Orion can't beat this...

[Morkilus]

I agree that mods should be downloaded automatically from the server. That wouldn't happen with Dom2, though: You do the pretender first - and you need the mods enabled at that point already.

I heard that you don't even need the mod to make your pretender if the mod doesn't affect your design points. So if you were hosting and wanted to ban a spell or item, you could whip up that mod for yourself just like how Endoperez posted and everyone would be good to go.