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leiah2
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posted August 24, 2014 11:17 PM |
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Dwarfurious said:
I'm not TOO familiar with all the lore but... Didnt the Academy create the bulk of hybrid monsters? Wouldnt that include Pegasues and Griffins? Or is this a world where Lion/Eagles are normal but Bull/Men are magic?
Well not excactly, they created all the beastmen if I remember right? But only them I think, please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Alex_Yakub
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posted August 24, 2014 11:26 PM |
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Dwarfurious said:
I'm not TOO familiar with all the lore but... Didnt the Academy create the bulk of hybrid monsters? Wouldnt that include Pegasues and Griffins? Or is this a world where Lion/Eagles are normal but Bull/Men are magic?
Academy created only beast-men (half men, half animals), like minotaurs, centaurs, harpies, rakshasas, sharkmen (lol, blizzardboy, your name for them is much better ) and gnolls. On the contrary, all the animal hybrids were created when normal animals were exposed to dragon veins. These hybirds are griffins (half lions, half eagles), manticoras (one third lions, one third bats, one third scorpions) and some other, wich I either don't remember or don't know of. It's not hard to imagine hippogriffs in Ashan being half horses, half eagles, and pegasi being half horses, half doves or something.
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ChrisD1
Supreme Hero
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posted August 25, 2014 02:23 PM |
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pegasi riders and unicorns(although i really wonder how pegasi fare in the deep woods) druids and pixies, some elven troops and treants and voila! sylvan! i am so waiting for this one!!!
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PhoenixMK
Hired Hero
Burn baby, BURN!!!
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posted August 26, 2014 02:03 AM |
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My Sylvan lineup
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"I'm Phoenix. If I die it's only to be reborn — hopefully better and brighter than before."
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mvassilev
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 03:20 AM |
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blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
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posted August 26, 2014 04:29 AM |
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Deep in the jungles of Yorkshire, the elusive White Tiger, nourished by Earl Grey tea, has developed explosive projectiles to be used in combat
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Hotarubi
Known Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 05:31 AM |
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Edited by Hotarubi at 05:32, 26 Aug 2014.
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LOL @ mvassilev
Phoenix, teach me how to make that pretty flyer! Pixie image is especially wonderful. Where is it from?
TBH I wouldn't mind that lineup, just swap the druidess with the nasty looking tiger. If a Dire Wolf has downgraded to core, Tiger should too, heehee. Pegasi Archers please. Like in Master of Magic!
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JeremiahEmo
Bad-mannered
Famous Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 06:08 AM |
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best possible lineup for Sylvan:
I didn't include Druids because they'd be better off as heroes.
Heroes would be:
1. Druid
2. Ranger
3. Beastking - druids focus on plants while these bad boys focus on animals.
4. ???
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VOKIALBG
Honorable
Legendary Hero
First in line
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posted August 26, 2014 08:51 AM |
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Edited by VOKIALBG at 08:52, 26 Aug 2014.
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I like more the line of PhoenixMK. I'll love to see pegasus back in the game.
And this line will be perfect just if we remove the tiger and put there there the dwarf with the hammer.
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted August 26, 2014 08:52 AM |
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Werewolf mmm. It would be nice to see how would the devs explain them loreewise. They are usually affinited with "bad"...
Well, easy enough. Let's make them like in Warcraft universe: Druids possessed by wolf spirits. Then maybe a shape-shifter unit? In elven form: archers and in close combat melee fighters. Strategically speaking it would be a really interesting unit...
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Alex_Yakub
Famous Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 09:11 AM |
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@PheonixMK: That's one interesting lineup! I especially love the good old HoMM4-style tiger. The only unit I don't like in your lineup is a pegasi rider. Two horses in a row (pegasus and unicorn) is a bit redudant. That was my only complain about HoMM3 rampart.
@JeremiahEmo: This lineup is also interesting. Satyr could be a beastman with a similair backstory to the minotaurus (wizards gave them to elves as a present, than elves granted satyrs freedom, but satyrs decided to stay with their new masters). Werewolf is also interesting. I say replace blade dancer with something - and the lineup will be perfect.
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SepSpring
Known Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 12:07 PM |
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Enough of these green / gold / emerald dragons. A giant feathered serpent called Quetzalcoatl could be an excellent champion creature for Sylvan.
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted August 26, 2014 12:33 PM |
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Name doesn't exactly scream elven.
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Danny
Famous Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 12:40 PM |
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And it would be too RAINBOW-y for an already criticized faction... 
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SepSpring
Known Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 12:41 PM |
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Who cares about names? Factions in "HoMM" have always been a compilation of mythical creatures that belong to different cultures. Quetzalcoatl is a deity of nature, and that's the point that makes it fit the faction.
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted August 26, 2014 12:42 PM |
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*I* care about names.
One of my personal criteria is that names should be easily pronounceable for an English speaking person.
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SepSpring
Known Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 12:45 PM |
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There are no mentions in myths about the colours of its feathers. This artwork just illustrates the main idea of the creature's appearance.
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SepSpring
Known Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 12:47 PM |
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"Quetzalcoatl" isn't difficult to pronounce at all.
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alex_yakub
Famous Hero
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posted August 26, 2014 01:06 PM |
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Quetzalcoatl would be an interesting unit. But the thing is, Quetzalcoatl is more suited to the tropics, like Pao islands, while Irollan is clearly situated in a temperate forest. That means this flying serpent would be out of place in the elven armies.
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted August 26, 2014 01:13 PM |
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Love the Quetzacoalti !!! 
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