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[Altered Melee] Tales of Unsung Races (ToUR)

Althavis

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I. Introduction

Greetings champions of Azeroth, so instead of preparing for my school requirements here I am.
The "Tales of Unsung Races" or "ToUR" is an altered melee map series for custom races.
The races or factions that will be presented here are the ones that feels "uncelebrated"
or the ones left out in the lore.

While, the custom race in the maps are not lore accurate I try to make them as plausible.
Like with the Quilboar, I have added Harpies since while they are neighbors
and might have been fighting against each other.
They can be connected through Agamaggan and Aviana both are Ancients,
also making Druid of the Tusks possible.

For Bloodsail, you might have notice the 'Uncrowned' in the title.
Fleet Admiral Tethys is one of the Shadow on the WOW Lore.
So I have used this Lore, to make it like the pirates are under the rogue class hall.


II. Finished Races
 Under this section are custom races that have already been
posted in the Hiveworkshop's Map section.
*Click on Race Name to view the Map
  1. Quilboar
    Quilboar.png
    Background: wiki
    Design Philosophy:
    "Quilboar are known for their fearlessness and savagery.
    Believed to be the mortal"
    "Quilboar are primitive, resilient, fearless creatures who inhabit
    the central Barrens of Kalimdor..."
    I wanted to put emphasis on their resiliency to have survived
    their wars with other various races and a Tribal centered race.

    Pros
    • Strong summons
    • Can endure fights longer
    • Versatile
      Cons
    • Limited and fragile air units
    • Weak siege capacity
    • Micro dependent
    • Dependent on a limited options for healing and health regen (Briar Protection Upgrade)

    Big Thanks to Mister_Haudrauf for the Quilboar buildings which allowed my first project



  2. Bloodsail Buccaneers
    Bloodsail.png
    Background: wiki
    Design Philosophy:
    "Although extremely dangerous, they are the least wealthy of all
    pirate groups. This is due to the simple fact that no one survives
    a Bloodsail attack, which means the pirates don't allow survivors
    to be possibly robbed again in the future."
    Due to this description from the wowpedia, I have scrapped my idea
    of a pillage-based race and instead focus them into an offense type.

    Cons
    • Costlier units
    • No reliable source of healing (for now)
    • No proper base defense (will add another building for this)

    Pros
    • Strong offense capabilities
    • Strong siege capabilities
    • High mobility
    • Versatile


II. WIP

Big Thanks to Ujimasa Hojo for a massive number
of resources use by me especially the buildings.


III. Ideas
  • Gnome
  • Gorian Empire
  • A mixture of the Emeral Dream and Pantheon of Death (Shadowlands)

IV. Remarks

Yes - Compatible
Yes - Compatible but content outdated
No - Not Compatible
Map
Race
Patch 1.26
Reforged SD

The Quilboar Tribes​

Quilboar
Yes
Yes

Bloodsail Buccaneers​

Bloodsail Buccaneers
Yes
Yes

Upcoming
Race
Patch
Westfall Brigade
1.35 (SD Reforged)
Axis of Awful (Gnolls)
1.26 Classic
Amani Trolls
1.26 Classic

Suggestions, Feedback, Criticism and anything in between is very much welcome.
While it is not much, you can use the ideas here for your project.

I will continue this thread after some sleep hehe
Will be adding Design Philosophy for the ones in WIP section and some non-cannon lore.

Thank you!
 
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Althavis

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I know that this might sound weird but are tooltip descriptions like below bad or tolerable? Thanks! hehe

Ignoring Strike: "Swingin' their weapon, these Corsairs unleash a mighty strike that slashes their foes and be makin' 'em feel as vulnerable as a ship in a storm. It reduces the enemy's armor by 2, lettin' the rest of the crew have an easier time takin' 'em down!"
 

