Theres some very
interesting changes that apparently will happen in 3.0 according to the MoM forums, but I'm almost certain it'll break saves, so it probably won't be shown here.
From the journal of Lord Najesh of the Aristrakh's scholar:Scribbled in the edge: Apparently some of the scryers have figured out how to keep images for some time. I've decided to borrow these for my own use.
Time 26 - One of the skeletons to the north reported a 'Bright fire thing'. After some scryers and asking Lord Najesh, it turns out that it is the Mirror of Heaven, a Fire Mana source sought by the Malakim.
It will require more of those summons, and perhaps Nofuos as well to take down, if I'm looking at this image correctly. But stealing a special place from anyone could be entertaining, moreso if we actually find any Malakim here.
Time 29 - Theres been a lack of scouting reports since the Mirror of Heaven, which means that we've lost all the scouts. Damn useless piles of bones...
Time 31 - There was a rumble to the northeast, apparently the first Defiler awakened. Which is excellent timing, considering the second one was finally started. I've also heard of news on a sudden jump in the
education, but I'm surprised it took this long, honestly. No news of it being actually finished however.
Time 34 - Ah, how interesting the results can be sometimes. With the completion of the
education, the Necrosages attempted to make another immediately. They ended up summoning an old tomb lord instead, somehow without using any souls at that.
(Note: this had nothing to do with the education tech, but Rise of a Legend finished building on the same turn, and we get a free tomb lord as a result. Rise's result varies by civ, it used to be a random event in 1.42. His combataura buffs basically any unit of ours that can't gain experience, since they all have the Eternal Servitude promotion.)
His name was too annoying however, so I let someone else handle his orders. Apparently he's going to go scout a bit and find what killed our scouts, after being given some hide armor and a sword. As a sidenote, the second defiler was finished.
Time 36 - Aha, they've finally finished the summon. This should make it far easier to continue scouting while building something actually useful. And according to this scrying image, they're stronger than I had thought from looking over the spell notes.
(+1 Death mana affinity means it gets more bonus unholy damage the more death mana nodes we acquire. Death mana also gives us a relationship penalty, but eh. +100% chance doesn't mean it makes a skeleton every successful combat, but it does it fairly frequently. Those skeletons are basically cannon fodder.)
Time 40 - The Tomb lord reports that they've cleaned up some skeletons with the help of the Skeleton Soldier, and found some arcane artifacts useful for the spell research. But thats not entirely important, I must go and see the return of Nofuos the Imperishable!
Somewhere inside the Palace of the Aristrakh...Head Scholar: So, is he here? You didn't lose him, did you?
Lead Necrosage: No, of course not. Now shut up, this requires focus.
A rift appears in the chamber, followed by various colors of lightning. After it all calms down, out steps Nofuos the Imperishable, and the rift closes without a sound.
"Hello, Nofuos the Imperishable! Can you speak? Can you hear me? Lord Najesh is rather interested in knowing your status." the head scholar shouts. Nofuos replies with an ominous hum. Aside from that, the room is quiet for awhile, but the scholar is not known for large reserves of patience. "Well, Nofuos? can you speak or not? I know and bow to your importance to us, but I cannot sit here all day." he says while doing a short bow.
"Give him time, head scholar. I don't shout at you at dawn, do I? You're doing the same thing here." says the necrosage, who has been sitting since the rift closed. Nofuos does not reply, but the ominousness of the ominous hum intensifies.
"YOu have on at least one occasion. More than likely two, if I had my notes in here to reference, under 'annoyances'." the head scholar shouts back before turning to Nofuos again. However, before he can start another sentence, Nofuos picks him up and hurls into the far wall near the entrance, and the scholar crumples like the collection of bones he resembles. The ominous hum ceases for a moment as Nofuos responds to the necrosage.
"Yes, I am ok. I see Lord Najesh has not gotten any better in his choice of scholars. Now, who are you again?"
"Lead Necrosage."
"Well, thank you for your patience, then, Lead. Should I assume the palace layout is the same as before?"
"For the most part, yes. Now if you'll excuse me..." Lead Necrosage says, as he walks out of the chamber to return to researching various things.
Despite his hero status, he has Eternal Servitude, not Eternal Reign, which means he gets buffed by tomb lords and others with the correct promotion. For some reason mousing over his box above the bottom bar gives you more info than mousing over the unit; The magic weaknesses and immunities are the same for nearly all of our troops.
Also a view of the city. Bonus!
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