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Version: 0.21a. (This will also install UniqueFeaturesPlus_0.10beta) Keepers of the Holy Places is fully modular but was developed and tested with WildMana 8.32.
NOTE: I won't be supporting this mod anymore for MoMana. Not for lack of interest... I just won't have the time over the next several months. If anyone else has interest, time and ability to do it, please feel free to to do so. Or take any part of it you want.
"...and at that spot seven fir trees were born to stand witness. Before departing, Sucellus tasked the order of the Elohim with tending to this and other sacred sites, some symbols of great importance, some fonts of power." The Age of Rebirth brings a renewal of this ancient charge. Elohim settlers can journey to the most distant of these special places to found new Monastic Orders. These Orders serve to protect the holy places or, in some cases, to sanctify or seal the unholy. Once established, they can survive in the most distant and inhospitable locations, supported in part by Pilgrim's Tithe or other benefits provided by the Order.
Found Monastic Order (ability). Requires Mysticism and costs 120 gp. This ability will convert an Elohim settler to a "Missionary of Sucellus" and transport it to a tile near a unique feature. The unique feature is random except it must have a valid tile nearby for city founding and can't be too near (within the "fat-cross" of) any other civilization's cities, although the feature may be within another civilization's cultural borders. Once arrived, the Missionary of Sucellus can found a specific Monastic Order — a city dedicated to the particular unique feature — but only within a 3 tile radius of the specific feature (within 4 tiles for water features).
Novice (new disciple unit). Attack/defense 3; movement 1. Novices are precursors to the monk unit. They cannot be built, but will appear as escorts for Missionaries of Sucellus. They will change to atk/def 4 with Philosophy, and atk/def 5 (and gain Medic I) with Way of the Wise. Novices can upgrade to Monks. Once Priesthood is researched, Monks replace Novices as escorts for Missionaries of Sucellus.
Pilgrims (new civ trait for Elohim). Trait allows functioning of Pilgrim's Tithe and Monastic Orders. Has -30% effect on trade commerce (needed for balance, and because trade is replaced in part by the Tithe). Allows small chance for religion to spread between unconnected cities, but only for your state religion if you have the holy city (3% chance per turn affected by game speed).
Pilgrim's Tithe (building). Pilgrim’s Tithe may occur in any Elohim city and comes in the form of food, production, and/or commerce. Generally speaking, new cities will see all tithe in the form of food (mostly) and production. Mid-sized and larger cities (with reasonable tile development) will only see commerce. Tithe is most strongly increased by the presence of a unique feature nearby, with its associated Monastic Order in the city, and this increase can be doubled by the presence of a reliquary (which house holy relics associated with the particular feature). Other Elohim-specific buildings and total city culture can also increase Tithe, but to a smaller degree. A cap based on overall civilization size keeps Tithe very low in the initial few cities, but it can be a powerful boost for isolated cities at distant unique features. Allocation between food, production and commerce changes with city needs and is related to city size relative to capacity (based on happy cap) and current city food and production yields, ignoring yield from Tithe itself. Changes in Tithe are gradual, and it may not appear in a new city for a few turns depending on game speed.
Monastery (building). Required to build Monks. +10% research and +4 culture. Costs 120. Allows Monastic Training (see below).
Monastic Orders. A Monastic Order is established in an Elohim city if it is near a unique feature (within 3 tiles of land feature or 4 tiles of water feature). Each specific Order can only exist in one city. Cities founded by Missionaries of Sucellus take the name of the Order as the city name; cities built by normal settlers may gain an Order (if an unclaimed unique feature is nearby) but take normal Elohim city names. Monastic Orders reduce maintenance, seal or sanctify places that are unholy or have witnessed great tragedy, or confer other specific effects. Each Order also confers an Order-specific promotion to all disciple units built in a city, although the full effect of these promotions is reserved for monks and paladins. The single Novice or Monk escort present when an Order is founded also gets the Order promotion. Orders are generally more powerful for unique features that are hard to get or in very inhospitable locations.
Effects of Monastic Order on city or unique feature
Monastic Order Promotions These are gained by any disciple unit built in city, but additional level-specific effects are applied only to monks and paladins.
Spells and abilities
Purity Mechanism from Elohim+. Since I can’t find this documented anywhere else, I’ll do it here as best I can from looking at Python code. Please let me know if you see any errors.
To do (or not do).
Play suggestion: try it on a largish map (the biggest you can handle) with the option for all unique features. My testing/balancing has been with PerfectWorld2 standard size map, 9 players.
Unresolved problems, unfinished work. The Order promotions look correct in the unit window, but show up as large pink blobs in the mouse-over view.
