Gorgon as aSC? - Page 2

Graeme Dice · #11 March 1st, 2007, 08:08 PM

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mathusalem said:
Petrification occured when someone strike (even if he miss) but awe prevent someone to strike

Except that it doesn't work that way in the game. Units will attack, flash brightly indicating that they failed their awe check, then take 999 damage and die. What you are seeing is the result of the MR check. The unit will only die about 50-55% of the time with a MR of 10.

Nick_K · #12 March 1st, 2007, 11:33 PM

Does Awe function like this with other damage shields or just petrification? Is this WAD?

mivayan · #13 March 2nd, 2007, 02:34 PM

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Nick_K said:
Does Awe function like this with other damage shields or just petrification? Is this WAD?

Fire shield only hurts a unit after it attacks. So an awe check means no fire damage. iirc in dom1 the attack didn't happen if the fireshield killed the unit, but that was changed in dom2.

WAD=working as designed. It surprised me, but themtically either check just requires looking closely at the gorgon.

Nick_K · #14 March 2nd, 2007, 03:24 PM

I guess that's true. Maybe I'll go forge me an Aegis

Potatoman · #15 March 2nd, 2007, 03:41 PM

Awe also works well with the Eye Shield.

DrPraetorious · #16 March 2nd, 2007, 04:39 PM

Most of the nations that want a Gorgon can't get one. Nifelheim obviously shouldn't be allowed to have one (although an awake SC god plus an E9N4 blessing would be... entertaining,) but there are others who should.

Arcoscephale! I'm *expletive deleted* Greece and I can't worship a medusa? This will not stand.

Oh, she's out in the woods *expletive deleted* bunnies with the other, fun-loving greeks? Screw that. Put a toga on her, give her a stylus or a scroll or something, she's a Goddess of wisdom and knowledge. A Goddess of the kind of knowledge that you DO NOT *EXPLETIVE DELETED* WITH IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU!

/rant

Xietor · #17 March 3rd, 2007, 08:57 PM

Getting haunted forest up and sending in the Gorgon is pretty darn sweet. Of course haunted forest is awesome anyway.

Ferrosol · #18 March 3rd, 2007, 09:20 PM

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DrPraetorious said:
Most of the nations that want a Gorgon can't get one. Nifelheim obviously shouldn't be allowed to have one (although an awake SC god plus an E9N4 blessing would be... entertaining,) but there are others who should.

Arcoscephale! I'm *expletive deleted* Greece and I can't worship a medusa? This will not stand.

Oh, she's out in the woods *expletive deleted* bunnies with the other, fun-loving greeks? Screw that. Put a toga on her, give her a stylus or a scroll or something, she's a Goddess of wisdom and knowledge. A Goddess of the kind of knowledge that you DO NOT *EXPLETIVE DELETED* WITH IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU!

/rant

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lch · #19 March 4th, 2007, 07:56 AM

The Gorgon stems from greek mythology, that's right, but so do most of Pangea's units: Pan, Centaurs, Satyrs, Minotaurs, etc.

The civilised part of greek mythology seems to have become Arcoscephale, while the chaotic wild life, the monsters and fables, have become Pangea. As such, I see no problem that something that the greek saw only as witches and monsters cannot be a pretender of Arco, but only of Pangea.