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ExpandedFactions
"We were hunters, and foragers. The frontier was everywhere."
Download:
https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/elemental_war_of_magic/11/
(if that download gives you a limit message, try relogging on the site with your impulse account - the site checks so you have bought elemental)
Install: Extract all folders to documents\my games\elemental\mods\
Make sure "Use Mods" is turned ON in options
Note: To balance some of the race bonuses in this mod, the standard Elemental factions now gain: 2->3 extra tech research and 1->1.5 extra arcane research from their capital city (lvl 4->5)
Note - Most custom factions will be broken by this mod (unable to build basic buildings). To fix this, open up your documents\my games\elemental\race\ and edit the file with the name of your faction. You should change <RaceClassification>something</RaceClassification> into <RaceClassification>Men</RaceClassification> for kingdoms, and <RaceClassification>Fallen</RaceClassification> for empires.
Tip: When designing new units, press the Randomize button to change your unit's appearance.
Sub-Mods are tiny mods included in the ExpandedFaction mod in their own folders. Sub-mods change a game mechanic in some manner. They are modular and voluntary, which means if you don't like what they add, simply delete the folder.
ExpandedFactions_PetLovers - Adds a starting pet to all sovereigns. The pets have 5 attack, 1 defense and 18 health. These are also available for custom sovereigns, for free.
1. Empire of Drota
Description: A desert-living, tribal civilization.Sovereign: StormlordRace Strength: Warrior Society - The Warriors of the Drota are completely engrained in civilian society - for the Drota, being part of the military is the norm, not the exception. Drota trained units take up no "used population".Race Strength: Forced Cooperation - The Drota are able to bend the mind of almost any creature to their will. The Drota may, from the start, build improvements on diplomacy world resources for Spiders, Shrill and Drath. Note that the Drota do not spawn these resources on the map, as a Kingdom would. Dragons are beyond the skill of the Drota to tame.Race Strength: Little Brother - Drota units regenerate 2 health per turn in combat, and 5 extra health per season in strategic mode.Race Mount: The Drota ride only Sandbrutes and Hellbrutes, and sometimes decorate them with bonesCapital City Bonus: Legendary Hunters - The Drota are legendary hunters, able to find prey where all others have long since given up hope. The Drota capital city will produce 0.15 wargs per turn at level 4, and 0.25 wargs per turn at level 5.
2. Empire of Goblins
Description: An evil scourge upon the world.Sovereign: GnorkRace Strength: Thrifty - Goblins do not pay upkeep for any Goblin units. Units will still desert if the empire has no Gildar.Race Strength: Uncanny Discipline - Goblins are fiercely focused, and when they set their minds to a task it is not uncommon for them to complete it in high speed. This is doubly true for when goblins prepare to go to war. Goblin units take 2 turns less to train than default (3). This bonus is applied after additional weapon training time and group training time, but scales somewhat with veterancy training.Race Weakness: Hollow Magic - While capable of casting magic, the Goblins and their sovereign Gnork have only a crude understanding of magic. Goblins start with -100 mana and must gain a positive balance before they can cast spells.Race Mount: The Goblins ride only Skath.Capital City Bonus: Thieving Bastards - Goblins are a bunch of thieving bastards, and various items that "go missing" tend to turn up in their possession. The Goblin capital city will produce 0.5 crystal per turn at level 4, and 0.75 crystal per turn at level 5.
3. Kingdom of Living Stone
Description: A nation of what appears to be living stone, much resembling Stone Elementals in appearance.Sovereign: 'ArdRace Strength: Unstoppable - Living Stone units do not suffer dodge penalties for wearing any form of armor.Race Strength: Heart of All Things - The capital city of the Living Stone produce buildings 25% faster, and train units 25% faster. This bonus stacks.Race Strength: Extreme Durability - All Living Stone units have 80% more hitpoints than normal units. This bonus stacks with everything, including: items, levelups, veteran training and other bonuses.Race Weakness: All Living Stone units have default combatspeed of 1 and strategic movement of 1.5. This does not apply to the Sovereign, or the caravans.Race Mount: Living Stone ride only Umberdroths to war.Capital City Bonus: Earthfriends - The Living Stone are bound to the earth in unimaginable ways, and as a result they are able to sense previously hidden sources of metal. The Living Stone capital city will produce 2 metal per turn at level 4, and 3 metal per turn at level 5.
