Techtree Contest #13 - Coloured Mana [Optionally Paired]

[Wazzz]

Not exactly a WIP, but I need your opinions. Which building type fits better for a lizardman race? Draenei or Naga?

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Oh that is tricky, Retera's Draenei buildings are pretty cool. Although I think the Naga one may fit better, but it's certainly a tough call and depends on how you use it.

 

[Duke]

Not exactly a WIP, but I need your opinions. Which building type fits better for a lizardman race? Draenei or Naga?

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Ujimasa Hojo's highborne buildings are pretty good for them I think.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Why not both dot gif?

 

[Leods]

Some WIPS about all my non siege and non worker units, all finished:

Spoiler: All together, as a good team

Spoiler: Only live units (without worker and siege units)

Spoiler: Undead units (Maybe, i should add a warrior shadow, based on the shadow of WoW)

I have an amount of ideas for the rest:
Worker: Human slave. He will be very cheap and weak, and, after 5 minutes, will automatically die, for the toxic gases and the very bad health conditions. If the slave dies, it will spawn a dusty skeleton, permanently, with similar statistics than Militia, but a bit better. Very useful for defense.
Siege unit: Well... Here I have nothing.
Heroes: Arch-Lich, Arch-necromancer, Flesh Lord (Abomination) and Geist. I have some abilitie ideas here.
Structures: Of course, the Pest boiler (a good model link will be grateful), a slow but powerful tower of area damage and per second (Scourge tower), and ... I think nothing more.

Edit: Again... My colour is black. I don't know if it cares, but the list continues to name me as red.

 

[AMarkov]

Sorry for bad english
Faction: Red
Race: Clan Khatra

• The nomadic Centaur race has conquered goblins and desert creatures. It uses weak and cowardly goblins as cannon fodder, as well as to support more powerful forces (for example, an Ogre can eat a goblin to restore health, or another Ogre will gladly throw the goblin at the enemy).
• Buildings stand through Kodo, they can also be assembled back, which increases the mobility of the base.
• Unique mechanics are blood. In a fight with an enemy with a certain chance, blood is generated, an auxiliary resource that can be spent on individual improvements of soldiers in your army (for example, a Khatra-warrior can improve his attack and health characteristics).

WIP #1

 

[Yours Truly]

Why not both for gif?

What do you mean?

Anyways, here's my progress so far:

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The training system works like Battle Realms (props if you ever played this awesome game)
Peasants (the one with the straw hat) can train in barracks by right clicking the barracks and they'll come out as soldiers (the one with the spear and shield)

Miners (on the far right) will spawn when you build a Miner's Hut. They cannot be controlled and will automatically mine the nearest gold mine available.

 

[Kyrbi0]

(I misspoke; it's supposed to be "dot" not "for". My bad.)

Very cool! I've been dying to see a Lizardman race ever since Gluma started owning face with his epic model series. Good on ya!

 

[Yours Truly]

(I misspoke; it's supposed to be "dot" not "for". My bad.)

Very cool! I've been dying to see a Lizardman race ever since Gluma started owning face with his epic model series. Good on ya!

I see. I'm not sure I can make Draenei and Naga buildings fit together though. They both have distinct features that suits part of a lizardman race, so it's gonna be a tough call.

 

[Wazzz]

The Lizardman race is looking pretty cool so far, and I'm especially intrigued by the inspiration from Battle Realms, bizarre game as it was

 

[Vinz]

Hey guys! Neat WIPs.

@Spellbound and I are teaming up for a blue faction.

 

[Wazzz]

Spellbound can compete? That rascal, you'll make a great dynamic duo

That model wip looks badass so far, definitely looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with

 

[Kyrbi0]

The Host can always compete. ; )

 

[Heinvers]

Table updated. Keep it up guys :]

 

[Leods]

@Spellbound and I are teaming up for a blue faction.

Ohh God, there is a team!
@Wazzz , Considering these ... Events, I would like to ask if you do not want to form a duo. After all, we are both experimenting with Black, and using, as a base, human units. Unfortunately, we have already started our techtrees, but an alliance between Cult of the Damned and Bandits is not at all unfeasible in Lore. In fact, the bandits, poor and peasants are among the main recruited by the Cult, since they are easily manipulated.
At least, as i see, you have Structures. I REALLY need structures now.

 

[Wazzz]

@Leods I am afraid I do not, I already have a concise idea of what I want to do and this is going to lead into my second WIP

WIP 2

This is the rest of the line up that I am intending to have for my race so far.

Starting from the left is the Black Market, which is the Blacksmith for the faction. It serves as a drop-off point for lumber and provides research through the acquisition of recently... liberated merchandise. One such upgrade is the Cheaper Construction Materials, where highwaymen provide caravans they have successfully procured for a discounted price, allowing structures to be built faster.

