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END TOC 0. About Dominions KB (Knowledge Base) 0.1 Author Yosi Izaq, AKA Wraithlord I've been playing dominions since its first installment. I love the game. At first I thought to make order of all the information I have floating around in my absent minded head, then I thought why not add all that knowledge that excellent dominions players have shared in public into one place and maybe one day when this work will be complete give it back to the community. The end result is this document. 0.2 Description This is mostly a compilation of common knowledge from the excellent Dominions community. There are some personal observations here and there and a small amount of editing but mostly the entries of this knowledge base are based on excellent guides and posts made by outstanding individual dominions players. For any comments, or for latest version please check Shrapnel forums thread: http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=618387&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1 0.3 Credits It would not be possible to list all the contributers. I'll try and list some and apologize for those I fail to name. IW, developors. Shrapnel, Dom-II and Dom-III publishers All the posters at comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Philippe Sacre's, http://www.freewebz.com/sunraybe All the posters at Shrapnel dominions forums: Alex Poger Baalz, There are many great contributors but IMO Baalz stands out as a great strategy guides writer. Here's a partial list of his guides: Guide to EA Mictlan and blood hunting Guide to MA Atlantis Guide to communions Guide to MA Eriu Guide to Sauromatia Guide to Marverni HINNOM EATS EVERYTHING LA Atlantis Bandar Log Edi llamabeast Dedas Shovah32
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Kasnavada Carcaroth 0.4 Version 1.00 -> add 8.34.1.7 MA Ulm - you called me a forge what? -> add 8.34.1.2 Nation Guide (in progress): LA Ulm -> add 12.1.1 new Battle Simulator map -> add 8.16.2.3 Miasma/Executor's guide -> add 8.37.2 A Few (Really) Good Men: Guide to Ashdod -> add 8.22.3 Machaka a sorcerer¿s fevered arachnophobia -> add 8.19.5 Niefelheim - Who¿s afraid of the big bad wolf? -> add 8.12.1.4 Early Arcoscephale - Ephebophilia incarnate -> add 8.20.3.2 Helheim Guide (Baalz) -> add 8.32.1.4 Yomi 3.21 -> add 8.15.1.2 EA Caelum Ride the lightning -> add 8.15.2.1 MA Caelum - Fear of Flying -> add 8.11.2.2 MA Aby CBM Strategy -> add 13.1 Zen and the art of Thugging -> add 10.13 Basic Battle Tactics -> add 8.18.2 Fomoria - Where is your God now? (AKA - The Other Giant Meat) -> add OMG, I think I've done it -> add 10.14 Beyond the script -> add 8.34.1.2 EA Ulm - Flying Conans of Doom -> add 10.15 Vampires - you should be afraid of the night -> add 8.13.2 Kailasa guide -> add 8.12.1.3 EA Arco - uncle moneybags -> add 8.40.1 Gath - The last of the Giants -> add 8.12.2.2 go punch a mountain -> add 8.36.3 Warhammer Lizardmen - Join the Communion Commrade -> add 8.12.1.3 EA Agartha guide -> add 10.16 Unrest as weapon of war -> add 10.11.3 Worthy artifacts to wish for
-> Update 8.10 Magic Path Booster Guide -> add 10.12 Eternal Knights & Gift of Reason -> add 8.32.3.1 Guiding Jomon -> add 1.7 Horror Harmonica and/or Carcator the pocket lich -> add 8.12.1.2 EA Agartha: The Ancient Lord SC. -> add 8.33.3.2 LA Tien Chi: Barbarian Kings Strategy Guide 2.0 -> add 8.23.2.1 LA Man - Death and Taxes -> add 1.8 Sieges -> add 1.5.2 Ankh -> add 1.9 Scouting, Intelligence -> add "Article Author" entries for all the new articles. Note, if an article you wrote appears w/o this entry please notify me and I'll fix this.
