Swordsman in Olden Era: stats, cost and abilities

Temple · Tier 1

Swordsman

Base form

How to use this creature in practice

Melee core and holding approaches

Swordsman should take reachable melee exchanges or hold an approach to more valuable units. Before advancing, identify its next target and enemies able to attack it afterward.

Watch for: Base stats are not the final exchange result. Account for retaliation, current creature count, target immunity and subsequent action order.

Timing, specific abilities and the follow-up plan

Speed 4 and Initiative 5 govern different parts of the turn. Check the particular ability for alternative free attacks.

Melee Attack: Its ordinary attack requires an adjacent enemy and can provoke retaliation. Particular abilities may alter those rules for their own strike.
Ranged Defense I: Reduces incoming ranged damage by 30%. This protects against the specified damage type; evaluate other attacks and changes to the defense attribute separately.

Attack: 4
Defense: 4
Damage: 2–3
Health: 12
Speed / reach: 4
Initiative: 5
Movement type: Ground
Retaliations per round: 1
Initial morale: 0
Initial luck: 0
Morale limits: -5 … 5
Luck limits: -3 … 3
Base weekly growth: 18
Creature type: Living

Cost per creature: 85 gold

Reference build 25672315, data dated 2026-10-10. Public beta 0.82 values remain separate from this profile.

Abilities and limitations

Living
Living creatures normally have morale limits of −5 to +5 and luck limits of −3 to +3. Their casualties can supply post-battle Necromancy.
Melee Attack
Its ordinary attack requires an adjacent enemy and can provoke retaliation. Particular abilities may alter those rules for their own strike.
Ranged Defense I
Reduces incoming ranged damage by 30%. This protects against the specified damage type; evaluate other attacks and changes to the defense attribute separately.

Heroes connected to this creature

Sourced creature specialty (1)

This exact form is a confirmed specialty target. Judge commanded-creature bonuses separately from town recruitment growth; the base and alternative upgrades belong to one line. The hero profile explains the numerical effect and actual reference stacks.

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Army range in the source profile (17)

The source profile lists a stack-size range. A scenario or newer version may alter the start; this does not guarantee the inventory of every mission.

Example in a tactical plan (3)

The creature is an example in our specific plan; this does not establish ownership or a starting army.

Reference ↗

Reference stack cost and health

These values multiply every resource in the undiscounted reference price and full base health. Hero, equipment, spell, price and growth modifiers are excluded. This is neither final damage or battle survival nor a guarantee that the listed number is available to recruit.

Swordsman · reference values before bonuses
Creatures	Total cost	Base health
1	85 gold	12
5	425 gold	60
10	850 gold	120

Reading this profile correctly

This profile retains build 25672315, dated 2026-10-10. It is a dated reference export rather than automatic public-beta 0.82 values. Summoned and converted creatures use their own acquisition conditions.

Speed determines movement reach and initiative determines action order. Focus points differ from full charges: normally six points fill one charge. Ability costs use charges; zero identifies a verified free activation. Weekly growth and price exclude hero, law and other bonuses. Summons and conversions have separate acquisition rules. The full inventory of alternative free attacks, turn-ending conditions and some restrictions still needs expansion.