[llamabeast]

Okay! Having played with the Lizardmen a bit I have some comments.

Firstly, this an awesome mod. Definitely up there with my very favourites.

My biggest suggestion regards with the Skink priests. They are lovely units, easy to recruit and great for research. But, they're almost unusable in battle. They all have low paths, which seems reasonable, and it seems they are perfect for using in a communion. However, because of the quirks of the way communion behaves in Dom3 you can only effectively have one communion master. Once the first master has cast, all following slaves won't do anything.

So basically, you can use the Skink priests uncommunioned, which is fairly useless, or with a Slann or two. Slann are great but they're scarce, and you don't want to have to use them all the time. Further, because the Slann are automatic communion masters, having even a single Slann present stops all the priests casting (or rather, all those with higher unit number than him). So this is a bit sad really. I was even considering recruiting Priests of Sotek just so I could set them as sabbath masters and have them rain fiery and viney death down on the opposition, but I don't want to recruit heretics just for that, and besides sabbath master is rubbish.

Here's my suggestion: Add a new Skink priest unit, of a slightly higher rank. Have him cost more, 100-120 gold, and have a fixed astral pick as well as 50% nature and the same other picks as the ordinary priest. So on average he'd only have half a pick more than the ordinary priest. This higher ranked priest wouldn't be an automatic communion slave, and so could be used as a communion master for packs of skink priests. It wouldn't be an overly powerful option, but would add a nice alternative to using Slann.

Right, on to my other unit-by-unit comments:

Skink skirmishers: Great, although I'm unclear on when javelins would be better then blowpipes. Probably they do a bit more damage.

Skink archers: Don't think I'd ever recruit these, as they seem inferior to the javelins and blowpipes. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Skink (blowpipes): These are nice. But from a thematic point of view, it really makes no sense to me that they ignore shields. They can't be that accurate. And indeed, they aren't even very accurate (prec 10).

Red crested skinks: Awesome, I like these little guys.

Chameleon skinks: Haven't used them yet, but they look fine. Bit expensive maybe. Their blowpipes aren't amazing in the same way as poison bows, given that they only have range 10.

Skink cavalry: These seem very expensive to me. I can't really justify recruiting them. I'd suggest 20 gold or slightly over.

Terradon rider: These seem extremely expensive to me. I definitely wouldn't buy them. You'd spend a fortune getting 10 and they'd get mashed up and rout straight away. They have a great deal less staying power than the skink cavalry because they have bad defense as well as bad protection. I'd suggest maybe 30-35 gold.

Saurus warriors: All awesome. I like these guys, but they're not too powerful. Quite vulnerable to missile fire, it seems.

Temple Guard: I've not found these guys excessive, but then I haven't tried a really strong bless. I think their price may well be okay though - presumably they are a strength of the nation.

Saurus Cavalry: Expensive but worth it.

Kroxigor: I'm a bit unsure about these guys. I don't think they can really be your main fighters, simply because they're big and expensive. I've tried using them just to absorb punishment, but they're not actually that tough. I'd definitely rather have 4 saurus for any situation I can think of. Maybe they should have a little higher protection, or else be a little cheaper?

Salamander: Looks good with the newly increased price. Was a bit too good before.

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Apart from the above comments about the skink priests, I think these are all excellent. I've not tried using the Priests of Sotek, but it seems they could lead to a good blood economy. The commanders and the Slann all seem to work very well. The Slann sprites are coming along nicely.