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[BFEL]

This is a story about the struggle of the human race in a world populated by undead, lovecraftian horrors, maneating giants and other monsters.

Normally, a Dominions LP is a multiplayer affair, but for this I will be playing it single player (because PBEM games are slow as balls).
I WILL however, be taking both advice and roleplaying from the community.

The Rules:
1. Anyone can join the roleplay, and will be recruited as a general, mage or priest in the game. This works similar to being dorfed in a game of DF.

2. I'm planning to play quite a few turns between updates, probably standardized as a in-game year (possibly more if I get really bored).
This will be when a meeting is called between the god-rulers and their subjects (i.e. your time to give me advice, especially about what your character should be doing. Veteran opinions would be appreciated!)

3. I will only be playing as human races, which will be allied. I started with all non-cpu's to customize the other nations pretenders, but after the first turn they will be put under computer control. Similarly, you can only RP with a unit from one of the four played races.

4. All the human races will have human pretenders, no manticores or things like that. Ulm has a Vampire Queen, but she WAS human so it still counts

Spoiler: The Game Settings (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: The Nations at a Glance (Top four are evil, bottom four are us): (click to show/hide)

Ermor: Once a Great Human Empire, the mages of Ermor unleashed death upon the world, and now the legions rise again as undead. Easily the biggest threat to humanity in the world.

They are commanded by Jinnud, The Prince of Death


R'lyeh: A underwater nation of alien beings, the Starspawn of R'lyeh have used their mental supremacy to conquer and control all other denizens of the sea, now they seek to cast the world into the Void their sleeping god dreams of.
Pretender to be revealed when it awakens

Gath: A nation of giants descended from fallen angels, the Gath and their ancestors have spent their days living in decadence on the labor of human slaves, going so far as to eat them as a delicacy.

The Gath are led by the last remaining Nephilim (and recreational nudist) Beal


Abysia: A race descended from magical molten rock, the Abysians have since diluted their magmatic ancestry by cross-breeding with humans. They use the blood of mankind to fuel their magic arts.

The Abysians have shown their corruption in their worship of Oriax the Moloch



Fear not, sons and daughters of humanity, for their yet remain nations that fight these evils!

Ulm: A nation in decline, Ulm was the progenitor of the secrets of Blacksteel, a incredibly resilient material. In the past age, this gave them considerable military advantage, however their priests, in a fervor to oppose magic in the realm, have lost the recipe.

Marignon: Experts in hunting out witchcraft and spreading their faith, Marignon uses Heavily armed and armored units. They have developed fine shipbuilding skills and can sail across any body of water with ease. The mages of Marignon use Blood Magic to appease Infernal threats.

Bogarus: A nation formed of many warring Princedoms, Bogarus has united to bring justice to those who threaten humanity. Using light infantry and well equipped horse-archers alongside a multitude of powerful wizards, they form a vanguard against evil.

Men of Chelms: Formed when humans conquered the wilds of the Sidhe, the Men of Chelms have a long history of crushing those who threaten mankind. They utilize powerful Wardens trained with both greatsword and crossbow, and utilize many powers of the wild groves of Avalon.

Leading these forces are the God-Kings. Four mighty wizards with the powers of a God each, they have assumed command of each land and lead them ever forward against the hordes of evil.

From Ulm comes Leda, a powerful sorceress who has sealed her powers in blood, rising again as a vampiress dedicated to the destruction of all other hunters.


The Forests of Man send Parchopon, the Arch Druid, master of the natural world


The Arch Mage Leric hails from Marignon, and will cleanse evil in fire


Bogarus claims Denethia, the Great Enchantress who will shine the way for mankind to prosper


These four, and the nations they represent, have allied to destroy the plagues. Now is your time to join them!

[Karlito]

Aren't the CPU nations just going to be rolling over each other?

[lijacote]

This seems very, very cool!

I'd love to join Bogarus (which is also the nation I'm playing in one of the Dom4 games here), and preferably as one of the stealthy priests. The contrast between an apparently human god and the extreme depths to which the skopets / angels plunge in their worship is titillating, and I wonder how they view their god. Are they disappointed in her might, or do they think there is yet something stronger hiding within or behind her? The super high astral would certainly be something worth considering in this. Would a skopets actually go to the point where the more mainstream believers thought they are heretics? More importantly, would the Bogarussian fanatic be willing to work with the allied forces, or would they likewise be considered enemies of the ascending god? These are all questions I'd like to explore in the play itself.

[BFEL]

Aren't the CPU nations just going to be rolling over each other?

They'll attack each other, but hopefully they'll attack me more
Frankly with my skill level just Ermor alone would probably be enough to beat this little coalition....seriously, late age Ermor is stupidly OP

This seems very, very cool!

I'd love to join Bogarus (which is also the nation I'm playing in one of the Dom4 games here), and preferably as one of the stealthy priests. The contrast between an apparently human god and the extreme depths to which the skopets / angels plunge in their worship is titillating, and I wonder how they view their god. Are they disappointed in her might, or do they think there is yet something stronger hiding within or behind her? The super high astral would certainly be something worth considering in this. Would a skopets actually go to the point where the more mainstream believers thought they are heretics? More importantly, would the Bogarussian fanatic be willing to work with the allied forces, or would they likewise be considered enemies of the ascending god? These are all questions I'd like to explore in the play itself.

