Description : Dagda's Tear
Teaser
When Cassiel decided, although the compact was signed, to leave Dagda and join Erebus and the humans, Dagda, god of balance, was overflowed by powerful emotions, (sadness, anger, jealousy, despair, hope), which he was not used to (being the God of balance and all). Then, to his own surprise, a Tear pearled on his godly cheek, and fell from Heaven towards Erebus, and unbelievebly, through the compact.
What crashed in a heap of dust is what you'll take control of.
Dagda's Tear after crashing on Erebus (leaderhead):
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Details
Civ description
Upon landing Dadga's Tear starts dividing, and absorbing. Indeed, when leaving Dagda's cheek, the Tear remembers his latest feelings and goals :
the perfect balance, obtained by absorbing everything leaving a perfectly balanced bare world.
The "civ" is not really a civ, more like a monster whose dimension grows like a civ. The cities represent rooted tears which can give birth to more absorbing Tears, units automatically absorb features (takes some time to do so) and the resulting digesting Tear produces science. Combats also generate digesting Tears on victory, producing science also.
When completed, you will have every concept of classical civs in for Tears, but usually implemented in a different way (magic, stealth, priests, raw stength, ...)
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Civ traits
Monstrous (new trait) : You cannot make peace or trade with other civs and everyone automatically declare war on you upon contact. (basically you are always at war with every other civ you ever met).
Fallows : as usual
Intolerant : as usual
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Civ specific
Yields
No commerce,no food and no hammers generated by landscape.
Can build an improvement which generates hammers and evolves upon time with several phases:
+ Waking Rooted Tear : needs to be built, lasts 2 turns if worked by a "city", can be razed, produces some hammers, evolves to Absorbing Rooted Tear
+ Absorbing Rooted Tear : cannot be built, lasts 7 turns if worked by a "city", cannot be razed, produces a lot of hammers, evolves to Gestating Rooted Tear
+ Gestating Rooted Tear : cannot be built, lasts 30 turns even if not worked, cannot be razed, produces some hammers and spaws Tear units, dies off at the end of the time.
It illustrates the absorbtion of the world by the Tears.
Note that only the Tears actually have production from these improvements. Other civs have nothing from them.
Settlers
Changed, now one national unit (max 2 at a time) can be grown and deployed quickly to create new "cities" (but beware as it has a lilmited duration, after it will settle by itself).
Absorbtion ratio
There is a ratio of how much the world has been absorbed (changed to bareland) in the upper left corner (next to manas), which I find very motivating (as it changes quicker and quicker)
Terraforming
Upon becoming a Gestating Rooted Tear, an improvement does the following terraforming:
+ Absorb terrain : the terrain becomes bareland (no basic production for anyone, no improvements can be constructed).
+ Flatten the land : if there is a hill on the tile, makes it flat and generates a Digesting Tear
+ Flatten the area (down) : if there are volcanoes/peaks on the 8 tiles around the current one, makes them hills instead and generates a Digesting Tear on each ones.
+ Flatten the area (up) : if there are coasts/oceans on the 8 tiles around the current one, makes them swamp land instead and generates a Digesting Tear on each ones.
They are 2 other ways to terraform. Wilds can be sacrified using the Implorbtion spell which will in the same way generate a lot of Digesting Tears while flattening the landscape. Love can also do so, on a bigger scale.
Race
The Tears have a new race :
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Free Unit
+ Immune To Capture
+ Immune To Fear
+ Not Alive
Starting units
Only Dagda's Tear (Hero) as a starting unit, which creates the first "city" on impact (end of first turn). The "Palace" also provides a free Boredom (defensive immobile unit), and creating a city offers an Organized Tear to start spreading the improvements.
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Heroes
Dagda's Tear : The origin of everything. It falls from heaven on the first turn (very large visibility for 1 turn) and creates the first "city" on impact (its position at the end of the turn). It starts weak (0/3) and defensive only, but it can absorb every kind of feature once, gaining each time a new promotion increasing its power, until it becomes quite powerful for early unit (although still defensive only). In case of death, it's spirit is transfered into the most powerful unit existing at the moment (replacing it), keeping its promotion, its level, but loosing its xp.
Note : all defensive only Tears can attack when on the special Tear Improvement, making for an offensive defense, especially with the hero.
Unique feature absorbtion : it is planned to have a unique unit (hero sometimes, but always unique) generated when absorbing a unique improvement (Pyre, ...). The list is still to be done.
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Units
Organized Tears (eq. Worker) (Tier 1) : Can be produced in cities. Cannot attack. Weak units that only serve to root Tears to absorb the landscape around "cities". It has a chance to die when rooting the improvement, which depends on the number currently in the game and the current population. Its cost also increases with the number actually in play.
