Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 13:13:03 PST
Brigandine FAQ version 0.3
By Michael Tofer
mail zcd_zip@hotmail.com
1. New in this version
2. The very basics
3. List of unites
4. List of spells
5. Walkthroughs
6. Gaining Generals
7. Some Tips
8. Quests
New in version: In this version I added the `Gaining Generals` section
and I added Norgard to my`Walkthroughs` section. I allso added my `Some
Tips` section and the `Quests` section.
The very basics:
Quests: First thing is that if you send a knight out on a quest you
will have no ide when he or she will return or what the out come off the
quest shall be. BUT quest are worth it. You can get level 10 monsters
and great accessories for your knights. Often your knight that is on a
quest will get for exampel 4 strengh points up or something lika that.
But some very special times you can get a great monster or even a knight
to join you. But if you are really unlucky your knight will only get
wounded. Then you can not use that knight for a month (one turn). You
can also get a kind of potion that will upgrade your high level
creatures. I always use my worst knights to quest becuse other wise they
will only sitt in a castle and do nothing.
Killing a hole country: When you have killed a hole nation you will get
some knights. The bad thing is that the other nations will also get some
knights.
Elemental differences: This is a thing that is very wise to use. I will
give you a exampel. If you have a Tiamat and you attack a Phoenix your
attack will take more than it would on a Wyvern. This happens for the
Tiamat has two blue elemental and the Phoenix has three red. Get it!
This is how the elements work.
Red --- Blue
White --- Black
And then there is green but it has no color to compete with.
Setting up a arme:
Generals: I always choose the lord for the county, a Paladin or a
Avenger and a Valkyrie.
Of course there are other generals that are better for special types of
armes like Cardinal or Master Ninja. But they are also much harder to
find.
Creatures: One Salamander or Bahamut, five Centaur, one Pixies, one
Angel, and some Wyverns.
There if you use this arme around five times you will be almost
impossible to beat.
Fighting tactics: On easy you should first sett you Salamander/Bahamut
where you think they will attack. Then sett your Wyverns along side it
two create a wall. Then put you Centaur behind your wall of Wyverns.
Then sett your pixies and Angel where they will do the most god, the
same thing for your generals. Then when the enemy has arrived kill of
there generals. And now you have won.
Same thing on normal and hard but now you can not wait for them if it is
you who has attackt. But if come smart and kill there generals fast it
should be no problem. The best thing that can happen to you is if your
enemy has its lord in the battle. Just kill the lord and the other
generals will also retret.
List of Units:
Ghoul Rune cost 15
The weakest creature in the game, pretty worthless. But there leves go
up extremly fast.
Vampire Rune cost 30
Almost a ghoul, but with regenerative powers. There leves also goes up
fast.
Vampire Lords Rune cost 70
Superb unite. Great spells like Necro Rebirth. Like I said extremly good
unite.
Pixie Rune cost 30
Does not have any thing special exept the Protect spell. The attack
power relly sucks.
Fairy Rune cost 45
I love this small bug. This are the reason that I have Pixies in my
arme. This bugs have the superb React spell. The React spell lets you do
two acts with the creature you place it on.
Centaur Rune cost 35
Fast moving horsemen that can shoot with a bow. Very good unite. I use
four-five of them.
High Centaur Rune cost 50
O my God what a great unite. There shoots take around 100 and they can
shoot from relly long ranges. If you have one use it!
Dragon Rune cost 75
Super strong unite. The bad thing is that it takes ages for there level
to get a level up.
When you get up to level 10. You can chose if it is going to be a Red or
White Dragon.
Red Dragon Rune cost 90
Even more super strong than the normal Dragon. But the levels are very
slow.
Nothing relly new here from the origanal. Exept for the strenght.
White Dragon Rune cost 100
Like a Red Dragon exept for that this one is a flying unite.
Salamander Rune cost 115
O my god this is proberly the best 3 level unite in the game.
Fafnir Rune cost 120
Like the Salamander but with a less good special. But don`t get me wrong
this is also a super unite.
Angel Rune cost 85
I have 1 of these in my arme. They have plenty of mana for there heal
spell and there Divine Ray.
Archangel Rune cost 100
Like an Angel but with more MP and the super spell Holy Word.
Seraph Rune cost 120
Like the Archangel but with even more MP and a new spell. The new spells
is there Area Heal which is great. The also have a attack witch they can
use from a two hex range. Plus they look relly cool.
