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Micah said:
Nice Max, as I said, it's going to change from a nation of dwarves to one of totemic shaman now. They're 50 gold cheaper as researchers than the Helkarls and you can pump em out without the 800 gold investment for a fort.
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Yes, but they're not the awesome recruitable-anywhere battlemages that Svartalfs are. It's easier to view shaman as vassal researchers, since they're 1.) native to conquered provinces, 2.) sitting at home researching instead of leading armies into battle, 3.) relatively scarce. (Though not if you were counting ALL indy mages when you said "shamans.") Plus, they'll be wearing Owl Quills and Skull Mentors that they received from their gods (who were actually Hangadrotts under a glamour illusion), and that will do most of the real research.
Also, because indys aren't usually good battlemages, Vanjarls will be recruited instead of the superior Svartalfs, which helps keep the Vanir flavor.
-Max