Daffa

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Althavis said:
I know that this might sound weird but are tooltip descriptions like below bad or tolerable? Thanks! hehe

Ignoring Strike: "Swingin' their weapon, these Corsairs unleash a mighty strike that slashes their foes and be makin' 'em feel as vulnerable as a ship in a storm. It reduces the enemy's armor by 2, lettin' the rest of the crew have an easier time takin' 'em down!"
Click to expand...
I personally prefer flavour text above or below the main description, since the main detail (tactical) and the flavor are better separated. Otherwise, it is tolerable for me, just distractive sometimes.
 

Fleck

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Althavis said:
I know that this might sound weird but are tooltip descriptions like below bad or tolerable? Thanks! hehe

Ignoring Strike: "Swingin' their weapon, these Corsairs unleash a mighty strike that slashes their foes and be makin' 'em feel as vulnerable as a ship in a storm. It reduces the enemy's armor by 2, lettin' the rest of the crew have an easier time takin' 'em down!"
Click to expand...
Seems fine to me, adds a little flavor to the race. Perhaps add colorcode to the effects of the ability tooltip to make it clearer.
 

Althavis

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1. Axis of Awful - instead of going for a full Gnoll race I went for this.

Lackeys.png
Building: Mishmash Barracks
Units Trained: a trogg, a murloc, a gnoll, and a kobold

A murloc, a gnoll, a trogg, and a kobold walked into a bar. The bartender said, "I'm sorry, we don't serve your kind here."

The murloc replied, "Mrglglglgl!" (translation: "Well, that's just fin-tastic!")

The gnoll grumbled, "You've got to be kidding me. I was really looking forward to a bone-chilling drink."

The trogg scratched its head and said, "Rock and roll?"

Meanwhile, the kobold timidly asked, "Do you have any candles to spare? Kobolds need light, you know!"

The bartender sighed and said, "Alright, alright, I suppose we can make an exception, but just this once. Just please keep the chaos to a minimum!"

And so, the unlikely group settled down for an evening that was a mix of gurgles, growls, grunts, and a whole lot of "Mrglglgl!"


Lackey Upgrade: the four units will cost 2 food but will be reduce to one with an upgrade
UnitAbilitiesComments
Gnoll StalkerModified Windwalk or Modified Envenomed Spears... maybe both
gnolllittle.png
I really like this model, so instead of crossbow wielding gnoll we have a longbow. Honestly it reminds me of the cunning fox as the Little Red Riding Hood.

Gnoll Stalker by Mephestrial
Trogg BrawlerSlumber - will go to sleep and heals hp to max
troggsleeping.png
Caveman by The_Silent		Which unit is dumb enough to sleep just to heal or use it as a disguise/bait?
Murloc SwimmerEnsnare??swimmingmurloc.png
amphibious unit
Kobold Tunnelerburrow ability, which has a small chance of finding gold
goldkobold.png
Kobold by levigeorge1617

The four units will be given an ability to escape combat.

I really don't know but the intention of the race was to showcase 'terrible villains'


EDIT: Pressed 'Enter' Key accidentally, wrapping it up...
 

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2. Westfall Brigade

Wheat System - third resource for the race, the intent was to emphasize Westfall being Stormwind's breadbasket once again and due to agriculture being cool.
Wheat.gif
It uses [GUI] Custom Resource Harvest System 1.05 by rulerofiron99
WerBackIII's Westfall Grass
Vinz's Windmill model
.KC's villager model
NFWar's Tree Skin
Wheat icon by maxor_gan
Witch Hunter Gear by Dionesiist
This was added to add more immersion for the race, will still balance and make it easier to manage.

Uses of Wheat
  • unit training
  • building structures
  • resource exchange between the three resources
  • probably upgrades and abilities?

Units

a. Patrol
Patrol.gif
- a light calvary unit which gains evasion when moving. Uses Is Unit Moving by Bribe, Knight model by Stefan.K


Heroes
a. Gryan Stoutmantle - Support/Tank Hero
[Q] Consecration - The Westfall Marshall calls upon divine energy to consecrate a target area, causing an explosion of light. Enemies caught within the explosion are knocked up and take 100 damage.

