Rainbow Pretender Mod

[ywl]

Originally posted by General Tacticus:

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Originally posted by PDF:
Well, in fact I also like cool Statues and frail mages, but I don't like the idea of a non-magic user mage, even if Immortal...

My point was that a rainbow pretender has no business being in combat in the first place; he exists for site searching, researching, ritual spells, item forging, but not to cast in combat.
Of course, you could build a rainbow Great Mother or a rainbow Dragon, and send them to battle, but they would be very expensive. A rainbow Crone, on the other hand, is affordable, but should not be found on the battlefield.

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A rainbow Naga of both of the two varieties might be possible. A 100+ hitpoints mage in combat also sounds fun. But I still haven't got the time to test it much yet.

[moodgiesanta]

Can you realistically have a rainbow Dragon? It seems you'd be very hamstrung by the prohibitive cost of new schools. Seems to me that if you take a Dragon you're pretty much stuck with the one path.

[PvK]

Depends on what you mean by realistic. In single-player, sure you can. In multi-player competetive gaming, it might be at a disadvantage compared to a cheaper rainbow pretender who builds his own non-pretender supercombattants, but having a bit of both worlds is an advantage in itself, and there is some efficiency in being able to conquer a province and then site search it, instead of taking a move to move the rainbow, without accomplishing anything else at the same time.

The immortal non-combat-casting pretender is an interesting idea, and high encumbrance is appropriate for the crone. Enc 99 seems over-much, though. I'd just give her a high encumbrance, low accuracy, immortality, and a higher base cost to pick her. When we can mod in new pretenders, I'd leave the old crone in, and add this new type of crone.

PvK

[PvK]

Ok, I couldn't resist:

Dragon: 50 points

Getting the dragon up to 1-3 in 5-6 paths: 448 points.

Imagining your opponent's face when he tries to kill your lone site-searching "sage" pretender, and ends up getting eaten for lunch: priceless!

PvK

[quantum_mechani]

Originally posted by moodgiesanta:
Can you realistically have a rainbow Dragon?

I actually think that would be a great idea for a new pretender type. It could have automatic one point in each sphere, but be unable to go higher. A random magic breath weapon could also be interesting.

[PDF]

What should be even *funnier* than a RB dragon would be a new sort of (10 hp type) mage with power to transform into an *illusion* of a dragon...
Guaranteed double-guess in MP !
"Wait ! This is a DRAGON, not a mage ?!!! ...Or maybe a false one .. but .. if it's a REAL one ??"