[Dom3] Draft: Etimhara Victorious

Tador · Post by **Tador** » Mon May 07, 2012 1:14 pm

Amblis Magic Sites.

The Silver Throne
S1
Cuatl

Earth Monument
E2
Jaguar Warrior

Skelleton Graveyard
D1
Imperial alchemist

Tree of Life
N1
Fay Boar

Tador

Korwin · Post by **Korwin** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:02 pm

Sites:

Observatorium
Astrologer
Gems: S1, D1

Dschungelcamp
Bean Sidhe
Gem: N1

Winterstall
Van
Gems: W1

Sommerstall
Knight of Avalon
Gems: F1

DrPraetor · Post by **DrPraetor** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:04 pm

Etimhara Magic Sites.

Maw of Violations (Blood 0)
D5
Demonbred 87

Tower of Elder Law (Holy 0)
Arch Theurg 41

Fury Pillars (Fire 0)
Seshai Anakite 2025

The Pearl Gardens (Astral 0)
Trident Knight 1410 (Oceania)

--DrP

Winnah · Post by **Winnah** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:37 pm

Carthacia

Altar of Transtheism
Priest smith
Earth 1

Door Upon the Hill
Tuatha
Nature 1
Air 1

Idisiaviso
Valkyrie
Death 1

Union of the Godless
Guardian
Fire 1

I should be able to post link to an updated version of the mod template tomorrow afternoon. Making changes does not take much time, but I would prefer to do as much as possible in a single sitting, before uploading another version.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:42 pm

Oh, this is how we're doing it?

Ulvolge Capital Sites
Open Palm Pavilion (astral)
Income: Astral 4
Unit: Rishi 1144

Clenched Fist Fortress
Income: Earth 1 (Earth)
Unit: Adon 2027

The Bush (Nature)
Unit: Jotun Woodsman 784

Vogelfang (Death)
Unit: Poison Slinger 503

Tador · Post by **Tador** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:31 pm

i have modded all infos for home site to this point.
here you can download it.

https://rapidshare.com/files/659270667/DraftNations.dm

K · Post by K » Mon May 07, 2012 4:34 pm

The Ageless Mountain
Earth 1
Ahiman Anakite 2026

Ancient King's Breath
Air 1
Daoine Sidhe 849

The Eternal Temple
Nature 1
Fire 1
Priest King 1190

The Dead God's Refuge
Death 1
Vanadrott 948

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:00 pm

The capital only gets 4 magic sites in it. Each site can accept up to five arguments, so theoretically we could get it down to 2 each (one that grants all our capital troops and mages, and the other that gives all our magic gems), but that's lame. Also: it makes your casters target the home province while repeat casting Dark Knowledge, which is even more lame.

So while you can totally have five different magic sites, you can't have more than 4 magic sites. One of your sites has to make two gems (though they can be different gems).

-Username17

Shiritai · Post by **Shiritai** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:29 pm

Huichan Sites

Seeping Caldera
Warlock Apprentice
Earth 1

Forest of Endings
Gyjga
Death 2

Forgotten Swamp
Hydra
Nature 1

Starlit Grove
White Centaur
Astral 1

DrPraetor · Post by **DrPraetor** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:22 pm

Tador - weren't we going to take all those defmult numbers, and round them up?

Other than that, looks good.

K · Post by K » Mon May 07, 2012 10:51 pm

So as spells are done, I was thinking about some of my untaken choices.

Apostasy: as far as I can tell, it does automatic stun damage to Holy units and not what it says in the manual (charm at a MR+ check). Basically, a great spell for fatiguing out someone's Sacred Mages when they aren't fielding Sacred units, and you can do it with just H3 priests. Seems really nice for killing Sacred SCs.

Protection of the Sepulchre (Ermor)/Power of the Sepulchre (Ermor): Considered both of these, but I didn't want to embrace an undead-focused strat when I didn't know if I was going to get undead.

Iron Blizzard: Basically turns Holy Earth mages into crossbowman with good grouping on the shots and unlimited ammo if you have reinvig. I considered this, but it really would only be used on 1/4th of my starspawn and 1/4 of my Van, and I really wanted the former casting Gifts of Heaven and the latter casting lightning stuff.

Otherwise, a great spell.

Call Celestial Soldier: It turns otherwise "useless for summons" Air gems into badass sacred giants. If I didn't already have a great spell to turn mostly useless gems into sacred units AND sacred Giants, I would have taken this.

Carrion Centaur (Pangaea): Turns 10 Nature into a ghoul summoner. I was so tempted by this even though ghouls suck. The fact that I have chaff generators kept me away.

