Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Civ:_Celts


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Timestamp:
Jul 6, 2009, 4:47:44 PM (15 years ago)
Author:
Erik Johansson
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ultimate-->elite

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  • Civ:_Celts

    v3 v4  
    2727  * Appearance:
    2828   * Garb:
    29      Basic – Shirtless with trousers.
    30      Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours).
    31      Elite – Trousers (bright colours), shirt of mail. 
     29     Basic – Shirtless with trousers. [[BR]]
     30     Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours). [[BR]]
     31     Elite – Trousers (bright colours), shirt of mail.
    3232   * Helmet:
    33      Basic – No helmet.
    34      Advanced – Limed spiky hair.
     33     Basic – No helmet. [[BR]]
     34     Advanced – Limed spiky hair. [[BR]]
    3535     Elite – Celtic helmet.
    3636   * Shield:
    37      Basic – Oval.
    38      Advanced – Oval.
     37     Basic – Oval. [[BR]]
     38     Advanced – Oval. [[BR]]
    3939     Elite – Oval.
    40    * Figure(s): Use the tunic trousers model for basic and advanced, the armour trousers model for the Ultimate. Face would either be bearded or have a large moustache. Torc around neck optional in advanced and Ultimate. Soft leather shoes, not boots. Basic could also have long hair.
     40   * Figure(s): Use the tunic trousers model for basic and advanced, the armour trousers model for the Elite. Face would either be bearded or have a large moustache. Torc around neck optional in advanced and Elite. Soft leather shoes, not boots. Basic could also have long hair.
    4141  * History: The main weapon of most Celtic warriors was the spear. Spears came in great variety with many specialized heads for fighting various types of enemies, hunting, and parade decoration. A spearman in a Celtic society was not inherently low class though; spears were associated with numerous deities and heroes. Spearmen are noted several times of fighting in phalanxes and Celtic art depicts them sometimes standing in what would later be recognized as a shieldwall, probably for when they were holding a position.
    4242  * Garrison: 1.
    … …  
    5151  * Appearance:
    5252   * Garb:
    53      Basic – Trousers and tunic (earth tones).
    54      Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours).
     53     Basic – Trousers and tunic (earth tones). [[BR]]
     54     Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours). [[BR]]
    5555     Elite – Trousers only (bright colours).
    5656   * Helmet:
    57      Basic – No helmet.
    58      Advanced – Limed spiky hair.
     57     Basic – No helmet. [[BR]]
     58     Advanced – Limed spiky hair. [[BR]]
    5959     Elite – Celtic helmet.
    6060   * Shield:
    61      Basic – No shield.
    62      Advanced – Round shield.
     61     Basic – No shield. [[BR]]
     62     Advanced – Round shield. [[BR]]
    6363     Elite – Oval shield.
    64    * Figure(s): Use the tunic trousers model for basic and advanced, the shirtless trousers model for the Ultimate. Face would either be bearded or have a large moustache. Torc around neck optional in advanced and Ultimate. Soft leather shoes, not boots. Basic could also have long hair.
     64   * Figure(s): Use the tunic trousers model for basic and advanced, the shirtless trousers model for the Elite. Face would either be bearded or have a large moustache. Torc around neck optional in Advanced and Elite. Soft leather shoes, not boots. Basic could also have long hair.
    6565  * History: Baguada means 'geurilla'; an irregular combatant. Skirmishers, raiders, pirates, etc., would fit under such a designation. Such men were extremely common in Celtic armies. While positions were best held by dedicated spearmen standing in an ordered line and wall, the duty of softening an enemy, and even breaking weaker enemy positions, such as militia, would go to men carrying huge numbers of additional javelins. So many javelins did Celts bring with them, they were said in at least one instance in Galatia to 'charge following a black shadow so great sunlight is emptied from the sky', a poetic description of the enormous number of missiles they would put into the air preceding their main attack.
    6666  * Garrison: 1.