Lucifer Rune cost 120
Super mega unite. Has the super spell Meteor Doom, all the white spells
plus the two red spells Flame and Power, it also has some black spells
like Dimension. When it is on level 20 it has around 375 mana, I say
thats pritty damn good. You need the Fruit of Vise to get this little
fella.
Demon Rune cost 85
The Angels opposite. They have two spells Venom and Curse. Curse is like
Divine Ray exept that it is a black spell.
Archdemon Rune cost 100
More MP and Wekness and Dimension spells. The have pritty high attack
level too.
Satan Rune cost 120
Pritty scary name there. Well there well worth it. They now have some
new spells like the hyper superb Meteor Doom. And of course loads MP.
Lilith Rune cost 120
You need the Charm Liquor to get one of these. This have some Angel
spells and some red spells as well. What can I say, they are
outstanding.
Mandrake Rune cost 35
Very high HP but extremly low attack power. Don`t use this they are
relly worthless.
Man-Eater Rune cost 50
Much better than a Mandrake but still no great unite. The can attack
over one hex now.
G-Scorpion Rune cost 20
Pritty good for the low mana cost. The can some times poison the enemy
it attacks. They have very low HP.
Death Needle Rune cost 35
Not a thing new from the origanal exept for better attack and defense.
Merman Rune cost 30
Made to be used in water and nothing else.
Triton Rune cost 40
Like a Merman with better attack and defense. They have also got a
special. But it can only be used in water.
Poseidon Rune cost XXX
Have not gotten one yet but there proberly great in the water.
Hydra Rune cost 80
Like a Dragon but it is made for water. Much better than Merman. They
have 5% recovery when there in water.
Tiamat Rune cost 110
Has extremly high HP. Very high attack and defense power makes this
unite good both in and out of the water. But they are relly slow on
land.
Wyvern Rune cost 60
Relly fast/strong unite. One of my personal favorits. There levels go up
pritty fast compered to Dragons.
Couatl Rune cost 80
Like a Wyvern but stronger.
Bahamut Rune cost 110
One of the best unites in the game. There breath attck is 5 hex long and
if the Bahamut is on level 25 it will take around 150. It`s normal
attacks take about 210.
Lizardmen Rune cost 30
OK unite, but nothing special. There a little slow. But they don`t miss
so much.
Lizard Guard Rune cost 45
Like a stronger Lizardman and with a breath attack that can posion
enemys.
Jinn Rune cost 30
If used correctly these can be quite good, but I never use them. These
fellas can`t even attack/counter attack. It is that that makes them the
patetic litle things they are.
Marid Rune cost 50
Dao Exacly like Jinn exept these fellas are special elemental units.
Djinni
Efreeti
Griffin Rune cost 55
Like a Wyvern, but stil not as good. But they advance in levels faster.
Holy Griffin Rune cost 80
A very good flying unite. These are great aginst black elemental unites.
Hellhound Rune cost 35
These have a special skill called Hit&Run. This enables the Hellhound
first move than attack and then move again. But there not so strong.
Fenrir Rune cost 50
Same skill as Hellhounds these are a little bit stronger and can move a
little futher.
Roc Rune cost 75
Allmost better than Wyvers becost of there skill to some times stone the
enemy there attacking.
Phoenix Rune cost 90
Super mega hyper good unite.It is strong, it can move very far, it has
regeneration abilety and the coolest color in the game. If you have one
you have to use.
Unicorns Rune cost 40
I use one of these in my super arme. They have two spells Heal and Cure.
They have low HP and only around 135 MP.
Pegasus Rune cost 55
These like the Unicorns have Heal and Cure but also Halo. They are
flying unites so thy can move more than Unicorns.
Nightmare Rune cost 55
These are the evil Unicorns with there dimenstion spell and wekness. But
you did chose Unicorn becuse you want to heal your self not transport
your enemys some where else on the map with dimenstion.
Giant Rune cost 60
I hate these becuse they always miss. Plus there very expencive.
Titan/Gigas Rune cost 85
Like a Giant but better of course. These fellas at least hits a little
bit. Still there nothing special.
Thor Rune cost 105
These come from Titan and you must have the item Rage Lightning to get
it.
Loki Rune cost 105
This one comes from Gigas and you must have Wisdom Seed to get this
fella. But a Thor is better.
Clay Golem Rune cost 45
Better than Giants and cheeper. These fellas have more defense power but
less attack power than Giants.
Stone Golem Rune cost 55
Like Clay but stronger and these can do an attack from 2 hexes away from
the enemy.