4. Empire of the Golem King
Description: In the ever-winter empire of the Golem King, the White Wizard creates mighty golems from the blood of innocents.Sovereign: White WizardRace Strength: Alloy of Sacrifice - Golems pay half the normal amount of metal for all its armour. This value is rounded up (5/2=3). Weapons and other items cost the normal amount.Race Strength: Shard Mechanics - Golems are made using an infinitesimal amount of dust ground from the very elemental shards themselves. Golems have 10 magic resistance by default.Race Strength: Mechanical Precision - Golems have an innate ability to react instantly to the slightest change in their environment. This is most obvious when Golems are seen in combat - Golem attacks are nearly impossible to dodge. Golems have 100% higher accuracy than normal units.Race Weakness: Reborn Souls - For each golem warrior trained, 3 additional citizens are consumed.Race Mount: Only the brutal Primal bears are strong - and insane - enough to be ridden by the Golems.Capital City Bonus: Full Metal Alchemy - In the deeps of the city, the personal servants of the White Wizard toil away endlessly in disgusting experiments involving human sacrifice. The capital city of the Golem king will produce 0.15 Elementium per turn at level 4, and 0.25 Elementium per turn at level 5.
5. Kingdom of Elves
Elves is a community project, many people worked on completing this faction. Elves use unique building designs, and have some re-skinned weapons. For more information, visit https://forums.elementalgame.com/398661
Description: Elves are sworn to protect the forests and prevent another Cataclysm.Sovereign: Ardhor Race Strength: Native Archers - Elves have access to Crude Bows from the start.Race Strength: Alien Philosophy - The Elves have a preternatural understanding of magic and how it is connected to the world. Elves start the game with +50 mana. In addition, Arcane laboratories will produce 0.1 Tech Knowledge per season, and Studies and Libraries will produce 0.1 Arcane Knowledge.Race Strength: Dextrious - Elven units gain +1 Combat speed and +5 dodge.Race Weakness: Hope Abandoned - When the forests of the world died in the Cataclysm, most elves suffered from depression and melancholy. This has since become a fundamental part in Elven culture. Elves may not build the Beacon of Hope starting improvement.Race Weakness: Few Children - Elves are notoriously slow to breed, and suffer -25% prestige in all cities. Race Mount: In addition to riding horses Elves also ride drakes and deers.Capital City Bonus: Nature's Spirit - Heeding the call to war, various forest spirits join the Elven cause once the elves are strong enough. The Elven capital city will produce 2 mana per turn at level 4, and 3 mana per turn at level 5.
6. Empire of the Death Legion
Description: Mutated demons from another dimension ruling a fanatic slave population.Sovereign: Sar the ReturnerRace Strength: Mutated - The Death Legion are horribly mutated by unknown forces. Death Legion units receive random bonuses effective in combat. These bonuses are saved for each unit design (training the same design twice gives the same power). Bonuses are listed here.Race Strength: Exported Cattle - Wherever the Death Legion came from, they brought along mounts. The Death Legion starts with 18 wargs, useable for the Slag mounts. They still need to research Mounted Warfare to train or purchase mounts.Race Weakness: Religious Insanity - Death Legion warriors are considered holy crusaders by their slaves. When Death Legion warriors are trained, slaves will become permanentaly overwhelmed with religious fervor and be unable to work. Each Death Legion unit costs 2 times the normal amount of "used population". Race Mount: The Death Legion rides slags.Capital City Bonus: Chaos Strain - The mutations of the Death Legion are ever-spreading, constantly reshaping future generations. The Death Legion capital city will provide ALL controlled units with +3% health when the city reaches level 4. The bonus increases to 5% at city level 5.