Next is the Sewer Tunnels, which enables the production of the faction's Ratmen units. Functioning similarly to the Workshop for the humans, these units provide a critical role for the Bandit's Operations.
The units from the Sewer Tunnels are as follows:
- The "Ratman", a heavy melee unit which, while a little more fragile than the heavy melee units of other factions, compensate by being a little cheaper, more accessible and fighting dirty. Through research, these get the Disease ability, a passive that reduces the Healing Rate of a target enemy unit.
- The "Ratling Gunner", a support siege unit, providing AoE damage from the backlines. This unit can be upgraded to do bonus damage against structures, as well as be upgraded to have a faster attack rate.
- The "Sharpshooter Team", a long-range sniper unit. Shooting enemies from afar, this unit is intended to capitalize on the Bandits "ambush" style of play, dealing substantial damage but not taking much back in return.

The third building in this lineup is the Tavern, the Bandit's equivalent of the Altar. From here, you can get their Hero, the Bandit Lord, which is intended to play as the embodiment of selfishness, depravity and the will to power. Despite riding on a powerful steed, it is more a symbol of wealth and posterity through ill-gotten gains, as well as a useful tool for making a quick escape.

Finally, is the Shadow Works, which provides access to two more units:
- The "Shadow Stalker", an anti-caster unit that can utilize abilities to grant itself more mobility in its pursuit of opposing targets.
- The "Shadow Dragon", a flying dragon which relies more on the use of cunning and stealth than the brute force of other Dragons within the game.

Lastly, is the addition of the caster unit for the faction, the Renegade Wizard. This unit is accessible via the Thieves Guild, and will provide a more mobile caster unit that can rapidly respond to enemy threats... or just as quickly retreat.




A lot of these ideas are still being developed in terms of abilities and research options, some are already incorporate while others have yet to be fully fleshed out. This is the general gist of what I am going for with the Bandit Faction so far, and while more "traditional" in the sense of it uses ingame inspiration a lot to build a faction around a set of creep units, I just have a soft spot for the theme

 

[Vinz]

Good move to involve the Skaven models!

 

[Wazzz]

Good move to involve the Skaven models!

Thanks
I've been wanting to do a faction like this for a time, and had the idea a while back to do it in this sort of style, so I sort of had the clear idea of what I wanted to do with the faction, it's nice to finally be able to put it to work

My only regret is that with the Bandit as a unit, there's no real way for me to use that really nice clanrat model Gluma made

 

[Riki]

Hello again.

I'm sorry for leaving the previous techtree contest, but I was forced
for reasons beyond my control. I'll join again and my color will be Black and a Night Elf themed race.

Soon I'll present my first WIP.

Here's my first WIP:

Spoiler: Dark Elves

From left to right:

Evoker: Worker, also at the cost of mana can summon Elemental Souls (weak spirits that lose HP quickly and are necessary for create buildings).

Zealot: Basic melee, although very fragile (the weakest in terms of HP) have a good damage output and two powerful passive abilities.
-Sneak Attack give her a chance of deal pure damage on attacks.
-Vendetta, that is unlocked on late game, give a chance when attacked of greatly increases attack speed for some seconds and protect herself of a great percentage of damage taken during this time.

Drider: Ranged unit with fast movement that gets more letal against weakened enemies.
-Toxic Arrows applies a poison on target that causes more effects based on its current life.
-Can also be upgraded to receive True Vision but with lesser range.

 

[MyPad]

Here's another WIP:

New Unit:

Valkyrian (or Vor'thuuns): (Haven't fully decided on the name)

A medium caster that specializes in disruption. Can initially cast Last Word, which permanently silences an enemy unit (3 seconds for Heroes) if they cast a spell and 5 seconds (1.5 seconds for Heroes) otherwise during a 4-second debuff period. Can learn Aether Realm and Revelation.

Spoiler: Buildings

In order of appearance (Clockwise, starting from building directly on top of Gold Mine):

1. Archonopolis (Town Hall)
2. Altar of Orderion (Hero production)
3. Academy (Primary troop production)
4. Hall of Oathkeepers (Research building)
5. Orduonic Camp (Burrow functionality, and farm sized)
6. {Not in model} Acquisitioned Gold Mine.

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Spoiler: Units

In order of appearance (from left to right):

1. Orduon
2. Arbiter
3. Valkyrian or Vor'thuuns
4. Glaive-bearer

 

[Kyrbi0]

Looking good!

 

[Vinz]

That's some exciting stuff!

Here's a couple more WIPs.

 

[Wazzz]

That's some exciting stuff!

Here's a couple more WIPs.

Please stop, you are scaring me

What is your faction, by the way? It seems pretty mystical so far, as I might expect from the Blue theme and... well... partnering with Spellbound

 

[Vinz]

We're making a Coastal Elven Civilisation. Mystical indeed, his name is Spellbound.

 

[Wazzz]

Coastal Elven Civilization? Nice, I look forward to seeing what you guys come up with

I also look forward to showing more Bandit stuff soon

 

[Kyrbi0]

Dang I forgot that you can model buildings too why didn't you remind me so many Troll building models I need!... Coastal Elves sounds new & cool.

 

[Wazzz]

damn more troll buildings sure would be nice to have i also enjoy the idea of coastal elves

 

[Yours Truly]

Good work with the WIPs guys. Keep pumping them up.

