Ok, my idea here is that every unit, spell, concept, etc. in the game should have an accessible in-game description, similar to the "-opedia" in that OTHER turn-based game (but better). Obviously, the one for Dominions will be far superior in every way, but in order to make this happen without stretching the designers like a rubber band, I figured the forum could write the descriptions, design icons, post pictures, etc.
First of all, this is my idea, it's nothing official from Illwinter, and there's no guarantee it'll ever see the light of game, so post to this thread at your own risk of time and effort.
Secondly, I only want the highest quality stuff here, so please do your research (and spell-check), and be prepaired for debate, because a lot of the things in the game-especially mythology-is going to be open to interpretation, and it'll sometimes be difficult to come up with a description that most people are going to agree on.
Thirdly, please please please only use your own original work, and understand that if used your material would become the sole property of Illwinter, not only as per the forum rules, but as a prequisite for posting to this thread. Illwinter would not in any way, shape, or form be responsible for recompensing you for the use of this material, in whole or in part. Neither would I, for that matter. I could use some help from any good lawyers out there in stating this clearly in a legally-binding way under the copyright laws, so if anyone wants to help with that, I'd appreciate it, but I think my intentions here are clear and easy to understand for most.
Good reference materials are in the Wikipedia, the Wiki mythology project (I forget the name of it), the Encyclopedia Mythica (if it still exists), the H.P. Lovecraft online library (I think their are several), and Project Gutenburg. I recommend
www.google.com as a search-engine.
All help with this is welcome and appreciated, and I'll be posting to it as much as my time allows me. Thank you!
P.S. If anyone can come up with a better name than Dominopedia, please do. I'm just using it as a reference, and I'm thinking, for instance, the "Akashic Record" would be worlds better.
Dominopedia
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