Dominions 3: The Awakening/God Design

God Design

Types of Gods

Depending on the nation you choose, a lot of god forms are possible. Gods can be classified roughly:

• Combat Pretender:

As the name imply, this god can take whole indie provinces by himself, right from the start. Immortality or being undead is a big bonus. Important is the skill to cast spells to generate allies in combat, get invulnerable (etheral) or regain healt points (regeneration). Some of those functions can be gained by forging items, but that need time and you want to use your combat pretender fast. Fatigue is one of the biggest thread for combat pretenders.

• Arty platform:

This god need some troops to protect him. He is tailored to cast a special spell (like hurling lightning or raise clouds of poison) on the battlefield. The spells need some time to be researched. In this time protective equipent can be forged, so physical might is not as important as for an Combat Pretender. Keep in mind that fatigue is the biggest foe of battlefield spellcasters.

• High Bless strategy:

This god has lot of skill points in one (or more) magic skills. Later in the game, the god can sit in his fortress and annihilate whole armys with far-casting spells.

• Rainbow, multi-bless strategy:

Instead of many points of one magic path, this god has fewer skills in more magic paths. He will constantly travel the land and do site-searching. There are many benefits to be a rainbow mage, such as flying and stealth.

However water magic doesn't allow going underwater any more. This is an important change for all mages (not just for rainbow mages).

• Bargain:

This god is choosen by looking the lowest cost of design points. The free design points can be invested in good scales and/or magic skills.

• Special Skill:

This god is created around a specialized skill like forging magic items, blood hunting or assassination.