An Idea

[Mirez]

it's just an idea -_-

[cooper82]

I'll give it a try.

Beastmasters: Mercenary faction whose services are avialible for the highest bidder. Special ability: Whip {Cruel, I know}: Trade half the stacks HPs for a massive increase in Speed and Iniative. Advanced lowers it to a third and Expert reduces to a quarter.

Faction skills:

Cattle rustler: Take one stack of the enemies animal units for one round. Dragons included? I don't know.

Mark of the Beast: Works on your own creatures, offers double retlaition against all attackers and one attack against creatures with no retaliation. Also works when you attack.

Call of the Wild: Increases Attack, Defense and Speed of all units by One.

Faction specialy: Might but almost nil for magic.

Basic Units {Creatures from previous M and M games mostly}:

Spiders {poison}
Bats, Flying {lowers enemy speed}
Wolves {double attack, low stats tho}
Basiliks {stone effect}
Gorgons {death effect}
Wyverns, Flying and Ranged {decreases hps to half, 20%}
Behemoths, multiple attack swipe {Kills half the enemy stack, 10%}

I almost agree with everything u mentioned. I miss only one more shooter. Perhaps we could swap wolves with waspworts (low speed, very high initiative, unlimited ammo, binding roots, no melee penalty upgrade: poisoning shots). And bats could have an incorporeal-like ability because of their small size and high speed.

Spiders could have web spitting ability: creates a sticky zone on the battlefield (for example 3x3 sqrs) slowing down enemies (able to take one square per turn).

Perhaps the faction name could be Stronghold or Preserve.

I WANT BASILISKS BACK!!!

(H3) FORTRESS FOREVER!

(Sorry if i made some language mistake, and for my post's length)

[DaemianLucifer]

(Sorry if i made some language mistake, and for my post's length)

Here we dont mind long posts,only short ones

And heres mine mind flayer proposal:

Race:Ilithid aka mind flayers.For those that arent D&D freaks,illithid are a race of alien monsters with tremendous mind powers,but somewhat weak in body.Illithid feed on their victims brains by sucking them out using the four tentacles surounding their mouths.

Racial special:Psionics(duh!).Illithid hero has a small chance of stunning a creature at the start of the combat(for every creature it is 5%+1% per every elder brain).Furthermore,it can cast a 1/2/3(depending on the mastery of the skill)turns lasting basic confusion on ranged units(both the stun and the confusion are a feat called psionic attack).Also,every spell cast in the pressence of illithid costs 1/2/3 spell points more,wheter it is being cast by the hero or a creature.Non battle part of this,enables illithid to transform 5%/10%/15% of level 1 units they fought into thralls.If the creatures flee,however,this becomes 10%/20%/30%.Elder brain increases this as well.

Elder brain:The special "structure" illithid can errect in their cities.Elder brains boost the specials of all the illithid heroes.

Creatures:

Tier 1:Thrall is an illithid slave.They are very fragile and slow in combat,but are excelent when stacked somwhere to work.Every thrall stationed in a mine boosts production of it by 1%.Thralls are also immune to harmfull mind affects as long as they are wirh a hero(neutrals arent immune to mind effects).
When upgraded into thrall brute,they loose this ability,but gain big boost in initiative,speed and attack.Brutes are mindles berserkers that strike illithids enemies without mercy.

Tier 2:Brain Golem are made out of cerebral substance.Although physically weak,they do posses some psionic powers which they use to boost the heroes spellcasting(each golem increases the initiative of a hero by 0.1% up to 15%,and this is stackable with sorcery).
Upgraded crainial golems can tap into the heroes mind and cast any spell a hero knows himself,but they use heroes mana(double cost for spell)in this process.But this also means that the hero losses the benefit of quick casting.

Tier 3:Ustilagor are basically a brain with claws.They are quick and strong,and due to their size very hard to hit,thus they get -10% damage from all melee attacks,and -50% damage from all ranged attacks.
When they mature,intelect devourers become much stronger and gain some psionic abilities.This enables them to stun a creature they attack(10% chance for 1 round stun).Although they grow in size and thus are easier to hit(-5% damage from all melee attacks,and -30% damage from all ranged attacks)

Tier 4:Illithid psionics.Every mind flayer posseses psionic abilities,and is ready to use them in combat.Though fragile in body,they are strong in mind.Illithid psionics attack a single creature using their mind,thus negating their defense completelly,and preventing them from retaliating.However,they arent battle trained,so they can strike only a single creature up to 3 tiles away.Succubus doesnt retaliate to this attack.Although they must engage creatures immune to psionics in melee(at half their attack,of course).
They upgrade into illithid mages that gain a few spells along with their psionic powers(eldritch arrow,ice bolt and lightning bolt).

Tier 5:Purple worms are creatures that followed illithid to ashan.Though they are weak,purple worms attack their victims with acid that decreases their defense by 1 for the whole combat.
When upgraded into mind worms,they gain the ability to mesmerize the creature into helping you(20%/creature level chance to puppet master a creature for one round)whenever they attack.