[W] Walls' Blessing - The Westfall Marshall bestows a blessing upon a friendly unit, increasing their life regeneration and preventing them to suffer lethal damage for the 10 seconds.

[E] One's Calling - Revives one allied unit.

[R] Protection Ward - The Westfall Marshall radiates a protective aura that grants friendly units within 500 range a 22% chance to block all types of damage.


b. Houndmaster (inspiration) - Support/Summoner Hero
[Q] Summon Hound - Summons 1/2/3 hounds for 60 seconds.

[W] Dazed Shot - Stuns the target unit and makes all Hound and Core Hounds prioritize the target to attack.

[Passive] Pack Mentality - gives bonus damage, Lifesteal or Permanent Immolation, and Critical Strike to Hounds and Core Hounds.

[R] Invoke Core Hounds - Houndmaster channels his mastery over the bond between hound and master, unsummoning up to three hounds in the vicinity and replacing them with powerful Core Hounds summoned through a meteor. The meteor impact deals 50 initial damage and briefly stuns enemies in the area for 0.5 second.


c. Hope Saldean or Vanessa VanCleef - Rogue/Support Hero
abilities are still to be conceptualize


Design

Initially, I want to portray the race with Villager-Militia themes, then it went into 'struggling yet resilient community of farmers and refugees turned defenders' as ChatGPT describes it.
The farmers would refer to the veteran militiamen and citizens of Westfall.
The refugees would refer to the other humans and high elves displaced by wars especially from Lordaeron.
With this justification, I think a high elven spellcaster unit and the Houndmaster won't be thematically alien to the race.
Aside from tweaking my two maps and the minor
works for Amani Trolls and Axis of Awful.
I have quite the progress with Westfall Brigade.
Though, the map was made with the Reforged Editor
not on my usual 1.26 (I originally thought I could just
downgrade it to be compatible with the previous patch
but I'm currently clueless), I might probably post a Test Map. Thank you!


Suggestions and Feedback are very much welcome, Thanks.
 

Althavis

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Fleck said:
I don't see how that could cause a crash. Is this on reforged? If not, you could post it here or pm. I could take a look and see if it crash for me too.
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The problem was when the 'Run Melee AI scripts' runs, it crashes. Might be because of a 'wheat' I place near the starting locations. Prior to the crash I set wheats' pathing map to none, removed them then it didn't crash anymore.

Gonna make some test, but the problem is fix for now.

Still, thank you @Fleck :thumbs_up:
 

Althavis

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Greetings! It's been awhile that I have work with my project,
my progress was minimal actually due to (prioritizing college?)

Attach here is a Test map for the Westfall Brigade race/faction
Just Pick Human and set the Handicap to 90%

The race needs polishing especially for the Wheat Resource System,
feedbacks are very much appreciated.

I'll be adding picture and discussion about the race later, I will go to bed na.
Thank you!!!


Mayday - Tutorials (UI & Loading Screen)
Retera - Victory & Defeat Conditions
redscores - Mind Control System
rulerofiron - Custom Resource System
chaosy - Knockup System
Bribe - Unit Indexer, Is Unit Moving, Damage Engine
Vinz

