DM S18: Changes to improve story, feel, difficulty & gameplay

Add character macro for Iliah-Malal. Make Iliah-Malal an Ancient Lich. Add Iliah-Malal 'heal when killed' motif from S19. Improve dialog to better convey reason for running away. Make portal guardian stronger.
wesnoth · Nov 30, 2017 · 8219ddf · 8219ddf
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diff --git a/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/10_The_Gate_Between_Worlds.cfg b/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/10_The_Gate_Between_Worlds.cfg
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@
     {STARTING_VILLAGES 1 5}
 
     [side]
-        type=Necromancer
-        id=Iliah-Malal
-        name= _ "Iliah-Malal"
+        {ILIAH_MALAL (Necromancer)}
         facing=se
         side=2
-        canrecruit=yes
         controller=ai
         recruit=Vampire Bat,Dark Adept,Thug
         team_name=enemies

diff --git a/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/18_The_Portal_of_Doom.cfg b/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/18_The_Portal_of_Doom.cfg
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
         {FLAG_VARIANT undead}
     [/side]
     [side]
-        type=Dark Adept
-        id=Unuvim
-        name=_ "Unuvim"
+        type=Necromancer
+        id=Unuvim-Malal
+        name=_ "Unuvim-Malal"
         facing=nw
         side=3
         canrecruit=yes
@@ -151,21 +151,6 @@
 
     {MEMOIRS_DEATHS}
 
-#define MATERIALIZE_ILIAH_MALAL
-    # Materialize the bad guy on his keep
-    [unit]
-        id=Iliah-Malal
-        name=_ "Iliah-Malal"
-        type=Lich
-        facing=sw
-        side=3
-        x=17
-        y=1
-        overlays="misc/leader-expendable.png"
-        ellipse="misc/ellipse-hero"
-    [/unit]
-#enddef
-
     [event]
         name=prestart
 
@@ -253,21 +238,6 @@
             name=close_portal
         [/fire_event]
 
-        # If Iliah-Malal got killed before this point,
-        # rematerialize him on his keep so we can have
-        # final dialog - the "join me" is referred to later.
-        [if]
-            [not]
-                [have_unit]
-                    side=3
-                    id=Iliah-Malal
-                [/have_unit]
-            [/not]
-            [then]
-                {MATERIALIZE_ILIAH_MALAL}
-            [/then]
-        [/if]
-
         {MODIFY_UNIT (id=Iliah-Malal) facing se}
         [message]
             speaker=Iliah-Malal
@@ -301,7 +271,7 @@
         [/message]
         [message]
             speaker=Delfador
-            message=_"(<i>To the dwarves</i>). Quickly, back in the tunnel! I will stay last to seal the entrance."
+            message=_"(<i>To the dwarves</i>). Now that the portal is closed, his power will start to weaken, but that doesn't help us now. Quickly, back in the tunnel! I will stay last to seal the entrance."
         [/message]
         #Delf collapses the cave entrance
 
@@ -439,7 +409,14 @@
     [event]
         name=iliah-malal
 
-        {MATERIALIZE_ILIAH_MALAL}
+        # Materialize the bad guy on his keep
+        [unit]
+            {ILIAH_MALAL (Ancient Lich)}
+            facing=sw
+            side=3
+            x=17
+            y=1
+        [/unit]
 
         {NAMED_UNIT 3 (Draug)      17 2 Samun _"Samun" (facing=sw)}
         {NAMED_UNIT 3 (Banebow)    15 1 Skoogal _"Skoogal" (facing=sw)}
@@ -471,13 +448,24 @@
 
     [event]
         name=last breath
+        first_time_only=no
         [filter]
             id=Iliah-Malal
         [/filter]
         [message]
             speaker="Iliah-Malal"
-            message=_ "Fool! You could not kill me in the land of the dead, nor can you in the land of the living! I transcend both death and life, and I will return to destroy you!"
+            message=_ "Fool! You could not kill me in the land of the dead, nor can you in the land of the living! I transcend both death and life, and I will destroy you!"
         [/message]
+        [message]
+            id=Delfador
+            message= _ "We cannot defeat him now. We must carry out our mission first, so we will be able to defeat him later."
+        [/message]
+        # He gets a full heal, not an advance, otherwise we'd have to make sure we ported him to the next scenario properly
+        [heal_unit]
+            [filter]
+                id=Iliah-Malal
+            [/filter]
+        [/heal_unit]
     [/event]
 
     # Isolate special effects from story logic for testing.
@@ -533,5 +521,3 @@
         [/terrain]
     [/event]
 [/scenario]
-
-#undef MATERIALIZE_ILIAH_MALAL
diff --git a/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/19_Showdown_in_the_Northern_Swamp.cfg b/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/scenarios/19_Showdown_in_the_Northern_Swamp.cfg
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@
 
     # The strategic challenge should be getting these to cooperate well
     [side]
-        type=Lich
-        id=Iliah-Malal
-        name= _"Iliah-Malal"
+        {ILIAH_MALAL (Ancient Lich)}
         facing=se
         side=3
-        canrecruit=yes
         controller=ai
         team_name=enemies
         user_team_name= _ "Undead"

diff --git a/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/utils/characters.cfg b/data/campaigns/Delfadors_Memoirs/utils/characters.cfg
@@ -100,3 +100,11 @@
         {TRAIT_AGED}
     [/modifications]
 #enddef
+
+#define ILIAH_MALAL TYPE
+    id=Iliah-Malal
+    name=_ "Iliah-Malal"
+    # TODO maybe get custom portraits? Default ones may be fine.
+    type={TYPE}
+    canrecruit=yes
+#enddef