    … …  
    7676  * Appearance:
    7777   * Garb:
    78      Basic – Trousers only (earth tones).
    79      Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours).
     78     Basic – Trousers only (earth tones). [[BR]]
     79     Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours). [[BR]]
    8080     Elite – Trousers and tunica with padded leather vest (bright colours).
    8181   * Helmet:
    82      Basic – No helmet.
    83      Advanced – Limed spiky hair.
     82     Basic – No helmet. [[BR]]
     83     Advanced – Limed spiky hair. [[BR]]
    8484     Elite – Celtic helmet.
    8585   * Shield:
    86      Basic – No shield.
    87      Advanced – Small rectangular shield.
     86     Basic – No shield. [[BR]]
     87     Advanced – Small rectangular shield. [[BR]]
    8888     Elite – Round shield.
    89    * Figure(s): Use the tunic trousers model for basic and advanced, the shirtless trousers model for the Ultimate. Face would have a large moustache or be clean shaved. Torc around neck in Advanced and Elite. Barefoot at first, then shoes or boots. Basic could also have long hair.
     89   * Figure(s): Use the tunic trousers model for basic and advanced, the shirtless trousers model for the Elite. Face would have a large moustache or be clean shaved. Torc around neck in Advanced and Elite. Barefoot at first, then shoes or boots. Basic could also have long hair.
    9090  * History: Sling bullets are found in enormous numbers in Celtic sites, made of lead, though clay bullets would also have been used. Slings figure prominently in Celtic myth, and were not associated with any sense of shame. To the contrary, the great skill needed to use a sling well was highly rewarded and favored, so they found much more use in Celtic society for a ranged weapon than bows, outside of specific tribes. The god Lugos, in Irish myth Lug, is associated closely with many weapons, among them his sling. Slings were the primary weapon of Celtic hunters as well. In battle, men with slings would mainly be of the middle class, so better equipped than most slingers in other societies for melee. However, the heavy lead bullets so common to them makes their range shorter than average, compensated for by the puncture power of well-made bullets.
    9191  * Garrison: 1.
    … …  
    100100  * Appearance:
    101101   * Garb:
    102      Basic – Shirtless with trousers.
    103      Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours).
     102     Basic – Shirtless with trousers. [[BR]]
     103     Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours). [[BR]]
    104104     Elite – Trousers (bright colours), shirt of mail.
    105105   * Helmet:
    106      Basic – No helmet.
    107      Advanced – Limed spiky hair.
     106     Basic – No helmet. [[BR]]
     107     Advanced – Limed spiky hair. [[BR]]
    108108     Elite – Celtic helmet.
    109109   * Shield:
    110      Basic – Round.
    111      Advanced – Round.
     110     Basic – Round. [[BR]]
     111     Advanced – Round. [[BR]]
    112112     Elite – Round.
    113    * Figure(s): Use the shirtless pants model for the basic, tunic trousers model for advanced, armor and trousers model for the Ultimate. Face would either be bearded or have a large moustache. Torc around neck in advanced and Ultimate. Soft leather shoes, not boots. Basic could also have long hair.
    114    * Mount: Typical head gear, 4 horned saddle, no stirrups, severed heads hanging off the saddle in Ultimate status.
     113   * Figure(s): Use the shirtless pants model for the basic, tunic trousers model for advanced, armor and trousers model for the Elite. Face would either be bearded or have a large moustache. Torc around neck in Advanced and Elite. Soft leather shoes, not boots. Basic could also have long hair.
     114   * Mount: Typical head gear, 4 horned saddle, no stirrups, severed heads hanging off the saddle in Elite status.