7. Empire of Lost Souls
Description: A long-since dead kingdom of traitors; prevented from reaching the afterlife, they now roam the wastelands as incorporeal ghosts.Sovereign: RiserRace Strength: Nightfall - The Lost Souls are known to appear and disappear with the break of night. The faction has instant access to a copy of the Return spell, allowing channelers to return to the capital city.Race Strength: Incorporeal - The Lost Souls are ghosts of dead warriors. They can shrug off blows that would have maimed or killed a mortal man (+7 dodge). In addition, they move extremely quickly when they need to. Movement for Lost Souls take only 1 Action Point per tile in tactical combat, instead of 2.Race Strength: Doomriders - Glorious knights from before the Cataclysm rise again as ghosts. As a traitor-kingdom, the empire of Lost Souls may build both Warg Kennels and Horse Stables. In addition, they may build the kingdom improvenent Inn.Race Weakness: Fear of Fire - Although they take no extra damage from fire spells, the Lost Souls will go to great lengths to avoid fire. The Lost Souls have forbidden all research into fire spells, and may not learn the Spellbook of Fire. Race Mount: The Lost Souls rides Ghost horses.Capital City Bonus: Dominion of the Dead - The brightest and best of the Lost Souls argued that if they cannot break the curse holding them in this world, then maybe they can make this world more like them. The capital city of the Lost Souls will emit an extra large zone of influence at level 3 and above. In addition, the capital city will produce diplomatic capital as propaganda is spread over the borders of their enemies, slowly but surely influencing them to accept this new reality. At level 4, the capital city will produce 1 diplomatic capital per turn, and at level 5 the amount is 2.0.
8. Kingdom of Angels
The Kingdom of Angels use the building designs from the community project Elves. For more information, visit https://forums.elementalgame.com/398661
Description: A race of Angels, descended from the Mountain of the Gods, seeking a remedy for their God who has slept since the Cataclysm.Sovereign: ColopatironRace Strength: Glamour - Angels attract followers faster than any other kingdom or empire in the world. All cities controlled by Angels gain 20% prestige.Race Strength: Winged - Angels are blessed with Wings, and may pass obstacles that no other can. Angels can travel across mountains, cliffs and seas. This lends the Angels great strategical advantage, allowing them to avoid confrontation by hiding where their enemies cannot reach. Strangely, however, angels do not utilize this advantage to flee combat once they take to the field. They still suffer normal movement penalties when passing woods and hills.Race Strength: Boon of Resurrection - Once every 100 seasons, the Angels are rumored to craft a likeness of one of their greatest champions. If the champion should fall in combat, the champion will be resurrected from death. This works like the spell Death Ward, allowing the target to resurrect upon death. It costs 100 materials to cast, and uses 1 mana in upkeep per turn, and may only be cast by the Sovereign. Available from start.Race Weakness: Persistently Individual - The Angels look with scorn on any who ride creatures to war or for transportation. They believe fiercely that their god-given wings will carry them to the bitter end. Angels may not ride mounts. They may still build Stables, to sell Horses.Race Weakness: Air Space - The wings of Angels require significant space to be effective in combat. Angels may not train Companies (12-man units) for any unit. Race Mount: The Angels will not ride mounts.Capital City Bonus: Divine Providence - As the quantity of faith and prayer reach unnatural proportions, the sleeping god stirs from his slumber. Small miracles become an every day thing in the capital city of the Angels - many half-assed jobs turn out flawless produce. At capital city level 4, units may be trained in the capital city for 10% less resources. This bonus increases to 15% at level 5.
Modders please be aware that the LIBracemod is used for this mod. https://forums.elementalgame.com/397668
Hahah at least if you're playing as the Angels, and build a harbor, you dont have to worry about the boat getting stuck. Then again, why would you build a harbor?
my bad , i couldnt see the city (no pun intended) and assumed it wasnt
I'm totally going to play angels and make mountain top cities!!
Next unique unit for the golem king faction (will add armor and cloak)
Drota spider rider (haven't decided on weapons yet)
elf shadowscout
My archery mod includes armor piercing arrows at higher levels. What I do is, using calculate, take half the defense rating of the target and add it to the attack of the arrows. It doesn't totally overcome the defense rating but it reduces it considerably. It's a nice compromise.
There were also created certain weapons intended to pierce armor. One such is a war hammer type weapon but with a sharp, pick-like head on it. There were also several pole weapons with a similar concept. Part of a mod might be to add higher level weapons with a similar armor-piercing attack. Crossbows also were considered armor piercing. Any weapon could probably be imbued with an armor-piercing enchantment. Food for thought.
