Hey! I wanted to say thanks for the mod - this really breathes new life into this game!

I also wanted to ask - every time I start a new game, even with the same faction, I get a different combination of element tome techs in my tech tree. Is there any way to control which techs are available, or to get the ones that aren't in your tech tree? I want to go after as many wonders as possible. 

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Thank you! It's awesome how fast you respond to everyone's questions!  

I see you found the blood move ability bug again, was without net for awhile so i couldn't post about it (again).

seems to be some issues with the 100 mana cost shard transformation spells, not sure if it is checking for sovereign at the end of cast, or a non existant faith ability or something else. sorry this one is vague but i have had problems with it over multiple games with various shard types

i know the 50 mana version from faith fire and air both work well, especially on all those pesky water shards;)

any chance of a building for the faiths that might generate faithful? currently only faith air and fire races can actually build the fire/ air towers since only their racial abilities generates faithful. nvm I missed the resourceful trait i think, so there was another way.

looks like order and chaos rings are implemented without those spells actually existing.

possibly add in a value to enchanting crystals so they could be sold for 5-10 gildar?

Personally i just rarely even craft. might be somewhat the not interested, but early game when i might i use it i am also saving mana and resources for city spells and enchantments or shard transformations and by mid- late game i usually have found pretty good equipment. i might have to take a better look at it.

i guess i usually play a similar style of 3-4 strong heros and sometimes an army to back em up so i don't switch my tactics around a ton or change up some other things. often my warrios/ paladin just kinda roam around owning everything for xp, while the extra heroes help with approval/ become focused on spell traits. get a few + starting sta gear and mass aoe attacks bring much death. or get maul weapons and hope for some luck on big enemies.

unconventional idea time, maybe have each level of spell specialization give like .25 spell shard levels. i dunno, seems to make sense that having someone skilled in it would help those less skilled cast better spells with it too. i did notice the alternate shards that give more power so i may check that out at some point too. btw is there an undead friendly version of them? guess that would be a ton of extra work tho, and undead get special shards anyways.

i had actually stumbled across the trait before i read your reply on inductrine, so many in there i guess i kinda missed it.

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lately i haven't been using much other than your mod (just Champion Bonanza) getting to see a ton of cool items like the catapult bracer. also once again toying with a very tweaked version of heroic pursuits (mostly just stripped to the main tree skills)

and yes, the banshee or at least spirit sovereigns are pretty powerful. if i am not playing as a faith air or fire variant, then i do like grave touched for Morgans call and faith death for easy shard transformation. theoritcally i like mancers because of the extra movment but since you rarely get more champions of that race it kinda only takes effect for a few turns at the start. although all the move options from faction creator and soverign options can make some pretty fast armies. stack on mounts, and wildfire or the air buff (forget the name off the top of my head) plus the default spell and the blood abilities, and armies with 14+ movement are pretty nice. picked up the pioneer pack and think i managed like 4 cities with it and that many moves + 8x movement roads everywhere

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Awesome! Thanks Primal! Looking forward to release day!

Also - I hesitated to use Children of Storm with this before because that mod on it's own is only updated for 1.8 and is incompatible with Leader DLC... but when we use Children of Storm with XtraDeconstruct, it's all compatible, right?

My game has actually been completely stable so far, even running on the largest map size, which has been a pleasant surprise considering how unstable Legendary Heroes usually is in general! So I wanted to add in the CoS module for my next game with the new version. 

I also wanted to ask anyone in general - how is compatibility with the Republic mod lately? I loved that mod, but the XtraDeconstruct version hasn't been updated in a while. 

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There's now a list of craftable equipment in A_UserGuide.txt (Search for "III.4. Recipes"). The list is ordered and the bonuses are +1, +2, +3, +4 for Daggers and Short Swords. That same list is also available in the Hiergamenon crafting section, which should be at the very end of the Hiergamenon or close to it. It's true that Mage (+1) or Enchanter (+1) makes life easier for high level enchantments, but there's also Procipinee's Crown (+1) and the six master spellranks (+6) giving Enchanting Power, so there's a few different ways to acquire a total of +4 Enchanting Power.

Also, not sure I've explained this anywhere, but the Arcanium colors work as follow:

Green: +Earth [Beekeeper, Gravity, Mimesis, Mountains]

Grey: +Water\Cold [Numbing, Coral, Hoarfrost, Maelstrom]

Orange: +Death\Poison [Bane, Degeneration, Torment, Malignancy]

Purple: +Life [Survival, Growth, Symbiosis, Harmony]

Red: +Fire [Radiance, Scorching, Vermilion, Crimson]

Yellow: +Air [Shimmering, Moonlight, Celestial, Cyclone]

III.4. Recipes
III.4.0. General
Forged Collar (1 Forging Power)
Forged Dagger (1 Forging Power)
Forged Flask (1 Forging Power)
Forged Short Sword (1 Forging Power + Weaponry Tech)

Forged Cube (1 Forging Power)
Forged Pyramid (2 Forging Power)
Forged Cone (3 Forging Power)
Forged Sphere (4 Forging Power)

III.4.1. Collars
(Forged Collar + ...)
Amethyst Collar (Abjuration + 1 Orange Arcanium + 2 Purple Arcanium)
Bone Collar (Necromancy + 3 Orange Arcanium)
Iron Collar (Geomancy + 1 Grey Arcanium + 2 Purple Arcanium)
Primordial Collar (Summon III + 1 Yellow Arcanium + 2 Purple Arcanium)
Scale Collar (Volcanic Rites + 2 Red Arcanium + 2 Purple Arcanium)
Studded Collar (Summon Wisp + 1 Green Arcanium + 2 Purple Arcanium)

