The Fox And The Dryad

[Christian Swindler]

A dryad (/ˈdraɪ.d/; Greek: Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology. Drys (δρῦς) signifies "oak" in Greek. Dryads were originally considered the nymphs of oak trees specifically, but the term has evolved towards tree nymphs in general.[1] Often their life force was connected to the tree in which they resided and they were usually found in sacred groves of the gods.[2] They were considered to be very shy creatures except around the goddess Artemis, who was known to be a friend to most nymphs.

The Maliades, Meliades or Epimelides were nymphs of apple and other fruit trees and the protectors of sheep. The Greek word melas, from which their name derives, means both apple and sheep. Hesperides, the guardians of the golden apples were regarded as this type of dryad.

Dryads, like all nymphs, were supernaturally long-lived and tied to their homes, but some were a step beyond most nymphs. These were the hamadryads who were an integral part of their trees, such that if the tree died, the hamadryad associated with it also died. For these reasons, dryads and the Greek gods punished any mortal who harmed trees without first propitiating the tree-nymphs. (associated with Oak trees)

The dryads of the ash tree were called the Meliae.[1] The Meliae sisters tended the infant Zeus in Rhea's Cretan cave. Gaea gave birth to the Meliae after being made fertile by the blood of castrated Uranus. The Caryatids were associated with walnut trees.[1]

The term dryad comes from the Greek word for "oak tree". As the Greeks saw it, every tree (not only oaks) had a spirit. The best known of the dryads was Daphne. The beautiful daughter of a river god, she was desired by the god Apollo; as he was about to capture her, she prayed to her father to save her, and he transformed her into a laurel tree. In her honor, Apollo commanded that the poet who won the highest prize every year be crowned with a laurel wreath. The Greeks' respect for trees unfortunately failed to keep Greece's forests from shrinking greatly over the centuries, and those that remain produce little wood of good quality.

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A basic broth made from pheasant back mushrooms is a good way to use the woody parts you found when you struck out on morels. Read on and I'll explain the details, and how I get a good flavor from roasting the mushrooms.

After morel season as we get into summer, the pheasant back, dryad saddle mushrooms (Cerioporus squamosus) will still be out, not in the staggering numbers we see during the height of the late spring season, but still out and plentiful.

They're not spring mushrooms though, and finding tender, succulent ones is far more difficult at this stage in the game. If you can get your knife through them, you can always dry and dehydrate them, but another great thing to do with them is make some good stock or broth, especially for making things like my favorite DIY pheasant back ramen.

A simple pheasant back broth recipe doesn't require a lot time, ingredients, or skill--it's easy. The best part is that you don't need tender mushrooms either since even the most giant mushrooms you find can still make a great broth, as long as they can be cut with a knife, torn, or otherwise broken up.

You can pulverize them in a food processor too, but know that your broth will end up a bit more cloudy. Oh, and the flavor's great too. If you or someone you know doesn't care for the tell-tale farinaceous scent of watermelon rind or cucumber, making some simple mushroom stock or broth with them mellows that flavor out.

Just make sure to cook them a bit beforehand (I roast them, but you could also sweat or steam them). The flavor of the finished broth will be simply mushroomy, and you'd be hard pressed to say that it was made with only pheasant backs, for better or worse.

This is just a simple wild mushroom broth recipe, and you can adapt it to your needs, with whatever ingredients you have on hand. I like a little ginger in mine, especially if I'm going to be using the broth to make pheasant back ramen, which is delicious but feel free to change up the seasonings a bit if you like, keeping in mind the following

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A quick saute of dryad saddles (Cerioporus squamosus / pheasant back) with garlic, soy and a healthy handful of onion leaves is probably my new favorite way to eat these spring mushrooms that are so abundant during morel season, and especially nice to see when the morels are hiding.

Dryad saddles have a very strong farinaceous odor, similar to Clitopilus prunulus and others. To me (and most people) it resembles cucumber or watermelon rind--not a typical mushroomy aroma. Cooking will soften the flavor, but it won't remove it, and for me, and other people that like this mushroom, that's a good thing.

After you hit them with a touch of garlic, soy sauce, and some sliced scallions or onion greens, they'll taste similar to many other mushrooms, and most of your friends and family won't have a problem at all gobbling them up.

