readme_novadeus2_dm.txt

Nova Deus II v1.22 Mod for Dominions III 

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Art and Mod By Zepath the Philosopher 
Additional Modding By Endoperez

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Changes for v1.22:

-Points cost bug for the Dracolich pretender fixed
-Points cost bug for the Bitch Queen pretender fixed

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Changes for v1.21:

-New art & description for Earth Mother pretender

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Changes for v1.2:

-New pretender: Lord of Hate (MA R'lyeh)
-New pretender: Lord of Fear (LA R'lyeh)
-New pretender: Lord of the Abyss (LA Atlantis)
-New pretender: Firstborn (EA Ulm)
-New art & description for Dracolich pretender
-New art & description for Carrion Dragon pretender
-Modified the art of the Lord of Destruction to depict his great axe as being appropriately drenched with blood
-Modified the art of the Arch Druid pretender a bit
-Modified the art of all dragon pretenders to give them eyes
-Modified the art of the Sphinx pretender to give it a slightly different coloration
-Modified the action art of the Watcher pretender a bit
-Restricted the Watcher pretender to LA Arcoscephale instead of LA R'lyeh
-Increased the base hit points of the Heavenly Messenger to 35 and map move to 5
-Decreased the points cost of the Risen Emperor to 100
-Gave the Black and White Dragon pretenders the appropriate magic drain in their dragon forms

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Changes for v1.1:

-New art & description for (Red) Dragon pretender
-New art & description for (Blue) Dragon pretender
-New art & description for (Green) Dragon pretender
-New art & description for Sacred Statue pretender
-New art & description for Arch Mage pretender
-New art & description for Arch Druid pretender
-Modified the art of the Black & White Dragon pretenders to bring them into line with the new art for the generic dragons
-Modified the art of the Vampire Queen to give her a white garment instead of grey
-Modified the art of the heron-form Phoenix to have a lighter color beak
-Reduced the starting dominion of the Heavenly Messenger to 2 and reduced its base hit points to 30
-Changed the starting magic suite of the Lord of Pleasure to N3, B1, reduced his Awe by 2 points, gave him a Magic Sceptre and Enslavement as weapons instead of a simple Sceptre and Devour Soul, and reduced his points cost to 150
-Increased the points cost of the Changer of Ways to 200
-Increased the points cost of the Lord of Decay to 175

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This mod changes the graphics and descriptions of a number of generic Pretender Gods from Dominions 3 and also adds a number of new pretenders to select nations in all three eras.  Essentially this is an update of the Nova Deus mod for Dominions 2 that I put out in the beginning of 2006.  A number of pretenders from that mod have been carried over (and revamped) for this mod, but there are also a good deal of entirely new ideas here.

A few technical notes for fellow modders...

This mod modifies monster number(s): 	120, 159, 179, 180, 246, 249, 383, 485, 608, 862, 964
This mod uses monster number(s): 	2608, 2630-2646
This mod uses weapon number(s): 	820

A bit about the gods...

Many of the pretenders that received graphical face-lifts were recommended by posters on the Shrapnel Games Dominions 3 forum.  However, by and large those pre-existing pretenders that I decided to work on were chosen because they were in dire need of fresh graphics, having been far outpaced by Illwinter's art for the new pretenders introduced in Dom 3.  Now a number of those old pretenders should be just as graphically appealing as the new ones.  I plan on adding to the roster of updated pretenders in future versions.  Of course, I've added a bunch of new pretenders as well.  Because current mod commands require that a new monster be created for each nation for which I wish to make these new pretenders available, I have been very conservative in assigning them to their various nations.  Below is a listing of all the new pretender gods and the nations I have given them to:

God Spider (MA Machaka)
Changer of Ways (MA T'ien Ch'i)
Colossus (MA Ulm)
Dragon, Black (LA Man)
Dragon, White (MA Man)
Heavenly Messenger (MA Marignon)
Lord of Decay (MA C'tis)
Lord of Destruction (MA Abysia)
Lord of Pleasure (MA Pangaea)
Risen Emperor (LA Ermor)
Watcher (LA R'lyeh)
World Tree (EA Marverni)

My thanks goes out to Endoperez, whose Anansi pretender is included in this mod.

Additional thanks to Wauthan, Jack_Trowell, WraithLord, Sandman, Shovah32, DrPraetorious, Foodstamp, Agrajag, Uninspired Name, Valandil, HoneyBadger, and Ragnarok-X from the Shrapnel Games Dominions 3 forum for their suggestions, discussion, and ideas.

In a few places I have taken in-game graphics from D3 and used them to build part or all of the sprites (the Dragons and Risen Emperor) and the new art for the phoenix in its less-impressive form is actual an import of a picture of a heron I found on Wikipedia, but all other artwork in the mod is original.

Enjoy!

If you have comments or suggestions (especially if something is terribly imbalanced or broken in this mod), find me on the official message boards at shrapnelcommunity.com or send me an email at evarmy98x@yahoo.com.