-> add 10.10 Blood Magic as Combat Magic? -> add 10.11 Wish, 10.11.1 Wish list and 10.11.2 Wish for a Demon Lord -> add 8.39.1 Bandar Log - you whipped me with what?!? -> add 8.21.4 Beginner's guide to Lanka
-> 6.11.4 FORTRESSES, RECRUITMENT AND SUPPLY add comment WRT to black hawks -> add 8.19.4 Counters to Niefelheim -> add 8.37.1 Ashdod proto-guide -> add 8.21.3 Blood Kings: Lanka vs. Mictlan -> add 8.23.1.1 Advice for MA Man -> add 8.23.1.2 MA Man Advice Needed: Proper Use of Units -> add 8.24.2.2 LA marignon guide -> add 8.27.2 MA Oceania -> add 8.32.1.3 Tips for Yomi, Oni Kings -> add 8.34.1.5 Tips with MA Ulm -> add 8.34.1.6 MA Ulm Pretender
-> Add 1.6 Beware the visiting heroes 0.60 -> Add 1.5 Get upkeep free undead commanders -> Add 2 Buffs in dominions III -> Add 11 Troubleshoot -> Add 8.32.1.2 Yomi eats nothing! -> Add 8.12.3.2 LA Atlantis - frozen death from all directions 0.55 -> Add 8.11.3.3 LA Abysia: Discussion and a Proto-Guide. 0.54 -> Add 8.31.2 Sauromatia: Lawful Evil 0.53 -> Update 8.16.2 MA Ctis, Miasma 0.52 -> Add 8.38.1 HINNOM EATS EVERYTHING 0.51 -> Put dominions III wiki general guide before nations guide -> Add 10.1 Lies My Rulebook Told Me -> Add 10.2 Countering Master Enslave -> Add 8.11.3.2 Best Researcher for LA Abysia -> Add 8.37 Ashdod, no guide yet, just place holder -> Add 8.29.1.2 MA Pythium thread -> Add 10.3 Cost efficient blood hunting -> Add 10.4 refuting common wisdom on scales everybody knows -> Add 10.5 Maths problem: fatigue vs critical hits -> Add 10.6 Equipment for Elemental Royalty -> Add 10.7 Minimum dominion? -> Add 10.8 Fortress to Province ratio -> Add 10.9 Keeping Helpful Enemy Dominion Alive... -> Add 8.11.1.1 Thoughts on EA Abyssia (guide) -> Add 8.26.2.2 Guide to Middle-Age Mictlan -> Add 8.28.3.2 Questions about LA Pangaea manikins -> Add 8.29.1.3 The pythian prescription (A newb guide) -> Add 8.29.2.1 A Poisoner's Guide to LA Pythium All the new guides in http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=590616&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1 0.5 (draft version) 1. My personal Best tricks and tips learned from MP games 1.1 Sneaky snipers
Two Fomorian kings: -> Wrather, Tempest, boots of the messenger, 4 Air gems. Script: Blessing, Wrathfull skies, retreat. The retreat is important since it prevents the wrather from dieing, hence canceling the wrathfull skies
This spell handles enemy armies composed mainly of low hp, low prot units and commanders (for example, most human armies on EA). The caster needs high prot, maybe ethereal, and high hp. Can be cast multiple times for extra carnage A squad of RoS casters that happen to have A2 can cloud trapeze and execute opposing armies unsuspected.
A cheap trick to get undead soulless mages. Either use life after death or a commander with the Ankh (which gives dead friendly units a chance to rise as undead). Script them to attack in a controlled manner, meaning for example bunch all the mages you want turned undead in a group with some units/commanders that have cold/poison area effect (Bog beasts, breath of winter etc). The mages will die due to effect, rise as soulless (free of upkeep).
I've experiences several times in latest patch (3.17) that one of those heroes seems to auto generate ghost wolves. This means that the battlefield is spammed with wolves. I've lost several good sized armies to this. Be carefull!
