The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?

[HoneyBadger]

Agartha, by the way, isn't just a name the Devs made up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agartha

Pretty interesting stuff.

[Agema]

HoneyBadger said:
(there's 3 ocean nations plus all the amphibians, and only one cave nation? gnomes anyone?)

Just for pedantry's sake, there are 2 cave nations: Abysia is the other.

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Agartha isn't a bad nation in any age. In EA and MA you can easily get into the water which gives a useful extra dimension, and in EA Agartha wouldn't be too horribly outclassed by the water specialists in a fight. Agartha also has unique summons in all ages, all of which are useful and effective. (Umbrals particularly make great thugs if gift of reasoned.)

I don't rate the Olm pretender highly: it's not a particularly good SC, Dom chassis, or powerful mage. It's not bad at any of them either, but that means it's just okay.

[HoneyBadger]

Abysia is the volcano nation, they don't really have much to do with caves. Magma tubes you could argue, I suppose.

[Tifone]

Hey, the Wiki voice about Agartha doesn't say anything about it being a nation in Dom3, while talking about it in other games ... maybe someone can put it on?

[Itchykobu]

MaxWilson said:
I didn't think Olms were recruitable or summonable--I thought you only got them as multiheroes. How do you get enough Olms for supply to be an issue?

-Max

My bad. I meant the pale folk of all sorts. Pale Ones, Wet Ones, Cave Guard .....

[JimMorrison]

You're right Tifone, but it DOES say that Patala is IN Agartha.

[Tifone]

Yah, along with Ulm, Lanka, Marignon and Caelum, didn't you know u n00b??????????

[HoneyBadger]

Some people have a real gift for incomprehensibility.

The Ancient Olm would be a great Pretender candidate for allowing it to have access to it's own set of spells. Weird summons, strange underground magicks, claustrophobia induced fear-effects, etc. Still determined, ofcourse, by the paths you chose for it, as a player.