Dominions 3: The Awakening/Nations/Fomoria

Fomoria is a land settled by enormous cyclopean seafaring giants and their deformed offspring.

This nation was added in the Dominions 3.10 patch.

The Fomorian Giants are enormous one-eyed monsters. Only a few are uncorrupted by the curse.

Overview

A mix of giant Fomorians and their more normal-sized Nemedian and Fir Bolg subjects. Due to their raiding and disloyalty, the gods cursed the Fomorians with deformities; as a result, the midsized "Fomorian" troops have a chance of being recruited with Afflictions.

National Features

Units

Commanders Fir Bolg Scout Fir Bolg Champion Fomorian Scout Fomorian Champion Unmarked Champion Fomorian Druid Fomorian King Nemedian Champion Nemedian Sorceress

Units Fir Bolg Slinger Fir Bolg Warrior (axe) Fir Bolg Warrior (spear + javelin) Fomorian Militia Fomorian Javelinist Fomorian Spearman Fomorian Warrior Unmarked Fomorian Giant Nemedian Warrior

Unit Comparison

Fomoria, Cursed Ones

Name	Gold	Resources	HP	PRO	MOR	M Res	ENC	STR	ATK	DEF	PRE	MOV
Fir Bolg Slinger	11	2	13	4	10	13	4	11	10	11	12	2/13
Fir Bolg Warrior	13	9	13	7	11	13	5	11	12	14	12	2/11
Fir Bolg Warrior	13	10	13	7	11	13	5	11	12	15	12	2/11
Fomorian Militia	15	3	30	5	10	12	3	18	8	8	7	2/15
Fomorian Javelinist	20	15	30	11	12	12	4	20	10	9	8	2/14
Fomorian Spearman	20	17	30	11	12	12	5	20	10	12	8	2/13
Fomorian Warrior	30	27	33	16	13	12	6	21	11	13	8	2/12
Unmarked	60	27	35	16	14	13	6	21	12	14	9	2/12
Fomorian Giant	110	37	64	14	14	15	5	24	11	12	8	3/15
Nemedian Warrior	30	22	14	10	15	14	5	12	14	16	12	2/11

Fir Bolg Slinger

Gold 11, Resources 2

Ye basic slinger. Better stats than the average human; on the other hand, slings suck.

Fir Bolg Warrior (axe)

Gold 13, Resources 9

Basic offensive infantry. Lacks a helmet, so tends to get its block knocked off.

Fir Bolg Warrior (spear + javelin)

Gold 13, Resources 10

Basic defensive infantry. Continues to lack a helmet.

Fomorian Militia

Gold 15, Resources 3

A militia version of Fomorian troops. Lacks armor.

Fomorian Javelinist

Gold 20, Resources 15

Typical spear + javelin infantry, save for being size 4 and having the HP to back it up.

Fomorian Spearman

Gold 20, Resources 17

Swaps the Javelinist's javelin for a shield.

Fomorian Warrior

Gold 30, Resources 27

Gains a stat upgrade and significantly better armor compared to the Spearman.

Unmarked

Gold 60, Resources 27

A Fomorian Warrior with a further stat boost, and Sacredness. Capital only.

Fomorian Giant

Gold 110, Resources 37

Sacred, Poor Amphibian, and Cold Resistance 50. Just in case you wanted Niefel-like troops. Capital only.

Nemedian Warrior

Gold 30, Resources 22

A solid equipment fit backed up by Stealth, Glamour, and Darkvision 50. Capital only.

Commanders

Fir Bolg Scout

Gold 25, Resources 10

Ye basic stealthy scout. Slight stat advantage over the basic human version.

Fir Bolg Champion

Gold 45, Resources 12

Ye basic infantry commander. Does not come with a default helmet, and only has leadership 40.

Fomorian Scout

Gold 50, Resources 19

'Cuz, y'know, giants would be really good at that stealth thing. Save money and go for the Fir Bolg version instead.

Fomorian Champion

Gold 60, Resources 29

Still only leadership 40, but at least he's hoping to lead squads of giants, not swarms of humans.

Unmarked Champion

Gold 120, Resources 29

Magic: H1

Leadership 80 and basic priestly powers make this your go-to leader.