BTNHighElfPriestess by Sin'dorei300
Empyrean Nova by Vinz
Graveyard and Derivatives by Ujimasa Hojo
BTNSmallPack by lelyanra
Rifleman Lordaeron HD by Asssssvi
BTNcmdAttackV2 by Moy
BTNMetalPlatingLevel2 by The_Silent
Assorted Village Buildings by bakr
Westfall Grass by WerBackIII
Altar of Kings and Derivarives by Ujimasa Hojo
Burning Blade by Darkfang
Footman, Captain, Spearman by Gluma, Stefan.K
Generic Human Units by bakr
BTNVenomDagger by Static
BTNArcaneEye by APproject
Either or all of the following:
Human Far Sight by Blizzard Entertainment, bu3ny
Shining Flare by Vinz
BTNcrMarineArmor2 by CRAZYRUSSIAN
Black Legion Skysoldiers by r.ace613
Incendiary Bullets Vol. I by Vinz
BTNBeamSmash by The Panda
Penance by Vinz
BTNStop by Moy
Bandit Dog by Hantoo
Paladin Holy Consecration by Darkfang
BTNANABlueFlower by Anachron
Chain Grenade by Vinz
Either or all of the following:
BTNPD3WizIllusion by Palaslayer
Town Hall, Keep, Castle, and Derivatives by Ujimasa Hojo
BTNLight by morbent
BTNBonus by Moy
Either or all of the following:
Either or all of the following:
Ashen_Leaves_Autumnal by StonemaulMidget
WC3 - Projectile - Light Arrow13 by Carrington2k
Black Legion Skysoldiers (Pack) by johnwar
Jaina as a unit (set) by Villagerino
Greystone Path by Born²Modificate, Deleted member 212788
BTNCancelCommandButton by Moy
BTNcrMarineArmor1 by CRAZYRUSSIAN
Classic Footman by Murlocologist
BTNThunderArrow by Darkfang
Elite Siege Engine - The Übertank by Deolrin, Kwaliti
Battle Standard / Safeguard by Vinz
BTNMoveCMD by Moy
Footman (WC1) by loktar
Paladin by Stefan.K
True Sight Generic by Darkfang
Human Guard by Stefan.K
Wrath of The Archangels [SFX Contest #6] by JetFangInferno
BTNLance1 by GooS
Runic Rocket by Vinz
Knight by Stefan.K
Human Crossbowman by Gluma
BTNSickle by -Berz-
Critical Shockwave Arrow by Darkfang
BTNEliteSeigeTank by Mr.Goblin
Either or all of the following:
BTNAdvancedLance by GooS
Sacred Exile by Vinz
SoundWave by JetFangInferno
Holy Aura by Blood Raven
BTNSpell_Holy_BlessingOfProtection by Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment
Witch Hunter Gear by Dionesiist
BTNAllShallBurn by Anderhil
TC15 Model Bundle by Vinz
Roman the glorious Witch Hunter by General Frank
Barracks (Human) and Derivatives by Ujimasa Hojo
BTNcrMarineArmor3 by CRAZYRUSSIAN
Blood Oak Tree by NFWar
Core Hound by Explobomb
ArcaneRocket_Projectile by sPy
Spell Markers by Vinz
BTNHoldCMD by Moy
BTNMetalPlatingLevel3 by The_Silent
BTNPatrolCMD by Moy
BTNGryphonStaff by GreyArchon
Either or all of the following:
Workshop and Derivatives by Ujimasa Hojo
Blacksmith and Derivatives by Ujimasa Hojo
Either or all of the following:
Baby chicks stun effect by tillinghast
BTNRiflemanBurningShot by Moy
Witch Hunter's Hat by Dionesiist
BTNShadowDisguise by Darkfang
BTNCaptain by PrinceYaser
BTNHumanHeroWitchHunter by General Frank
Westfall Grass Cliff by WerBackIII
Human Assassine by General Frank
Light Nova by JetFangInferno
BTNWheat by maxor_gan
btnflower by LiOneSS
FlyingSpearThrower by MassiveMaster
Tower (Human) and Derivatives by Ujimasa Hojo
BTNSpeedUp by The_Silent
BTNImprovedLance by GooS
Overhead Buff Pack by HerrDave
Dirt! by HerrDave
Astral Imprisonment by exfyre
Will by doom_sheep
HeroGlow by assasin_lord
FlowerAura by Misha
Runic Aura by stan0033
Bronze Golem by Grey Knight
Either or all of the following:
Wheat Field by Fingolfin
Either or all of the following:
Either or all of the following:
BTNMetalPlatingLevel1 by The_Silent
BTNINV_Misc_Food_Wheat_02 by Blizzard Entertainment
 

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