Carcator will work independently from its wielder and cast death spells. The AI will usually set him on summoning undeads. The horror harmonica can be given to an > S2 commander so that he can teleport on top of a small army or SC. Cast 4 rounds of summon horror and then returning. He should be accompanied by a 2nd > S2 commander scripted to horror mark so that horrors will pick enemy units. To that you can add Carcator so that he'll summon lots of undeads and between horrors, undead and four rounds of wailing winds the enemy army should die or route. To complete trick use Ghost Riders or other means to capture sorrounding enemy provinces so that routing army will completly die.
1.8.1 Defending Usually what works for defending a stormed castle is: -> Summon lots of stuff, elementals, swarm, ants etc -> Prevent flight: storm -> Put bulk of force in middle right to block entrace -> Put two flanking squads to left and right and backup squad behind front right squad. Backup squad should be tougher than front. -> Buffing SCs put in the middle to back since in front they could be offed by spells such as paralyze, soul slay, drain life etc before they buff -> Some berezerking ability is good (in case of route) -> Defensive buffs such as fog warriors and army of gold, will of the fates etc are important 1.8.2 Seiging 1.9 Scouting, Intelligence Article Author: Wraithlord Gathering intelligence is crucial. Use all means for that end. Recruit scouts, stealthy units. Cast the intelligence spells if needs (astral window etc). 1.9.1 Stone sphere. Don't underestimate this 5E5S Miscellaneous item. Equip it on cheap commanders (not necessarily casters) to get the best intelligence on enemy provinces. 1.10 2. Buffs in dominions III Thanks to DrPraetorious for his spell DB and to Snoddasmannen for putting it online - http://www2.onyx.nu/pb/dom3/spells.html 2.1 (F)ire Self: Phoenix Power, F+1, Conjuration3, F2 Phoenix Pyre, re-incarnate upon death with fatigue penalty of 30 + d20. So 31 - 50 fat, Alteration7, F2 Fire Shield, Attackers take 7AP+1 per lvl in F above 1 - attackers weapon length damage per attack attempt, Enchantment3, F1 Fire Resistance, 100%FR, Alteration1, F1
Fire Fend, Gives units +50%FR, Enchantment5, F2 Battlefield wide: Inner Furnace, Abysia only - +3 heat radius, must fail MR+4 roll to gain effect, all units with heat auras on battlefield, says Abysia units only but according to evidence effects all units so use carefully when not whole army is fire immune, Enchantment5, F3 1F gem Flaming Arrows, Missile weapons cause 8AP fire damage and considered magic, Enchantment4, F4 1F gem Warriors of Muspelheim, All units receive +50%FR, Enchantment8, F4 1F gems End of Culture, description +berserk all friendly demons on battlefield, Thaumaturgy6, F2 1F gems
Summon Storm Power, A+1 works only in storm, Conjuration2, A1 Air Shield, 80% missile protection, Alteration0, A1 Charge Body, both attacker and mage receives a strong electrical shock on first hit, Alteration1, A1 Aim, Receive +5 bonus to precision, Alteration1, A1 Mirror Image, Get mirror images that will make it harder to score a hit in melee, stronger air mages get more images, ends when hit, Alteration2, A1 Mistform, mage receives small damage from hits, ends on very hard hit or magical weapon, Alteration3, A2 Flight, give flying, Enchantment1, A1 Resist Lightning, 100%SR, Alteration1, A1
Gift Of Flight, give flying, Enchantment2, A2 Thunder Ward, (a lesser Storm Warriors) increases by 50% the SR of some units (Range 5, AoE 15), Enchantment 5, A2 1A gem