    115115  * History: Owning a horse was a sign of aristocracy. Although the primary unit in the Celtic army was the infantry, they had great respect for their horses. They honoured their speed and their bravery. They actually assigned two warriors to one horse. When one warrior was tired in battle, they would run back to camp and the other warrior would get on and go fight. Another method was to take their mount and tether it to a stake in the ground then go fight on foot and run back to their horse when they needed to flee. They fought as mercenaries in the Punic wars. Primarily used in ambushes and hit and run tactics. After the fall of Gaul, the Romans used the Gallic warriors and horses to greatly strengthen their army. - Only a minor change here; horse ownership was far more common than nobility. It's better to say aristocracy; not all Celtic aristocracy were nobles. Most were just very wealthy freemen, like powerful merchants or wealthy farmers with ignoble estates.
    116116  * Garrison: 2.
    … …  
    125125  * Appearance:
    126126   * Garb:   
    127      Basic - No collar.
    128      Advanced - Spiked collar.
     127     Basic - No collar. [[BR]]
     128     Advanced - Spiked collar. [[BR]]
    129129     Elite - Spiked collar. Body paint.
    130130   * Figure(s): Mastiff - Dog.
    … …  
    141141  * Appearance:
    142142   * Garb:
    143      Basic – Shirtless with trousers.
    144     Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours).
    145     Elite – Trousers (bright colours), shirt of mail.
     143     Basic – Shirtless with trousers. [[BR]]
     144     Advanced – Trousers and tunic (bright colours). [[BR]]
     145     Elite – Trousers (bright colours), shirt of mail.
    146146   * Helmet:
    147      Basic – No helmet.
    148      Advanced – Limed spiky hair.
     147     Basic – No helmet. [[BR]]
     148     Advanced – Limed spiky hair. [[BR]]
    149149     Elite – Celtic helmet.
    150150   * Shield:
    151      Basic – Round.
    152      Advanced – Round.
    153      Ultimate – Hex Dip.
    154    * Mount: Typical head gear, 4 horned saddle, no stirrups, severed heads hanging off the saddle in Ultimate status.
     151     Basic – Round. [[BR]]
     152     Advanced – Round. [[BR]]
     153     Elite – Hex Dip.
     154   * Mount: Typical head gear, 4 horned saddle, no stirrups, severed heads hanging off the saddle in Elite status.
    155155  * History: Celtic horsemen drawn from the lower classes or non-aristocratic warriors were usually not expected to engage in a direct melee while mounted. They would be used to harass enemy columns on the move, supply lines, or foragers, to hamstring enemy movements. This was shown to great effect against Julius Caesar in Britain, where the light British horsemen would harass his operations to forage and his supply. With his own Gallic horsemen stuck in Gaul due to weather, he could not effectively chase them off or prove much threat to these harriers. Their prime use, as such, is hit-and-run attacks, softening an enemy position for superior cavalry and infantry assaults.
    156156  * Garrison: 2.
    … …  
    298298   * Shield: Dip.
    299299   * Figure(s): Use the tunic trousers armor model. Face would either be bearded or have a large moustache. Torc around neck. Soft leather shoes, not boots.
    300    * Mount: Typical head gear, 4 horned saddle, no stirrups, severed heads hanging off the saddle in Ultimate status.
     300   * Mount: Typical head gear, 4 horned saddle, no stirrups, severed heads hanging off the saddle in Elite status.
    301301  * History: In Gaul, we know of heavy cavalry, possibly predecessors to later knights. They used a Celtic lance overhand, a good shield, and wore good armor. Vercingetorix was famous for having a number of them, but their use long precedes him. Heavy Celtic horsemen are found in graves as early as the 600s, with scale coats. Later, with the advent of mail, their armor would largely change to this. They would be experienced, aristocratic or noblemen, or their retainers equipped in kind. Each man would probably have several personal attendants. Some would be powerful noblemen, such as chiefs and kings. In battle, they would be on par with much of the best heavy cavalry in western Europe, due to superior armor, such as mail armor with additional layers of mail over the vital organs, weapons such as high-quality iron spearheads, swords, and a thong of javelins, giving them versatility, and years of experience and training. Their historical use saw them capable of breaking even well-defended positions, or acting to great effect in flanking manuevers.
    302302  * Garrison: 2.