reduce terrain benefit in fighting

[upper path]

its overpowered

[carmine ore]

I think it’s plenty fine

[supple river]

Its fine, if you use your armies strategically, you should be rewarded for it. More options for the player or the AI to influence the outcome of a battle, the better. Numbers or quality alone shouldn't win wars.

[boreal sequoia]

this allows you to win wars while being weaker in strength and numbers and I find this so satisfying

[teal cradle]

The only change should be that river crossing penalties don't apply to attackers if you cross the river to relieve a siege. That one's a little silly.

[boreal sequoia]

Not really, I think the fort is probably strategically placed so that the river cause trouble for the attackers and not for a relief army. For example I guess a fort placed close to a river requires the attacker to split to both side of the river to siege it properly. A relief army can either take both side separately or force the other side to cross it.

[teal cradle]

Okay, but if I'm the relief army, and I'm the one crossing the river to get to the terrain, and my opponent did not cross a river, I should not be able to give them a river crossing penalty.

That's silly