Balance Machaka

[Squirrelloid]

@Lurker:
You're absolutely right about the islamist component, and its not really represented. Maybe a 'heretical priest' mage unit with different paths from their other magic users? (Ok, fire is sadly appropriate, but maybe F + S?)

[Lurker_at_Threshold]

Originally Posted by Squirrelloid

@Lurker:
You're absolutely right about the islamist component, and its not really represented. Maybe a 'heretical priest' mage unit with different paths from their other magic users? (Ok, fire is sadly appropriate, but maybe F + S?)

Heretical priests with a astral/holy national variant of ermor's apostasy which with a booster and a little research could be on the front lines belching gouts of astral fire? Said priests could actually be halfway decent researchers if they just didn't want banish your pretender's existence...

[chrispedersen]

Well, I like the idea but these are way stronger casters than I would be comfortable adding.

[Illuminated One]

I personally don't see why Machaka needs national summons.
They have perfectly viable thugs via Death (Bane, Banelord, Spectres) and great forging.

Imo their biggest in game problem that their PD (and many of their line troops) fall to the lightest raiding without significant mage/spider/summons to back them up.

[chrispedersen]

Hmm.. I think I like the idea of a village witch doctor aiding province defense.

I also like the idea of zombie dust....


Oooh: a lot:

A reasonably low level, AoE spell that turns troops to soulless.
Follow up with a control undead.....