Fomorian Druid

Gold 150, Resources 3

Magic: A1H1 + 100% random (AWDN)

A versatile, if weak, spellslinger.

Fomorian King

Gold 500, Resources 37

Magic: A3D2H2 + 100% random (AWD) + 10% random (AWD)

Poor Amphibian, Cold Resistance 50, and Sailing, in addition to being a true size-6 giant. The Fomorian King can easily become a one-man army. Capital only.

Nemedian Champion

Gold 140, Resources 25

Magic: A1D1H1

Stealth, Glamour, and Darkvision 50. Capital only.

Nemedian Sorceress

Gold 270, Resources 1

Magic: A2D2 + 100% random (AWDN)

Stealth, Glamour, and Darkvision 50. Expensive, but you do get what you pay for. Capital only.

Heroes

Tuan the Last Partholonian

Tuan is an ancient sage and the last surviving Partholonian. When the Fomorian plague struck his people, he alone managed to survive. When his proud race fell to extinction, he hid in the shapes of stag, bear, eagle and salmon. Through the ages he has found the means to fully cheat death and lives to tell of the fate of the Partholonians and the Fomorians. A humble man, he serves the kings that be and avoids the burden of leadership in favor of scholastic tasks.

HP: 13 Prot: 0 Mor: 14 MR: 19 Enc: 4 Str: 12 Atk: 13 Def: 15 Prec: 15 Move: 2/12 LDR: 0 Magic: A2W1D4 Sacred, Immortal, Stealthy +25, Glamour, Darkvision 50, +5 RP

Basically an upgraded Nemedian Sorceress, Tuan packs a big magical punch into a well-defended frame. Sadly, his total uninterest in leadership means you can't even give him a bodyguard.

Starting Sites

Isle of Balor

Produces 1 Water Gem and 2 Air Gems per turn, and allows the recruitment of Unmarked, Fomorian Giants, and Fomorian Kings.

Rath Chimbalth

Produces 1 Air Gem and 2 Death Gems per turn, and allows the recruitment of Nemedian Warriors, Champions, and Sorceresses.

National Spells

Dance of the Morrigans

AoE Battlefield, Fatigue 400-, 4 Death Gems, Conjuration 8, D5A2

Unleashes the Morrigans on the battlefield. As with e.g. Mists of Deception, Morrigans will continually spawn from the edges of the battlefield.

National Summons

Summon Black Dogs

10 Death Gems, Conjuration 2, D2

Summons a pack of 20 Black Dogs.

Summon Barghests

13 Death Gems, Conjuration 4, D2

Summons a pack of 9 sacred Barghests.

Summon Morrigan

4 Death Gems, Conjuration 6, D2A1

Sumons a sacred Morrigan.

Strategies

Strategy A

One valid strategy to go for is using a bless strategy in combination with your sacred units. Your sacred units are size 4 and 6 giants with impressive stats among which high hitpoints; this makes it attractive to go for regeneration with a high nature bless. The problem with giants is that they're one to a square, and they can easily get overwhelmed by masses of lower quality units that eventually exhaust their fatigue. Hence if you go for sacreds+bless, you'll need invigoration from a high earth bless.

Scale Design

The better Fomorian units all cost a lot of gold and resources, so productivity and order are a must. Regarding the rest, growth is good but in order to afford the points for pretender design that might mean you have to take misfortune, which isn't great. You can however get away with negative magic; this hinders research but only until you get construction 2 where your average mage can pump out Owl Quills (+3 RP, 5 Air Gems), and construction 4 where they can pump out Skull Mentors (+9 RP, 10 Death Gems).

Pretender Design

If you're going for the bless strategy, with an Earth Mother you can get away with 9 in nature and 9 in earth, but only if you take an imprisoned pretender.

Expansion

The problem with uber-expensive sacred units is that it takes a while to get a sufficient number of them. So start by preaching and converting your scout to prophet and recruiting a few, and after that attack carefully but steadily until you gathered together a second army, shielding your giants with your starting army as chaff.

Research Order

Research is going to be expensive, at least for a while, until you can get the items for bonus RP or a site where you can buy mages with a better research/cost ratio. After getting a level in alteration for the A/W spells, go for construction while you build up your number of mages and income.