New Dom3 races! Post suggestions here!

[Taqwus]

Insects being incredibly numerous and diverse, you'd have a number of options to draw from.

For instance, a huge number of species fly, and some are amphibious or aquatic for at least part of their life cycle (hm: it would be interesting if units could 'evolve' based on, say, experience? Currently, the Eater o' the Dead grows on corpses, but that's a rule that has limited applicability outside of, well, eaters of the dead.).

Poison, ambush (mimicry, coloration, ability to remain nearly motionless for periods of time, use of tunnels, use of webs as tripwires (well, OK, mostly thinking of trapdoor spiders here, not bona fide insects)), high basic prot (chitin), high morale (perhaps mindlessness, requiring the Queen?) for the soldier castes of colony insects, siege bonuses for others (tunneling)...

I'm a bit hard-pressed at the moment to recall any insects that use ranged warfare, and can't really speculate as to their religion or magical capabilities. That said, somebody who's not stayed up watching Sox games might be in a position to have a reasonably coherent vision of a fantasy Version of the insect kingdom.

[Cohen]

So no Tapyric mithology in Dom3 ... damn this is a real shame.

I'd really liked to see a furry white tigrated tapyr trampling enemies and jumping from square to square splatting enemies under his weight (in Tapyric mithology the Tapyrs are the guardians of dead warriors/heroes' paradise, and are oversized, shapechanger to human form to "communicate" or aid directly with their protected mortal, have thick furry, and were famous for their charges and by jumping on enemies in battle. They allowed their protect to ride them too, if he earned this privilege. There were many Tapyr type, depending on their fur colour and eventual stripes - like a tiger has orange or white with black stripes. White and gray tapyrs were the most powerful. Brown were the lesser powerful, dark brown or gray the mid stage, and there was the unique black tapyr even if it seemed more a legend that never intervened or never had guided or protected a mortal being. They all serve the Great Tapyr God.)

[Tumba]

I have only one suggestion. One that would fit Dom perfectly: Kalevala.

Instead of all the fantasy stuff mostly suggested here, I'd like to see races based on real folklore. Warhammer, as nice as it is as a boardgame doesn't really belong to Dom. Dom is all about spiced up folklore. Not that I wouldn't mind having some Dino-riding C'tis. Would be fun, but where goes the line between WH,Dom and other fantasy titles?

IMHO, Dom should stay in the course it has so far been on.
I'd really like to see all the WH suff in Dom, but as a mod. I wouldn't cry if there was a MiddleEarth mod either.

I like the battle engine of Dom very much. It could be used for "historical" simulation too. Some historical races, Assyrians, Babylonians, Late Kingdom Egyptians. No magic (maybe some weak rituals), just priests. Of course this would require all magic to be turned off in the server or they would be beaten to pulp. Anyway a real world setting would be a nice option...

Also a new magic path to go with the Kalevala-race.
Chanting. It couldn't be piled and stored as magic gems or bloodslaves. It would be dependent of the amount of singing and chanting created by characters present at the battle or in a province. Works a bit like the master-slave spells in Dom2. The one doing a Chant ritual would draw on the power of the chanting in the same province or battle.

I think Chanting should be included in Dom even if the Kalevala race would not. Chanting and singing is throghout time the most common way of doing magic for most cultures.
It's STILL done in all the so called modern cultures. Just go to the closest church/temple you find and listen a bit.

[Tumba]

Another thought...
What on earth has happened to the mysterious power source of Atlantis? Did it get short-circuited when Atlantis sank?

It would be fun to have a new gem-source just for Atlantis.

IMHO Atlantis and R'lyeh are a bit underpowered in the game. Yes, its a huge advantage to be under water, but they do not stand a chance in late game battles. If somebody has won a mp game with either atlantis or r'lyeh. I salute you.

It is easy to hang on in the game as nobody is interested in attacking you. Until some race like ermor who really is not that bad in water comes and walks all over you.

Rlyeh is doing better, but in my games Atlantis has been always on the receiving end of the sword. Or maybe I just suck at playing it.

[Leif_-]

I wouldn't mind seeing a nation based on the mythology of the Australian aboriginals, and one based on recent (18th and 19th century) Scandinavian folklore: Troll, huldre, draugar, nisser (tomtegubbar) and so on. Maybe something based on the old pagan religion(s?) from the Baltic.

For something completely different, how about a steam-fantasy nation?

(I suspect Illwinter already know which nations they're going to add; but it's still fun to try and think of new additions.)

[Kaljamaha]

Yes! I demand some neighborly attention in the form of a nation based on Finnish mythology! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Finland.gif[/img] If for no other reason than to name my pretender Ukko and have Väinämöinen show up as a national hero.


K.

[Lepakko]

Kaljamaha said:
Yes! I demand some neighborly attention in the form of a nation based on Finnish mythology! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_Finland.gif[/img] If for no other reason than to name my pretender Ukko and have Väinämöinen show up as a national hero.


K.

Oohhh Lovely neighbors Plz can you make it hapend?

You know how we finnish love swedish.