If you could create a unit...

[Baalz]

Instead of a new race, how about some new themes for the thematically challenged races?

Spider cult of Matchaka
Similar to Pythium’s serpent cult
Requires 1 growth scale
Looses witch doctors and sorcerers
Looses all spider riders, gains ability to recruit both kinds of riderless spiders, both of which are holy.
New unit Spider Queen. (Capital only) Stats similar to black spider, is also a standard bearer.
Looses Voice of the Lord
Gains Spider Priestess, (Capital only) 3 holy 2 death 2 nature 1 random
In a nutshell: Gains a mage with a random slot, but looses all non-capital mages. Should have some fun tactics with holy spider webbing squads. Supplies will be a big limmiter on the spiders because of thier size.

Mictlan Hell Bent
Requires 2 turmoil, non-positive luck scales, and heat +1. Starts with spell Summon Demon.
Mictlan has become controlled by the demons with which they consort.
Looses all wizard/priests
Jaguar, Eagle and Sun warriors gain berserk +3
New unit named Possessed – (Capital only) 3 holy 3 fire 3 blood – has demon flag, can summon small number of imp allies every round, can fly
New Mictlan Hunter 2 blood
New Demonologist 2 blood 2 random (elemental, linked)
In a nutshell: The possessed unit has a lot going for it, but is also very expensive and has a lot of roles to play. Should he summon imps, lead demonic troops, lead the holy troops or sacrifice blood slaves? The Mictlan Hunter is great blood hunter, however there is no easy access to jade knives, and no cheap blood sacrificers so keeping you domain will be more challenging. The demonologists should give Mictlan access to all the different demon summons, so with the added blood this will help compensate for the hit that turmoil will put in the size of the army.

[ April 15, 2004, 16:26: Message edited by: Baalz ]