Wind Guide, give +5 bonus to precision, Alteration4, A2 Fog Warriors, give mistform, Alteration7, A5 3A gems Arrow Fend, give air shield, Enchantment6, A3 1A gem Mass Flight, give flying, Enchantment7, A4 2A gems Storm Warriors, give 50% shock resistance, Enchantment8, A4 1A gems 2.3 (W)ater Self: Quicken self, gain +3 Attack, +3 Def, Double AP, Alteration2, W1 Breath of Winter, give cold aura and immunity, stronger in cold climate, Enchantment1, W1 Water Shield, +5 def - only underwater, Enchantment2, W1 Cold Resistance, 100%CR, Alteration1, W1 Summon Water Power, caster,UW,+1W, Conjuration2, W1 Resist Fire, 100% FR, Alteration 1, W1E1
Quickness, give units quicken self effect, Alteration4, W2 Water Ward, give water shield, Enchantment6, W1 Winter Ward, gives 100% cold protection, Enchantment5, W2 1W gems Quickening, give quickness, Alteration8, W2 1W gems Fire Ward, 100% FR, Alteration 4, W2E2, 1N gem Battlefield wide: Warriors of Niefelheim, gives 100% cold protection, Enchantment8, W4 1W gems Friendly currents: friendly units have Action Points +4 and Enc -2, enemy units Action Points -4 and Enc+2, underwater only, Enchantment 5, W2, 1W gem
Summon Earthpower, E+1 and reinvigoration +4, Conjuration3, E2 Stoneskin, get 15 prot or +2 if already above 15 and CR malus of 50% , Alteration2, E1 Ironskin, Ironskin is 20 protection or +3 if already greater, and 75% SR malus, Alteration3, E1 Invulnerability, 25 protection and gives PR 100% malus, Alteration5, E3
Iron Will, +4 MR, Thaumaturgy3, E1 Iron Warriors, give iron skin, Alteration5, E2 strength of giants, increase strength by +4 Enchantment3, E3 Legions of Steel, give +3 prot (note - May give more than +3 protection as it is applied at every armor part), Construction3, E3 weapons of sharpness, Weapons are armor piercing, Construction7, E5 Marble Warriors, give stoneskinn, Alteration7, E3 Tempering the Will, MA Ulm only - +4 MR on all national units, Thaumaturgy5, E3 Iron Marionettes, LA Agartha only - It gives Att+4 and Action Points + 4 to undeads, Alteration5, E3 Earth Might, (Range 15 AoE 1) units get +4 strength, Alteration 1, E2 Battlefield wide: End of Weakness, Yomi only - Gives Barkskin to all friendly Demons, Alteration6, E2 1E gem army of gold , Ironskin and fire resist 50%, Alteration9, E4 army of led, Ironskin and +4 MR, Alteration9, E5 2.5 A(S)tral
Power of the Spheres, +1 to magic paths, Conjuration3, S1 1S gems Twist Fate, negate first received hit, Alteration0, S1 Personal Luck, 50% chance to evade hits, Alteration1, S1 Body Ethereal, give etherality - 75% to evade non magic weapons, Alteration 3, S1 Resist Magic, increase MR by 4, Enchantment1, S1 Astral Shield, Shield that may paralyze attackers if they fail MR check of ???, Enchantment3, S1
luck, give luck, Alteration4, S1 Battle Fortune, like luck but more units benefit, Alteration6, S3 1S gem
Antimagic, Increase MR+4, Enchantment4, S3 1S gem Will of the Fates, give luck, Alteration8, S4 4S gems Celestial Music, Bandar Log only - Gives quickness to all Apsaras, Gandharvas and Yakshas, Thaumaturgy6, S3 ???S gems Light of the Northern Star(!), All mages in the battlefield (even enemies) gain 1 point of Astral, Conjuration 4, S3 1S gem
Soul Vortex, drain life force from anyone close to necromancer - restore life force and reinvigorate, Alteration6, D3 Twiceborn, protect a living necromancer - dying in friendly dominion will revive as wight mage, Enchantment4, D2 10D gems
Life after Death, all living beings will revive as soulless in case of death in battle, Enchantment7, D4 4 death gems 2.7 (N)ature, Self: Eagle Eyes, improve caster's precision by 5, Alteration1, N1 Bark skin, raise protection to at least 10 or by 1 if already above 10 -25% fire resistance, Alteration1, N1 Elemental Fortitude, +50% resistance to fire, lightning and cold, Alteration4, N1 Personal Regeneration, living caster will regenerate, Enchantment2, N2 Resist Poison, 100%PR, Alteration1, N1 Strenght of Gaia (!), caster gains Personal Regeneration and Str+4 and Barkskin and +1 Nature Bonus, Conjuration 4, N3E1
