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Old November 22nd, 2007, 07:42 AM

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Default Re: Super Restricted Pretender Mod

Balance is a consideration of this mod, but is not the purpose, because pretenders in basegame are completely unbalanced anyway, with 20% of them being useful and the rest pretty much dross.

I'm aiming to restrict nations quite a bit more than they are currently (hence 'super' restricted), so I'm probably going to nix most of the defaults and redistribute them only to select nations. That includes the rainbow mages, partly because they are quite similar, partly because many nations get their own version with dom1 and pathcost10. Getting people to actually use varied national pretenders is a problem for balance mods and this isn't one. I really like what CBM has done, so when I redistribute stuff I will be keeping CBM in mind and assuming that all gods are roughly balanced against each other.

Wyrm - Probably all UW nations. Scandinavian cultures also sounds reasonable, as well as Ctis, MA/LA Pythium, Sauromatia, MA Mict (he is a serpent after all).

Cyclops - I thought Arco all ages for Cyclops too, but are there any other nations that should get him thematically?

Manticore - The scorpion part has me thinking Abysia and Machaka.

Fountain of Blood - Only blood access nations and probably not nations with very little blood.

Monolith - MA Mict (EA and LA have the big stone head instead), Marverni, EA Ulm, MA Man,.. who else?

Phoenix - Phoenix is in both western and eastern myths. It can be fairly widespread.

Vampire Queen - Basically if you take her as a generic vampire, she can fit in several nations, though with a preference for blood/death themed ones. EA/LA Mict, LA Ulm, MA/LA Ermor,...
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