Regarding heroes

[Actuarian]

How about this? This would obviously be a Dominions 4 idea. You could start out with some initial hero points, then accumulate them over the course of the game.

Then when you buy stock leaders, you could use your hero points to enhance your leader at the time of purchase. You could save the hero points up to really buff up one leader, or you could spread te hero points around.

[Meglobob]

Yea, I agree humans are underpowered in Dominions, usually because of low hps. There should be new units of humans I reckon who are exceptional from the majority of 'normal' humans. Just like in many RPG's, the hero/adventurer is exceptional. I know the designers do not want to be influenced by AD&D etc...but in AD&D 90% of humans have 2-5 hps, well the other 10% can have stats upto a god vitually. They get that way by going out in the world and exploring, adventuring, gaining magic, ruling etc...

Dom3 or 4 could do with reflecting those human heros. After all by LA humans have taken mostly everything over. How did they do this without exceptional heros/leaders?

[mivayan]

Meglobob said:
I know the designers do not want to be influenced by AD&D etc...but in AD&D 90% of humans have 2-5 hps, well the other 10% can have stats upto a god vitually. They get that way by going out in the world and exploring, adventuring, gaining magic, ruling etc...

Nooooooooooooooooo.

I mean: I much like those game where I play a hero or four and fight the evil empire on my own. But, I'm glad that dominions tries to be somewhat realistic, so that a human hero doesn't suddenly gain the ability to survive 43 arrows to the face just because he's been fighting a few years.

Dom3 or 4 could do with reflecting those human heros. After all by LA humans have taken mostly everything over. How did they do this without exceptional heros/leaders?

Breeding like bunnies, adaptable, low standards for where they can stand to live, and the other races' great magic not working as well as it used to for unexplained reasons (abysia).

[Manuk]

idem mivayan. If Dom4 includes AD&D style heroes I'll remain using Dom3.