Shave the thin, tender edges off your dryad saddles, sweat them dry to cook off some moisture, add some oil, garlic sweat for a minute or two, then some soy (fish sauce if you have) chilis and some fresh onion leaves, ramp leaves, or scallions. That's it.

I had made ramen soup with napa cabbage and amber jelly and had some left over. Made these before they went south and added them to the left over soup...should be awesome. Thanks for your guidance on a neat polyphore!

Awesome. Nice to have a different recipe for an underrated shroom. First ones of the season and I can't wait for more to pop so I can try your other recipes. Nettle bread is next. Thanks so much for your time and recipes.

After a close poll last week, the Dryad just managed to creep up to the top spot, making it the subject of this week's guide. Having to cast a God Power to get these units makes them quite unique, and I'm sure we've all seen them walking and screaming around the battlefield. But can these tree-nymphs (or drag queens as some call them) actually cause an opponent some real harm?Let's look at their stats:Cost: 150 Gold, 0 Favour, 0 Pop Spaces
HP: 275
Speed: 4.50
Crush armour: 99%
Hack armour: 40%
Pierce armour: 50%
Hack damage: 15Special attack: None
Special ability: None
Only 5 may be owned by one player at a timeWeak, light, moderate speed with no real special attacks or ability. But just look at how cheap these things are! The only heroic MU that can match how cheap it is in terms of resources is the Scorpion Man (150 Wood), but in terms of favour and pop, it cannot be beaten.Sure it's mega cheap, but just how strong is it? Let's see how it does against a Greek HopliteNOTE: All units have been upgraded with Medium and Heavy line upgrades and Copper and Bronze armoury upgrades. All buildings have been upgraded with the Masons and Architects upgrades. Any other upgrades will be statedAll attack rates are tested per hit, not second. The Dryad attacks every 1.5 seconds, so it's base hack attack each hit is 21.5, which has been rounded up to 22.Test 1: 1 Dryad vs 1 Hoplite (Zeus)Dryad does approximately 12 damage to Hoplite per hit.
Hoplite does approximately 8 damage to Dryad per hitDryad kills Hoplite in 18 seconds with 146 HP leftInterestingly, the Dryad only just managed to do worse than the Satyr. No real shocks or surprises here, although it did manage to lose quite a large proportion of its HP.Now, I had quite a problem with running some of these tests, in terms of making them as fair as possible; because the Dryad costs no pop, how can I make each side balanced? I've decided (for the purpose of these tests alone) to make the Dryads equivalent to 3 pop spaces. This doesn't affect in game battles and games in any way, it is just a way of working out how many units to use vs so many DryadsTest 2: 3 Dryads vs 3 Chariot Archers (Set)CA stats:
HP: 108
Speed: 5.00
Range: 20
Hack armour: 43%
Pierce armour: 35%
Pierce damage: 11Dryads win with 2 still aliveNot really a surprise here. When there's a battle between myth units and human soldiers, then myth units should win.
Luckily for Oranos and Gaia players, we don't have another Satyr on our hands, and the Dryad at least seems to do as expected for a cheap, Heroic myth unit. But also, we don't have another Heka-Gigantes which out-performed even itself.Because these units are so versatile, just how do they do against buildings?Test 3: 1 Dryad vs 1 House (Thor)House stats:
HP: 495
Crush armour: 14%
Hack armour: 30%
Pierce armour: 95%Dryad does 16 damange to house per hitDryad takes 47 seconds to destroy house.Maybe not the fastest building killer in the game; certainly by the Scarab, Behemoth and Heka-Gigantes standard. Still, it's better than the ranged units, and sending 1 Dryad to attack a building isn't really going to help you very much. But what about more than one of them?Test 4: 5 Dryads vs 1 Palace (Kronos)Dryads take 50 seconds to destroy the PalaceYou see, when massed, they can take down a building with as many HP as a Palace in approximately the same time it takes for one to destroy a house.From my experience of using Dryads in games, They're useful to aid in an attack on an enemy base. Once their army is out of the way, send Fire Siphons with the 5 Dryads to pick off any lurking villagers or milita while the rest of your army heals or moves on to another base. They may not be the game's most powerful unit, but any unit that costs 0 favour and no pop spaces must be good for something.Just don't forget how easily they die to heroes, particularly with that low HP. Also remember that if your opponent takes the Hesperides Tree, they can also create Dryads, so have some heroes readyFurther Notes:The Dryad defeats all human units with Heroic upgrades one on one except:
Jarls
War ElephantsThe Dryad is defeated by all heroes in the Heroic Age except for the priest; although it was very closeThe Dryad is defeated against all Heroic MUs. They also lose to all Classical MUs (excluding the Caladria}. This is due to its weak HP and lack of a bonus against other Myth Units.Dryads can be affected by Mythic Rejuvination (they will regenerate HP) and Celerity (they are quicker to train from the Hespiredes Tree.) If Dryads are owned by other civs they can be affected by:

