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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:

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Originally posted by Nerfix:
I would say that a fresh sample pretender competition wuld be good. Things have changed from Dom I.

OHHHHh my. Memories of the long conversation THAT sparked in the newsGroups the first time.

If you are going to do this I would split it into 2 threads. The initial desire was to give newbies something they could play with, learn with, and soon develop a desire to improve on. And to do it soon.

Designing a pretender for that purpose IMHO is quite different than designing the best and winningest pretender for each race. Deciding for example that a race has its best chance pursuing a purely astral path and pushing fast toward a particular spell is a very different discussion than what a newbies starting god should be.

Hmmm we would need 3 new ones though.

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The problems are what are the criteria of being appropriae for new players and who is to judge.

There are some simple examples:
1) Pythium or Arco:
Green Dragon; 80 pts castle; Nature Magic 5;
Order +3; Productivity +2; Heat 0; Growth +1; Luck +2; Magic 0; Domininion Strength 4.

2) Ulm:
Prince of Death; 80 pts castle; Death Magic 6; Order +2; Productivity +3; Heat 0; Growth +2; Luck +3; Magic -3; Dominions Strength 6.

These are simple combat pretenders. Are these what you're thinking about?