III.4.2. Daggers
(Forged Dagger + ...)
Dagger of Bane (1 Enchanting Power + 0.5 Orange Arcanium)
Dagger of the Beekeeper (1 Enchanting Power + 0.5 Green Arcanium)
Dagger of Numbing (1 Enchanting Power + 0.5 Grey Arcanium)
Dagger of Radiance (1 Enchanting Power + 0.5 Red Arcanium)
Dagger of Shimmering (1 Enchanting Power + 0.5 Yellow Arcanium)
Dagger of Survival (1 Enchanting Power + 0.5 Purple Arcanium)

Dagger of Coral (2 Enchanting Power + 1 Grey Arcanium)
Dagger of Degeneration (2 Enchanting Power + 1 Orange Arcanium)
Dagger of Gravity (2 Enchanting Power + 1 Green Arcanium)
Dagger of Growth (2 Enchanting Power + 1 Purple Arcanium)
Dagger of Moonlight (2 Enchanting Power + 1 Yellow Arcanium)
Dagger of Scorching (2 Enchanting Power + 1 Red Arcanium)

Dagger of Celestial (3 Enchanting Power + 1.5 Yellow Arcanium)
Dagger of Hoarfrost (3 Enchanting Power + 1.5 Grey Arcanium)
Dagger of Mimesis (3 Enchanting Power + 1.5 Green Arcanium)
Dagger of Symbiosis (3 Enchanting Power + 1.5 Purple Arcanium)
Dagger of Torment (3 Enchanting Power + 1.5 Orange Arcanium)
Dagger of Vermilion (3 Enchanting Power + 1.5 Red Arcanium)

Dagger of Crimson (4 Enchanting Power + 2 Red Arcanium)
Dagger of Cyclone (4 Enchanting Power + 2 Yellow Arcanium)
Dagger of Harmony (4 Enchanting Power + 2 Purple Arcanium)
Dagger of Maelstrom (4 Enchanting Power + 2 Grey Arcanium)
Dagger of Malignancy (4 Enchanting Power + 2 Orange Arcanium)
Dagger of the Mountains (4 Enchanting Power + 2 Green Arcanium)

III.4.3. Potions
(Forged Flask + ...)
Ayahuasca (1 Alchemist Power + 1 Yellow Arcanium)
Bottled Fire (1 Alchemist Power + 1 Red Arcanium)
Flask of Death Concentrate (1 Alchemist Power + 1 Orange Arcanium)
Flask of Life Concentrate (1 Alchemist Power + 1 Purple Arcanium)
Ice Bomb (1 Alchemist Power + 1 Grey Arcanium)

III.4.4. Short Swords
(Forged Short Sword + ...)
Short Sword of Bane (1 Enchanting Power + 1 Orange Arcanium)
Short Sword of the Beekeeper (1 Enchanting Power + 1 Green Arcanium)
Short Sword of Numbing (1 Enchanting Power + 1 Grey Arcanium)
Short Sword of Radiance (1 Enchanting Power + 1 Red Arcanium)
Short Sword of Shimmering (1 Enchanting Power + 1 Yellow Arcanium)
Short Sword of Survival (1 Enchanting Power + 1 Purple Arcanium)

Short Sword of Coral (2 Enchanting Power + 2 Grey Arcanium)
Short Sword of Degeneration (2 Enchanting Power + 2 Orange Arcanium)
Short Sword of Gravity (2 Enchanting Power + 2 Green Arcanium)
Short Sword of Growth (2 Enchanting Power + 2 Purple Arcanium)
Short Sword of Moonlight (2 Enchanting Power + 2 Yellow Arcanium)
Short Sword of Scorching (2 Enchanting Power + 2 Red Arcanium)

Short Sword of Celestial (3 Enchanting Power + 3 Yellow Arcanium)
Short Sword of Hoarfrost (3 Enchanting Power + 3 Grey Arcanium)
Short Sword of Mimesis (3 Enchanting Power + 3 Green Arcanium)
Short Sword of Symbiosis (3 Enchanting Power + 3 Purple Arcanium)
Short Sword of Torment (3 Enchanting Power + 3 Orange Arcanium)
Short Sword of Vermilion (3 Enchanting Power + 3 Red Arcanium)

Short Sword of Crimson (4 Enchanting Power + 4 Red Arcanium)
Short Sword of Cyclone (4 Enchanting Power + 4 Yellow Arcanium)
Short Sword of Harmony (4 Enchanting Power + 4 Purple Arcanium)
Short Sword of Maelstrom (4 Enchanting Power + 4 Grey Arcanium)
Short Sword of Malignancy (4 Enchanting Power + 4 Orange Arcanium)
Short Sword of the Mountains (4 Enchanting Power + 4 Green Arcanium)

III.4.5. Various
Random Common (Forged Cube + 1 Enchanting Power + 1 Grey Arcanium)
Random Uncommon (Forge Pyramid + 2 Enchanting Power + 2 Yellow Arcanium)
Random Rare (Forge Cone + 3 Enchanting Power + 3 Orange Arcanium)
Random Reliquary (Forge Sphere + 4 Enchanting Power + 4 Green Arcanium)