Mod: Nova Deus II v1.22 (w/ New Content)

[Sandman]

The thing is thats how a phoenix is meant to look, not a big, burning bird of doom we usually see.

It could be cooler, and still authentic.

Aberdeen bestiary

[Agrajag]

This is one way for a cool pheonix to look like:
http://www.the-genies-lamp.com/image...ps/phoenix.jpg
This is another:
http://www.the-genies-lamp.com/image.../phoenixes.jpg
(Though that's just a head shot)

[Endoperez]

"Phoenix is an immortal heron..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron

That "Snowy Egret" looks better than the current heron, and I wouldn't mind seeing something like that. But a bird aflame would be a bit strange IMO.

[zepath]

Bump & FYI: Nova Deus II has been released.

[Stryke11]

Just an idea, but couldnt' Pythium also get the Heavenly Messenger, being as they too have angelic national summons like Marignon?

[zepath]

Bump & FYI: Nova Deus II has been updated with new content.

[zepath]

Bump & FYI, Nova Deus II has been updated to v1.21 to include my revision of the Earth Mother (one of the most-requested pretender revisions). I wanted to keep her true to form and so the new Earth Mother still very much resembles a giant "Venus" figurine and in fact is little more than a high-res sprite drawn to match the original Illwinter art as closely as possible. At least now she has a face and is a good bit larger.

[Gooles]

Whenever I see ***** queen, it reminds me of my wi-err- *runs Tracks Eraser* my uhhh boss. *nods*

Anyways, excellent art on this m8, ty!

oh wait- I have a complaint, is the Earth Mother groping herself? Looks kinda suspicious yet =/

[DrPraetorious]

Lord of Knowledge - demigod, has an ibis head (Thoth).
Lord of Retribution - demigod, has a hawk head (Horus).
Lord of the Underworld - demigod, has a donkey head (Set).
Lord of Healing - demigod, has a dog head (Draffut, from the Saberhagen books). Heals battle afflictions.
Voice in the Clear Air - has glamour, is ethereal, stealthy, causes unrest, seduces. Kinda like the glyph but mobile. (Jehovah)
Monkey King - ride around on a cloud, has a staff. (Hanuman)
Lady of Mercy - woman riding around on a ki-rin. (Kuan Yin)
Great Seqoia - actually didn't you have a tree in your elf mod?
Mother Hydra - chaos hydra, eats provinces.
Ancient Lizard King - aquatic, breathes lightning. (Godzilla!)
Great Butterfly - flies, gives off sonic booms when it moves (if I can arrange that...).. maybe tramples, defintiely has a poison cloud. (Mothra!)
Lady of Freedom - is a demigod made out of copper holding aloft a torch (the statue of liberty.)
Rainbow - is a rainbow. It's immobile, it pays 10 for new paths and starts with ASN. I'm frickin' hysterical.
Great Minstrel - rainbow pretender, has awe, and is a standard, presence reduces unrest.
Great Pimp - Demigod, wears purple zoot suit, has cane. Copystats on the Pan (so he attracts Maenads). Dousing bonus.
Celestial Architect - Rainbow pretender, copystats on the engineer. Pees earth gems.
Azure Stone - a big blue rectangular prism. It's a piece of the firmament of heaven that was left over when construction was finished. (Dream of Red Mansions, the classic chinese novel.)
The Black Sword - it's immortal, because if the wielder is slain someone else just picks it up. The sword transforms any peasant that draws it into a mighty warrior (so the pretender has the jade lord profile), and it itself has roughly the stats of a wraithsword but is a "bonus weapon" - the wielder only has a left hand slot. (Stormbringer).
The Ring - Same deal. Immortal rainbow pretender, missing a misc slot. Worn by a hoburg (you saw this coming,) but he's ethereal, glamoured AND lucky!

[Foodstamp]

Zepath, if you do change the Earth Mother, please keep her dimensions and such. I don't find her form distasteful at all but I would be interested in seeing a touch up that makes her a bit more defined. As of now, the colors make it hard to determine her features.