Mod: Cinggis Qayan, Wrath of the Khans 3 eras -- Update 6

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Globu
I like the sprite, too bad she's blonde. Which is generally never a prob in real life but not a trait in the Altaic tribes. Although supposedly red hair was a recessive trait; one shared by their Scythian cousins, a fact that proponent's of 'Irish descent from Scythians' like to swear by.
Although I really could find a use for it, makes me think of a game I used to play called Ogre Battle. I'm thinking maybe the priestess of tengri, but we'll wait and see.

1) Those bows -- should they overpower Hinnom's giant-equipped Great Bows? They also put to shame the Longbow of Accuracy, what with the AP.

I thought they were less powerful than the Gileadite bows, but I wasn't taking armor-piercing or stats into account. The larger bows that Mongolian foot units used *would* be a "Longbow of Accuracy" by middle-age earth standards. They were stronger, more accurate and had a better 'kill' range than the English longbow (long considered the epitome of bow technology, and should be the basis for the greatbow). I was trying to combine historical accuracy with the dominions universe, but I will edit whatever seems unbalanced to you vets. Maybe drop a few damage points?

2) Those randoms -- nice. I love the wild randomness. Were you intending that the mages without 100% magic skill in any one pick should be recruitable without labs?

I liked the random theme I started to develop early on, and felt it somehow fit with the nomadic nature of the Mongol tribes. About two seconds after I read that post, I realized the potential for money-saving that no hard paths creates. Although, thinking on it, I kind of like the idea of a nation where a Temple *is* a Lab. (Possibly not fitting for dominions?) If their current loadout is reason for concern, however, I will add one hard path to all but one or two of them.

3) Oh, and why not a third -- those pretenders: nice touch with the addition of four thematic pretenders!

I created five, did only four show? Or do you feel one is unthematic? (If so, I will delete the offending cur!) Or, mayhap you were alluding to one being an absolute SC, one being immobile, one a shape-changing mage, one being a titan, one being human, or some other variation?


Thanks much for your post, some food for my brain to munch. Seriously, I appreciate the input. Your handle is familiar, methinks, have you created a mod or a map? Maybe I just read a post somewhere.

Aufwiedersehen.