Healing Mists, a 3 rounds lasting mist which heals all units inside the AoE to full HP, Evocation 5, N3A1 Mossbody, units nearby have 75% chance of receiving from 10 to 20 points of Prot, if affected unit is damaged releases an AoE 4, 1AN poison damage, Alteration 3, N1W1 Protection, like bark skin for a few units, Alteration3, N2 Wooden warriors, give barkskin, Alteration5, N2 Poison Ward, 50% poison resistence, Enchantment4, N2 1N gem Regeneration, give Regeneration, Enchantment3, N3 Haste, double movement, Enchantment4, N3 1N gem Berserkers, make units go berserk - increase protection, decrease defence and never route, Thaumaturgy2, N2 Touch of Madness, more units go berserk, Thaumaturgy4, N3 1N gem Song of Bravery, MA Man only, from +1 to +5 morale, Enchantment 0, N1
Mass Protection, barksikn, Alteration7, N3 1N gem Serpent's Blessing, 50% poison resistance, Enchantment7, N4 1N gem Mass Regeneration, give regeneration, Enchantment8, N4 2N gems Growing Fury, all friendly units wounded or with berserker tag go berserker - enemy berserker tagged unit as 5% every round to go berserker too, Thaumaturgy 4, N4, 1N gem Relief, +1 reinvig to all friendly units, Enchantment 6, N5, 1N gem Gaia's Blessing (!), +50% FR, CR, SR, PR, Enchantment 9, N6E2, 3N gems
Pain Transfer, woods taken by mage will be transfered to his blood slaves, Blood3, B2 1B slave Hell Power, get +2 in all magic path and attracts horrors, Blood2, B3 3B slaves
Blood Lust, give deamons +4 strength, Blood4, B2 1B slave Battlefield wide: Rush of Strength, +4 strength, Blood8, B3 1B slave 3. Lessons learned from MP games 3.1 Research is important. Take at least research+1 unless playing a nation that negates drain (like Ulm). See loss in RAND, partially due to TC's research -1 scale. 3.2 Raiding Always build raiding groups, either made of sneaking or flying armies. 3.3 Blood Always invest some scouts/cheap commanders in blood hunting. Its a small effort (mainly to manage) that can bear good profit even for non blood nations. 3.4 Assassination. If your nation has assassins don't hesitate to deply a few of them. They good for two purposes mainly: First, make the enemy wary and spend effort in countering them (patrolling, bodygourds) and Secondly for killing mages leading large armies (mages that can lay waste to your armies). 3.5 Spies, probably mentioned here somewhere, but doesn't hurt to make sure I state this. So, spies, are good not only for scouting (like scouts) but also for incurring unrest. A few groups of 5-6 spies in key enemy castles can incure enough unrest to shotdown enemy unit production and hurt its economy. Then when the enemy will react by bringing in pattrollers he'll direct resources that otherwise would have gone into fighting you. 4. Dominions Acronyms 4.1 Spells Ros Rain of Stones FFtS Flames From the Skies 4.2 Pretenders Pod Prince of Death A - Air (Magic Path) AN - Armor Negating - ignores defender's armor protection AP - Armor Piercing - half of the defender's protection value used AoE - Area of Effect AQ - Air Queen (Unit) B - Blood (Magic Path) BoW - Breath of Winter (spell) D - Death (Magic Path) DM - Death Match E - Earth (Magic Path) EA - Early Age F - Fire (Magic Path) GK - Ghost King (Unit) HI - Heavy Infantry ID - Ice Devil (Unit) LA - Late Age LD - Life Drain (Spell/Effect) LI - Light Infantry MA - Middle Age N - Nature (Magic Path) PD - Province Defense Rainbow mage - Skilled in most (if not all) paths of magic, used for searches S - Astral (Magic Path) SC - Super-Combatants VO - Vine Ogre (Unit) Download 5.74 Mb. Share with your friends:
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