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Swordman

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As a core unit the swordman offers mainly good physical resistance and a strong melee-attack, though he can still do some countering against ranged fire.
One can't win the war only by recruiting swordmen, but they quite usually shape a big part of the troops.

Information

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Cost: 14
HP: 36
Movement: 5
XP: 90
Level: 1
Alignment: lawful
IDps_swordman
Abilities:

Attacks (damage - count)

(image)sword
melee
5 - 4
blade
(image)bow
ranged
3 - 3
pierce

Resistances

(icon) blade20% (icon) pierce20%
(icon) impact20% (icon) fire0%
(icon) cold0% (icon) arcane20%
 
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Terrain

Movement Cost
TerrainDefense
(icon) Castle160%
(icon) Cave240%
(icon) Coastal Reef230%
(icon) Deep Water-0%
(icon) Flat140%
(icon) Forest250%
(icon) Frozen320%
(icon) Hills250%
(icon) Mountains360%
(icon) Mushroom Grove250%
(icon) Sand230%
(icon) Shallow Water320%
(icon) Swamp320%
(icon) Unwalkable-0%
(icon) Village160%