[Chris_Byler]

All of this "with an air pretender you can forge boosters and do arrow fend" seems to be ignoring that with an air pretender, you *already have* an air shield bless (with no need for arrow fend). But you're spending pretender design points to get an air pretender, which is hard to do if you also want F9W9, high dom strength and any scales other than turmoil+misfortune+drain.

An A3, or maybe even A4, sky priest hero would be nice to put those air boosters a little closer to within reach. If you get him and if he doesn't die of old age. Mictlan already has an eagle priest hero, but he'd be kind of redundant in an age where sky priests are recruitable.

I don't think having two sacreds everywhere would be too powerful. You're still limited by dominion - you can build one or the other in any given fort+temple on any given month (or reduced numbers of both), and unlike some nations, all your sacreds are decidedly mortal. Sky priests' air magic would still be weaker than Caelum's and Man's - on par with Vanheim at most, I think (but with weaker national troops).


How about a Priest of the Law - no magic, but a L2 priest recruitable everywhere (other ages have to go to the capitol to find a priest who knows the difference between a chasuble and a thurible). Good leadership, patrol bonus, maybe inquisitor. Not old, it doesn't take as long to just learn theology as it does to learn theology *and* magic.

Contact Quetzal - a sacred bird with magical abilities (based on myths and legends about the actual bird, the resplendent quetzal). Flying, mainly air and nature magic (possibly a wider-ranging random) - weaker than a fairy queen, but also cheaper in gems and lower research and path requirements. Physically it's just a bird though, so low HP, low strength, few item slots.

Tien Chi-style conscription dominion would make some sense - it is a lawful age for Mictlan, right? - but not have too great an impact, considering Mictlan's rather pathetic PD.

I also second the idea of recuperating Couatls.