[Gandalf Parker]

Well I have played it in some MPs but mostly in Solo.

Misfortune and Death is rough but EA and MA Pangaea have strategies which do not rely on gold.
The heavy nature magic offsets lack of supplies fairly well.

Turmoil and Misfortune works better. You can take Growth which is a plus to carrion strategies altho not so much that I cant do without it. And Turmoil is a plus in generating maenads which is so effective as to be called an exploit and banned in some games.

Both the Lord of the Wild and the Carrion Dragon for Pangaea have low dominion so if you dont add to that and play on large maps you can stay ahead of your dominion for creating frontline forces.

You can add chaos to both since you can play low-armor strategies with Pangaea. There are also other nations which offer balances to these scales along with stealth or low-resource armies.

Maybe you meant something like "IMHO not recommended in mp games with small or medium maps" rather than unplayable. I didnt see where the OP was asking about specific game settings. Im kindof going by "ideas to have some fun and some diversity" more than just what would be a winning mp strategy.