Bronze Golem Rune cost 70
Stronger than the Stone Golem and now his Rock Throw attack is 3 hex
long instead of 2 hex.
Talos Rune cost 90
A super, super, super unite. Its attack the Rock Throw can attack from 4
hexes and it takes aboute 250 on the target. The only bad thing is that
you have to get your Bronze Golem up to level 30 before you can get one.
List of spells:
White spells:
Heal
Heal one of your unites.
Cure
Cures one of your unites from a negative status like stoned or poison.
Halo
Makes the unite you have target gain more experience.
Divine Ray
Attacks one of your enemys with white magic.
Area Heal
Heals all your unites within the rune range of your unite.
Holy Word
Great spell witch attacks all of your enemts within the rune range.
Black spells:
Weakness
Weakenss one of your oppenents. Not so usefull.
Dimension
Transports one of your enemys unites else where.
Curse
Attacks one of your enemys with black magic.
Necro Rebirth
Brings one of your enemys dead unites to your side for the rest of the
battle. The creature you have choose becomes a zombie(you can see that
on the creature condition. There are some spells that are made to kill
zombies fast like Holy Word and Divine Ray.
Meteor Doom
It works lika Geno-Thunder but it has a much bigger area and it attacks
with black elemental magic. But it costs 255 MP and pritty much(but it
is worth it).
Venom
Attacks one unite of your enemy with poison damage. Has pritty long
range.
Green spells:
Protect
Halves all the damage from normal attacks the first turn. The second
turn all normal damage is quartered and the third turn the spell is
deactivated.
Silent
Put this on one of your enemys unite and it can`t do any spells. Relly
usefull on mages.
Accel
Enables one of your unites to move more one turn. Not sucha good spell.
Fog
Decreases one unites hit rate. If you use it on a Giant it will never
hit anything.
Paralyze
It paralyzes a enemy unite.
Solid
Petrifies enemies. I think that the Ninja Master is the only one that
can cast this spell.
React
Lets the targeted unite do two acts. A very superb spell.
Red spells:
Strenght
Raises one unites strenght. When I use this spell one my level 30
Bahamut and does his breath attack it takes 370 damage on all five
targets.
Flame
Attacks one unite with red elemental power.
Geno-Flame
Attacks all unites within rune range.
Exa Blast
Lika a Curse but stronger and with red elemental power.
Blue spells:
Frost
Like Flame but with blue power.
Geno-Frost
Like Geno-Flame but with blue power.
Fall Berg.
Like Exa Blast but with blue magic.
Walkthroughs:
I have just finished my walkthrough for Iscalio, New Almekia and
Norgard, but more will come.
Walkthrough Iscalio
So you want to play with Iscalio. Well I myself think it`s the most easy
nation. First of all you should creat a super arme. The generals will be
Dryst(the lord of the country), Iria and Bademagus. It would allso be a
good ide to use the Bahamut that you begine with. Then sett up the arme
the way that I discraibe in the secion `Setting up a arme`. Now you
should attack Hervery and Salisbury. After that you should begine to
take over the hole of Caerleon. I allways killed of Cai then waited one
turn so he could fight again. That way the battles should be very fast
and if you are lycky(like me), you might even get there Couatl. Let Iria
kill the monsters so she can gain some levels so she can use Holy Word.
Then let Bademagus kill the rest until he reaches level 20 so you can
upgrade him to Avenger. After that you should select a creatur to gain
levels. After you killed Caerleon you should get one or two generals
which is very use full. Now go and kill New Almekia. After that you can
choose if you are going to kill Norgard or the Esgares. I would choose
the Esgares Empire. If you come into a position where you have several
generals over you can just quest with them. Allright after you have
killed the Esgares Empire you will go after Leonia. They will not posse
a to big of a problem. It would be very good if you would quest some,
for now you could get Millan and Mira which are two great knights. You
can only get them after you have defeated the Esgares Empire. After you
have defeated the little Leonia kingdome it`s time for Norgard. And they
could put up a real fight. They have two White Dragons and some times a
Fafnir. But if you have used the same arme trough the hole game it
should not be a problem. You should plan your attack so you only have to
defend 3-4 castles becouse they can do some pritty tough attacks.
