
A vampire pirate doesn't necessarily want a dozen castles, much better to leech plunder from humans little by little. That's a cool way to let someone else deal with that admin for you, and thematically it's perfect.

It feels increasingly redundant to buy and slowly build structures to generate a bit of resource here, and a bit of public happiness there, especially when there's more going on on Total War: Warhammer 2's strategy map.įortunately the Vampire Coast heroes can infiltrate ports to install a 'pirate cove' that siphons funds away from the unsuspecting population. The Tomb Kings' ability to raise entire armies so quickly minimised economy and public order wrangling. I slightly prefer the item-hunting and crafting systems that came with the Tomb Kings because it let me play it like a Heroes of Might and Magic game. The result is a decent campaign-within-a-campaign with its own rules and special features. The Le Chuck-like Count Noctilus raids the Old World from a maelstrom in the deep seas, and the human pirate captain Aranessa Saltspire wants riches, and they're all about to fight one another for the prize. The heroes have their personal objectives, but they are all united by the expansion's broader mission: to kill a legendary ocean creature and resurrect it to fight for them using a necromantic sea shanty. The Vampire Lord Luthor Harkon has had his mind splintered by a Lizardman hex, so a series of rotating traits affect his battlefield capabilities as he cycles through different aspects of his personality. Cylostra starts the campaign with the ghost of a Bretonnian hero at her side, and she can summon a ghostly unit of knights in battle as she resurrects members of the crew died with her.


Their strong personalities are reflected in their traits and abilities. Cylostra is one of four heroes added in the Curse of the Vampire Coast expansion for Total War: Warhammer 2.
