A public order below zero, on the other hand, will lead to penalties.
Unlike other factions, maintaining a high public order grants increasingly important advantages. Elite units have a similar ability that offers even greater bonuses under the same conditions. The Asur are eternal creatures, who have had the opportunity to train longer than any human.Įach unit of High Elves (not their creatures, and with the exception of chariots) gains a huge bonus to their melee attack and defense skills as long as their health is greater than 50%. On the other hand, heroes who do not require influence will often have important penalties from which to keep away, if possible.Įlven traders bring back everything they learn on their travels with great precision.Īll regions controlled by trading partners will be visible for the duration of the treaties. The greater the influence required, the better the bonuses the hero will have. Some recruitable lords and heroes will enjoy incredible character traits and will have, in addition to the usual cash cost, also a cost in influence. Another very important use of influence is to help recruit the best heroes of the new world.
Influence is obtained through hero actions, dilemmas, rituals or special buildings.Through a panel located at the bottom right of the campaign map view, it is possible to implement court intrigues between factions in the game: through a payment in influence points, it is possible to strengthen or crack the relationships that two factions have between them, in order to create alliances or make their enemies fight each other. At his court, ambassadors from all the Asur kingdoms gather to practice sophisticated intrigues against their enemies.Įach High Elf faction has a score of influence, a value that represents the ability of this faction to exert diplomatic pressure to alter the relations between the factions, and ensure the loyalty of the most talented characters in life to their cause. The Asur are disunited, a jumble of warring kingdoms, only formally under the authority of the Phoenix King Finubar of Lothern. Unfortunately, not many valuable generals remain leading the Asur, and their economy is not strong enough to allow them to maintain large contingents of troops. The armies of the High Elves are made up of highly trained and highly disciplined units, supported by some of the noblest magical creatures indigenous to the island of Ulthuan. While at its peak the High Elf civilization was among the most prosperous in the world, following numerous Chaos invasions on their island and the split that gave rise to the Dark Elves, this haughty and arrogant people now face one of the darkest periods of decline. That of the Asur - which other races call High Elves - is a very ancient people who settled on the island of Ulthuan millennia before the advent of Sigmar, founder of the human Empire.