Mod: CBM 1.8 released

[WraithLord]

CBM 1.82 "forest of a thousand eyes" descr:
"The sorceror reaches makes a connection through the spiders of the forest he occupies to the spiders of a distant forest."

Is the bold part a valid English phrase?

[WraithLord]

Hey, I'm all for giving Machaka power since it was seriously UP but, isn't foul sacrifice too much?

It costs as little as 4N, 80 gold and one turn of mage recruitment to get 5 hunter spiders. Combine that with F9 or W9 or both bless and the fact that it's pre researched (lvl 0).

Is there something I'm missing since them hunters are solid all around unit with only possible weakness of size and mediocre+ MR.

On the good side: I love the nice touch of extra power to the sorceress.

I'm really curious how will Machaka do in MP post 1.82. I have a feeling that players expecting the old weakling nation are in for a nasty surprise

[Jarkko]

Oh, it summons black spiders? Oooh. I thought from the description is the grey ones, and thought the spells is pretty meh.

Hmm. Interesting

[WraithLord]

You get a small ver. of them hunters, then on the next turn they grow to full size. It's pretty amazing and I'd really like to hear accounts of how 1.8 Machake fares in MP.

I tried it in SP and IMO it's seriously more powerful than before as a result of a number of additions and small touches.

[WraithLord]

Yucks, I failed MR resist check for the spell "possession by greater pedantic spirit"

Some more typos (bold):

"The Divine Emperor is the ruler of the Empire. He is the son of the previous Emperor, who was deified upon death. As the Son of God, he has great power. With power comes arrogance and now the Son of God claims godhood himself. The Divine Emperor is not a warrior and travels only by palanquin. In battle, the Emperor's presence inspires fananticism and bravery."

"The Bandar are large, black apes who tower over their fellow apes and monkeys. The colour of their caste is red, the colour of blood and war. The Bandar are the warrior caste and although few in number command great influence. The Rakshasas allow lesser Bandar kings to rule the monkey people. The axe is a weapon used only by the Rajas. Unlike the sword it is not a noble weapon in and of itself, but it comes with the power to execute, a power of the king. Fear of retribution inspires brave deeds from the Raja's troops in battle."

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The Father of Winter likes it cold and his physical power increases in cold provinces. He is constantly surrounded by a large whirlwind of snow that will freeze anyone nearby. He is a master of the magics of Winter, and the freezing wind of the north.
"

"
The Lord of the Summer Plague is a titan claiming dominion over the summer heat. With the heat comes drought and famine, plague and pestilence. The lion-headed Lord is a god of death, while his bow strikes men with sure and deadly illness.
" (double space)

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Cave Drakes are huge reptiles that are almost imprevious to damage. This Cave Drake has been trained to warfare by some Agarthan master trainer with the aid of a magical whip. They are scarred, fierce and quite ill-tempered from the constant whippings, becoming enraged at slightest provocation.
"

"
Daidalos is a genius who crafts automatons and strange devices. His engineering skills earned him his place as head of Lykeion. He perfected the winged harness, which he named after his unfortunate son, that the soldiers use in battle. He built the great maze that protected Asterios during his early years. Daidalos is very good at crafting Mechanical Men and Clockwork Horrors, which he builds in his spare time.
" I actually don't get what this sentence was supposed to mean and not sure it's syntactically valid

"
The Coral King is the oldest living reef dweller, rivalling the age of many of the Basalt Kings. His magical skill and respect among the reef dwellers are sources of great suspicion for the Basalt Kings, but he has proved too useful to be done away with. Coral crafting is his invention, and he has gained great skill in it over the years.
"

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The Future Queen is the most influential of the Basalt Queens. She is able to see the future in her dreams and prevent bad events in the province where she resides. She is a strong-willed leader of the atlantean race and very resistant to all forms of magical coercion. Recently she has seem some disturbing dreams of an alien race and unreal horrors dominating the seas. The Future Queen has now stopped dreaming and has come to serve the Awakening God to prevent the vision.
" seen?

IIRC from english classes, shouldn't all "atlantean" be changed to "Atlantean"?
There are many such mistakes and I could post them here as well.

"
Uru'gallu is a lizard of few friends. He has served as a mercenary in several kingdoms and never cared abut the politics of the lizard kings. Recently, Uru'gallu became aware of the rise of Pretenders and decided that if he was to live under the yoke of godhood it would not be the yoke of a pink human god with xenophobic priests. Uru'gallu is tremendously strong and his scales are thicker than any known in C'tis. It is said that his mother mated with an alligator, but few actually believe it. He fights with his jaws and morningstar of black iron, and always wears black scale mail.
"

Unfortunately, there seem to be more such glitches. QM/llama, would you like me to post them?