Love (eq. Settler) (Tier 1) : Can be produced in cities. Cannot attack. Average duration (dies after a few turns). Weak unit that only serve to root new "cities". It can also enter a self-destructing cycle of hyper-absorbtion to digest a 5x5 area.
Digesting Tears (Tier 1) : Cannot be produced. Cannot attack. Immobile. Short duration (dies after a few turns). Weak units producing science generated on two occasions:
+ Absorbing of any feature by another Tear (upon walking over it)
+ Victory when fighting a foe (absorb the enemy body)
Science can improve both the quantity of science generated per turn and the duration of the unit (lifespan).
Upon victory in combat (defense only as the unit is immobile), a Digesting Tear will autopromote and gain in duration and strenght, and if victories comes again, it may even start to be able to move and become a real unit !
Wild (Tier 1) : Cannot be produced. Generated by the improvement (Rooted Tear) only. Offensive and defensive unit. Science improves the kind of unit produced. It can also be upgraded in the several possible upgrade paths (Sadness, Jealousy, Envy, Fear, Distress). At last, Wilds can be sacrified to absorb a 3x3 area and produce Digesting Tears.
Lust (Tier 1) : Cannot be produced. Can be invocated by other Tears when laying on Rooted Tears, Fireball style. It is basically a weak offensive short duration expendable unit, which cannot kill but can weaken enemies.
Shame (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Generated by the improvement (Rooted Tear) instead of a Tear if on some Bonus (Vegetal Line). Offensive and defensive unit. It generates other Tears upon combat victory or feature absorbtion.
Passion (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Generated by the improvement (Rooted Tear) instead of a Tear if on some Bonus. Offensive and defensive unit. Other Tears can be sacrified to increase its strength.
Pride (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Generated by the improvement (Rooted Tear) instead of a Tear if on some Bonus (Metal line). Support unit. It gives Tears on the same tile promos depending on its type (the type depends on the bonus absorbed on creation). The Pride unit have different characteristic depending on the Bonus absobed as well:
+ Copper : +100% vs Melee, +3/+1 Strenght
+ Iron : +100% Lightning resistance, +6/+0 Strenght
+ Mithril : Immune to Magic
+ Gold : +5 first strike, 100% Defensive Strike Chance, 30% Defensive Strike Damage
+ Gems : +5 Collateral Targets, +50% Collateral Damage Boost
+ Sheut Stone : +100% Heal after Combat
+ Pearl : +5 Visibility Range, See invisible (Land+Animal)
+ GunPowder : +50% Bombard rate, explosive death
+ Marble : Double Fortify, Guardsman, +0/+3 Strenght
Joy (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Generated by the improvement (Rooted Tear) instead of a Tear if on some Bonus (Magic line). Its attack is composed of divers elemental effects, and upon death it stuns enemies all around itself for several turns. Can be upgraded to Anger, Confusion, Loneliness or Wicked.
Sadness (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Tears. This the water specialist, gaining promotion to waterwalking and withdrawal (the Tear become more and more fluid). It can become a strong water only unit on level 4.
Jealousy (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Tears. This is the acid specialist. It gains in attack strength through poison, gaining later promotion to spit acid and increase acidity. It gains an area-effect acid attack on level 4.
Envy (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Tears. Invisible, it plays the role of advanced spy. On level 4, it can lay blobby drop on ennemies to see them on their moves for some times.
Fear (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Tears. Radiating fear, it will disorganise ennemies very efficiently. On level 4, it will start making enemies become crazy on combat.
Distress (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Tears. The master of dividing, it can project itself on others (distance attack). On level 4, it can skyjump several tiles and divide (loosing half its XP) into two versions of itself.
Boredom (Tier 2) : Cannot be produced. Is automatically produced by the Palace and Immune System building (1/turn until equal city population, only 1 for Palace)
Sad Jealousy (Tier 3) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Sadness or Jealousy. Unit waterwalking which can contaminate waters (ocean and hopefully river as well) with corrosive/destructive acid.
Jealous Envy (Tier 3) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Jealousy or Envy. Invisible, it will poison and hurt everything going through it and can backstab a unit with a very strong acid blow.
Envious Fear (Tier 3) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Envy or Fear. Invisible nightmare frightening enemies.
Fearful Distress (Tier 3) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Fear or Distress. Very special unit which have a special spell which creates a spreading short-lived fearful material making ennemis flee (can spread to up to 100 tiles before disappearing)
Distressful Sadness (Tier 3) : Cannot be produced. Have to be upgraded to from Distress or Sadness. Strong sea Unit with distance long attack.
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Promotions
Acid I : Gained automatically by all Tears upon discovery. +1/+0 poison attack.
Acid II : Requires level 2. Gives Rusty promotions to enemies on combat.
Spit I : Gained automatically by all Tears upon discovery. Defensive strike (30% chance, 10% max)
Spit II : Requires level 2. Ignores defense.
