Byblical Mod Discussion ("Moved" from Dom3 forum)

[Nerfix]

Here's some further refinement on the commander ideas...tell me what you think.

Scout - A simple scout, maybe armed with a staff and a sling. Waste/mountain survival?
Warlord (another name needed) - Basic commander with 25 or 50 leadership and Standard
Temple Keeper (is the name good?) - Social elite and priests. They take care of animal sacrifices in the temple and such.
Judge - He's a judge, a priest and a warrior. 1A 1S 2/3 H, good leader, Standard.

Scholar - Miracle worker in making, he has 1 S 1 Elemental Random and 2 Holy. He has priestly authority but he is more in to the mysterious side of religion than burning lamb fat at the temple.
Commander Needing A Name - The next step of the miracle worker. This one knows more of the Astral laws and elements of the nature. 3H 2S 1A 1 Elemental Random
Prophet (needs a new name) - *The* miracle worker with great knowledge and power. He has 3H 3S 1A 2 Chained elemental randoms.

[shovah]

Temple keeper is fine, they all look good. For the commander needing name how about Interpreter/Dream reader. would make sense that he has the astral+holy but not sure about elements. They could also use some sort of un-holy mage (or else they will all be too expensive) but its not needed.

[Nerfix]

Well, I kinda thought that the 2nd tier mage would be further progression of the Scholar so he would at least have the Elemental random, but I guess the Air could be shaved off. Of course such continuity could be broken and have him be 2 H/2 S.

"Interpreter" sounds good.

As for non scared mages...got any ideas? The lil' marigno-pythian inside me really, *really* likes the idea of priest mages but I am open to suggestions.

[Agrajag]

Here are my further thoughts:
Scout with staff and sling sounds great, if we had deserts I'd give him "Desert Survival", but Waste/Mountain Survival should do it (Waste sounds more logical than mountain to me)
Warlord - The name is good, but I realize its problematic :\
I went for Warlord because of the "Sarei Milhama" which some kings had. The most accurate translation of that is "Warlord". Perhaps "Minister of War" might work? (which more resembles the direct translation)
Temple Keeper sounds kind of forced. I think we should just come up with a name like "Rebel Warrior" (like the rebels that beat "Antiochus" [don't know his English name]) or maybe something like "X Warrior" where X is some sort of tribal affiliation.
Judge - sounds cool.
Scholar - This guy is very similar to the judge as far as magic goes right now, I'm not sure if we should do something about it, or just differentiate them by Holyness (Judge being H3, Scholar being H2) and price (Judge costing more money)
Prophet - I kind of like the name, but I guess it isn't really practical :\
How about *searches web for synonyms* Augur/Clairvoyant/Seer/Prophesier (I like the last two the best)
I also think he should be slightly more magical, maybe add F1 ? (pillar of smoke/pillar of fire )
Middle-Mage - Interperter sound nice, though not optimal. Visionary is another option (which isn't that good :\)
I'm tempted to call him Kabbalist or Cabalist (the second one seems further from Kabbalah), but I don't really know much about Kabbalah, and I think its too real-world-religiony for the game.

Another commander idea: "Captain of Fifty" ("Sar Hamishim"), this is sort of a byblical cushy goverment job, which would give us another none-holy commander, perhaps with a patrol bonus.

[Nerfix]

I'd rather call the Warlords Sarei Milhama because it deviates from the norm of english commander names.

Well, I had the idea of the Temple Keepers being 'just' priests.

I'm all for Pillars of Fire. If you have any byblical name suggestions for the commanders, tell me.

Visionary and Prophesier also sound kinda good to me.

Some real world ties are good, too much is bad, agreed.

Hmmm, Captain of Fifty sounds kinda good too...

[Agrajag]

Just going over commander names to inform of hebrew counterparts (perhaps they will sound fitting, its hard to look at these things objectively while knowing what the hebrew names mean )
Scout = Saiar
Judge = Shophet / Shofet
Scholar = Melumad / Mascil/Maskil / Talmid(actually pupil/student)
Prophet = Navi
Temple Keeper = Shomer Hamikdash / Magen Hamikdash (Hamikdash actually means "The Temple", but its either that or what would be translated as "Keeper of Temples" [which seems akward, atleast in hebrew])
Commander Needing a Name = Mephaked shtsarih Shem

(EDITED FOR SPELLING MISTAKE)

[Nerfix]

They sound very nice, I especially like Shophet and Melumad.