[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by Bossemanden:
If you increase HP by 40% then you should also decrease protection for the heavy cavalry.

That's tough, since protection is a property of the armor. I might give HC and Knights a smaller HP bonus, instead, like +20%.

New Pretenders:

Warmage - a human rainbow mage, similar to the archmage, but more costly. Starts with Crystal Shield, helmet, Rainbow Armor, Wand of Wild Fire, and a base 4 reinvigoration.

Seeker of Knowledge - another human rainbow mage, with a site-searching bonus. I would like to do one of two things: either allow "autosearch", so that the Seeker automatically detects all magic sites within his level just by visiting a province, without searching... or allow searching at +1 level in all paths (including paths at zero, like holy/unholy). Either would represent his uncanny ability to find magic sites, and penchant for spending all his free time doing so. Both are probably impossible right now.

New Theme:

Gnomes (pangea, ulm, or man theme... not sure which). Small, expensive, highly magical, and with extremely low morale. This race would get a large (~50%) gold income bonus in all provinces, and require order+3 and productivity of at least +1. However, the gnomish units would all be weak, cowardly, and pricey (though with stealth, high defense, and glamour) so other than the powerful national mages, the gnome race would be mostly reliant on hiring indy troops. The Gnome theme would also include a Gold Mine capitol special site.

New Afflictions:

Horribly Disfigured: +2 Morale, Cause Lesser Fear (-4), normal leadership halved.
The unit has such terribly ugly scars on his face that few can bear to look at him. As such, he seeks solace in battle.

Battle Rage: Berserk +1.
Fighting one too many battles and being wounded one too many times has lit the soldier's fires of hatred. He has made a solemn oath that none shall harm him again, and live. Note that this is not necessarily a good thing (on a leader, for example).

I hope I can mod in new afflictions eventually!

Originally posted by Mind Elemental:
Hrm. Why not also give the Japanese a melee samurai pretender? I always wondered at the lack of human pretenders who could kick butt in a fight -- there has to be a god or two out there who emphasises brawn over magic, right?

That's a good idea. I'm pondering how to make it work. He would have to have some advantage over a non-human supercombattant, like a Wyrm or Manticore... possibly immortality, regeneration, coming pre-equipped with nice stuff (so you don't drop items every time he dies)... humans are quite fragile, as a single high roll can kill them. Awe might be good as well.

-Cherry

[ December 09, 2003, 20:34: Message edited by: Saber Cherry ]