The Artifacts Game - [ HOLY S**T MICAH WON!! ]
 

In this game, you will each play a "human" pretender who was a servant of the now vanished Pancreator. These servants now aspire to godhood of thier own and intend to use the weapons and tools that were placed in thier care in order to assist them. In game terms, each nation will be given a set of artifacts appropriate to them, in addition to many lesser items which will help balance out any power issues. Full Artifact List below...

Era : Late

Map: Antilarium

Mods: CBM

House Rules:
Only human pretenders (10 point path cost, less than 20 hp)
No pop-killing dom nations (ryleh & ermor)
No Arcane Nexus or Mists of Deception (until patch, perhaps)

Settings:
Indys 7
Sites 55
HoF 15
Research Standard
Graphs On

Format: PBEM

Schedule: Early - every day, Middle - every two days, Late - by consensus

Player List 19/19:
abysia - coobe
agartha - ironhawk
arco - DryaUnda
atlantis - baalz
bogarus - micah
caelum - wriath lord
c'tis - Morkilus
gath - calmon
jomon - boron
man - ewierl
marignon - amhazair
mict - lolomo
midgard - DonCorazon
pan - Anticipatient
patala - CUnknown
pyth - Lingchih
TC - rathar
ulm - quantum mechani
utgard - namad

Edit: Mods and Maps attached to this post

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Arco: Aegis, Armor of Virtue, Aefisks Armor
Extras: Stymphalian Wing 2x, Moon Blade x5, Horn of Valour x2, Rainbow Armor x2, Entire enchanted trinket set, Stone idol x3

Man: Chalice, Robe/Boots of Calius, Percival
Extras: Piercer x2, Longbow of Accuracy x2, Eye of Aiming x2, Shield of Valour x2, Elf Bane x2, Stone Bird x2, Pocket Ship x2, Red/Blue/Green DSM

Ulm: Mage Bane, Black Mirror, Horror Harmonica
Extras: Implementor Axe x2, Lead Shield x2, Doom Glaive x3, Halberd of Might x3, Ethereal Crossbow x5

Mari: Sword of Justice, Sun Equipment, Admiral's Sword, Forbidden Light
Extras: Brimstone boots x2, Holy Scourge x4, Just man's Cross x5, Flamebue, Shroud of the Battle Saint x2

Mict: Scepter of Corruption, Flesh Ward, Gift of Kurgi
Extras: Heart of life x5, The Black Heart x5, Slave Collar x5, Hunter's Knife x4, Heart Finder Sword

TC: Sword of the Aurgemler, Barrier
Extras: Smasher x3, Robe of Missile Protection x5, Staff of Corrosion x2, Slave matrix x4, Master matrix, Bell of cleansing x4

Jomon: Ember, Sword of Many Colors, Crown of Overmight, Ruby Eye
Extras: Demon Bane x4, Crystal Shield x2, Chi Shoes x4, Sword of Sharpness x2, Elemental Armor, Bow of War x4

Agartha: Stone Sword, Hammer of the Moutains, Tartarian Chains
Extras: Banefire Crossbow x5, Shadow Brand x2, Boots of Stone x2, Champions Skull x5, Faithful x2, Silver Hauberk x2

Aby: Oal Kans Scepter, Unquenched Sword, Infernal Sword, Precious
Extras: Hell Sword x2, Fire Bola x5, Medallion of Vengeance x6, Fire Sword x2, Star of Heroes x2, Demon Whip x2

Caelum: Tempest, Igor Konhelm's Tome
Extras: Black Bow of Botulf x2, Thunder Bow x3, Thunder Whip x2, Amulet of Missle Prot. x5, Lightning Rod x2, Barrel of Air x2, Ice Sword x2

CTis: Woundflame, Ankh, Crown of Katafagus, Crown of Ptah
Extras: Lantern Shield x3, Evening Star x2, Serpent's Kryss x2, Whip of Command x3, Rod of the Leper King x2, Snake bladder stick x2

Pan: Harvest Blade, Fenris Pelt, Crown of the Ivy King, Carcator, Holger
Extras: Ivy Crown x4, Skull Standard x3, Vine whip x5, Summer Sword x3, Bear Claw Talisman x4, Rat tail x2

Midgard: Flying Ship, The Summit, Pebble Skin Suit
Extras: Lightning Spear x2, Stinger x2, Ice Pebble Staff x3, Spirit Helmet x2, Banner of the Northern Star, Weightless Armor Set, Lychatrops Amulet x2

