Anansi [1.00]

[Endoperez]

Okay, that became quite a lot simpler. I searched the modding document for "path", and found:

7.48 #magicboost <path> <boost>
Gives a boost or reduction to the monsters magic ability
for one or all magic paths. The boost can be from -5 to 5
levels. See table 11 for path numbers (0-9) . Use number
53 as path to boost all paths at once.

[Endoperez]

I suffered a blackout, and lost an unposted but written message here, and bit of description in the mod. I've rewritten it.

Anansi mod currently adds a God Spider pretender to Machaka. It is modelled after Hunter Spider, but has better magic resistance and morale, and little more hitpoints (70 total). God Spider isn't sacred and doesn't have the animal tag. God Spider is stealthy (stealth +0).
God Spider can take the form of a Black Sorcerer. Its human form has Glamour and Stealth +0, and Stealth +25 in total. The human form is a spy and gets both more detailed reports in enemy provinces and the ability to instill unrest.


God Spider costs 30 points, starts with Water 1 and dominion 3. New paths cost 30 points. In God Spider form, all magic paths are lowered by one.

So... Stealthy thug-chassis, with cheaper paths than usual. Half the hitpoints of a Manticore, only one damaging attack, no Fear. No regeneration of the Wyrm. Protection 16, only three miscellanous slots as God Spider. Human form has all slots, of course.




Comments are welcome. Version 1.00 attached to this post inside a .zip archive, because the forum doesn't support .dm textfiles. No banner yet.

[Nerfix]

Sounds cool, I wish I could try it out. =)

[Endoperez]

Added two pictures. The whole mod consists of one text file, about 120 lines but many of them very short. I added two new monsters without removing anything. This mod uses monsternumbers 2991 and 2992. The available ones are 2001 through 2998. 2000 and 2999 don't work, but I quess we can do with what we have.

[NTJedi]

Since his description has him listed as douser of all fires, creater of the first fire and son of the wife of the sky... I suggest adding 25 % fire resistance and 25% lightning resistance.
25% is a pretty small amount yet this would support the definition of the pretender.

[Endoperez]

NTJedi said:

Since his description has him listed as douser of all fires, creater of the first fire and son of the wife of the sky... I suggest adding 25 % fire resistance and 25% lightning resistance.
25% is a pretty small amount yet this would support the definition of the pretender.

They are meaningless on purpose. "He is said to be the son of the wife of the sky" versus "It is known that God Spider is a great trickster, lier and storyteller." I'd love it if I could make all his pretender titles totally meaningless, and have him have few more just for the fun of it.

Also, I wrote "the son of the wife of the sky" instead of "son of the sky" on purpose. From Wikipedia:

"Asase Yaa is the earth goddess of fertility in the mythology of the Ashanti people of Ghana. She is the wife of Nyame the sky god. In Ashanti mythology she gave birth to two sons, Bia and Tano. However, in their folklore she is also the mother of Anansi the trickster god."

While his own article states him as the son of the sky god, the way Asase Yaa article gave me an impression that an even greater trickster had had his hands in the mess.

[NTJedi]

Providing him the 25% fire resistance simply provides a reason for the comment of "douser of all fires"... whether or not the title is true doesn't matter.

For example... I could create a human pretender after a relative and provide the title "greatest of all fighters", but it would also seem out of place if the strength and attack variables were as normal as any other human commander.