Mod idea: Reborn Iron Faith

[Sandman]

Nerfix said:
Hello

I have been tinkering with bringing back Iron Faith Ulm without the Black Fores elements, and with some new stuff. So far my ideas include:

- All the middle age Ulmish units
We know the drill.
- Black Templars & Hochmeisters
This drill is also a familiar one.
- Templar Guardians
Oh...what's this? Clad in best Ulmish black steel armor covered with silver, scribled with sacred symbols and anointed in holy oils, these holy tinned meats posses 25% fire and lightning resistance and above-ulmish MR. Their magic Halberds do extra damage to demons.
- Templar Lord
A Templar Guardian commander, 1 Holy.
- Iron Priests (1 Earth 100%WESA 2 Holy, Inquisitor, Forgebonus)
Slightly boosted up
- Iron High Priest (1 Earth 1 Astral 110%WESA 2 Holy, Inquistor, Forgebonus, starts Old)
The first and most skilled of Iron Priests, the Iron High Priests supervise the kingdom. They study magics of the forge and magics of the Spheres.
- Battle Chaplain
2 Holy commander with full black steel armor and a Maul, these commander represent the will of the Ulmish God on the battlefield because the Iron Priests tend to be too busy to inquisitorize/forge/preach/study.

They don't get smiths.


What do you think?

How about an Ulm-style flagellant?

Penitent - Similar stats and gold cost to the flagellant, but wears cheap, crude heavy armour which they never remove. High encumbrance, but very suitable for an Earth bless. Wields a hammer. Recruitable everywhere.

I'd give them better magic. Some nations get terrible magic in the late era, others get vast amounts. I don't get it.

[HoneyBadger]

On that note, what if the Penitent had a more powerful national summon they propagated? Background-wise, the Penitant who lived and died in their armor, would be welded into it when they no longer could fight. When they died, their spirits would remain locked in the armor, forever serving as undead models of purity, chastity, and self-denial. They'd look like black steel armor with pure light flooding from the seams-kind of sort of maybe a little like the Hellspawn Slayer "The Disciple" from the Spawn series.

[zepath]

There are some pretty neat ideas bouncing around in here. Nerfix, you can probably pull this off without creating or changing any graphics. Simply borrow from other appropriate indie units that we don't see very often (the Iron Order mages as Endo suggests among them). I'd love to see this brought to fruition. Great concept!

[Sandman]

HoneyBadger said:
On that note, what if the Penitent had a more powerful national summon they propagated? Background-wise, the Penitant who lived and died in their armor, would be welded into it when they no longer could fight. When they died, their spirits would remain locked in the armor, forever serving as undead models of purity, chastity, and self-denial. They'd look like black steel armor with pure light flooding from the seams-kind of sort of maybe a little like the Hellspawn Slayer "The Disciple" from the Spawn series.

That's quite cool, although reanimated armour might be more of a Black Forest type thing. Because that theme should be reworked as well.

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks Sandman, I'm glad you like the idea.

I was thinking though that the game could use more holy-as opposed to unholy-sacred undead units, and that it would be nice if a human nation generated some, especially Ulm.

I'm drawing from ideas like King Arthur guarding over England or the scene in Bedknobs-and-broomsticks when all the armor comes alive. We already have lots and lots of evil undead in the game, enough to make you think the Dom 3 Afterlife must be a depressing place-and more noble guardian undead (atleast more in the more "western flavored" nations) would be a nice counterweight.

[Sombre]

I like the concept of this one - much like the marignon reborn nation it just tweaks a few crucial events and you get to switch a nation you're very familiar with for a fresher one. Mentioning the alternate history (such as the guardians being saved by a miracle rather than becoming undead during the civil war) is a nice treat for people who have played some LA ulm. Hope you get this one made (it's very doable in scope).

[Sombre]

If Nerfix is too busy to make this I can do it. It shouldn't take much work, after all.

What do you guys think?

[Sandman]

Go for it. One small suggestion I have is to split Black Forest and Iron Faith into two different nations, a la Vanhiem and Helheim. The same for Marignon.