New Pretenders?

[Daynarr]

I'm currently playing with Vampire Queen and I must say she is SOMETHING! Aside from the fact that she's immortal, the vampires that show up are also immortal! Add to that all the benefits of undead, death and blood magic and mix them with right race (Tien Chi in this case) and you get stew ... err … nasty combo.

Another good pretender:

Lord of the Desert Sun: It’s giant with Lion Head that lives far from civilization and desert is his realm. Has fire immunity, starts with fire level 2 and nature level 1. Additional effect is that at each battle 4 great lions will come to his aid (doesn't matter if he’s fighting in his own dominion). This bad boy shows only for Machaka and Abyssia and he is the one responsible for romping 500 kills with Fire Darts mostly (from another post). When I play with him I usually get 100 kills in first 10 turns. He costs 125 points so you need to be careful when distributing points, but since both Abyssia and Machaka prefer Heat scales, you will get some points back there.

[Nerfix]

Ok, here is my suggested god:

Ancient Lord
New god for Pangaea(meant to be used with the Carrion Woods theme)
Costs 75* points
Looks like a giant two headed Minotaur Carrion Beast with another head of a dragon and with 4 arms.

Automaticaly summons several (1-4) Carrion Beast in a turn**.

The ancient lord is a embodiement of forces that have slept since man came. Now it has woken up and seeks to crush those who have forgotten the nature and it's incredible forces. The Ancient Lord has incorporated many mighty and dead beings to his body of vines and moss. He is skilled user of nature and death magic and also a formidable fighter.

Pretender god, Undead, Fear(-3), Inanimate*** and Poison Immunity

Magic:Nature 2, Death 2,other paths cost 30

HP:55
Prot:5
Str:16
Att:11
Def:10
Mr:19
Ap:16
Enc:0
Fat:0
Prec:12
Mrl:50
Ldr:
Normal:50
Undead:75
Magic:20
Size:Same as minotaur(4?)
(has 2 head slots and 4 arm slots, if the flexible item slots are still in the game...)

Weapons:
Sleep Vines
Sleep Vines
Claws
Bite

* Unsure about the cost
** Carrion Beasts don't seem to be so migthy, but if i am wrong, please correct me...
*** Are Manikins/Mandagoras/Carrion Beasts Inanimate? If not, then this one isn't either.

So, what do you think? Input is more than welcome.

[ September 30, 2003, 19:59: Message edited by: Nerfix ]

[Yojinbo]

Nerfix,

I never thought about 2 head and 4 hand slots before! Will this be in Dominions II?

That could get a bit crazy if you load him up with items (I guess that's the point). 4 cumulative swords of quickness? Druid Kings Crown and Amon Hotep?

Would he have no boot slot because his feet are a mass of roots and bones?

[johan osterman]

Originally posted by Yojinbo:
Nerfix,

I never thought about 2 head and 4 hand slots before! Will this be in Dominions II?

That could get a bit crazy if you load him up with items (I guess that's the point). 4 cumulative swords of quickness? Druid Kings Crown and Amon Hotep?

Would he have no boot slot because his feet are a mass of roots and bones?

The Nataraja has 4 weapon slots, the Wyrm 2 head slots, the Ettin two heads and 3 or 4 arm slots etc in Dom 2. There is also a new fx ambidextrous that makes units differently skilled at wielding multiple weapons, the Nataraja excels at this.

[ October 01, 2003, 13:55: Message edited by: johan osterman ]

[Psitticine]

Nerfix,

I like it! Have you considered adding regeneration, since he could pick up new biomatter to "patch" himself during combat?

[Psitticine]

Originally posted by johan osterman:
The Nataraja has 4 weapon slots, the Wyrm 2 head slots, the Wttin two heads and 3 or 4 arm slots etc in Dom 2. There is also a new fx ambidextrous that makes units differently skilled at wielding multiple weapons, the Nataraja excels at this.

I don't know why, but I love equipping Pretenders like that with weird combos of "opposing" magical items, like two ice swords in two hands and two fire swords in the other hands. It's an odd bit of fun.

[Nerfix]

Originally posted by Psitticine:
Nerfix,

I like it! Have you considered adding regeneration, since he could pick up new biomatter to "patch" himself during combat?

If it wouldn't make it too powerfull, then it's ok to add regeneration.
I also thougth about adding Claws as weapons second time, would this unbalance him?

Oh and if you like it, any chance of getting this in to the game...?
(ok, just daydreaming, but it would be so nice to see "my own" Pretender...)

[ October 01, 2003, 04:42: Message edited by: Nerfix ]