New Dom3 races! Post suggestions here!

[Tumba]

I have only one suggestion. One that would fit Dom perfectly: Kalevala.

Instead of all the fantasy stuff mostly suggested here, I'd like to see races based on real folklore. Warhammer, as nice as it is as a boardgame doesn't really belong to Dom. Dom is all about spiced up folklore. Not that I wouldn't mind having some Dino-riding C'tis. Would be fun, but where goes the line between WH,Dom and other fantasy titles?

IMHO, Dom should stay in the course it has so far been on.
I'd really like to see all the WH suff in Dom, but as a mod. I wouldn't cry if there was a MiddleEarth mod either.

I like the battle engine of Dom very much. It could be used for "historical" simulation too. Some historical races, Assyrians, Babylonians, Late Kingdom Egyptians. No magic (maybe some weak rituals), just priests. Of course this would require all magic to be turned off in the server or they would be beaten to pulp. Anyway a real world setting would be a nice option...

Also a new magic path to go with the Kalevala-race.
Chanting. It couldn't be piled and stored as magic gems or bloodslaves. It would be dependent of the amount of singing and chanting created by characters present at the battle or in a province. Works a bit like the master-slave spells in Dom2. The one doing a Chant ritual would draw on the power of the chanting in the same province or battle.

I think Chanting should be included in Dom even if the Kalevala race would not. Chanting and singing is throghout time the most common way of doing magic for most cultures.
It's STILL done in all the so called modern cultures. Just go to the closest church/temple you find and listen a bit.

[Tumba]

Another thought...
What on earth has happened to the mysterious power source of Atlantis? Did it get short-circuited when Atlantis sank?

It would be fun to have a new gem-source just for Atlantis.

IMHO Atlantis and R'lyeh are a bit underpowered in the game. Yes, its a huge advantage to be under water, but they do not stand a chance in late game battles. If somebody has won a mp game with either atlantis or r'lyeh. I salute you.

It is easy to hang on in the game as nobody is interested in attacking you. Until some race like ermor who really is not that bad in water comes and walks all over you.

Rlyeh is doing better, but in my games Atlantis has been always on the receiving end of the sword. Or maybe I just suck at playing it.

[Leif_-]

I wouldn't mind seeing a nation based on the mythology of the Australian aboriginals, and one based on recent (18th and 19th century) Scandinavian folklore: Troll, huldre, draugar, nisser (tomtegubbar) and so on. Maybe something based on the old pagan religion(s?) from the Baltic.

For something completely different, how about a steam-fantasy nation?

(I suspect Illwinter already know which nations they're going to add; but it's still fun to try and think of new additions.)

[Kaljamaha]

Yes! I demand some neighborly attention in the form of a nation based on Finnish mythology! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Finland.gif[/img] If for no other reason than to name my pretender Ukko and have Väinämöinen show up as a national hero.


K.

[Lepakko]

Kaljamaha said:
Yes! I demand some neighborly attention in the form of a nation based on Finnish mythology! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Finland.gif[/img] If for no other reason than to name my pretender Ukko and have Väinämöinen show up as a national hero.


K.

Oohhh Lovely neighbors Plz can you make it hapend?

You know how we finnish love swedish.

[Kristoffer O]

Gamle vise Väinämöinen
Vida känd i nordens länder
Kalevalas kloke trollkarl
Kan han visa sig i spelet
Väinämöinen sjunger kraftsång
Jag får höra den i drömmen
Kanske kommer Väinämöinen
Leda Kalevalas hjältar
I dominions datorspelet
Om jag mäktar läsa sagan

Bleh. The original is better.

I like Kalevala, but I have only read a fifth or so of it. My current knowledge of it feels somewhat insufficient. I would like to have Kalevala in the game. It is currenly on my wishlist, but not on my to-do list.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Kristoffer O said:
Bleh. The original is better.

I hope so. The two French translations I know of are both as bland as my aunt's chicken & tapioca soup. I still managed to read the whole thing.

I would like to have Kalevala in the game.

My favorite bit was Kullervo's story. If you ever add a Kalevala-ish nation or theme, be sure to have him as a hero, who's either cursed, or curses people around him (a la Pocket Lich), or causes misfortune in the province he's in.