Man - Pretender template request

[Amerasu]

Hello everyone!

I am brand new to Dominions II and I am loving it so far. I have experimented with several nations and several games, but still have a long way to go to understand the strategies and nuances of the game.

As a long time player of SMAC/X and HoMM3, I can already tell that this one will grab me the same way those two games did.

You have a wonderful forum here and I must admit that my head is spinning with all the information contained in these threads.

I do have one request. I have read and/or skimmed through the threads (and the search functions) and haven't been able to find a basic Man pretender template (I'm sure it's there, but I probably overlooked it).

My most daunting task in playing this game, at the moment, is in pretender creation.

What I would like to do is play through a game with a viable Man pretender template (as opposed to making fairly clueless pretender/magic/scale choices on my own) to get a feel for the flavor of the game with a non-gimped pretender.

I see a lot of references to the Last of the Tuatha, but no specific pretender builds that would compliment that.

I understand completely that all choices can be personal preference and each choice effects gameplay. However, if anyone would be so kind as to offer up a very specific pretender build for Man, I would be very grateful.

Thanks!