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Murranji's High Elf Gate Invasions Mod

This mod adds a new campaign feature to the High Elves by adding new invasion based events styled on the Great Bastion attacks that target and seek to destroy High Elf Gates and then nearby armies. The key features of the mod are:


The High Elf Gates (Phoenix, Eagle, Griffon, Unicorn) can all be targeted for invasion when a player has taken control of each of these forts. Each turn you control the fort the local threat meter will increase. Once the threat meter passes 100 an invasion will be launched to attack the Fort, attempt to raze it, and if successful, they can attack nearby settlements and armies.

Track the threat meter in the province effects panel in the bottom left to see when an invasion will occur and prepare.


Invasions can be launched by numerous races including Dark Elves, Vampire Coast, Norsca, Warriors of Chaos, Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh, Tzeentch, Skaven.


The turn before a gate will be attacked a variety of mercenary armies from different factions will offer you their services in exchange for a one time fee. Each time a gate is to be attacked you have the choice of replacing the mercenary option with a different choice, or if you prefer the current mercenaries you can stick with the ones that you have.

When the fort is attacked these mercenaries will be summoned as reinforcements for the next battle. The mercenaries will also help defend the fort from any other attacks in the intervening periods. These mercenaries apply across all three forts - so if you hire High Elf mercenaries to defend the Phoenix Gate the same type of mercenaries will defend the Eagle Gate if you choose to keep them.

Mercenaries can be a variety of High Elf armies, Empire, Bretonnia, Wood Elves, Ogres, Cathay and Lizardmen.


When the player wins a battle in a Gate province their faction immediately performs an Invocation of Asuryan rite without the need for a rite cooldown. This can be stacked with the Rite version of the Invocation of Asuryan.

Difficulty Additions
The invasion system offers an easier and a more difficult challenge for difficulty. Hard, very hard and legendary difficulties can attract an extra army depending on the game length.


Consider using ChopChop's Additional Buildings: Bastions, Forts & Gates
Consider using Empire Fort Invasions mod for the same campaign feature for the Empire.

FAQ:
How often are the invasions?
Invasions occur every 20 turns on a Gate by Gate basis.

Do invasions occur at the same time?
No, invasions are tracked on a gate by gate timer. Depending on when you take control of a Gate it can cause invasions to be closer or further apart.

What happens if I lose an invasion?
The invading army will remain in the Gate province and attack any nearby player armies. When a Gate is captured or destroyed invasions will cease until you have recaptured the Gate.

Does this work for AI?
No - invasions and mercenaries only trigger for the player.

Compatibility
Only works on Immortal Empires and Immortal Empires Expanded

Socials
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Bugs:
If your reinforcement army general is killed in the battle the reinforcement army will not despawn after the fight. It’s recommended to disband the army afterwards in this case.

Sometime reinforcements arrive at the field side of the map. The reinforcement timer for them is significantly decreased which allows them to either arrive near instantly and head to the fort gates, or you can move the reinforcement marker to spawn inside the fort, the timer increases to approximately a 3 minute arrival in this case.

The enemy invaders use the Kurgan Warband faction which means that nearby AI factions might assist you by pre-maturely attacking the invaders, and if you kill a general but not the invasion force he will be replaced by a Norscan Chieftain.

Mercenary general names will still use High Elf names

Please report any other bugs in the Steam comments or contacting murranji on discord.

Credits
Scripting and db work - Murranji (with assistance from ChatGPT 4o)
Thanks to RFPM