Utgard: Winter Bringer, Monolith Armor, Rod of Death
Extras: Duskdagger x2, Knife of the Damned x5, Totem Shield x4, Berserker Pelt x3, Bane venom charm x2, Boots of long Strides x5, Sword of Swiftness x2, Barkskin amulet x3

Patala: Dimensional Rod, Krupp's Bracers, Sharpest Tooth, Green Eye
Extras: Robe of Invulnerability x2, Jade Armor x2, Axe of Hate x2, Robe of the Shadows x2, Astral Serpent x4, Stone Sphere x2, Crown of Command x3

Gath: The Ark, Procus's Axe, Picus's Axe
Extras: Flesh Eater x4, Midget Masher x2, Wall Shaker x1, Crystal heart x5 , Blood Thorn

Atlantis: Sunslayer, Orb of Atlantis, Nethgul
Extras: Wraith Sword, Bane Blade x2, Wave Breaker x2, Rime Haubrek x2, Bone Armor x2, Bottle of living Water x3

Pythium: Amon Hotep, Trident from Beyond, Shortsword, Boots of Antaeus
Extras: Gloves of the Gladiator x4, Snake Ring x2, Hydra Skin Armor x2, Thorn Staff x4, Dancing Trident x2, Ring of Warning x5, Scutata Volterus

Bogarus: Oath Rod of Kurgi, Ardmon's Soul Trap, Sword of Injustice, Boots of the Planes, Alchemists Stone, Twin spear
Extras: Elixir of Life x4, Scepter of Authority x3, Shield of the Accursed x2, Boots of Youth x3, Ring of the Warrior x3


Edit: Man's Bows of War swapped with Jomon's DSM

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As you can see, this game is already full. However, we have one spot in reserve that we may open up. To that end, we are accepting people to get put on the wait/sub list. So if you are interested, please let me know.

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Please put me on the wait list

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Awesome. Can't wait to get started on this game.

Picks:

1: Pythium
2: Pangaea
3: Marignon

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1. pangaea
2. atlantis
3. t'ien ch'i

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My picks:

1:Arco
2:Man
3:Bogarus

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Oh man this looks so cool. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif If anyone drops..... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

BTW just a note, in the rules you may wish to state no Wishing away other people's artifacts. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif Maybe you already covered that to your satisfaction, but..... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Also Mictlan might enjoy a couple Jade Daggers.

Cheers.

<3

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Wishing away other's artifacts is part of the game. Certainly no need to ban it.

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1 Caelum
2 Gath
3 Midgard

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Pan
Ctis
Patala.

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1. Mictlan
2. Bogarus
3. Tien Chi

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This does look really cool. Wish I had time to play.

Would you like me to host it on the LlamaServer?

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1. Abysia
2. Ctis
3. Utgard

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1. Utgard
2. Marignon
3. Atlantis

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1. Atlantis
2. Bogarus
3. Marignon

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1 Gath
2 TC
3 C'tis

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1 C'tis
2 Jomon
3 Marignon

It's been a while http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Not that I mind but hey, does nobody like Caelum RotR anymore?

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I had such a traumatic experience as MA Caelum in RandRedux (sandwiched between 2 giant bless rush nations) that I get the shakes just thinking of Caelum in any age.

Btw, will have my picks in tonight.

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1. Man
2. Marignon
3. Midgard

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Yay!

1st for me is Tien-chi, second would be arco and third Patala.

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1. Midgard
2. Pyth
3. TC

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1utgard
2midgard
3mictlangard

i wonder if i could bribe someone to trade picks with me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I take the nation nobody else wants this time.

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Nation selection will start at 10pm (US Pacific Time). You are all free to make changes to your picks up to that time.

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1) C'tis
2) Mictlan
3) Palatia

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For those on the wait list, a new artifacts game is open.

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Nice concept!

Good luck to you all http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Ok guys, the results are in. Here's how the dice played out...

