Greetings, fellow forumites. This is to announce the start of the Exalted mod for Dominions II. This mod is based off of White Wolf's Exalted setting, and will feature high-powered commanders. If magic items could be modded, I would have all of the artifacts from Exalted in as well, but that will have to wait.
Now, for those that know Exalted, I had a question. Should I base the 'nations' off of the type of Exalt (Terrestrial, Lunar, Solar, etc.), or should I base it off of the actual nations that exist in Exalted (Nexus, Lookshy, Haslanti League, Coral, etc.)? I lean towards the former, because the Celestial Exalted at least would have to be relegated to the status of Hero if the latter approach were taken.
Now, a separate question for everyone, as this pertains to 'balance'. How much would you charge for a FSHH?????? mage? I figure somewhere in the 450-500g range. This would be the 'big draw' of the Solar Twilights.
Some 'basics' for those who may not be familiar with the Exalted setting.
You have the Terrestrial Exalted. These are people who inherit the power of one of the five Elemental Dragons (standard 4 + Wood). The Terrestrial Exalted run the 'Realm'. I figured for the 'Realm' nation, there would be at least five types of Terrestrials, one for each element. Probably 2 in their Element (so a Fire Terrestrial would be Fire-2), one random (with maybe that random restricted to Element), and a Holy 2 priest (all of the Exalted are going to be at least Sacred... and probably at least all level-2 Priests). I would make one Commander for the 'Terrestrial Exalt', but I don't how to restrict a Random-2 to one of the four elements OR Nature. I figure these will run around 150-200g. However much they cost, the other Exalted will run about 3 times that much, because that is about the power ratio in the Exalted setting.
The other Exalted are the Solar Exalted (Chosen of the Sun, really nasty against 'creatures of darkness' and overall badasses), the Lunar Exalted (think glamoured Werewolves, but much stronger), the Sidereal Exalted (Masters of Fate and Martial Arts), and the Abyssal Exalted (deathknights).
Hrm. Well, I'll post up a preliminary mod sometime tomorrow so that you can see where I currently am at, and you can comment on any problems you foresee with it.
Comments appreciated.
Scott
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