• Eclipse
  
• Monstrous Rage
  
• Thurisaz Rune
  
• RampageIf the Tree is owned by Kronos, they cost 135 Gold instead of 150 due to his cheaper MU bonus.Dryads are affected by:
  
• Medusa Stone Gaze
  
• Perseus Stone Gaze
  
• Mummy's Minion Change
  
• Argus' Toxic Acid
  
• Lampades' Chaos
  
• Frost Giant's Ice Breath
  Suggested UsageMainly for army support. Using them alone in a battle is just suicide and a waste of gold. An even battle between Atlateans can quite easily decided if you use these Nymphs correctly. Although they die miserabley to heroes, they make nice general melee units; you could pretty much call them human soldiers if it wasn't for the fact they fall to heroes so badly.
  I'd say use them to harrass an enemy's buildings, especially houses. 5 Dryads should manage to take down a few before the heroes come along, and they certainly won't fall to villagers as bad as Fire Siphons do.
  Particularly for Gaia who doesn't receive a single siege bonus, along with Theia's Contarius, you could do some pretty severe damage to your opponents buildings while they're not looking.Saying that, they're main usage is not siege; Dryads can do pretty much anything - including raid, although they'd be a little slow to run away if a hero comes along. Use them for backup, siege, raiding or just a diversion to draw out your enemy's heroes while you send in the Stymphalian Birds or Behemoths. Just try not to waste them - sure you won't be using up favour and pop space, but 750 gold is a heck of a lot to waste if they just get slaughtered.
  