Well in this I'm trying to play it like the human pretenders aren't seen completely as gods. At least not initially. Right now they're on par with the respect of Egyptian Pharoahs certainly, but not quite on the total fanaticism scale yet. Granted you still have things like Fivefold Angels who chop their hands off and nail their skin out in wings, but the idea here is that for now the "God-Kings" aren't really seen so much as the former part of their namesake as the latter.

There will obviously be room for full on holy wars between the humies later, but for now its mostly "everyone is gonna fight the supernatural races before they steamroll us"

[Margrave]

Very neat, although I say it's a bit of a stretch that the Late Age human nations are "Good". I suppose you could argue for Man though.

Anyway whenever you get a chance put me in as a fiery preacher-inquisitor of Marignon.

[Mr. Strange]

And that's why I like to play as Abysia. It's easy to cremate the dead even if they are still walking.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Very neat, although I say it's a bit of a stretch that the Late Age human nations are "Good". I suppose you could argue for Man though.

Anyway whenever you get a chance put me in as a fiery preacher-inquisitor of Marignon.

I figured that they're "good" precisely because they're more or less humans lead by humans. Good as in "go us! humans!". In the same way that the dreaming god is good for all the starspawn and lunatics. A very subjective brand of goodness, if you will.

[BFEL]

  Journal of Leda, God-Queen of Ulm

It is the beginning of Summer, and already my nation has experienced tragedy. Due to a particularly cowardly commander, who happens to be the current only surviving one, we have not been able to secure a secondary province, even from a partially trained militia. Insulting.
The commander in question IS however invaluable to the war effort, being capable of leading an astonishing number of troops. (even if he runs when they die)
Fielding that many units is a very useful trait, and I am loathe to have the cowardly bastard executed because we are short on commanders.

I take comfort in the fact the collection of blood slaves goes so well, it will help awaken some of the other nobles who...proceeded down my path.

The Cowardly Bastard, up for claiming if anyone wants it:

Spoiler: Dirty Coward! (click to show/hide)

If you're wondering, he has the best "Heroic Ability" in the game, which lets him command a bunch more units.


Also Margrave is now the Prophet of Marignon.
Lijacote will be the Prophet of Bogarus, as a Fivefold Angel within the next turn.

[EuchreJack]

Captain Jack Euchre has awaken to assist Man in this age!

Rumored to be the decedent of a Druid from the age of Marverni (aka the game in which I'm now playing as Marverni, and I actually named a druid "Captain Jack Euchre"), time will tell if he inherited any magical ability from his ancestor.

Ancestor's Bio forthcoming!
But suffice to say, he was mainly a druid I used to transport armies over long distances via fairy trod, so a commander (stealth commander?) with no magic ability would certainly be in the same spirit.

[Karlito]

If you're wondering, he has the best "Heroic Ability" in the game, which lets him command a bunch more units.

Heresy! The one where they get really fat is way better.

[BFEL]

If you're wondering, he has the best "Heroic Ability" in the game, which lets him command a bunch more units.

Heresy! The one where they get really fat is way better.

Better for front-line combatants yes.
Puny human commanders, no.

Captain Jack Euchre has awaken to assist Man in this age!

Rumored to be the decedent of a Druid from the age of Marverni (aka the game in which I'm now playing as Marverni, and I actually named a druid "Captain Jack Euchre"), time will tell if he inherited any magical ability from his ancestor.

Ancestor's Bio forthcoming!
But suffice to say, he was mainly a druid I used to transport armies over long distances via fairy trod, so a commander (stealth commander?) with no magic ability would certainly be in the same spirit.

I'll assume he will be a Warden Commander. This means no stealth, but you get a bitchin crossbow and heavy armor to boot

[EuchreJack]

If you're wondering, he has the best "Heroic Ability" in the game, which lets him command a bunch more units.

Heresy! The one where they get really fat is way better.

Better for front-line combatants yes.
Puny human commanders, no.

Captain Jack Euchre has awaken to assist Man in this age!

Rumored to be the decedent of a Druid from the age of Marverni (aka the game in which I'm now playing as Marverni, and I actually named a druid "Captain Jack Euchre"), time will tell if he inherited any magical ability from his ancestor.

Ancestor's Bio forthcoming!
But suffice to say, he was mainly a druid I used to transport armies over long distances via fairy trod, so a commander (stealth commander?) with no magic ability would certainly be in the same spirit.

I'll assume he will be a Warden Commander. This means no stealth, but you get a bitchin crossbow and heavy armor to boot

Warden Commander is fine.  Crossbow and heavy armor? Helheim yeah!  Guess I'll skip the bio of his ancestor, but "guy who ferries around lots of troops" was pretty much what I used his forefather for, so it fits.

Personally, I prefer the heroic ability where they get fat, especially on prophets.  I've seen a fat human prophet with over 60 hitpoints!

[BFEL]

Well this guy was just a ordinary everyday commander, not really fit to make a prophet. It just wouldn't make cents!

But yeah, pretty much any unit that isn't gonna see frontline combat anyway benefits most from getting MOAR troops.

[lijacote]

Well this guy was just a ordinary everyday commander, not really fit to make a prophet. It just wouldn't make cents!

A certain prophet you almost can't help hearing about was a carpenter!

[BFEL]

Well this guy was just a ordinary everyday commander, not really fit to make a prophet. It just wouldn't make cents!

A certain prophet you almost can't help hearing about was a carpenter!

And the reasons not to do promote ordinaries to prophethood skyrockets.