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Elite Dragon Princes

A small mod reworking Dragon Princes to be a true elite unit, balanced by increased recruitment cost and upkeep.

NOW INCLUDED with my Dragons of Caledor mod (Imrik/Dragon overhaul) -

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2447606786

Summary of changes

- The mass and unit size have been adjusted. Dragon Princes now have slightly more mass than regular cavalry, but still significantly less than demigryph knights for example (and slightly less than the elite blood knights from my other mod). The smaller unit size also makes the unit feel more elite, as well as a balance for the other changes (artillery and magic are still the greatest threats to Dragon Princes, as is the case with other elite cavalry units).
- Speed and agility have been enhanced above other non-monsterous cavalry units. Dragon Princes will now be much better at flanking and cycle charging, as you would expect from an elite HE cavalry unit.
- Basic combat stats, armour and leadership have been slightly increased. They have been given hp equivalent to vanilla grail knights, but significantly less than the elite blood knights from my other mod. Bear in mind that the dragon armour ability increases their effective health pool when fighting against non-magical units. I have also given them similar armour-piercing to demigryph knights halberds, while giving them an anti-large value of 15 as baseline (20 for ROR), as well as an anti-infantry value of 10, therefore allowing them to feel effective in a variety of encounters.
- Ability wise, I have given them strider, encourage, fear and immune to psychology. The ROR has also been given perfect vigour.
- Recruitment cost and upkeep have been increased to make the base version as expensive as royal hippogryph knights, with the ROR being slightly more expensive.

IMOP all of these changes make Dragon Princes much more enjoyable to use, in addition to feeling closer to the lore. Enjoy!

Compatibility - literally the only things that were changed were data rows relating to Dragon Princes only. Should be very compatible therefore unless you are using a mod that also changes Dragon Princes, in which case either my mod or the other will likely just be overwritten. Adjust the load order as appropriate.

Check out my other mods and watch this space for other elite unit enhancements in the future!