Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27200931-20170321232537

Inspired by this challenge I played some time ago, I bring you my own challenge based on that: the Warlord Challenge!

I was thinking on starting a singleplayer world, since I mostly only play on servers, and to spice up the gameplay a bit, I thought on this:

Pre-requisites: > Download the Unique Artifacts mod

> Choose any EVIL faction as your... uh, faction.

> Choose an Enemy of that Evil faction as your target.

Castle Building - Stage 1
> Your king/chieftain has given you an important task! Go to the region controlled by your targeted faction and look for a suitable spot to build a hidden fortress. It can be inside your targeted faction's biome, or in a nearby biome.

> The first thing you need to build is a keep with these rooms:

- Lord's bedchamber;

- Kitchen;

- Feast hall;

- Armory;

> To finish this stage you'll also need to build:

- Smithy with blacksmith (get one with cheats once you finish this build);

- Farm;

- Animal pen;

- Barracks with a captain (get one with cheats once you finish this build);

- Storage;

- One outpost with 3 soldiers, not far from your fortress.

> Hire at least 20 soldiers to protect your fortress.

Raiding - Stage 2
> Hire at least 10 soldiers to accompany you.

> Lead your troops in a raid to weaken the enemy! Raid at least 3 villages. Rules:

- Only villages can be raided, forts and towns are forbidden for now!

- For a village to be considered raided, you have to burn/explode all its houses and slaughter the whole populace

- Each time you raid 3 villages, go back home to claim your spoils (use cheats to acquire it): Spoils (choose one, not all):

Greedy Bastard = 700 coins, 2 stacks of iron, 1 stack of gold

Cattle Raider = 3 stacks of meat, 3 stacks of fruits, 3 stacks of hay blocks

Slavemaster = 300 coins, 20 slaves

Jack of all Raids = 700 coins, 3 stacks of food (meat, fruts or hay), 5 slaves

> Once you complete at least one raid, you're ready to go to stage 3 (you can do as much raiding as you want now)

Castle Building 2 - Stage 3
> Required buildings:

- Stone curtain wall, with gatehouses and towers;

- Shrine to Melkor/Sauron;

- Bakery (or Slaughterhouse, if you are an Orc);

- Dungeon;

- War room;

- Cellar;

- Stable;

- Increase animal pen and farm size.

> Hire a total of 40 soldiers to protect your castle.

- You can cheat spawn eggs or use NPC respawners to staff rooms like the bakery and the towers.

Conquering - Stage 4
> Scout 5 towns/forts in your targeted faction's biome.

> Conquer the 5 towns or forts by killing everyone inside and by putting banners on it.

> Build at least 2 outposts encircling your conquered towns to solidify your domain!

> Celebrate your victory with a grand feast!

Finale - Stage 5
> The Dark Lord heard of your exploits and was impressed by your efforts! As a reward, he gave you the secret of Ring forging. Craft a ring, for the Dark Lord has tasks for you!

Crafting the ring:

- You'll need a gold ingot forged by Dwarves, find a Dwarven Tower, raid it and acquire a gold ingot. (you can also craft a mithril one);

- Make yourself a Mithril Hammer, an Anvil and a Crafting Table.

- Bring these items to Mt. Doom, and craft a golden ring near to its lava. Exchange your golden ring for an Unique Artifacts ring (that mod I asked you to download earlier, hope you didn't forget about that!), choose a ring that you think is balanced. Tip: Unique Artifacts' tab in Creative Mode gets a new round of items each time you exit and enter.

> Now that you have a ring, Sauron has two tasks for you:

- Defeat a Mallorn Ent and build an unholy monument in Lothlórien, where you'll place the Mallorn Ent's head;

- Go to Utumno and bring back to Sauron a Melkor Plate. As soon as you leave Utumno by activating the plate, give yourself one with console commands because Melkor Plates can't be taken in Survival mode.

> Return to Mt. Doom and place the Melkor Plate where you crafted your ring.

> Oh no! You're fading away and becoming a Nazgûl! You have two options now:

- Throw the ring in the fires of Mt. Doom. Don't worry, Sauron will be amused by it! You won't get a new ring, though.

- Accept the Dark Lord's gift and give yourself a second Unique Artifacts ring.

Bonus! - Stage 6
> Sauron has yet a new reward for you: the secret of portal making!

> Build a Morgul portal and go to the Overworld and acquire three things of great valour:

- An Enchantment Table;

- A Potion Stand;

- An Ender Dragon Egg.

> Sauron was expecting much more of this "Overworld" realm, not mere shiny trinkets, so he'll send you back to your home with your new toys. 