MP: Noobs and Vets II: Days of Infamy. MA, BI. Game Over. Supplicants Triumph!

[Sombre]

I think you should discuss whether or not to use cbm.

[chrispedersen]

I don't mind bowing out, comments per pm.
Sept do you still want the gem thing we discussed like 20 pages back?

[Wrana]

Originally Posted by AlgaeNymph

Oh, and will we be using the CBM?

I hope no.
Actually, I thought that if it wasn't mentioned at the starting post...

[pyg]

What, we're not using CBM?!?

[rdonj]

Didn't in the last one, either.

[don_Pablo]

Supplicants of Set are stongly against CBM

[Septimius Severus]

All games in the series are vanilla. If it was CBM you'd have seen it indicated either in thread title/and or in opening post. This is generally a mod free game (excepting the BI mod, and I'm still trying to gauge how effective that one is versus its drawbacks). The only other mod I really ever entertained using was the End Game Diversity Mod due to the benefit it might bring to Children of Crom in particular.

[Septimius Severus]

Failing any objections from DrP or his team, I am allowing a single rainbow pretender for the merc, by adding the Aquatic Archmage to their available pretenders.

I am also changing the pretender path restrictions.

The new pretender path restrictions will be as follows:

Unlimited magic in team's Primary Path, level 6 max in a teams Secondary path and/or any paths native to your pretender, and level 3 max in anything else.

This does several important things: It retains the primacy of the main paths, allows me to keep all currently available pretenders choices in the game, including the Wyrm, and lets you give your natively single path pretenders more magic in the secondary path. I will update the teams&themes.pdf shortly to reflect this.
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We need one more player to captain a team, whether it be replacing me or taking Usurpers. I have sent a PM'ed proposal to Chris. If he accepts, well and good, if not, that is fine as well.

Algae and Co, I am always willing to switch over to your team and captain the team if need be. It works for me just the way it is. . If your willing to step up again (I know you have great courage) that is not a problem. Advisors can't hurt for any team. Neither could more alternates. We've some time yet, so no emergency.

[ano]

The only other mod I really ever entertained using was the End Game Diversity Mod due to the benefit it might bring to Children of Crom in particular.

Then why not use it here? I really liked it and actually it might bring path-oriented balance into our current magic-restricted design.

[Septimius Severus]

Originally Posted by ano

Then why not use it here? I really liked it and actually it might bring path-oriented balance into our current magic-restricted design.

I am still considering it and had consulted Llama on it. I was waiting on the new version Llama was set to release.

Let me add for all, that in addition to the partial mountains/freshwater terrain mask map changes which are generally agreed upon, if the potential usurpers captain wants/needs those 4 extra water provinces, I am leaning now toward placing them on the diagonals (less obstructing than the edges perhaps) and possibly connecting them with the center and each other but not with the corners for obvious reasons. The option to connect with the R'lyeh cap will be available. I will probably however not assign VPs to these extra ones if used, as I don't want to bias the VP victory condition too much in favor of R'lyeh or the death team on a mostly all land map.