Tier 6:Mindwitnesses are beholders enslaved by illithid.Thir eye can shoot a ray that that is very devastating and can even confuse ranged units(10% chance).In melee they bite with their fierce mouths,and also have a chance to posses the victim(same as mind worm,but the chance is 30%/creature level)
Elder mindwitness can also cast a few spells out of their smaller eyes(1 random mass curse or mass buff on the begining of the combat).

Tier 7:Ulitharids are a fiercome breed of illithids,much more potent in both body and mind.Their psionic powers are so great that they can attack any creature on the battlefield completelly ignoring their defense.Even if engaded in melee,they still can target any creature.(but unlike illithids,ulthralids strike mind immune creatures in melee without penalties)
Ulthralid warriors are to be feared because they also gain the ability to strike all creatures around them with their psionic powers without these creatures being able to retaliate.

[Sir_Toejam]

Oh look, a town contest... *knifes out his own eyes*

lol, yeah.

I'm still waiting for the day that Nival will finally release the specs on all the datafiles and reference tables so we can make our own damn towns, creatures, abilities, spells, etc.

most unfriendly group towards modders i think I've seen in the last 5 years.

[winterfate]

Thunder Titan:haha. That's nice, but you should blow your ears out too (you might run the risk of hearing about the contest results ).

DaemianLucifer:Mind flayers...pesky little buggers. Remember them perfectly from Baldur's Gate 2 . Nice faction concept, btw .

Just added the skills for my (Might) Sanctum (edited the post I used to open the topic, divided the new from the old with a line so you don't get confused...I hope ). Post your comments.

[Orfinn]

For me it came down to my Werewolf (I like werewolves)

I second that sooooo much I like your proposal very much

[winterfate]

. Just completed the creature section of my Sanctum faction (it's on the first page of this topic. Please tell me your thoughts about the faction (now that it got a might makeover ).

[ThunderTitan]

That's nice, but you should blow your ears out too (you might run the risk of hearing about the contest results ).

Meh, if there's one thing school taught me is how to completly ignore the noises coming out of the teachers mouth, and i can apply that elsewhere too, so i should be just fine.

And maybe Crystal Beast would sound better then Carbon Beast, chemistry notwithstanding.

[winterfate]

ThunderTitan wrote:

Meh, if there's one thing school taught me is how to completly ignore the noises coming out of the teachers mouth, and i can apply that elsewhere too, so i should be just fine.

hahaha. One of the little things school teaches us all. However, I can't afford to do that at the college level (going to my 2nd semester of my first year in about a month and a half), because my grade point average would hate me for it .

[Mytical]

Like your idea Winter, only thing I would be hesitant about is the stoneskin, and even that is a good idea hehe. Reminds me that I never really fleshed out the Werewolves . Anyhow your idea is powerful, but they are might oriented so they pretty much have to be. Panda isn't currently here, his was a lot more fleshed out then mine also. Maybe I will get focused enough to finish them hehe, but I doubt it. Anyhow, here is to hoping that eventually Ubi and all will figure out that fans have a lot to offer. Maybe eventually they will put in a tool that can let the novice designers and unskilled programmers actually make their own towns and such hehe.

[winterfate]

Mytical said:
Like your idea Winter, only thing I would be hesitant about is the stoneskin, and even that is a good idea hehe. Reminds me that I never really fleshed out the Werewolves sad. Anyhow your idea is powerful, but they are might oriented so they pretty much have to be. Panda isn't currently here, his was a lot more fleshed out then mine also. Maybe I will get focused enough to finish them hehe, but I doubt it.

Thank you Mytical!

Mytical said:
Anyhow, here is to hoping that eventually Ubi and all will figure out that fans have a lot to offer. Maybe eventually they will put in a tool that can let the novice designers and unskilled programmers actually make their own towns and such hehe.

I second that! .

[Mytical]

viewtopic.php?t=3977&start=105&postdays ... highlight=

Panda, DL, a few others, and myself posted several ideas at the above link. My newest town is still a work in progress. Anyhow I just have trouble making stats for creatures, either make them too overpowering or sissy girl like. Some of them you can even just imagine some big scary looking creature crying and saying "Ow that hurt you meanie!" *shudders*.

[okrane]

These are nice ideas winter... still I find your creatures and town overall a bit strong... I mean... throw in a useless thing once in a while ... that way it would seem more realisable...

Anyway... great work...

[ThunderTitan]

hahaha. One of the little things school teaches us all. However, I can't afford to do that at the college level (going to my 2nd semester of my first year in about a month and a half), because my grade point average would hate me for it .

Well i got to my final year using it... of course actualy finishing might be harder.


And have you given any thought to my suggestion?

[winterfate]

ThunderTitan wrote: And have you given any thought to my suggestion?

I have. I think it's nice...so I'll see what I can do .

[ThunderTitan]

I have. I think it's nice...

Uhh.... recognition. Nice.