Ideas neeeded for some Epic Heroes

[Xietor]

yes, if you read my credits in the mod, you will see it credits bandar lover with the idea of the fallen angel. he wrote out a good descr. but i had to edit it a bit.

Thanks for all the input. I just made the elephant hero have a generic male arcos name.

[Foodstamp]

Whats the point if your keeping an elephant hero? Just call him Hannibal.

[Xietor]

Apparently some people think Hannibal was from the wrong era. cough.

[Foodstamp]

Cough? Are you being checked for a hernia?

The point was not that he was in the wrong era, the point was out of the gazillion great choices for an Arco hero you picked a Phoenician General over a gazillion true heroes from the Hellas.

[Xietor]

I apologize for my lack of knowledge of the era. My knowledge of famous elephant commanders is a bit limited. But that is the reason I like to get feedback. I think using the name Alexander gave to his elephant commander is a good fit.

And you can only have 2 "named" heroes anyway, with only 2 custom name types available. Since I used one up for Beowulf it may be a good idea to save the other name list for Turin if he wants a unique name for one of his new worthy heroes.

it is all good.

[vfb]

I think Shin should get either Kintaro or Momotaro, they are the most famous legendary Japanese heroes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintaro

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotaro

Kintaro and Momotaro both fight demons, so they are no good for Yomi. Demons are long gone in Jomon. So maybe Kintaro or Momotaro is fighting alongside the goblins against the Oni?

I think Kintaro would be best since you could outfit him with a cool axe. Plus he was raised by an Ogress, and that's almost a Bakemono, I suppose.

[Ironhawk]

Oh, speaking of Beowulf, dont you think he'd be better placed with Vanheim? He was a norse hero after all, no?

King Arthur or Robin Hood might be more thematic for Man. Actually, what about the Lady of the Lake? Or Morgana? Merlin??

[lch]

Xietor said:
I apologize for my lack of knowledge of the era.

You can read up on greek mythology and fables, most of it is in the Project Gutenberg. It's really worth a read. Homer wrote the Odyssey of Odysseus and the Iliad which centers on the downfall of Troja. There are lots of Heroes participating in that war. But I'd rather use characters from greek mythology like Orpheus or Heracles, both of which are a very good read. Although I have to give respect to the Dom3 devs, heroes that don't steal from existing fictional heroes too much can be far more interesting than those modelled after them - they always seem to be lacking something which doesn't do the myths justice, since you have to make decisions how you can portray a particular feature of the hero ingame.

Oh, and I think that BandarLover's initial concept of making the Fallen Angel mute is awesome. It's unfortunate that you're so picky and closed-minded about things like old age, horrors, afflictions, bad events, and generally anything that represents a flaw or a burden as a game element.

Ironhawk said:
King Arthur or Robin Hood might be more thematic for Man.

Those would be cool. That got me to think of William Tell as a national hero for Ulm, maybe. A ranger hero with exceptional precision and a magical crossbow.

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lch said:

Those would be cool. That got me to think of William Tell as a national hero for Ulm, maybe. A ranger hero with exceptional precision and a magical crossbow.

The idea of King Arthur is just so cool. Alas, I had never heard of beowulf till 2005, but Arthur, I knew him when I was a kid! Why, we shall have his presence abiding with us. and avalon. and excalibur. Heck, we shall be able to use The Excalibur in game--what a sword!