MP: Chronicles_MA - General Game Discussion

[Gandalf Parker]

I didnt mean to disparage the mod. I can see where the changes definetly boost the MP gaming. Making Carrion Woods 0 level and Vinemen 3 per cast is a great boost along with the other changes. In fact, they are so good that its part of the problem. I suppose I could ignore them and play my usual style but it feels so wrong.

An obvious choice would be to take a pretender with at least 5d6n and a ton of dominion strength and growth scales. Then choose your spell research to move quickly toward the unholy priest spells insupport of plant armies. Probably take Carrion Dragon or Mother of Monsters instead of Lord of the Wild. Being able to cast Carrion Woods on turn 8? even sooner if you search while you expand. Thats a powerful temptation. And you would want to expand connectedly in an amoeba style building lots of temples as you go. The result would definetly be competitive. And Lord of the Wild has become a worthwhile SuperCombatant which I am sure some people loved. The changes just were not in the direction I play Pangaea altho they probably are in the direction that most people try to play it. Its a much more Ulmish format now.

But I was going for Lord of the Wild. Maenads to do the local expansion while I built and scattered stealth armies. Probably 4d,4n,4b and dom5, turmoil 3, sloth 2, heat 1, growth 2, luck 3, magic 3.

"I have taken the mantle to lead my people thru these troubling times. I have had them drop the titles of Lord of Revelry and Lord of the Hunt. I am now Primal, the Natural Disaster, the Shadow, the King of the Crossroads.

Other non-humans have created nations. That is not a problem. We have a nation. But this newcomer MAN creates a nation, then another nation, then another nation, until there are as many man nations as there are non-human nations. The future paints a picture I do not like. It seems apparent that the non-humans must band together to battle this threat. After Man is gone in his many forms THEN we can fight out the rest amoungst us.

I do not wish to change my people into that which I wish to fight. Our strength has never been in armored armies matching across the land. We shall send out scouts and hopefully find neighbors who are non-human to ally with. We shall send out quiet armies in support of those allies while keeping our own nation small and low profile. We shall watch the battles of others as they weaken each other. When the time is right, we shall strike from the shadows. "

Anyway I had in mind something like that. Like I said, there is nothing in cbm to keep me from doing it anyway. Maybe later I will change my mind but for now it seems really wrong to ignore the obvious advantages that cbm grants. And Ive tried RPing that format but it just doesnt feel like my Pangaea. Id rather pull out than do it injustice.