Enliven Sentinel (Agartha)/Enliven Granite Guard (Agartha): Holy Lifeless units. Never worry about fatigue again (unless raging, which is weird). The gem price is high and you don't get Agartha's bonus HPs for Lifeless units, but a Fire/Water Bless would be very interesting on these hard-hitting, high-armor, tireless units.

Summon Dai Oni (Shinuyama): A cheap mage considering it's Death/Fire/Earth and super beefy and can summon ghouls. This wasn't bringing much new to the table, but would have been a cheap mage generator in a path that summons much lesser mages for slightly less gems.

Summon Monster Toad (Mictlan): Poison Cloud Holy Tramplers who really want a Nature bless with their giant HPs. So close.

DrPraetor · Post by **DrPraetor** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:47 pm

Was there a link to the .tga for the flags posted at some point? Could someone repost it? Thanks.

Ah, found it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ms0znnkj1dteglq

Zinegata · Post by **Zinegata** » Tue May 08, 2012 12:19 am

I thought Frank took Apostacy?

Anyway, our sites will be:

The Forge
Talmai Elder
Fire 1 Earth 1

The Schola
Celestial Master
Astral 1

The Circus
Black Hunter
Nature 1

The Memorial
Shadow Vestal
Death 1

Could we also have a day or two to test out Pretender builds?

K · Post by K » Tue May 08, 2012 12:49 am

Zinegata wrote:I thought Frank took Apostacy?

He did. The above are choices that I sweated over and did not pick, and not choices that no one picked (though all but one weren't picked).

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Tue May 08, 2012 2:58 am

K wrote:Apostasy: as far as I can tell, it does automatic stun damage to Holy units and not what it says in the manual (charm at a MR+ check). Basically, a great spell for fatiguing out someone's Sacred Mages when they aren't fielding Sacred units, and you can do it with just H3 priests. Seems really nice for killing Sacred SCs.

I can tell you that it definitely can charm sacred units. I don't have the save anymore, but one time in an MA Ermor test game, I ended up with a random wolf tribe shaman or something. I was really confused until I realized it was the only valid target for Apostasy in that battle and the AI loves to spam the spell. I didn't know that it caused fatigue though, that is pretty boss.

Winnah · Post by **Winnah** » Tue May 08, 2012 3:25 am

New download link. Mod 'complete'

http://www.mediafire.com/?62949y73ddu6h8x

Only things left to be determined are whether to round off PD, as the value must be a whole number. I'm happy with the heroes, but people may want to alter them. Other than that, everything appears to work OK with the basic testing I have done. Don't take my word for it though...Check for yourself.

Should be enough there to test pretender design and opening/expansion strategies, at the very least. I'll leave the final touches to the mod for someone else.

Tador · Post by **Tador** » Tue May 08, 2012 7:33 am

is there a link for the map ??

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Tue May 08, 2012 8:33 am

Tador wrote:is there a link for the map ??

Not yet. I'm having people proofread it first so that we don't have multiple map copies floating around.

-Username17

Tador · Post by **Tador** » Tue May 08, 2012 8:40 am

ok thanks for the Info.

Winnah · Post by **Winnah** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:38 am

I messed up my startsites. Tuatha and the Priest Smith are both on the wrong site. Not an issue though.

I'm looking forward to the game. With any luck, we might get to start sending in pretenders by the end of the week.

K · Post by K » Wed May 09, 2012 5:18 am

I was given the wrong spell. I wanted the Blood 3 spell Summon Asrapas and not the Conjuration 3 spell Summon Apsaras. Understandable mistake since they are both Bandar Log.

My earth site has an Astral site graphic, but that's minor.

Winnah · Post by **Winnah** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:01 am

Sorry about that. I had to look twice to see Asrapa and Apsara were not the same word. Altered your site to have an earth graphic as well.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fyht19017s2003i

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Thu May 10, 2012 4:20 am

OK, the map appears to check out and the mod appears to work. Everyone do last minute checking on these things and we'll put the mod and map up on Llama Server. The map can be downloaded Here.

If everything is good, what say we to starting on Saturday?

-Username17

Zinegata · Post by **Zinegata** » Thu May 10, 2012 4:32 am

I think so. I have my build mostly done.

Winnah · Post by **Winnah** » Thu May 10, 2012 4:59 am

Once the finalised mod has been uploaded, be sure to delete old copies of the draftnations mod and download the final version from llamaserver.

To be on the safe side, the pretender you submit should be created with that final version of the mod (probably not neccesary, as the point cost should remain the same. However, if the cheat prevention is tripped, you'll end up with a pathless archmage instead of your actual choice).