  Use your head - don't just train Dryads because you can and you think win with them; after seeing you've just worshipped Theia, your opponent should be expecting to see some Dryads, and will probably perpare for them. And like most MUs in AoM, Dryads need micro; if you keep them away from heroes and attacking the weaker units, you should be fine.ConclusionThe Dryad is not an amazing unit; and for only 150 Gold, it shouldn't be. They're excellent support units, just don't expect to win because you have a few crazy=haired trees walking around.Against Greece: If you manage to get the heroes away from the Dryads you should be ok using them. Target the archers with your Dryads leaving your army to take care of the infantry and cavalry
  Against Egypt: Raiding with Dryads against Egypt is your best bet. Priests are slow and if the mining camp isn't being empowered by the Pharaoh, you could cause them some real annoyance. Other than that, go for the slings and weak infantry units.
  Against Norse: Not being ranged, and being quite slow, Jarls and Hersir can take down Dryads easily. Use them against weak buildings such as houses, and try and bring down their ox-carts with the Dryads.
  Against Alantis: Atlantean heroes can't be re-made too often, or your opponent is going to run out of resources. And because the Dryads cost no favour, you can keep producing them to harrass normal human units whilst your opponent focuses their heroes on the "stronger" MUs like Heka-Gigantes and Argi.Cheap, quite weak and strange looking (not to mention sounding); the Dryad seems to fit in with the Atlantean culture quite well, and can certainly help win you clinch close battles. They may not defeat your opponent by themselves, but they can definitely help your army to do so.Thank you for reading guys.
  I will be taking a short break from guide writing, and will return soon to carry on. ManticoreKiller will be handling the Greek and Norse Myth Units, which leave me to do do the Egyptian and Atlantean ones.Please vote for whether I should carry on with the Atlantean guides, or the Egyptian guidesEDIT: Oh BTW, my old name, ArtemisChimera kinda went a little screwy and I can't get into it anymore, so I re-created as the same name I use on ESO for less confusion ESO user name - ChimeraArtemis
  Favourite Major Gods: Isis, Hades, Gaia, Loki, Ra, ThorCreator of the Egyptian Myth Unit Guides - Phoenix, Wadjet, Scorpion Man, Scarab, Petsuchos
  And the Atlantean Myth Unit Guides: Stymphalian Bird, Satyr, Lampades, Heka-Gigantes, Man O'War, Dryad, Automaton[This message has been edited by ChimeraArtemis (edited 02-22-2004 @ 07:28 AM).] AuthorReplies: Quircus
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 03:59 PM EDT (US) 1 / 68 First Post yay Great Guide man.I vote Egyptian Guides.[This message has been edited by Quircus (edited 02-21-2004 @ 04:02 PM).] Vergil
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  (id: Revan_) posted 21 February 2004 04:00 PM EDT (US) 2 / 68 Very nice, as always I didn't know they were affected by the mummies special, and I thought they were a little better at seige, but I was wrong I vote: Atlantean guides firstVergiL
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  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 04:05 PM EDT (US) 3 / 68 Great guide!!!! I vote continue on the atties MUS.Glorfindel -Age of Mythology Heaven
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  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 04:07 PM EDT (US) 4 / 68 great guide again!I vote for atlantean guides 1st. Shiva
  HG Alumnus posted 21 February 2004 04:12 PM EDT (US) 5 / 68 Meh, I kinda expected more I vote Automaton, these guys have been wanting the spotlight for a long time! Halimedes
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 04:20 PM EDT (US) 6 / 68 Finish the Atlanteans first. And do Prometheans. BraveKarma
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 04:23 PM EDT (US) 7 / 68 Great guide again ChimeraArtemis. I don't vote, I'm neutral SaveFerris
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 04:28 PM EDT (US) 8 / 68 i vote move to egypt and review the c(roc) gpace00
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 04:33 PM EDT (US) 9 / 68 Thanks for the info, glad you guys divied up the guided, now we get twice as much! I vote altanteans, and I want the Argus!
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  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 05:39 PM EDT (US) 10 / 68 as usual nice guide ChimeraArtemis (thats a pain to type i liked the other better)
  i will miss your guides even though there is someone else doing some of them
  i haven't read the one on the chimera yet but i sure hope its as good as yours
  As for my vote
  Eggy please
  I'll let you decide what MU
  you have good judgement
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  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 05:52 PM EDT (US) 11 / 68 Egyptian please...and you decide the MU. But i wouldn't mind Scorpionman ( i can't figure out how to use this unit). VAL_The_Speaker
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 06:00 PM EDT (US) 12 / 68 i liked the "mass dryads"
  i vote for... the overpowered cluture––––•(-•speaker•-)•––––
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  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 06:01 PM EDT (US) 13 / 68 Always the same...Another awesome guide!!! AoS_Master
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 06:13 PM EDT (US) 14 / 68 neriedOfficial Brotha of the NMA! the mouse
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 06:17 PM EDT (US) 15 / 68 great jobb m8.
  I do really enjoy to read your guides.I vote for atties since you have made lots of atties mu guides already.
  and no i dont play atties ever.
  my vote for next guide "autotoman" he is really bad versus toxotes :-(peace and love.age of myth have turned inte age of isis. sad but true
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  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 07:04 PM EDT (US) 16 / 68 Eggy nextQuestion: isnt a gay faggot technically a happy piece of dry wood? WeaponX00
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 07:04 PM EDT (US) 17 / 68 Great Guide. I say finish of the Atties since you have done like 8 in a row then finish eggy. Looking foward to the next guide."Wisdom begins in wonder."
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  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 07:37 PM EDT (US) 18 / 68 As ever, an in-depth and very informative guide. Hesperides all the way!
  I vote Automaton.ESO names: Aerodroma, AsokaSoul
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  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 07:56 PM EDT (US) 19 / 68 I vote to finish Atlanteans first. Graback
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 08:10 PM EDT (US) 20 / 68 Well, there is one thing with Dryads you do not mention very clearly. They take NO POP! Basically Dryads are 15 free pop slots of myth units. This is the real reason to use them. 15 pop might not sound much, but in a tight game it really helps you out...So, don't let you be fooled to believe that Dryads are weak. In reality they are a valuable addon to your forces and SHOULD NOT be compared with ordinary myth units. White_Wizard
  Mortal posted 21 February 2004 08:14 PM EDT (US) 21 / 68 ChimeraArtemis, yet again you have not failed to write a wonderful guide. I vote that you continue with the Atlantean guides since you're almost done.ESO name: WND_WiseWizard
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  (id: Revan_) posted 21 February 2004 08:19 PM EDT (US) 22 / 68 Quote:

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