The Old God has left the world and the pretenders are awakening and coming out from hiding. You start the game by designing one of the pretender gods that will compete for true ascension to godhood. The type of god can range from a magically powerful arch mage to an ancient kraken or a mystic monolith that people pray to. Your pretender controls one of over sixty different nations and with the help of that nation he will spread his word and battle the other pretenders. Dominions 3 is a turn based strategy game. You can play single- or multiplayer (1 - 23 players) with simultaneous turns. There are more than 1500 different units, 600 spells and 300 magic items in the game. The game also features a medieval musical score by Erik Ask Uppmark and Anna Rynefors, both awarded the title of Musicians of the Realm by the Swedish Zornmärkeskommiten. Dominions 3 is a highly detailed game and a 300 page pdf manual is included in the download.
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Mar 19 2013 Anchor | ||
Well, this is a mod that I had been working on a couple years ago on the Shrapnel forums. Since coming back to the game, I've picked right back up where I left off. So, I thought of the Angmar, founded by the Witch King of Angmar (the lord of the Nazgul). It would be a MA nation (with a nod in the direction of having Morgul be the LA variant and Mordor be the EA variant), and would be based on the evil human kingdom in northern Middle Earth. Since this kingdom is in the Misty Mountains, there is certainly the possibility of goblins and trolls. Notable Figures: One thing that would make Angmar have a different 'feel' from other nations would be the inclusion of a heavy thug with the starting commanders, the Witch King of Angmar. This is a pretty big benefit, since it automatically supercharges expansion, but much of the magical potency of the nation would be focused in this unique unit. So, it's not so much a question of his presence overpowering the nation, but the fact that he can only do so much keeping the nation balanced. I'd like to have the eight other ringwraiths as either unique summons or essentially as the result of artifacts. The unique summons seems like it would be relatively easy. However, I'm wondering if it's possible to do something like the lycanthropos amulet or the pebble skin suit and have a MR-based chance of turning into a Nazgul each turn when the artifact is worn. Obviously, these would be the nine rings of power intended for human hands. Magic Diversity: National Units: Anyway, suggestions are very welcome. Version 0.5 - All national units done. No national spells complete and no heroes available yet. Version 0.51 - Nazgul heroes added. Some units changed for gross balancing efforts (national mages made not quite so sucky) Version 0.52 - Three national spells added, along with Barrow Wights and Uruloki. Version 0.53 - Beginning to add pretender chasses.
Edited by: LumenPlacidum |
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Mar 25 2013 Anchor | ||
Interesting to see where this mod will go. Thanks for posting here. |
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May 17 2013 Anchor | ||
Well, I think I'm nearly done with the nation. I need a second sprite for the two pretender chasses, the hill troll, and the witch king (I think I lost the other sprite for him... it used to exist). I still need to add two more pretender chasses: the Wraith Necromancer (simple mage/researcher), and the Shapeshifter (man, wolf, bat). I'm not at home, or I'd post up the most recent iteration now, but I'll do that at the end of the weekend. Nearly time to start thinking about mods for the other ages of Middle Earth. Angband for Early Age (probably going to have some very powerful summons in the balrogs, winged dragons and unwinged dragons) Then, maybe I'll start working on other themes from middle earth: The Noldor, Durin's People, Avari, Vanyar, Numenor, etc. |
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May 17 2013 Anchor | ||
I was working on a Mordor mod for a bit, but I wasn't liking how it was playing when I was testing it and I put it on the shelf. Meanwhile, I have a large modding project that I am about to start, and will not get around to working on it for months at least (if ever). Would you be interested in my sprites? here is a preview pic I made while working on the mod Some of the Orc sprites on the top row are unfinished (they are COE3 sprites which turned the skin green, but that is about all the work I did on them). I was particularly happy with how the Nazgul sprite turned out- I got it from the Mytheology mod and did some work on it. Edited by: yu.gnomi |
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May 19 2013 Anchor | ||
I did want to work on some Tolkien mods for other eras also. I wanted to try doing a Mordor mod, based on orcs and trolls. You've got some nice sprites. I'd like to hear what ideas you have for a LA Mordor, though. These were my ideas for other possible nations: Edited by: LumenPlacidum |
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May 19 2013 Anchor | ||
I had no ideas for doing multi-age Mordor, I was going to make it a Early Age nation, and leave it at that. Although I have read the Silmarillion (a while ago), and could understand putting Mordor in the Middle Age, and placing other Tolkien nations in the Early Age. Here is a link to what I have Dropbox.com zip file includes Sprites and a .dm file- it is a playable mod but pretty rough. Feel free to cannibalize sprites or whatever out of it. |
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May 24 2013 Anchor | ||
Mordor and the other lotr era stuff makes most sense in the late age, since lord of the rings has fairly understated magic anyway and after the 3rd age magic basically leaves the world completely and it's all left to humans. It's quite similar to the age progression in dominions where by LA you've mostly got human nations left and all the really powerful magic beings have left the world. |
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