Transparency I : Gained automatically by all Tears upon discovery. +20% combat
Transparency II : Requires level 2. Marskman.
Fear I : Gained automatically by all Tears upon discovery. Gives 1 first strike.
Fear II : Requires level 2. Gives 1 first strike.
Immune to first strikes.
Fluidity I : Gained automatically by all Tears upon discovery. +30% chance withdrawal.
Fluidity II : Requires level 2. +1 mouvement, +10% withdrawal.
Size : Weak : The default size of Tears. -1/-2 strength malus.
Size : Normal : Replace "Size : Weak" for all new Tears once discovered. +0/+0 strength.
Size : Great : Replace "Size : Normal" for all new Tears once discovered. +1/+2 strength.
Size : Greater : Replace "Size : Great" for all new Tears once discovered. +3/+4 strength.
Falling from Heaven : Make the unit flying, with greatly increased movement (+3) and visibility (+10). It last only 1 turn and create a city on impact with the ground. Only units coming from heaven have this promotion.
Strong Integrity : the Tears with ths promo cannot easily be absorbed by other Tears, nor be the target of destructive Tear rituals.
Tear Symbiosis : when on Rooted Tear, units have greatly improved stats:
+ +1 visibility
+ can attack (for defensive only units)
+ always heal
+ +50% Healing rate
+ +0/+2 strength
+ +50% heal on combat
It also permits Tears to invoque Lust.
The following promos are inherited from Pride Tears if on the same tile :
+ Copper : +20% vs Melee
+ Iron : +30% Lightning resistance, +1/+0 Strenght
+ Mithril : +30% Magic Resistance
+ Gold : 20% Defensive Strike Chance, 10% Defensive Strike Damage
+ Gems : +2 Collateral Targets, +5% Collateral Damage Boost
+ Sheut Stone : +10% Heal after Combat
+ Pearl : +1 Visibility Range, See invisible (Land+Animal) (this one is kept)
+ GunPowder : +5% Bombard rate, explosive death
+ Marble : Double Fortify, +0/+1 Strenght
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Cities
Capital : The capital is not so special anymore, just the "palace" is the building generating science depending on the number of digesting Tears currently alive.
Size : All city is created at size 1 and does not naturally grow (fallow trait). The size can however be slightly improved by building some "buildings" allowing the exploitation of more tiles.
Capture : The Tears cannot capture cities (only destroy) and their cities also cannot be captured.
Culture : As no commerce is generated from tiles in cities, the culture is comming from the production. It means that the more a city produce, the higher it's culture gain. Moreover, a city not producing anything may start loosing culture, and so loose influence, until it disappears completly (once the whole land has been absobed around it basically).
City Tear's Heart : Every city has a Tear's Heart. It starts young and mature as the city gains culture level as follow:
Young Tear's Heart : produced culture = production / 2
Adult Tear's Heart : 20% production bonus, -3 culture, produced culture = production
Mature Tear's Heart : 40% production bonus, -10 culture, plot radius=3, produced culture = production * 2
Ancient Tear's Heart : 60% production bonus, -15 culture, plot radius=3, produced culture = production * 3
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Buildings
Heart Extension : Add 1 "pop" to the city.
Micro fiber : Add 1 "pop" to the city.
Hyper absorbtion : Add 10 "pop" to the city, -70% production
Heart Regulator : this building modifies the production of the "city" when it produces Rooting Tears depending on the current number of such units and the current number of "cities". It gives a boost if there are less than 2 units per "city", and an exponentially increasing malus if there are more than that, to counter-balance the middle to late game where the duration of the workers has been greatly extended through science)
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Terrain
Bareland : This is what is left after Tears have absorbed everything on a tile, which means nothing but bare landrock. On such terrain, no city can be founded, no road constructed. It provides no production nor commerce to any civs, and it is difficult to progress on such landscape (movement penalty).
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Update
20] Version v0.1 completely described (normally)
19] Added many promotions
18] Added metal line units (Pride Tear)
17] Added 1 unit and renamed 2.
16] Added art of units for 1.0
15] Added 100 turns of a game
14] Added terrain section
13] Added 2 units. Started Promotion section.
12] Changed the background of the leaderhead.
11] Added 1 building, added detailed on all units, added Father Tear unit.
10] Renamed the trait to Monstrous, added separators, added Intolerant trait
9] Added "Heroes" section, "Civ Specific/Starting units" section
8] Changelog and todo list added in second post
7] Corrected "Civ Specific/Terraforming" section and "Civ Specific/Yields", added one section in "Civ Specific"
6] Added "Buildings" section
5] Discretely added the leaderhead
4] Added 2 sections in the "City" section, detailed the "Civ specific/Yield" section, added 1 section in "Civ Specific" section
3] Added "Civ Specific/Absorbtion ratio" section
2] Added the "City" section
1] First creation
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