Mod: Epic Heroes Mod -Version 1.5 Released

[Foodstamp]

I have finished the Eriu Hero. Here is a screenshot of what he looks like in game. I used a Marverni druid as the base, recolored the robe and gave him a custom attack animation.

I will upload him along with the other graphic sometime today. You will need to change the monster number to whatever fits in with the mod, and look him over for imbalances.

EDIT: Forum is not accepting attachments again.

[Xietor]

Does anyone know the nation number for eriu?

Manual has number 45 as reserved, but i tried that and it apparently is not correct.

Mod manual is silent on the nation number for the Eriu.

[Foodstamp]

It's number 69. I already have it in the mod file, you just need to copy-paste and change the unit number and look him over for imbalances.

[Xietor]

Beta version 0.14 adds a good bit of content.

There were the balance changes to the Blood Jarl, Elephantarch, and Fallen Angel.

Two new heroes were added thanks to Foodstamp and Dr. Praetorious.

And I changed Ermor's hero to one that hopefully is unique!

The weapon numbers used, armor number used, and custom names used are up to date. Hopefully the credits are up to date as well.

The updated list is now:

1. The Black Phoenix, Abysia
2. The Obsidian Medium, Agartha(added by Endoperez)
3. The Monkey King, Bandar Log(added by Endoperez)
4. The Blood-Cursed Champion, Mictlan
5. Beowulf, Man
6. The Blood Jarl, Jotunheim
7. The Fallen Angel, Pythium(Bandar Lover's idea)
8. The Immortal Assassin, Machaka
9. The Black Duke of Ulm, Ulm(Arralen's Black Steel Ulm Hero, modified a bit).
10. Black Heart Treant, Pangaea
11. The Sacred Yeti, Caelum
12. The Ancient Ophidian, Ctis
13. Grand Elephantarch, Arcosephale
14. Tithe Collector, Marignon
15. Misshapen Angel, Ermor
16. Mad Tinker, Vanheim
17. Ancient Master, Shin.
18. Li Bo, T'ien Ch'i(Dr. Praetorious)
19. Cathbad, Eriu (Foodstamp)


Enjoy! I will be adding one more hero in the near future, then doing a good bit of play testing while I await some heroes being done by others.

[Xietor]

This version adds Soulstealer, an epic hero for the R'lyeh.
Summoned through the void gate from a distant star-and it was not real happy about it.

Also, Ctis' Epic Hero gets a very unique new monster.
I just love this guy, and thanks to Amos for the sprite!

The updated list is now:

1. The Black Phoenix, Abysia
2. The Obsidian Medium, Agartha(added by Endoperez)
3. The Monkey King, Bandar Log(added by Endoperez)
4. The Blood-Cursed Champion, Mictlan
5. Beowulf, Man
6. The Blood Jarl, Jotunheim
7. The Fallen Angel, Pythium(Bandar Lover's idea)
8. The Immortal Assassin, Machaka
9. The Black Duke of Ulm, Ulm(Arralen's Black Steel Ulm Hero, modified a bit).
10. Black Heart Treant, Pangaea
11. The Sacred Yeti, Caelum
12. The Ancient Ophidian, Ctis
13. Grand Elephantarch, Arcosephale
14. Tithe Collector, Marignon
15. Misshapen Angel, Ermor
16. Mad Tinker, Vanheim
17. Ancient Master, Shin.
18. Li Bo, T'ien Ch'i(Dr. Praetorious)
19. Cathbad, Eriu (Foodstamp)
20. Soulstealer, R'lyeh(idea of a void assassin-tyrian)

I am going to be hosting a 9 player mp game soon featuring the Epic Hero Mod, the Worthy Hero Mod, and the reduced old age mod. Maybe another mod also, but undecided on that one.

The map is 110 provinces, 8 water. And the water spot is the best spot. Hopefully I can run it on llamabeast's server with a 24 hour a turn host rate.

