unleashed. {:

[@pressfarttorage8622]

If your ever unsure if you built something like with the overlord tower click the button next to the pop and you can see what you made also over producing units destroyed me twice now 😅 so I know you learning that but learning to build only what you need will make the game way easier. I havnt played past hard though so not sure how precise you gotta be on brutal

[@pressfarttorage8622]

Also love the vids as always.

[@Fableheim]

I'm not sure the exact requirements for Brutal either but I am fairly confident that I'm behind on stacks. A lot of that is related to my slow growth though, so I got to solve that riddle soon or face disaster. >_

[@kiervets]

i bet theres a fun build between the defense buffing path and the insanity path causyou buff up and while doing that they can hit themselves

[@Fableheim]

Hmm, there might be! The real question would be can you nab all of the pieces for it. It might be worth testing. (:

[@Kammereer]

Increasing your own morale is a waste - undead are not affected by morale

[@Fableheim]

I was going to respond with "it's fine, most of my units aren't Undead", but they are about to be. That is... not something I considered. Thanks!

[@Kammereer]

@@Fableheim Aye. So Revelry-Doomherald synergy is better for Chaos dipping Shadow than Shadow dipping Chaos. Still, you don't have to buy everything from a tome. Also worth noting - there's an Order tome at tier 3 I think that's all about debuffing enemy morale - that has good synergy. And you could reasonably claim that Iratus is Lawful Evil.

[@Fableheim]

@@Kammereer I think you've begun the makings of a Dread Iratus build and I am 100% in to it! I'll be dedicated to the slaughter this campaign, but a future campaign thanks you for your contribution. (:

[@asonofhoruslegionary]

I’m just curious where is the image in the video thumbnail from?

[@Fableheim]

I'm assuming you mean Iratus on his throne with his three waifus? That is from the cover art for the soundtrack to Iratus Lord of the Dead with the background painstakingly cut out.

[@Ericshadowblade]

The carnival of flesh i think had to be adjacent to the city center Underground farms require cavern floor. As it is underground starts are a lot harder theres very little areas for cities so you usual end up with 2 to 3 if your lucky otherwise you beeline for the above ground passage and expand on the surface. Also i dont think you can gripe about the ai cheating when your playing on brutal. The difficulty were the ai cheats

[@Fableheim]

Thanks for the tips! I'm not really griping about the AI cheating, since I went in to this fully expecting it. My big complaint was just a misunderstanding. With the creation of the Seed, I thought they already started the Magic Victory counter but I eventually realized 'twas not the case. (: I was, however, griping about the crazy neutral stacks in the overworld. They seem a bit jacked for turn 40 something.

[@heinrichvongotzen398]

How big the map on this game could get? Is there a setting like a sandbox, to customize the map such as for roleplaying LOTR ?

[@Fableheim]

The map size is dependent upon number of places and distance between them. I'm currently playing on the largest map I could with 9 total players with Far distance. There are map customizations like predominant biomes, specific enemy types, and modifications to Free Cities, but you can't go in manually and sculpt the map itself. There is a Pangea-like setting you could use to generate something like Middle Earth and some fiddling around you could do, but it would still be randomly generated. I imagine modders will find a way to manipulate map generation in time, since AOW3 has a pretty active Workshop even to this day.

[@stigma4122]

Doing well? Brother, by turn 30 you still don't have a second city. You are the definition of not doing well.

[@Fableheim]

As long as I wasn't dead, I was doing well by my standards back then. 😅

[@vegassims7]

How would you rate this game on a scale from 1 - 10 (10 being the best game EVER)? I am asking because I too bought the game, but its crashed on me a few times and I am wondering if its worth keeping for now until its patched, etc.

[@Fableheim]

Hmm, I think I would give it a solid 9/10 but I also really loved Age of Wonders 3. I had a few crashes as well but I haven't crashed since I joined the hotfix beta branch on Steam, although I know they are still having issues with Epic. If you got the pre-order bonus, I would wait until a few more stability patches, which is their current priority (supposedly); otherwise, it might not be a bad idea to refund until at least the first DLC coming this summer.

[@foamyflightmaster9385]

Oops not a great plan, so far, but who knows what is next

[@Fableheim]

Things can only go up from here! :D

[@deveous8629]

No whiteborn bro?

[@Fableheim]

Wightborne comes eventually. (:

[@Grothgerek]

Yeah, Brutal Difficulty is kind of unbalanced. I recently lost a 20 turn campaign, because a neighboring free city attacked me with a full stack that had a mythical tier 5 unit. I know that cheating is normal on higher difficulties, and I want to have this challenge. But maybe limit the AI to the same basic rules as everyone else. Give them more ressources, give them more units, spells etc. But don't place unbeatable obstacles.

[@Fableheim]

Yeahhh, I'm not vibing with the early game Mythics. I wonder if that one Advanced Setting about World Threat would tone that down? Otherwise, we may have to look to the modders. >_

[@Grothgerek]

@@Fableheim The game just released. So we will definitely see some balance patches. Maybe we don't need mods.

[@Fableheim]

@@Grothgerek Here's to hope!

[@Zathurious]

Calm down, dude. The seed is granted with an tier 3 tome. The root, 4 and finally, the heart 5. You only get one tier 5 tome, so once you pick that, your committed.

[@Fableheim]

Calm down, dude. I figure it out about 15 minutes later.

[@Zathurious]

@@Fableheim I was trying to be encouraging, but I guess I failed. Sorry about that.

[@Fableheim]

@@Zathurious No problem, I apologize as well. I was tired so I just returned the vibe I mis-interpreted. Thanks for being civil! (:

[@Dinvan]

AOW4 necromancy is a massive let down. 10 souls for a skeleton, 20 for a terrible unit and 50 for a necromancer?? They are just not good enough.

[@Fableheim]

Necromancy is definitely very different from AOW3, where it was wildly OP, but I haven't written it off just yet. I'd have a lot more Souls if I had researched Soulbind Army, which marks an entire stack as Soulbound from the world map, and the big wombo combo is the zombie explosion that I haven't gotten a chance to test yet because I keep forgetting. I have some hope it'll get better... probably.

[@TimoRutanen]

You don't want to go for only necromancy units. Those units cost souls instead of money so they can be half your army. Probably better to have it be the support half since the soul income might not be able to take skeleton spam as they die easily. You can also use soul-based combat magic and save mana that way. It seems like a secondary thing instead of a sole primary thing which makes it interesting. You need to combo it with something else, and there are several permutations.

[@jha7623]

Could you do a guide on what to build first and the mid game if not it’s cool love the vids

[@Fableheim]

I don't typically create guides. If I do make one, it's only when I'm extremely comfortable with the game, and I'm no where near that point yet. If you are still interested in a guide, I believe JumboPixel created some decent in-depth guides.

[@TimoRutanen]

Generally you want gold. Gold is required for units and buildings, and everything else. Having more production or draft will increase your gold drain because they build things requiring gold faster. Notice that getting the boosts for buildings only gives you a one-time income of gold and production when you decide to build a boosted building so having them might not be necessary, especially in the start. You also want a workable amount of mana, depending on what you like to spend it on. With a lot of units, enchantment upkeep goes way up, especially if you use summoned units. You should not build too many units, since units cost upkeep. Lower tier units tend to be more cost-effective but you need more of them. They do also sometimes have a place even in a powerful army.