Speaking of Pangaea, albeit on a total side-topic, I started a new SP game Last night, playing as a Blood and Nature wielding god of the Carrion Woods Pangaeans.
I adore this particular theme. The Manikin you raise (living vines that merge with the bones and other remnants of the dead) have many different forms, based on what kind of critter they used to be, and the new priest spells available under that dominion are intended to strengthen and heal Manikin, as well as providing the normal priestly benefits.
You get Manikin automatically from certain troops, plus you can set somebody to raising them either via a built-in ability or by casting the Create Manikin/Create Mandragora spells.
Unburied corpses are required, but since Carrion Woods is definintely human-hostile, the population of your provinces will nose-dive and bodies are widely available. It's much like the "Dead Ermor" varients, where you don't worry about supply or income all that much since your troops don't require it. You run on magic and unholy priest power instead.
The new Pan Apostate available with this theme lacks the power to attract Maenids, but can conjure Carrion Lords, Carrion Ladys, and Carrion Centuars instead. I'm using a Carrion Lord (think of the half-rotted remains of a dead Pan held together with living vines) as my prophet. If that doesn't scare some sense into the heathens, I don't know what will.
IOW, I think Gandalf is making a good choice for a future Dom II PBEM.
