[Valerius]

@Psycho: I've searched the forums and tried tests on my own but I don't see a way to keep blood stones as only a path booster. I think the problem is that modding magic items is limited; in particular it doesn't seem you can create a new magic item that has a special effect like path boosting. This leaves us with modding unique items and making them non-unique. The three candidates are the Pebble Skin Suit, Boots of Antaeus and Tome of Gaia. The Pebble Skin Suit will give the wearer stoneskin, regeneration and turn them into a troll eventually. The Boots of Antaeus grant reinvigoration and regeneration in addition to boosting E by 1. This might actually be the best bet since we can mod this item to use a different slot (maybe the body slot to limit its use in thugs/SCs?). The Tome of Gaia boosts E and N which is likely more than we'd want this booster to accomplish. If we can agree on a candidate we could mod one of these to serve as an E booster.

Yes, I will mod out the banned globals. So far I have most of the mod complete but I want to double check the tarts to make sure I don't miss anything and I also have to create an onaqui that doesn't summon beast bats.

@Squirrelloid: Executor addressed some of your points but I'll add a couple of things. If this were a larger game I'd likely agree with you that some nations need to be compensated for removing gem gens but with only 8 players no one will be forced to play a nation that needs them. It's unfortunate if this means someone can't play their favorite nation but rebalancing gem gen dependant nations is beyond the scope of this game/mod. As regards Conj. not having a gem generating global, well I'm not sure that it needs one. Even without one, everyone will still research Conj. OTOH it may turn out that putting WoM in Evo. isn't a good idea. Hopefully this will be a fun game and the quick pace will mean in a few months we can fine-tune the settings and try again.

@Executor/Alpine Joe/Aethyr: Executor, I hope you can play. In case it helps, the game won't start until the 25th... Alpine Joe and Aethyr, I've signed you up for Jotun and Pythium respectively. We're over halfway there!