Re: Newb+Multiplayer.
Welcome aboard! Other strengths of Man include their two magic paths, fairly powerful and helping to offset some of their weaknesses. For example, Nature gives access to Lamia Queens, strong mages in sorcery magic (Astral/Nature/Death/Blood), which would both increase your number of mages and the variety of your paths. You should also do your best to try and get some independent mages, as Man is the only nation with only capital-only mages (most nations have one capital-only mage, some two, and a couple can recruit their mages everywhere).
On another note, I was considering hosting a special multiplayer game: it would be dedicated to new players, so that they can get their feet wet. Would you find this to be useful? Either it could be a game with only new players and a few "information givers" (as in, they would answer your questions about how the game works), or perhaps a game with one "seasoned" player and one new player ruling the same nation, with the new player doing most of the work (and the other player giving advice or answering questions).
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