Installation suggestions. Place ElohimKeepers_0.xx.zip in your FFH Wild Mana folder and unzip it. It will place a folder called "Elohim Keepers" in Assets/Modules/NormalModules/ (this contains all modular XML additions) and a Python file called ElohimKeepers.py in Assets/Python (containing functions called by spell and trait XMLs). Although this is fully modular, I suspect there will be problems when Wild Mana 9.0 arrives (new commerce types and other changes). You can always "uninstall" by removing the folder and python file above. (Consider copying the whole FFH Wild Mana folder and renaming it. Then you can have an old working version and still install 9.0 when it comes out.)
NOTE: I won't be supporting this mod anymore for MoMana. Not for lack of interest... I just won't have the time over the next several months. If anyone else has interest, time and ability to do it, please feel free to to do so. Or take any part of it you want.
Spoiler :
Found Monastic Order (ability). Requires Mysticism and costs 120 gp. This ability will convert an Elohim settler to a "Missionary of Sucellus" and transport it to a tile near a unique feature. The unique feature is random except it must have a valid tile nearby for city founding and can't be too near (within the "fat-cross" of) any other civilization's cities, although the feature may be within another civilization's cultural borders. Once arrived, the Missionary of Sucellus can found a specific Monastic Order — a city dedicated to the particular unique feature — but only within a 3 tile radius of the specific feature (within 4 tiles for water features).
Novice (new disciple unit). Attack/defense 3; movement 1. Novices are precursors to the monk unit. They cannot be built, but will appear as escorts for Missionaries of Sucellus. They will change to atk/def 4 with Philosophy, and atk/def 5 (and gain Medic I) with Way of the Wise. Novices can upgrade to Monks. Once Priesthood is researched, Monks replace Novices as escorts for Missionaries of Sucellus.
Pilgrims (new civ trait for Elohim). Trait allows functioning of Pilgrim's Tithe and Monastic Orders. Has -30% effect on trade commerce (needed for balance, and because trade is replaced in part by the Tithe). Allows small chance for religion to spread between unconnected cities, but only for your state religion if you have the holy city (3% chance per turn affected by game speed).
Pilgrim's Tithe (building). Pilgrim’s Tithe may occur in any Elohim city and comes in the form of food, production, and/or commerce. Generally speaking, new cities will see all tithe in the form of food (mostly) and production. Mid-sized and larger cities (with reasonable tile development) will only see commerce. Tithe is most strongly increased by the presence of a unique feature nearby, with its associated Monastic Order in the city, and this increase can be doubled by the presence of a reliquary (which house holy relics associated with the particular feature). Other Elohim-specific buildings and total city culture can also increase Tithe, but to a smaller degree. A cap based on overall civilization size keeps Tithe very low in the initial few cities, but it can be a powerful boost for isolated cities at distant unique features. Allocation between food, production and commerce changes with city needs and is related to city size relative to capacity (based on happy cap) and current city food and production yields, ignoring yield from Tithe itself. Changes in Tithe are gradual, and it may not appear in a new city for a few turns depending on game speed.
Monastery (building). Required to build Monks. +10% research and +4 culture. Costs 120. Allows Monastic Training (see below).
Monastic Orders. A Monastic Order is established in an Elohim city if it is near a unique feature (within 3 tiles of land feature or 4 tiles of water feature). Each specific Order can only exist in one city. Cities founded by Missionaries of Sucellus take the name of the Order as the city name; cities built by normal settlers may gain an Order (if an unclaimed unique feature is nearby) but take normal Elohim city names. Monastic Orders reduce maintenance, seal or sanctify places that are unholy or have witnessed great tragedy, or confer other specific effects. Each Order also confers an Order-specific promotion to all disciple units built in a city, although the full effect of these promotions is reserved for monks and paladins. The single Novice or Monk escort present when an Order is founded also gets the Order promotion. Orders are generally more powerful for unique features that are hard to get or in very inhospitable locations.
Effects of Monastic Order on city or unique feature
Brotherhood of Majosi +1 production from all water tiles; seals feature
Keepers of the Well -2 health; sanctifies feature
Wardens of the Fell Lich -2 happiness; seals feature
Witnesses of the Godslaying +4 food
Order of the Storm Order promotion also given to naval units
Order of Heaven +2 food
Order of Chains -1 happiness
Wardens of the Unholy Fire -1 happiness; seals feature
Champions of the Holy Fire +4 food
Order of Kalshekk +6 health
Curatoriæ Sanum -30% research; seals feature
Keepers of the Well -2 health; sanctifies feature
Wardens of the Fell Lich -2 happiness; seals feature
Witnesses of the Godslaying +4 food
Order of the Storm Order promotion also given to naval units
Order of Heaven +2 food
Order of Chains -1 happiness
Wardens of the Unholy Fire -1 happiness; seals feature
Champions of the Holy Fire +4 food
Order of Kalshekk +6 health
Curatoriæ Sanum -30% research; seals feature
Monastic Order Promotions These are gained by any disciple unit built in city, but additional level-specific effects are applied only to monks and paladins.
