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There are a number of the races that appeal to me generally and I think the sheer diversity available in Dom 2 is what makes it such a playable game.

Although most of the magic styles appeal on various levels I found myself playing Blood and Death more than any other. I remember in MOM casting dark rituals on my cities and being tickled at the little ritualists sacrificing in the town square, so initially it was most certainly a style decision as i had no idea what the spells etc would be.

In most of my early games I did not use the blood summons at all either, as I almost always couple it with death and found it easier as a new player to create hordes of skelly-type chaff or ghouls.

Mictian appealed instantly as they seem an underdog....have to sacrifice to generate domain and national troops have archaic weapons and Marignon have that Maleus Maleficarum witch hunter feel on their blood theme...Oh, and Im notoriously biased towards human nations, I was never fond of exotic races like abysia or Ctis.

Death I feel is not represented as a nation in any capacity I can enjoy. I am not keen on the ars magica feel of Ermor though I think they are well themed, so despite it being a deep favourite magic, I find my use of death a secondary line in most nations.

But then thats the beauty of modding and Im beavering away on a new nation for myself that is themed as I wish it. Blood, Death and Plague.

Spiro.