

The hospital was granted the status of an independent military order by the Pope, and the knights never looked back. The first mission of the Teutonic knights was to help retake Jerusalem from the Arabs in the Third Crusade (1187-1192 CE), and during this failed attempt they set up a hospital outside Acre during the siege of that city. A medieval Teutonic Knight was a member of the Catholic military Deutscher Orden or Teutonic Order, officially founded in March 1198 CE. Some opponents in the Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan campaign are also Teutons.Īddcomment(replytokey, level, postcommenttext, newreplyid) In addition many of the opponents encountered early in this campaign are also Teutons. The Teutonic civilization is given high profile in the Barbarossa campaign as they are the playable civilization. This makes their castles very powerful and excellent for defensive strategies. Their Unique Technology is Crenellations which gives Castles an additional +3 range and infantry units that garrison in the castle can fire arrows. It is almost unaffected by Archer, Infantry and Cavalry attacks. Their unique unit is the Teutonic Knight, which is an extremely strong but slow infantry unit possessing a significant attack (also an attack bonus versus buildings), Hit Points and Armor. Their units resist conversion due to their Team Bonus. Their Monks are able to heal at twice the distance of other civilizations’ monks. Another great thing about their defenses is their castles' great range, which their unique technology (Crenellations) increases highly, giving them greater defensive abilities. This provides their Towers an earlier defense against Battering Rams. They also receive Murder Holes for free thus eliminating the minimum range of towers and Castle. In addition, a Teutonic Bombard Tower with ten garrisoned Hand Cannoneers only can fire up to two cannons simultaneously, dealing up to 240 damage. With this bonus, Teutonic Keeps with full garrison of Archers can deal twice the amount of damage compared to an ordinary Keep with full garrison. Towers can garrison twice the number of units than other civilizations and all tower technologies are available. Town Centers have an additional +2 for their Attack, and a +5 for their Line of Sight.

Their defensive structures and Town Center both have bonuses. The Teutons main strengths are defense and economy, with also many offensive bonuses as well.
