More pretenders Thread - Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

This has been released, check below posts.
Started to work on a minor mod, mostly for myself but I guess others could be interested so it will likely be released later(no rush, especially as we're still in beta!)

It's meant to add new pretenders, especially by taking current summons as inspirations.
The pretenders aren't meant to be super stong but they should be interesting and powerful enough to make staring awake tempting.

Here's what I've been planning:

Immortal Champion: Basedom 1 human warrior(well, could make it size 3) with exceptional fighting stats(but still not a titan)and Immortality. Starts with magical equipment too. Was thinking of giving it Invulnerability 5, if it's moddable. Thinking 75/100 starting cost. Perhaps should be an excellent/superior commander.

Troll High King: Basedom 2, As Troll King summon, spawns trolls(and very rarely war trolls)based on dominion, 50 starting cost
Sea Troll High King: Basedom 2, As Sea King summon, spawns sea trolls(and very rarely troll guards )based on dominion, 50 starting cost
(initially meant to give these two battle summons, in the form of 2 war trolls/troll guards, but then thought that'd be too much)
Forest Troll High Chief: Basedom 2, As summon, spawns forest trolls based on dominion, 50 staring cost

Mad Mage: Basedom 1, human mage chassis with S1D1B1, starting cost 0. It's meant to be better than a regular archmage, I was going to give it Insanity 10% to compensate but it doesn't seem currently possible with modding. Could also make it a better than default researcher
Worm That Walks: Basedom 1, similar to the summon, so a nature mage that is VERY hard to kill. Starting cost should be 150/175 (like the Vampire Queen)

Suggestions/thoughts are welcome.
Also, for now I'm recycling existing sprites, but I might try making alterations to existing ones or, if someone wants to volounteers graphics..it would be nice.

Edited by: TheZonk

Very interesting concepts for pretenders. Keep us posted.

Hmmmm interesting...maybe the Mythology Mod for Dom3 will be converted to Dom4...

Very good pretender chassis and some additional creatures....

You may want to think to which hole they are supposed to cover, and who have access to them. They don't seem very useful now because they look redundant with already existing pretender.

This has actually been released, check Z7.invisionfree.com for more info, or if you just want a download link + preview:

DOWNLOAD LINK Mediafire.com

PRETENDERS AND AVAILABILITYReliquary: EA Ermor, MA Sceleria, MA Pythium, MA Marignon
Unholy Reliquary: MA Ermor, MA Sceleria, LA Lemuria
Bloody Reliquary: MA Marignon, LA Marignon
Divine Lion: African nations, but meant for EA Machaka
Lord of War: Mediterranean nations, but meant for EA Ermor
Firstborn of Rhuax: EA Agartha, Abysia(all ages)
Yama King: Asian nations, but meant for YomiDanava: Indian nations, but meant for Lanka
Mistress of the Hunt: Mediterranean nations plus Marverni
Titan of the Rivers of Death: Mediterranean nations, EA Agartha, MA C'tis
Danava: Indian nations, but meant for Lanka
Immortal of the Five Elements: Asian nations, but meant for Tien Chi especially EADivine Conqueror: Mediterranean nations, but meant for Arcocesphale especially EA
Blacksteel Colossus: MA and LA Ulm
Divine Unicorn: MA and LA Man, Pangea
Also, enables the Forge Lord and Moloch for Abysia(all ages).

Note, there is currently a bug, some pretenders that should have pathcost=50 have 10 instead. Sorry about that, 0.2 which shouldn't take too long will fix it.

Edited by: TheZonk

@David you wrote:

"Note, there is currently a bug, some pretenders that should have pathcost=50 have 10 instead. Sorry about that, 0.2 which shouldn't take too long will fix it. "

When is this version 0.2 planned to be released?
(Or is it out already and I just cant find the correct thread?)

Sorry, but had to pause development a bit because of being busy.
But 0.2 should be out this weekend IF things go smoothly. It will feature the mentioned pathcost fix and a couple new pretenders.

This would be great, thank you for your work David!