Another Dominions thread

[solo]

Sandman,

So, what were your final selections for independent strength, resource frequency, etc?

Ooh, never mind. Maybe I should look at the "Game Settings" option more often!

[Sandman]

So, the game is taking shape...

Vanheim bought those mercenaries, but promptly lost them again.

Man has made a Castellan his prophet. A mage would have been a better choice, in my view.

Caelum is sequestered in a relatively poor peninsula, although their mobility ensures that they will not stay there for long...

Meanwhile, in R'lyeh, the Starspawns tap unspeakable forces, whilst their hybrid thralls extend the reach of Kire over the nearby surface-dwellers. Undersea bandits have hampered tax collection, however.

Turn 5 sent.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally posted by Sandman
Man has made a Castellan his prophet. A mage would have been a better choice, in my view.

Why? I usually make a castellan my prophet with base man. You already have stealth preachers, so making a bard your prophet is not super useful. The various wiches are already sacred so you won't save much on upkeep my making them prophets. On the other hand a you need a castellon to lead your army anyway, and he has nothing better to do than cast morale boosting spells in battle. Plus, he will spread dominion in newly conquered provinces.

[solo]

Yeah, that's it. Thanks for my answer, Quantum!

(I was worried I had made a blunder)

[Sandman]

The witches are pretty fragile, and you've only got a limited supply, so I like to prophetise one just to improve her survival chances.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally posted by Sandman
The witches are pretty fragile, and you've only got a limited supply, so I like to prophetise one just to improve her survival chances.

Eh, all but the weakest ones can cast air shield, and if they get in melee, being a prophet is not going to save them.

[LDiCesare]

You could also make a monk into a prophet in order to have a priest of a decent level, which Man usually lacks as their priests are quite weak in terms of preaching powers and spell casting.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally posted by LDiCesare
You could also make a monk into a prophet in order to have a priest of a decent level, which Man usually lacks as their priests are quite weak in terms of preaching powers and spell casting.

Making a monk into a prophet would not result in any better priest. If the unit that you make a prophet is already a priest, it increases the priest level one. If the unit is not a priest, it makes them a priest level 3. In other words, having priest level 2 does not help with respect to making them prophets.

[Sandman]

Rl'yeh has finally got a solid momentum going, with new seas added to Kire's empire, fresh magical resources discovered and unrest under control.

Turn 10 sent.

[General Ludd]

A chaotic war is being waged in the east, with the flying armies of Caelum and raiding fleets of vanheim unwittingly crossing paths as they travel to attack one another.

[quantum_mechani]

[Sandman]

Looks like big trouble in little Caelum. They got that watchtower (what's in that province?) but suffered huge losses as well.

Turn 21 sent.

[General Ludd]

Yes, Caelum has been plagued by mismanagment as of late. Seraphs attacking provinces, only to discover that their summoned allies had arrived earlier and where already dead. Soldiers constantly fleeing from battle... often disapearing entirely. And even a lone seraph who, without orders, attempted to kill an army of trolls all by himself. (I honsetly don't know how I managed to accidentally send him without noticing )

But this sort of chaos is unsurprising when Caelum must deal with raids from Vanheim on a weekly basis. Apparently, the winged people of Caelum are the only ones not intent to submit to the barbarians of Vanheim (who, incidentally, now have more than twice the magical resources than every other faction combined).

[solo]

It grieves me terribly that my sweet letters have been ignored again.

Your self-inflicted miseries only sooth my aching heart.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by solo
It grieves me terribly that my sweet letters have been ignored again.

The Seraphs have much more important things to concern themselves with, during these times.