Brotherhood of Majosi Gains Channeling I at level 3 and Water II at level 6
Keepers of the Well +10% resistance to Unholy damage; 50% resistance to Unholy damage at level 3
Wardens of the Fell Lich +10% resistance to Death damage; 50% resistance to Death damage at level 3
Order of Dragons +10% magic resistance; +30% magic resistance at level 6; can cast True Self at level 15*
Watchers of the Pass +1, +2 +3 visibility at levels 3, 6, 9
Witnesses of the Godslaying +10% resistance to cold damage; +30% resistance to cold damage at level 3, +300% vs. Avatar at level 6
Order of the Storm (applied to disciple and naval units) +30% resistance to cold and lightening; disciple units gain Air I at level 3 and Air II at level 6; naval units gain +1, +2, +3 movement at levels 3, 6, 9
Order of Heaven +10% vs. demons; +30% vs. demons at level 3; can cast True Self at level 15*
Order of Chains can cast Slow at level 6; can cast Imprisonment at level 12*
Order of Tears +10% heal to all units on tile; gains Medic II at level 6 and Medic III at level 9
Wardens of the Unholy Fire +10% resistance to fire; +1 fire damage at level 9
Order of Patria +10% city defense; +30% city defense at level 3
Champions of the Holy Fire +1, +2, +3, +4 atk/def at levels 6, 9, 12, 15
Order of the Compact can cast Tongue of Moon and Sun at level 7*
Brotherhood of Calculpech +10% def; gains Earth I at level 3, double fortification bonus at level 6, and Earth II at level 9
Order of the God Resurrected +10% heal rate; gains March at level 3
Order of the World Tree +10% atk/def in forests, ancient forests, jungle; gains Nature I at level 3
Order of Kalshekk +30% atk/def in jungle
Curatoriæ Sanum +1 visibility (planned changes in next version, if I can do this: immune to all forms of fear, insanity, charm and domination; combat bonus vs. illusions and puppets)
Keepers of the Well +10% resistance to Unholy damage; 50% resistance to Unholy damage at level 3
Wardens of the Fell Lich +10% resistance to Death damage; 50% resistance to Death damage at level 3
Order of Dragons +10% magic resistance; +30% magic resistance at level 6; can cast True Self at level 15*
Watchers of the Pass +1, +2 +3 visibility at levels 3, 6, 9
Witnesses of the Godslaying +10% resistance to cold damage; +30% resistance to cold damage at level 3, +300% vs. Avatar at level 6
Order of the Storm (applied to disciple and naval units) +30% resistance to cold and lightening; disciple units gain Air I at level 3 and Air II at level 6; naval units gain +1, +2, +3 movement at levels 3, 6, 9
Order of Heaven +10% vs. demons; +30% vs. demons at level 3; can cast True Self at level 15*
Order of Chains can cast Slow at level 6; can cast Imprisonment at level 12*
Order of Tears +10% heal to all units on tile; gains Medic II at level 6 and Medic III at level 9
Wardens of the Unholy Fire +10% resistance to fire; +1 fire damage at level 9
Order of Patria +10% city defense; +30% city defense at level 3
Champions of the Holy Fire +1, +2, +3, +4 atk/def at levels 6, 9, 12, 15
Order of the Compact can cast Tongue of Moon and Sun at level 7*
Brotherhood of Calculpech +10% def; gains Earth I at level 3, double fortification bonus at level 6, and Earth II at level 9
Order of the God Resurrected +10% heal rate; gains March at level 3
Order of the World Tree +10% atk/def in forests, ancient forests, jungle; gains Nature I at level 3
Order of Kalshekk +30% atk/def in jungle
Curatoriæ Sanum +1 visibility (planned changes in next version, if I can do this: immune to all forms of fear, insanity, charm and domination; combat bonus vs. illusions and puppets)
Spells and abilities
Seal (or sanctify) Requires level 3 monk on a unique feature tile. (This spell is cast automatically on any unique feature when it's associated Order is founded nearby.) Permanently removes bad mana from feature (death, entropy, mind) and makes it unexplorable by anyone. Bradeline's Well can never be sealed, but it can be sanctified to remove entropy mana.
Monastic Training Monks that do not already have an Order can gain one in a city that has a Monastery and an Order. Costs 60 gp and takes 5 turns.