Historically, firearms pretty much nullified armor and was the primary reason armor fell out of common usage - at least until the invention of Kevlar.
That's pretty much what I had in mind for the shadow scout. Unfortunately, it isn't applicable to anything but ranged units at this time.
Could you not create a ranged attack with a range of '1' and give it a spell? Admittedly, it would look a little quirky in combat but it accomplishes the purpose.
1) Those actions cost 2 AP
2) As a result, the unit will be unable to counter-attack
Can I ask why you are using a site that limits downloads without a subscription? Surely there are better hosting options. As is I cannot get an up-to-date version without paying for it.
Until recently I wasn't aware that it limited downloads. I'll update to a secondary source as well in the future. I use wincustomize because that's what is linked from the elementalgame.com website, which means more exposure for the mod.
Fair enough. I just know the only stuff I've downloaded from that site is Elemental mods, and I've already met whatever limit they set. I was hoping to get the current version of Expanded Factions but I guess I can wait. I'm actually trying to figure out how to mod the Elves so that I can use them to make custom factions....
I added a mediafire link to the original post.
Angels' next unique unit, the grim reaper
I'm starting to think the issue might not be the amount you download, per se but whether or not you have the cookies at the time that indicate you're an SD user.
Hmm.... seems out of character for a good aligned race. Perhaps an Archangel instead?
The grim reaper is the angel of death. They're not all cuddly fluffy.
edit: next death legion unique unit - blessed cursed champion
edit: and the next one you probably saw coming... for the goblins, troll warriors
Looking good HF. Real nice in fact.
Neither is an archangel. They're normally depicted as having armor, a flaming sword and serious attitude. Archangel Michael is sort of God's enforcer.
Edit: Archangel Michael defeated Satan. He was the number one badass of the Old Testament and the perfect model for an Uber-angel. Give him shiny, gold armor and a flaming sword.
Archangels are coming, it will be the last unit. See the list posted earlier.
ps. Michael is the christian angel of death.
As I understand it, Michael on occasions escorted souls to heaven but I don't think he's ever been referred to or depicted as the Grim Reaper. That dubious honor goes to Archangel Azrael in Islamic traditions though the Angel of Death also exists in Jewish traditions as well - though by a different name that I can't recall at the moment.
Oh no, I wasn't refering to Michael as the grim reaper, just the angel of death.
Everyone seems to associate angels with Cherubs or as personal guardians. Those are fairly recent (historically speaking) views. Angels were basically God's muscle, as it were. Something or someone gets in God's way of his plans, an angel, or angels, were sent to deal with it. They were dreadnoughts. And they defiantly were not human. They didn't think like a human. If there was something between them and there goal, it too was destroyed.
Food for thought.
Although I haven't put in the "history" for the angels in this mod yet, the general idea is that they are god's chosen people who lived alongside him/her at the mountain of gods. So not muscle, and not general well-doers in the world either. They believe in the principles of the Kingdom way of life, and have a realistic respect for other life, but they are not in any way bound to "do no evil".
Archangel Michael was God's number one warrior and and, like I said, he was God's enforcer - brute force was his forte. But some angels are cuddly cherubs and personal guardians - but not archangels.
Those that fight for God by definition, are not evil - unless of course, the god is evil. But in that case, the angels are called demons. But I think in current pop culture and gaming canon (if I can term it that) angels are thought of as guardians of the light. Not do-gooders in a pacifistic sense, but warrior defenders of good. Paladins with wings, if you will. Grim Reaper type Angels of Death are considered evil; at least in my view. But then, until recent years, no one ever thought of a vampire as anything but the greatest of evils. (I guess I'm showing my age) I'm still trying to get used to this idea of vampires as heroes thing.
My original intent was to point out an option for the Angel's unique unit that you might not have considered. I hope that my defense and explanation wasn't taken as being argumentative. Everyone is entitled to their interpretation! Cheers!
In this case, the god has been sleeping for 200 years. What's right and wrong isn't so clear cut any longer. Besides, only in a monotheistic religion is a fight for god by definition not evil.
Argumentative? We're just having a discussion where I explain the choices I make for the mod. I enjoy talking about stuff like this.
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