Walkthrough New Almekia
First of all, you should like allways make a super arme. I would choose
Geraint, Meleagant and Coel as generals and later in the game when
Halley joins you, you could put her in your super arme. As creatures you
should of course take the Salamander that you begin the game with. The
rest is up to you. You can turn to my `Setting up a arme` part of this
faq for help. First you should take some castles from the Esgares
Empire. Let Geraint kill some enemys so he can gain one level, so he can
become a Shogun. Take the castles smart so you don`t have so many
pleaces to defend. Now go after Norgard. With your super arme it should
not be so difficult. Just remember to go after there generals. After you
defeated the hole of Norgard. You should go after Leonia. Then down and
kill Iscalio. You could try to take over there Bahamut by killing the
leader that controls it. After that if your lycky, your allie Caerleon
may even have damage the Esgares Empire so much that it will be no
problem to kill them of. Remember that if you need some more war, you
could allways attack Caerleon. But they are relly hard with there Cai
and Dinadan. But if you want a cooler ending you should attack Caerleon.
P.S When you kill the Esgares Empire Lance will be promoted to King.
This gives him a boost in power and defence, he gets one red elemental
and he can do the Geno-Flame.
Walktrough Norgard:
In your super arme you should have Vaynard, Gunglain and Yvain. You
begine the game with two White Dragons witch is a very good start. The
rest is up to you. First thing go and murder Leonia. Be sure to not use
so many black creatures becuse in Leonia there are almost only white
creature. But it is good if you can get a hold of a Demon for becuse if
you do a Curse spell on a white creature it will take a lot of HP. You
can try to get some of Leonias special creatures. I mean there high
level creatures like there Holygriff, Pegasus and there rocking
Phoenix(I got there Phoenix). After you killed them you will get two
more generals. If you are not playing on easy your proberly under attack
on your west side of the nation. But you have to fix it some way. A good
way is to send some high level creatures from your super arme there.
When you have defeated Leonia you should proberly go after Iscalio. Now
your two new generals might come to use. After the defeat of Iscalio you
will get Daffy a Samurai and Victoria a Sorceress. Just move on against
Caerleon. They could be pritty hard becouse of Dinadan and Cai. Even
after you have killed Caerleon and got your two new generals it may be a
shortage of generals for you. So you have to plan your attacks smart. It
does not matter if you go after New Almekia or Esgares. Becouse your
super arme is proberly enough strong to beat any thing.
More to come...
Gaining Generals:
If you are short on generals this is proberly the best part of the faq
for you. You can gain generals by either defeating a hole country or you
by questing.
These are the generals(rune knights) that you can get by questing.
Dogal: A male knight with extrimly high rune power and he is only level
2 when you get him, so you can get relly high rune power with him.
Hyude: Pretty worthless male knight. When he joins you he will go on a
quest.
Limlight: You can only get this male elf knight by questing with Hyude.
It will take aboute 3 moths to get him.
Mire and Millet: These two sisters are pritty good. One is a Lancer and
the other a Sorceress. They can first join you after you have defeated
the Esgares Empire.
Shiraha: Super cool ninja knight(proberly the coolest in the game). When
you get him, you can train your other male knights to become ninjas. You
can only get him after you have defeated the Esgares Empire.
Clauze: You can only get this male knight by questing with Coel.
Cathleen and Klaques: Nothing special here.
Cortina: This little girl has high rune power witch could be usfull.
Balder: Just a male knight.
Aldis: If you quest with her you get a level 20 Fafnir named Puro. Relly
extremly good.
Rain: He just joins you after you have gotten Mire and Millet.
Ranguinus: Relly good male knight. He used to work for the Esgares
Empire. You get him by questing with Rain.
These are the knight that you can get by defeating a nation.
New Almekia: Carlota and Loufal
Caerleon: Janfadar and Bilcock
Iscalio: Daffy and Victoria
Leonia: I am afraid I don`t remember, but I think it was a Cavalier and
a Druid. I am relly sorry.
Norgard: Dillard and Kirkmond
Esgares: Ivan and Fiel
Some Tips:
These are just some tips that don`t fit in to the other sections.
Plan smart defences:
This tip is writen by ©Gregg© (alias P|/\/\PDaddy)
Hey, um I was just playing Brandine and I noticed cause my good guys are
pretty powerful, but when Esgares Empire attacked and The guys i had
there were weak. So I turned it off and started it back up cause i had
just saved it.I moved my most powerful guy to where they were going to
attack and they did and I won but i tried it a couple of times and it
kept on happening so you can figure out when and where the enemy is
going to attack and what you will need to stop em'!!!
