Offical Unit Reference Guide

The Contagion

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Common units:

Nightmares:

Nightmares are predecessors of Bone Fiends, their time of conversion determines how much it will take for their flesh to fall from their bones. The stench of their rotting flesh can prove distracting for enemies in the battlefield. Their glowing eyes makes them terrifying in combat, but makes them easy to spot at large distances. Nightmares form the bulk of Sunny Town's warriors, being standard fighters with lower than average strength.

Bone Fiends:

Bone Fiends are Nightmares that have served the ranks of Sunny Town for an extended period of time. Their flesh has long since rotted away, rendering them light on their hooves and very stealthy as a result. Their lack of fur or skin makes them undetectable by scent, unlike most of Sunny Town's fighters, and while their glowing eyes are problematic in ambushes, they make up for it in speed. They can move across large areas without tiring nor stopping, and then they can run it twice more with no fatigue. All of it in complete silence. Their frames are fragile however, and prolonged melee combat will quickly prove fatal for them.

Newly Infected:

Sunny Town's Newly infected are predecessors to Nightmares, being the newest and most recently converted ponies. They still hold their muscle tissue intact and their strength and resistance is thus greater than other Sunny Town fighters, but their unscathed (for the most part) appearance does not cause as much terror in their foes. As undead, they feel no fatigue and thus can fight, run, and haul heavy objects for extended periods of times without problem, but the fact that they still hold muscle tissue and that they still use it means that they can overexert themselves and become injured if pushed beyond their limits. Their non glowing eyes makes them suitable for ambushes, though their speed is still that of an average pony.

Special Units:

Brain fiends:

Sunny Town's fighters are numerous and unyielding seas of terror and rotting flesh, but no more than that. Their ability to plan and mobilize themselves in an orderly manner is nonexistent. That's where the Brain fiends come in. The infection treated them differently than the majority of others, and allowed them to conserve their brains mostly intact. Thus, they are still able to solve basic problematics and produce spontaneous solutions to simple enemy strategies. There's a wall to overcome? Leave it to the Brain Fiends to find the small sewers beneath them. Enemy soldiers are heavily entrenched in front of a mountain pass? The Brain fiends will see if they can climb the mountain and surround them. Their capacity is very basic, but they will allow you to field a wider variety of strategies other than "everyone charge at that thing"

Bile fiends:

Bile fiends are the missile fighters of Sunny Town. The infection enlarged and weaponized their digestive organs into bile hurling organs that remain at work despite them being braindead. The amount of bile coursing through their bodies has turned them into beings that despise any living creature though, and they will fire as soon as they spot anything living.

Heroes:

Grey Hoof:

Leader of Sunny Town and party planner extraordinaire. Grey Hoof is an expert in organization and planning, making him a top notch strategist and a very resourceful leader. He fights barehooved like most other Sunny Towners. His presence permits for complex strategies to be available.

Three Leaf:

Sunny Town's local gardener, Three Leaf is an expert botanist and knows her way around the Everfree like the back of her hoof. She can use the terrain to her advantage like no other and ambushes are a specialty of hers. Her presence allows for complex strategies to be available.

Roneo:

Grey Hoof's guardspony, Roneo is charged with guarding Mitta and protecting Sunny Town from attack. He is at his element when it comes to defense and will prove very resourceful when under attack. His presence allows for complex strategies to be available.