With about half a year since the last update it is time for another one. This update consists of mostly bug fixes and minor stat fixes. One notable bug fixed in this patch is that blood slaves could not be used to boost the caster's level in combat properly. General

• Fix for monkeys not becoming the right type of soulless
• Increased maximum number of combat reports per turn file
• Ghost Ship Armada reported wrong number of kills & gold when multiple armadas were active
• Kindly Ones behavior changed to correspond better with description
• Unleash Imprisoned Ones didn't change the site properly
• Utterdark Fiends of Darkness can no longer spawn underwater
• Blood Slaves could not be used to boost caster's level properly in combat
• Fix for AI spell choice vs nearby enemies
• Heal didn't work properly for units with altered max HP
• New --blindlog features (ctrl-p in army setup and main map)
• --blindlog province connections also mention status of rivers and mountain passes
• Carrion Reanimation removed too many corpses
• Wish soul slay effect didn't slay the soul properly
• PD could sometimes be raised past limit if shift was pressed
• Fix for deselecting commander from commander group
• Oath Stone site now also grants a commander for PD
• --statusdump could get a turn nbr -1 after network host, fixed
• Magic gems capped at 25000 per type
• Fix for corrupted text with newer versions of the sdl2-ttf lib
• Most ghostlike units are now amphibious
• Tartarians can now enter the water
• Ichtycentaurs now also have a hoof attack
• Stat and description fixes

Modding

• Event commands req_targaff & req_targnoaff now accept high bitmask values properly

[ 2022-02-25 15:08:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.

In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. The pretender gods have different strengths dependent on what kind of god you choose and what nation you play.

When you start the game you decide what kind of god you are and how your Dominion affects your lands, followers and sacred soldiers. It is an expression of your divine might and the faith of your followers. If your dominion dies, so do you. Your dominion also inspires your sacred warriors and gives them powers derived from your dominion.

In order to win and become the one true god you have to defeat your enemies one of three different ways: conquer their lands, extinguish their dominion or claim the Thrones of Ascension.

New for Dominions 5 is that a God's bless effects can be customized in detail giving a new set of choices for the aspiring Gods. Battles have also received a major change and now feature simultaneous movement for all participating units. Fireballs and arrows will now fly at the same time as everyone is moving and watching large battles will be quicker than before.

Dominions is set in a fantasy world that draws inspiration from historical nations, cultures and myths. You will not encounter the elves of conventional fantasy in this game. Instead you might lead a nation of vanir from old norse myth. Aztecs, romans, israelites, greeks, kievian rus and lovecraftian horrors are just a few of the inspirational sources of the game.

The first Dominions game was released in 2002 and was well received by strategy gamers. Since then Dominions has been much refined and Dominions series is still actively played making it one of the longest running 4x turn based strategy games.