Community effort (phase 3)

[Endoperez]

If you name it Silver Horde, put in a multihero "Silver General", age 100/50 human with att/def/str 18, 20 hp and a bonus bite attack.

[Sombre]

Riding a bog beast.

[Maraxus]

Okay, I'm definitly okay with Contesting Tribes.

For the name, I'd prefer something with more then 1 syllable. Acarthasis sounds good. Like Not-Carthage-ish.

[Foodstamp]

So "Acarthasis: Contesting Tribes"?

I like that name as well .

For theme, maybe it can work like this...

The pretender has pulled the four tribes together. Even though the tribes are bound together by the will of the pretender, they still jockey for position politically and have a distaste for one another, bred by their worship of different elements. The exception being the priest(s)(I am going to create) who are ordained by the new order, so they are not subject to the politics of the precarious alliance.

So while there is a truce of sorts mandated by the pretender, the factions still play the game of political intrigue, trying to stab one another in the back. To top it off, they do not work well when mixed together in units, and would rather be in legions of their own ilk (cold auras, hot auras, vulnerability to opposite elements etc)

[Sombre]

Keep in mind that the AI will make a total mess if you give it units which can't really go together. It's bad enough with hydras and abysians already.

[Agrajag]

I don't really care about the name, as long as it's not too silly.
As for auras, I'm not sure I'm comfortable giving my units heat auras, they are still just humans after all.
Plus, what Sombre said

[Saulot]

I'm sorry, I made a spelling/typing mistake a while earlier and somehow it multiplied
A case of migrating and multiplying R(s)...

It was supposed to be Acatharsis, not Acarthasis. But whatever you all like is fine.

Anyway, I vote for Iberia. Foodstamp, you might consider throwing in some inquisitors for priests, and possibly combine one with stealth. It would tie in with the secret police, priestly power, rise of the Pretender over the various groups I discussed earlier. I also recommend a weak province defense of something between indep. light infantry and militia, but with different equipment, and slightly better morale and training, and no javelins. These are regular people, but due to nearly constant warfare are far more prepared for it than your average indep or militia, but by no means compare to the military power of the four groups.

[Saulot]

Sombre said:
Keep in mind that the AI will make a total mess if you give it units which can't really go together. It's bad enough with hydras and abysians already.

Even though I've grown rather fond of my latest masterpiece creations, as per Sombre's quixotic and somber need for utilitarian and functional armies, I suppose I'll have to replace both the drunken axe thrower and the flaming [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Grenade.gif[/img] juggler with something more to his liking (perhaps something cuddly and congenial? [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Teddy.gif[/img]).

[Valandil]

I support stuffed bears as troops, with panda summons.

I'm fine with the ideas I've seen presented, and will hopefully get enough respite from real life to finish the attack sprites by tuesday.

[Foodstamp]

If there are no objections, I am going to add the following to the original post:

Name: Acatharsis, Conflicting Tribes.

Background: The pretender has pulled the four tribes together. Even though the tribes are bound together by the will of the pretender, they still jockey for position politically and have a distaste for one another, bred by their worship of different elements. The exception being the priest(s)(I am going to create) who are ordained by the new order, so they are not subject to the politics of the precarious alliance.