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{{Game
|completion=3
|image=Dom3BoxArt.jpg
|title=Dominions 3: The Awakening
|title=Dominions 3: The Awakening
|boxart=[[Image:Dom3BoxArt.jpg|250px]]
|developer=[[Illwinter]]
|developer=[[Illwinter]]
|publisher=[[Shrapnel Games]]
|publisher=[[Shrapnel Games]]
|categories=[[Strategy]]
|year=2006
|systems=[[Windows NT]], [[Mac]], [[Linux]]
|systems={{syslist|win|macos|linux}}
|releasedates=[[September 29]], [[2006]]
|genre=[[Turn-based strategy]]
|players=1-21
|players=1-21
|modes=[[Multiplayer]], [[Single player]]
|preceded by=[[Dominions II: The Ascension Wars]]
|preceded by=[[Dominions II: The Ascension Wars]]
|followed by=[[Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension]]
|series=Dominions
|website=http://www.illwinter.com/dom3/index.html
|pcgamingwiki=Dominions 3: The Awakening
}}
}}
'''Dominions 3: The Awakening''' is a fantasy [[turn-based strategy]] game released in [[2006]] developed by [[Illwinter]] and published by [[Shrapnel Games]].
'''Dominions III: The Awakening''' is a turn-based fantasy strategy game with strategic planning phase and automated tactical combat. It has been released as of September 29, 2006. It is the third part of the [[:Category:Dominions|Dominions]] series from [[Illwinter]].
==Story==
After the wars of the Pretenders, men who sought to be gods, the Pantokrator ascended to true godhood and hunted down the Pretenders, imprisoning them forever. Those that escaped his judgement hid away to bide their time. Now a new age has dawned. The Pantokrator is gone, and the surviving Pretenders have retuned to once more battle for ascension. However, they are not alone. Once banished and trapped in a deep slumber, the ancient ones put away by the Pantokrator have awoken from their long sleep.
The game provides both scenarios and randomized play; however, it does not include a campaign. Dominions 3 is designed for [[/Multiplayer|multiplayer]] including both PBEM and TCP/IP, although it does provide AI opponents for single-player.
==Gameplay==
Dominions 3 has a strategic planning phase and automated tactical combat. It is designed for [[/Multiplayer|multiplayer]] through PBEM, hotseat, or TCP/IP but also provides AI opponents for solo or cooperative play. The game provides both scenarios and randomized maps, though it does not include a campaign.
See [[/Story|story]] for a more atmospheric text about Dominions 3.
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The world of Dominions is a magical world and magic will be of great importance to the Pretender's aspirations of godhood. The magic energies ultimately derives from the celestial bodies. The spheres predestine the fates and lives of priests and peasants.
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The power of the spheres, the Arcana, empowers the nature in all its forms. It makes fires burn with heat and blaze, plants to grow and lightning to strike during storms. The Arcana is shattered into a spectrum of powers upon entry into the atmosphere. The six forms of lesser arcana are the Four Elements, Nature and Death.
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But Arcana is not the sole source of magic power. The life-blood of the living is inherently magical. It is the magic in the blood that allows heroes to perform great feats, babies to be born and emotions to stir. Blood magic is the mastery of this power. Unfortunately the magic in the blood is diluted at best. Few mages can tap enough strength from their own blood to be able to perform magic feats. To do so the blood mage must spill the blood of other people.
==Table of Contents==
* [[/Table of Contents|Complete Table of Contents]]
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===The Basics===
* [[/God Design|God Design]]
* [[/Magic|Magic]]
* [[/Units|Units (Commanders & Troops)]]
* [[/Treasury|Treasury]]
* [[/Buildings|Buildings]]
* [[/Items|Magic Items]]
* [[/Logistics and Movement|Logistics and Movement]]
* [http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/download.php?Number=486850 Conceptual Balance Mod 1.0] - The successor to a popular mod for Dominions 2. Look also on the [http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/postlist.php?Board=d3smm Shrapnelboards - Map and Mod Forum] for comments and newer versions.
=== Fan sites ===
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* [http://www.dom3minions.com/main.htm Dom3minions.com] - Dominions 3 Fan Site
* [http://www.freewebs.com/dominions2 Sunray's Virtual Library] - Many Dom2 and Dom3 documents (the best ones being the complete "national" unit lists !)
* [http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=444196&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1 Dominions 3, wallpapers &logos] - Dominions 3. wallpapers made by DFan (Christian Norbert Tassy)
* [http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=23214795 orkut Community about Dominions3] You have to be a member of the [http://www.orkut.com orkut] Web-Community to join this group.
* [http://www.evilfree.com/dom3/researchCalc-v2.html Research Calculator] from Maltrease for the first turns. See also [http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=475215&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#Post475228 this thread] at shrapnelboards.
After the wars of the Pretenders, men who sought to be gods, the Pantokrator ascended to true godhood and hunted down the Pretenders, imprisoning them forever. Those that escaped his judgement hid away to bide their time. Now a new age has dawned. The Pantokrator is gone, and the surviving Pretenders have retuned to once more battle for ascension. However, they are not alone. Once banished and trapped in a deep slumber, the ancient ones put away by the Pantokrator have awoken from their long sleep.
Dominions 3 has a strategic planning phase and automated tactical combat. It is designed for multiplayer through PBEM, hotseat, or TCP/IP but also provides AI opponents for solo or cooperative play. The game provides both scenarios and randomized maps, though it does not include a campaign.
