Warhammer Nations

[CelestialGoblyn]

If you need me, I can help with following:
- writing text descriptions
- editing text files(drudgework)
- playtesting
- making unit stats

I can devote about an hour per day to this.

I really want to see those nations be completed

[Valandil]

Well, I'm sure playtesting will be a terrible chore, but someone has to do it...

[Theonlystd]

Valandil said:
Well, I'm sure playtesting will be a terrible chore, but someone has to do it...

I would sacrifice my precious time to do play testing.


Yes i am a saint

[llamabeast]

I for one may well take you guys up on your kind offers, once I get started.

[Sombre]

This is just something I was writing notes on in a break period between lessons. I typed it up exactly as I wrote it, so it's still sort of in note form :]

Anyway, it's my thoughts on the subject of the Imperial Colleges in Warhammer - basically the Empire has all kinds of magic available - too many schools to fit on the recruit screen, so I've decided to give them a completely new magic system based on summons.

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Schools

Fire - Bright - F+ - Evocation
Wizard - Higher precision, lower research
Lord - Strong fire shield


Metal - Gold - E (F) - Alteration and construction
Wizard - Alchemy (?), higher upkeep
Lord - Forgebonus


Shadow - Grey - AD - Enchantment, alteration
Wizard - Stealthy
Lord - Flight, spy


Beasts - Amber - N+ - Conjuration
Wizard - Forest survival, shapechange to wolf
Lord - Shapechange to giant bear, useful summon allies ability in this form


Heavens - Celestial - Equal AS - Evocation and thaum
Wizard - Research bonus, prevent bad events
Lord - Better bonuses


Light - Light - FS - Alteration and Evocation
Wizard - Heal?
Lord - Better heal?


Life - Jade - N EWA - Alteration, Evocation
Wizard - Decrease unrest? Heal?
Lord - Better versions of above?


Death - Amethyst - D (W) - Alteration, Enchantment
Wizard - Drain life attack
Lord - ?


Each school will have 2 summons available - one for a standard Wizard such as "Bright Wizard" and one for a college lord, "Bright Wizard Lord". The standard wizards will basically be 2 in one path then have some kind of secondary path, or a chance at lvl3 in their main path if from a focused school like Bright.

The Wizard Lords will be lvl 3 average, but some lvl 4. They will kick ***, but they will all be old.

The whole thing will be started off by the College Acolyte recruitable which has lvl 1 random in NEFADS.

N1 summons Amber, Jade
F1 summons Bright, Light
A1 summons Grey,
D1 summons Amethyst
S1 summons Celestial
E1 summons Gold

The summons will have to be researched and will be found with one version in each of the schools favoured by the mages, at level 3 and 6 perhaps?

[zepath]

On this very topic, three of my nations mods built last year were entirely inspired by Warhammer armies. Teutanion combined the Empire and Bretonnia, Sylvania combined the Wood and High Elves, and Sanguinia was a shot at the Vampire Counts. The intent here and now seems to be creating direct translations of the WH Fantasy nations so my previous work doesn't fit perfectly. Still, if y'all are curious how I portrayed those armies, take a look at my old mods. Also, feel free to swipe sprites or code from them if you think they apply to the current effort.

[Calchet]

Rather than create a new thread for (another) in-progress mod of mine, I figure I'd use this one until I have something worthy of release.

Zharr-Naggrund, Fire and Desolation.


Or, well, Chaos Dwarfs.


Overview:
- Capital-centric faction, accentuated by a sizeable production bonus on one of their capital sites.
- Very low numbers of actual dwarves - all of them, excepting a slaver commander, are capital-only and quite expensive. On the other hand, they all wear heavy armour, and are barely encumbered by it - not to mention their high health and innate magic resistance.
- Mighty blunderbusses able to turn hordes of unarmoured enemies into nothing but so much red paste and shrapnel.
- Casters ranging from cheap and solid battle-mages to powerful sorcerers with extreme encumbrace issues - they're gradually turning to stone!
- Sacred Bull Centaurs add a more mobile option than regular foot-slogging dwarves.
- Powerful siege weaponry, from the lowly hobgoblin-crewed bolt thrower up to the mighty Earthshaker Cannon - and beyond.
- Summonable sacred beasts like the Great Taurus, a winged red demonic bull, and the Lammasu, a manticorean monstrosity.
- Outside the capital, a good variety of greenskin slave chaff, from goblins all the way up to black orcs.
- Battle evocations that turn the skies dark with smoke from the great furnaces of Zharr-Naggrund.
- The massive crimson form of Hashut, the Great Red Bull, the Father of Darkness, joins the ranks of pretenders.
- Fancy hats.
- And more. Probably. If I get around to it.