BF Ulm mod announced

Scott Hebert · #1 March 24th, 2005, 04:19 PM

Posting of mod delayed until USB drive can be found to move mod onto internet-capable computer.

Huzurdaddi · #2 March 24th, 2005, 04:34 PM

WHOA. Another blood nation. So long as death dominion does not hurt too much ( and it does not in the base game ) then this is going to be a very good nation.

Scott Hebert · #3 March 24th, 2005, 04:41 PM

BF Ulm has always been a Blood nation. Now, it's a real Blood nation.

As stated before, I play under Zen's mod normally, where Death does tend to sting.

I do not balance such mods, though, on Zen's or anyone else's mod.

Endoperez · #4 March 25th, 2005, 05:10 PM

This is an alternate solution that changes fewer things but can only be added as a mod that replaces a nation. So if you want to play Ulm but don't want your opponents to know that you are playing Black Forest, this is useless.

Solution:
Black Forest starts with Vampire Count instead of Wolfherd.

#startcom "Vampire Count"

I chose to replace starting commander instead of starting scout (Wolfherd) because Count can scout, but you can't use it as both a Thug/Combatant and conquer another province with your normal armies.

Attached my Nation Replacement mod of the Black Forest, with this change applied and the starting units changed to Thralls to balance the change a little.

Scott Hebert · #5 March 25th, 2005, 05:30 PM

One small problem with this change, Endo.

A Vampire Count, without Empowerment, cannot summon a Vampire Count OR forge a Blood-enhancing item.

Small problem, I say. Nothing major, and this is certainly better than the current state of affairs.

Endoperez · #6 March 25th, 2005, 05:35 PM

I know that. However, Blood Slaves are cheap. Empowerment takes 45 slaves, which is maybe 10 succeeded hunts in 10k+ population provinces. And Construction 2 gives you Skull Staves.

This only works if Counts are BBDD and Sanguine Heritage is BBBDDD. I'm not sure anymore.

Scott Hebert · #7 March 25th, 2005, 05:42 PM

It is. However, it's Construction-4 for Skull Staves, isn't it?

And, really, with base BF Ulm's 'issues' with Blood Hunting, 45 slaves to get to Blood-3, plus another 44 for the Count, is really expensive, especially when you take into consideration the death scale.