@ Sombre,
I'm really, really glad of it. Opening the 3ad I was just looking for a friendly talk about the "signature" of the game - the Pretender Gods. If this thread gives ideas to the modders, even if it isn't of course my merit, I'm happy for that.
I'd even like a lot if the devs take in consideration boosting a bit some of the national pretenders which have just the national paths... I.e. the Ageless Olm, which many rightly appreciate, costs 50 points, isn't an invincible SC, has no easy access to other paths and has just E1W1, paths which EA Agarthan national mages have in great quantity. Boosting it at E4W3 takes 72 points, for a grand total of 122 points.
It wouldn't be logic to give him Fear or Awe or Petrify, but if he was already E4W3 and costing just 70 points i.e., it would be more appealing not just for the die-hard roleplayer but even a little more for the minmaxer - it wouldn't do anything for magic diversity but blessing the pale ones would be easier and the Olm would be a nice mage by itself, thematically worshipped by the Ancient Ones for his deep inbuilt knowledge of their magic
Multi-nation pretenders don't need it IMHO as many are strong by themselves, and many times you can choose them to diversify your magic with paths your nation usually don't have easy access to. Titan pretender also maybe, they make up for that with their full slots.
Just my idea of course ^^