[Xietor]

Beta version .17 corrected many errors. Some duplicate monster numbers were causing some improper dominion summoning. All 20 of the epic heroes have been tested now.

I reorganized the mod so that all new weapons are listed in order at the start of the mod. Before the mod leaves Beta, the same will happen to new armor and new monster summons. Did not have time or energy to tackle that today.

Beta .17 adds my last epic hero to the mod, the renegade starspawn for Atlantis. The final epic hero is under construction now by Edi. My goal is to bring the mod out of beta on Thursday.

Mictlan's hero has really been beefed up. No one seems to want to play Mictlan in mp. Well its starting hero can take provinces solo from the start. He is not invincible though, as he was killed taking the 2nd province i attacked with him, that had 3 lighting casters. he died in 1 round to lighting bolts. He also was given berserk, so he will win or die in fights. Sort of his curse. So it would still pay to be prudent with him. Jaguar warriors come to him in huge numbers.


The updated list is now:

1. The Black Phoenix, Abysia
2. The Obsidian Medium, Agartha(added by Endoperez)
3. The Monkey King, Bandar Log(added by Endoperez)
4. The Blood-Cursed Champion, Mictlan
5. Beowulf, Man
6. The Blood Jarl, Jotunheim
7. The Fallen Angel, Pythium(Bandar Lover's idea)
8. The Immortal Assassin, Machaka
9. The Black Duke of Ulm, Ulm(Arralen's Black Steel Ulm Hero, modified a bit).
10. Black Heart Treant, Pangaea
11. The Sacred Yeti, Caelum
12. The Ancient Ophidian, Ctis
13. Grand Elephantarch, Arcosephale
14. Tithe Collector, Marignon
15. Misshapen Angel, Ermor
16. Mad Tinker, Vanheim
17. Ancient Master, Shin.
18. Li Bo, T'ien Ch'i(Dr. Praetorious)
19. Cathbad, Eriu (Foodstamp)
20. Soulstealer, R'lyeh(idea of a void assassin-tyrian)
21. Renegade Starspawn(idea of Edi).

[Xietor]

I am happy to announce that Epic Heroes Mod is out of beta. Heroes have been tested, typos removed, mod files organized, and a text file added to thank the many contributors to the mod.

The final list:

1. The Black Phoenix, Abysia
2. The Obsidian Medium, Agartha(added by Endoperez)
3. The Monkey King, Bandar Log(added by Endoperez)
4. The Blood-Cursed Champion, Mictlan
5. Beowulf, Man
6. The Blood Jarl, Jotunheim
7. The Fallen Angel, Pythium(Bandar Lover's idea)
8. The Immortal Assassin, Machaka
9. The Black Duke of Ulm, Ulm(Arralen's Black Steel Ulm Hero, modified a bit).
10. Black Heart Treant, Pangaea
11. The Sacred Yeti, Caelum
12. The Ancient Ophidian, Ctis
13. Grand Elephantarch, Arcosephale
14. Tithe Collector, Marignon
15. Misshapen Angel, Ermor
16. Mad Tinker, Vanheim
17. Ancient Master, Shin.
18. Li Bo, T'ien Ch'i(Dr. Praetorious)
19. Cathbad, Eriu (Foodstamp)
20. Soulstealer, R'lyeh(idea of a void assassin-tyrian)
21. Renegade Starspawn(idea of Edi).
22. King-in-Exile, Oceania(Edi).

This version is not intended to be "final." This mod is my baby and I will always be refining the descriptions. In fact the Black Treant's descr. has been fine tuned a bit already, but that does not warrant a new version.

When I host a mp game, and receive feedback on balance issues, changes will be made. To prevent having new versions every day, now that the Mod is live(out of beta), new versions will include several changes made over the course of a week.

In fact, changes will be made daily to the mod, likely for weeks to come, before i am happy with every descr. The only descr. that is 100 percent safe is the Obsidian Medium, and that is only because Endoperez and I literally spent many hours going over every phrase in that descr.