Re: The Vine Ogre
Vine Ogres are ricoculously good, and Corpse Constructs are way too crappy. Both of these are true.
Personally, I'd just like Vine Ogres to eat. This would make them chew up 2 supplies each, and provide a good solid reason for Nature Mages to back up the Vine Ogres. As is, people are summoning armies of like 200+ Vine Ogres and sitting around on them waiting for wars to break out. That's the part that's not cool. It isn't that people are grabbing medium sized piles of Vine Ogres for use as early game meat shields - it's that you can put so very very many of them in a single pile that is so painful. They could need to eat and have forest survival. It would be great.
BTW, Terrain Survival should make you need half as many supplies while in that terrain, in addition to having a 50% chance of ignoring a starvation hit. That would encourage people to store Vine Ogres in the woods, where they are supposed to be...
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On a different but related note, Corpse Constructs should be immune to banishment. They could still require undead leadership, just not actually be undead. That would give them a reason for existence that they currently don't have. Even with a Staff of Storms, it's pretty hard to justify spending a whole turn of spellcasting just to get 6 Corpse Men, the fact that it also costs an actual Air Gem is just icing on the cake.
And they should carry clubs. Or attack with both fists. Or know Kung Fu. Or something. Right now, they have such a bad skill set that the craptastic weapon line makes them too terrible.
-Frank
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