heroic heroes

[Pocus]

I'm still thinking (and many others too it seems) that the order +3/luck -3 combos is still a very good option to take (that is unless you take a balancing mod, like the most excellent, yet simple, cherry mod).

So why not enhancing a bit further the interest of luck by tweaking national heroes? The idea would be to have all national heroes with a pre-drawn heroic ability, and this ability would always be considered as active (thus increasing with time). It would gives neat and pleasant surprises to the player, when he receives an hero, like a kind of super-surprise gift.

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Let me see, I got Ekishnugal the first king, what do I got... oooh, extra reinvigoration, how convenient it is!!

[tinkthank]

I'd like to see luck slightly tweaked as well, but don't know if national heroes are the way; they are sooooo different. Getting a national hero for Spring and Autumn is a fun and happy event, while getting one for Pythium is like winning a coupon for a year's supply of eye-makeup-remover.

[Pocus]

it has more to do with the fact that some nations have weaker heroes than others. Why, you dont enjoy bartholomeus for pythium? It gives you a free 4th level priest, which is rather good, without mentioning the mage expertise.

[tinkthank]

I may very well never have gotten that one, just the master of the games and the drunken guy on the old lizard, forget his name, neither of whom I truly dig. In any case, a free 4th level priest is almost but not quite the Last thing I need when playing Pythium.

[Pocus]

well it spares you 380 gold, the price of an arch theurg. And he is an archtheurg, with even more magics. I dont recall the exact magic levels (somebody will!) but believe me, its a rather good turn when Pythium get it

[tinkthank]

OK.