Getting powerfull unites easy:
To get powerfull unites like New Almekias Salamander or the Esgares
Empire Vampire Lord and other unites like that. All you have to do is
kill the General that controlls the creature. But if you just kill the
general it is still a pritty good chance that the general will take the
unite with him/her. The best way to get the creature is to first wound
it were badly(let it have aboute 50 or so). Then try to get it out of
the generals rune range(you can see it if you click on the general). Now
go for the kill and if you are lycke(becouse it is still a 50 50 chance)
you will get the unite you want.
Getting more generals:
You all know that when you defeated a country you will get two generals.
Well it has happend to me that you get four and even five generals. Like
once when I defeated the Esgares Empire I got five generals and once
when I defeated Iscalio I got four generals. I don`t know what you
should do to get more than two generals, but you can.
Getting Carmine:
To get Carmine you must first get Mira and Millet. When you have got
them you should quest with both of `em. Some times they will go on a
quest together. There quest will take them to there hometown. A
Salamander will attack there hometown but Mira and Millet will save
there hometown from the Salamander. One of them will get wounded. But
will be saved by the doctor Carmine. In the end of the quest Mira and
Millet will get a item from there old nanny. After the quest is over and
a year has gone Carmine should join you.
Quests:
Here are all the quest that I have gotten.
Flower girl in town gives you a
-Red rose = STR
-Yellow sunflower = AGI increase
-White lily = INT increase
A dwarf in the forset gives your knight a mushroom which enables your
knight to understand what the birds are saying. This leads to a item.
Your knight meets a drunk man in a bar.
-The drunk does not like rune knights = you get a item
-The drunk likes rune knights = nothing
Your knight meets a soothsayer on a road and the soothsayer will let you
draw a card.
-World = rune power increase
-Magician = MP increase
-Strength = STR increase
-Chariot = HP increase
Your knight will sleep in a old castle where there are ghosts. You will
get a item.
Your knight sees a large dragon. Sometimes you get a item and sometimes
you don`t.
Your knight is about to cook a rabbit. Then the rabbit will talk its way
out by saying where a treasure is. Your knight finds
- the treasure = you get a item
- a viper = wounded for a month
Your knight drinks up some honey and a large bee then comes. Your knight
will get a boost in HP.
A village is botherd by a level 10 monster.
-Your knight defeats the monster = the monster joins you
-The monster wins = you get nothing
Your knight throws a coin in a fountain and a fairy appears and
-Thank your knight with a kiss and a item = you get a item
-Puts a hex on your knight = your knight get wounded, sort of.
Your knight is about to drink from a fountain and
-A frightfull picture appears = nothing
-Your knight is knocked out by drinking the water = knights AGI
increased
Your knight gets on a boat that takes him/her to a island. On the
island, your knight
-will find a very old man that tells a story = knight rune power
increased
-finds some maidens = MP increased
-finds some fairies that learns your knight how to dance on water = AGI
increased
-a idol trops a item = you get one of the final class up items
Your knight comes to a bridge where there is a old man that tells a
relly long story. Your knights INT gets increased.
It starts raining and your knight takes cover under a tree. A girl is
also under the tree and she begins to tell a story. Then the girl
dissappears leaving your knight with a item.
Your knight finds a eight legged horse and then takes a ride on it. Your
then gets his/her STR increased.
A man offers you to test and grind his sandstone. Then a curse is set on
your knight. At the end of this story your knight will get a boost in
STR.
On a road your knight will find a bottle of liquid.
-It is poison = your knight is wounded for a month
-It is not poison = the knights AGI is increased
In the a town your knight will hear a song. The knights MP is increased.
Your knight finds a strange flower in a forest. The knight is knocked
out by the aroma of the flower. Your knight then wakes up and
-Has increased INT
-Has increased MP
-Has beem robbed = you get nothing
Your knight ventures in a tall tower.
-Your knight reads the `Lost Text` = increased INT
-There is a large explosion = knight gets wounded for a month
After entering a dark cave your knight
-finds a item
-finds a level 1 creature
-finds and reads a scroll = increased INT
-falls into a pit = wounded for one month
Your knight drinks from a waterfall when a fairy appers and then
-the fairy dissappears = nothing
-the fairy sings a song = either the knights HP or rune power will be
increased.
Your knight puts his/her hand into a hole in staty and then
-gets a objekt = you get a item
-finds a item but can`t get it out = you get nothing
Your knight comes to a old monument where there is a tomb with a item.
-your knight is not able to get the item = you don`t get anything
-your knight gets the item = you get the item
Your knight is walking on a road with a merchant. When the two are going
to go two different ways the merchant will give your knight a item.
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