Tongue of Moon and Sun Requires level 7 and Order of the Compact. Raises relationship with one other civ by +7. Must be in or next to another civ's territory. Can be cast once only by a unit.
Imprisonment Requires level 12 and Order of Chains. All surrounding hostile units are placed in cages. Does not affect any tiles with a city, unique feature, monster "spawning" improvement, or mana node. (Farms, mines, towns and other normal improvements will be destroyed by cage; any other unknown improvements will not be affected.) Can be cast once only by a unit.
True Self Requires level 15 and Order of Dragons or Order of Heaven. Becomes a Dragon or Angel.
Monastic Training Monks that do not already have an Order can gain one in a city that has a Monastery and an Order. Costs 60 gp and takes 5 turns.
Tongue of Moon and Sun Requires level 7 and Order of the Compact. Raises relationship with one other civ by +7. Must be in or next to another civ's territory. Can be cast once only by a unit.
Imprisonment Requires level 12 and Order of Chains. All surrounding hostile units are placed in cages. Does not affect any tiles with a city, unique feature, monster "spawning" improvement, or mana node. (Farms, mines, towns and other normal improvements will be destroyed by cage; any other unknown improvements will not be affected.) Can be cast once only by a unit.
True Self Requires level 15 and Order of Dragons or Order of Heaven. Becomes a Dragon or Angel.
Purity Mechanism from Elohim+. Since I can’t find this documented anywhere else, I’ll do it here as best I can from looking at Python code. Please let me know if you see any errors.
Purity Counter (PC) calculation.
Effect on Armageddon Counter (AC). (Each turn.) If PC is greater than 50, a random number is generated between 0 and PC. If that number is greater than AC, then AC is reduced by 1.
Effects on Monk unit.
If the Purity Counter is 25 or greater, monks have str/def = 7 (+1 from base) and gain:
Spoiler :
Effect on Armageddon Counter (AC). (Each turn.) If PC is greater than 50, a random number is generated between 0 and PC. If that number is greater than AC, then AC is reduced by 1.
Effects on Monk unit.
If the Purity Counter is 25 or greater, monks have str/def = 7 (+1 from base) and gain:
Still Mind. Immune to fear. Cannot be charmed, crazed or enraged.
Quick. +1 movement
If the Purity Counter is 50 or greater, monks have str/def = 8 and gain:Quick. +1 movement
Purity of Body. +10% heal rate. Cannot be diseased or plagued. +30% resistances to poison and unholy damage.
Ki Strike. 1 extra first strike. +20% vs. melee. +20% defensive strike and defensive strike damage. +50% vs. demons.
If the Purity Counter is 75 or greater, monks have str/def = 9 and gain:Ki Strike. 1 extra first strike. +20% vs. melee. +20% defensive strike and defensive strike damage. +50% vs. demons.
Wholness of Body. Can heal while moving. +20% heal rate. Immune to mutation (works??) and weakness. +30% resistance to death damage.
Timeless Body. +20% vs. melee. Immune to first strikes and defensive strikes. Immune to poison. +20% resistance to cold, fire and lightning. Double fortification bonus.
Timeless Body. +20% vs. melee. Immune to first strikes and defensive strikes. Immune to poison. +20% resistance to cold, fire and lightning. Double fortification bonus.
To do (or not do).
- Balance.
- More interactive unique features. Hell terrain at Bradalin’s Well. Barbados?
- May implement a stronger form of Assimilation trait as in my old mod (no conquest required; new cities take on race characteristics of nearby civs).
- Probably something with the new "faith" system coming in 9.0.
Play suggestion: try it on a largish map (the biggest you can handle) with the option for all unique features. My testing/balancing has been with PerfectWorld2 standard size map, 9 players.
Unresolved problems, unfinished work. The Order promotions look correct in the unit window, but show up as large pink blobs in the mouse-over view.
Installation suggestions. Place ElohimKeepers_0.xx.zip in your FFH Wild Mana folder and unzip it. It will place a folder called "Elohim Keepers" in Assets/Modules/NormalModules/ (this contains all modular XML additions) and a Python file called ElohimKeepers.py in Assets/Python (containing functions called by spell and trait XMLs). Although this is fully modular, I suspect there will be problems when Wild Mana 9.0 arrives (new commerce types and other changes). You can always "uninstall" by removing the folder and python file above. (Consider copying the whole FFH Wild Mana folder and renaming it. Then you can have an old working version and still install 9.0 when it comes out.)
This would make Elohim more flavourful.
Both parts of it actually - modified Elohim itself and improved Unique Features, especially permanent ones. It's something I always wished was part of Wildmana 
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