Pass 1:
coobe - aby
ironhawk - agartha
DryaUnda - arco
calmon - atlantis
wriath lord - caelum
cunknown - X (lost, 4)
Morkilus - CTis (won, 6+3)
baalz - gath
ewierl - man
lolomo - mict
DC - midgard
micah - X (lost, 3)
Anticipatient - Pan (won, 4)
Lingchih - pyth
rathar - TC
qm - ulm
amhazair - X (lost, 6+2)
namad - utgard (won, 6+5)

Pass 2:
cunknown - X (taken)
micah - X (taken)
amhazair - Mari

Pass 3:
cunknown - patala (won, 4)
micah - X (lost, 1)

Pass 4 (randoms):
boron - jomon
micah - bogarus

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Damn, Jomon was my first choice, too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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So when and where are the pretenders due?

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Llamabeast has agreed to host this game for us. However he is away this weekend, returning monday. So the earliest we can submit pretenders will be sometime Monday when he has time to put it together. In an optimal world we could perhaps get it on Sunday night? But I would more realistically count on Monday.

Use the weekend to refine your pretender builds and starting strats...

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There is a newer version of the Antilarium map than the one that is linked in the first post. It was posted to the Maps and Mods Forum last month by Psientist. I guess he re-did some of the graphics, and fixed some bugs. Version 1.01

It may be that he just made changes to the .map file. Not sure.

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And don't forget - like me at first - that we're using CB mod!

This makes this human pretender creation a lot more fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

btw ironhawk please check thats all the items modded in the game are written correctly (or do you use Ids?). There are a lot of typing errors in the item list posted here. 'Sunslayer' instead of 'Sun Slayer', 'Rime Haubrek' instead of 'Rime Hauberk' to mention my own nation errors.

I just doesn't want a restart because anyone misses a promised item http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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We both went over them a few times, hopefully we got all the errors.

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If you send us the new .map file we all can doublecheck at least some of the nations.

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OK, here's the map file (start locations are not the real ones).

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Yeah both QM and I looked over the items and caught several errors. It appears complete now but having more eyes on it couldn't hurt. The starting locations will be decided by a third party (Sheap) just prior to the game so that no one has any advance information.

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Arco: Ok
Man: misses 2 Eye of Aiming
Atlantis: misses 1 bottle of water

I test the rest when i find the time.

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Marignon misses absolutely nothing.
Mictlan misses 4 heart of life

To add my two rusty coins of unknown denomination. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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You need to use the mod amhazair. The modded Monkeys have 3 arms and the Sword of justice. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

But the 4 heart life are missed. Its in the map file but the apes have only 2 misc slots.

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Damn, I was convinced I had it enabled. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Ah, well. That's what I get for trying to be helpful.
After living with myself for almost 29 years you'd guess I'd have learned that I am absolutely unable to check things thoroughly, without making mistakes of my own, but I keep refusing to believe it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Ok, i checked all nations:

Arco: Ok
Man: miss 2 Eye of Aiming (not in map file)
Ulm: Ok
Marignon: Ok
Mictlan: miss 4 heart of life (in map file but 3 items for misc slots)
TC: Ok
Jomon: misses The Ruby Eye (typo its wrongly 'Ruby Eye' instead of 'The Ruby Eye' in map file)
Agartha: Ok
Abysia: misses O'al Kan's Sceptre (typo in map file 'er' instead 're')
Caelum: Ok
C'Tis: Ok
Pan: Ok
Midgard: Ok
Utgard: Ok
Patala: Ok
Gath: Ok
Atlantis: misses 1 bottle of water (not in map file)
Pythium: Ok
Bogarus: Ok

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Wow, nice catches guys! Just goes to show that when you look at something too long you start to glaze over things. I'll fix those now...

Ok, corrections made. New .map file is attached to this post. Everybody let me know if you see anything out of place.

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Now it looks fine!

I learned in 2-3 nation evaluation tests games 3 days ago that it is a pain to write and give all the artifacts corectly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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One question about cursed artifacts such as Palatia's dimensional rod ... Is it going to be given to that commander dude, or put in my vault to start when the real game starts? Otherwise, it is useless, pretty much .. I won't be able to get it off that 10hp commander.

How will this work?

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Just hit change form on the monkey.

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Wait a second, you modded the sea with a lot of commanders and units nearly impossible to attack?

If this is true maybe you should have mention this in your first post?

Do you know what a crap LA atlantis is without the possibility to conquer the seas and do you see that even without that knowledge nobody but me picked it first and i by myself was really undecided!

So please take the ocean changes back. You should have written something about it before people chose the nations.

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Impossible to attack? I am not understanding your meaning. Could you elucidate please. I'm not sure what you mean by ocean changes for instance.