Nexus, Scions of the Elements mod for Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

Nexus is a nation of humans who have been altered by a site of great elemental power. They are divided into five groups: the Nexusborn, who are mostly human but with the ability to breathe water and minor fire, lightning and physical resistance and the Fire, Air, Water and Earthborn (collectively the Pureborn), who have a much stronger attunement to a single element.


NATIONAL FEATURES

- Guaranteed F4, A4, W4 and E4 access through Scions, who are cap-only, slow-to-recruit and heretic 3.
- Guaranteed F3, A3, W3 and E3 access plus a chance of F3E1, F3A1,A3F1, A3W1, W3A1, W3E1, E3F1, E3W1 through the Pureborn Nobles, recruitable in every fort but heretic 2.
- You have 2 gems of each element in the capital, for a total of 8, +2 over EA's standard. Bringing Elemental Royalty to the capital will cause unique events granting some once-off bonus gems, but lower dominion and for corrupt royalty cause unrest.
- Anthrax, King of Banefires, and Pedoseion, Father Illearth, have a 10% chance to corrupt Fireborn and Earthborn Nobles (but NOT Scions) in the same province giving them -1 to their main path but +1 Death or Blood. This causes unrest.
- Waterborn have a watershape (AP 12->18, 5% regen, darkvision 50%, 10->12 prec) and you can build forts UW. Earthborn are stone beings (immune to petrification).
- Nexusborn can gain access to many crosspaths, including ones involving opposite elements. Nexusborn priests have a chance to get S1 or N1.
- All of your commanders are mages, and your troops have base magic/randoms in case they are Gift of Reasoned/Divine Named.
- National spells to summon permanent elementals, available in single and scaling versions at Conj 3 and 8.
- National items that autocast the booster spell for that elemental paths and summon a size 2 elemental at Construction 2.
- National weaknesses: Temples cost 800, Nexusborn troops are indie-level other than their resistances (which aside from protetion won't help much during expansion).