[BTS Module] Vatican City

[Gurra09]

The smallest independent country both in area and population is now available for Civilization IV: Vatican City

Leaders:

Spoiler :

John XXIII
Philosophical, Spiritual*
Favorite Civic: Theocracy
Favorite Religion: Christianity

Paul VI
Organized, Protective
Favorite Civic: Theocracy
Favorite Religion: Christianity

*Philosophical, Spiritual was Gandhi's trait but Gandhi has changed traits to Philosophical, Industrious to let John XXIII has the trait combination Philosophical, Spiritual without any leaders having the same trait combination.

Unique Unit:

Spoiler :

Swiss Guard
Replaces Pikeman
Strength: 6
Movement: 1
Hammer Cost: 60
+50% City Defense
+50% Hills Defense
+50% vs. Mounted Units

Unique Building:

Spoiler :

Basilica
Replaces Courthouse
Hammer Cost: 120
Culture: +1
Espionage: +2
-50% Maintenance
+2 Culture from All State Religion Buildings
Can turn 1 Citizen into Priest
Can turn 1 Citizen into Spy
Required to Build Forbidden Palace
Double production speed for Organized leaders
Available for free on Modern and later starts

City list:

Spoiler :

Città del Vaticano
San Pietro
Santa Maria
Santa Stefano
Sant'Anna
Santa Marta
Sant'Uffizio
Sant'Egidio
San Pellegrino
San Salvatore
Santi Martino e Sebastiano
San Damaso
Sistina
Udienze Pontificie
Arciprete
Giardino Quadrato
Aquilone
Madonna della Guardia
Grotta di Lourdes
Sacramento
Sagrestia

Credits:

Spoiler :

Ekmek for his Pope leaderheads.

Download:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=10329

 

[Mad Man]

Where did you grt a city list from?

 

[Jimmyballz]

Thanks Gurra!!

 

[Wolfshanze]

Sooo, we're supposed to wage war on every civ on the planet under the iron boot of the Pope?

 

[Gurra09]

Mad Man: The city list is name of churchs in Vatican City. In a new version I'll upload in just a few minutes I've added 10 city names from other places and buildings in the Vatican City.

Why I've done like that is because Vatican City is a city state and it's not so unique with only 1 city name on the city list...

 

[GeoModder]

I thought this civ may only be played in OCC mode?

 

[Mad Man]

Thanks Gurra09 for the clarification and good job. By the way has any one ever thought to make a Civilization of City States like Vatican,Monaco,San Marino,Singapore and so on

 

[DWOLF]

great work

however, as a Catholic, I don't know if I can declare war while playing with the Pope.

 

[Gurra09]

Play peaceful, then.


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[DWOLF]

Play peaceful, then.

I don't think I could. In my games, someone must die in order for me to have the resources that I need.

 

[Jimmyballz]

I still never had an Apostolic Palace diplo victory. I tried... This civ seems to be the best for it

 

[Gurra09]

At least it seems to be the best civ for building the Apostolic Palace.

 

[Wolfshanze]

At least it seems to be the best civ for building the Apostolic Palace.

Maybe you can make a "UB" of the AP!?!?! Give it a lower cost or easier for them to build or something?!?!?

 

[Gurra09]

First I thought to make AP an UB replacing Palace and rename the wonder Apostolic Palace to St. Peters Basilica but I didn't think it was a very good idea and abandoned it.


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[Wolfshanze]

I don't mean a building you can mass produce... just a cheaper World Wonder for the Vatican. There should be a way to do that.

 

[Gurra09]

Wouldn't that make Vatican City a bit too powerful?


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[Wolfshanze]

Wouldn't that make Vatican City a bit too powerful?

To have ONE cheaper Wonder? I doubt it... personally I don't even like the AP Wonder. Never build it.

If you lose a game because someone else built the AP, then maybe Civ4 is not for you.

I just think Vatican Civ + AP seems meant for each other. Your mod, do what you want... but frankly I would never consider somebody else getting a bee-line on the AP as a game breaker. In fact, I'd almost be insulted if some other civ besides the Vatican built the AP!

Come to think about it... maybe every civ should get a cheaper version of one Wonder... like China the Wall... Egypt the Pyramids... etc, etc... dunno... just pondering... I don't even know if it's doable... but it's an interesting concept.

 

[Dearmad]

great work

however, as a Catholic, I don't know if I can declare war while playing with the Pope.

They've done it plenty of times in real life. Rather warlike in fact.

 

[ViterboKnight]

Eh eh, so I'm not the only one who's created a Pontifical State civ!!
May I give you some suggestions about how I did it?

Unique unit: almost the same idea of mine, but the city defense bonus is enough, I'd remove the hill defense, or it risks to be overpowered.

Unique building: I've chosen the Vatican Bank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Bank), which replaces the Bank and gives a free Merchant in the city.

Leaders: this is quite subjective, but I've chosen FOUR popes!!! They all seem important to me.
Leo I the Great: the pope who stopped the invasion of Attila. Protective!
Gregory I the Great: who invented the "Gregorian chant". Creative!
Pius II: who promoted the Crusade in the 1459. Imperialist!
Julius II: patron of Bramante, Raphael and Michelangelo. Industrious!

 

[Gurra09]

You're right about the UU, but I'll lower the City Defense to +25% Defense instead of removing hills defense.

The nation of Vatican City was formed in 1929 after the Lateran Treaty, because of that I'll not have any popes from before that year as a leader.

Before 1929 it was the Papal States (until 1870) and then a part of Italy (1870 - 1929).


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