Here's a shitty spell preview I did for the Heavy Assailant hero:

Pause the video if you want to read the spells' descriptions. Prawn AI broke and messed up the preview, but I'm too lazy to make another video.

 

[Heinvers]

Contestant table updated! Good progress guys. Keep up the pace ^^

 

[Yours Truly]

Have some more WIPs.

Here's how my race (named it the Xetkin Clan) works in terms of training system:

And another one here, introducing the Cutthroats. They can swap attacks from ranged to melee and vice versa. When engaged in close combat or ordered to attack units near them, they will swap to melee attack. When ordered to attack enemies from afar, they will swap back to ranged attack.

 

[Wazzz]

Nice updates so far. Decided to put a little something together to spotlight a particular building for my faction: The Black Market.

The Black Market

This is the general gist of the idea so far, as well as the research options I have incorporated for the faction.

 

[AMarkov]

Clan Khatra

- Khatra House/Khatra Fortress/Khatra Palace [Town Hall]

• Slave - harvest gold and lumber
• Kodo - builder,
• Khatra Clan Warrior - melee, ability "Provocation" (slow down the target and force her to fight)
• Khatra Clan Archer - range, ability "Bow Master" (shooting on the move)

- Slaughterhouse [Farm, Blood Production]
You can kill your unit and get extra blood for processing
- Arena [Research]
- Harpy Watch Tower [Defence]
- Arsenal [Shop]
- Goblin Reservation [Barrack]
Common Features - "Fear" (Killing a goblin scares other goblins if there are no Hatra centaurs nearby).

• Goblin-Spearman - melee
• Goblin-Archer - range
• Goblin-Shaman - range, wizard, can trigger a "Protection Totem". Ability "Blood Donor" - unit-target gives health to surrounding units

- Bestiary [Barrack]

• Desert Jumping Spider - melee, ability "Jump", poison master
• Harpy Witch - range, fly, wizard

- Ogre Den [Barrack]

• Ogre-Stonehurler - melee, can eat goblin to restore health
• Ogre-Bonecleaver - melee, can take a goblin to throw at a target

- Altar of Blood [Altar, Blood Enhancements]

• Higher Khan - range, intelligence

1. Execution - kill your unit so that allied units fight more efficiently
   
   
2. Fire Elemental - Summon Fire Elemental, which, in addition to a ranged attack, can self-destruct
3. Blood Stone - <classified>
4. Unstoppable - Make your unit invulnerable (it can be attacked), but after a while it will die
   

WIP #2

 

[Vinz]

Loving the detail, guys!

 

[Wazzz]

I find it's a little hard not to get a little too into the world building around my faction :^)

I think I have most of my ideas decided on, it's just a matter of actually applying them now

 

[Wazzz]

Update: I have decided upon what I will be doing for my hero more specifically, since I need one of those in my faction and the Bandit Lord seems like a lot of fun.

The Bandit Lord

Ultimately, I wanted a hero that both reflected the ambush style of gameplay for the faction, and the ultimate selfish ambition of the Black philosophy. Hopefully I have accomplished this with the chosen spells and abilities for the Hero, and I hope he will be as much fun to play as he was to come up with.

 

[Vinz]

Unstoppable - Make your unit invulnerable (it can be attacked), but after a while it will die

Interesting premise, but I think there should be a way for the target to circumvent its death. It would be underwhelming for an ultimate, otherwise.

Update: I have decided upon what I will be doing for my hero more specifically, since I need one of those in my faction and the Bandit Lord seems like a lot of fun.

The Bandit Lord

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Ultimately, I wanted a hero that both reflected the ambush style of gameplay for the faction, and the ultimate selfish ambition of the Black philosophy. Hopefully I have accomplished this with the chosen spells and abilities for the Hero, and I hope he will be as much fun to play as he was to come up with.

Bounty Hunter is a bit vague and needs elaboration.

How does a tactical retreat work? Does the hero go invisible? Any speed bonuses?

The hero does sound fun to play so far. Keep it up!

 

[Wazzz]

At present Bounty Hunter is sort of planned to be Pillage that targets units as well as structures

The Call Bodyguards ability is, at the moment, planned to be based off of the Pandaren Brewmaster's ultimate ability, only instead of becoming three different units, it becomes four of the Bodyguards, and I am considering putting in a chance of the hero's proper name changing... you know, just in case he gets usurped by his own elite cadre :^)

I may need to fix up some of the descriptions on the image

 

[Vinz]

I see.

I am considering putting in a chance of the hero's proper name changing... you know, just in case he gets usurped by his own elite cadre :^)

Haha, I love that idea.

 

[Wazzz]

Haha, I love that idea.

I'm sort of going for the simple ideas done differently, trying to see what I can get out of making a Bandit faction that uses a lot of the ingame mechanics of the melee game in a way not yet explored by previously existing factions

 

[Yours Truly]

Damn, that is a nice layout you did for your Bandit Lord hero. I got inspired by it that I tried to create my own. It sucks, I know. My image skills are below average. Here's something I whipped out. Took me a couple of hours to write my race's lore. I'm open to opinions because I think my race might stray too far from the Red theme here. If it really values Freedom Above ALL, then I think this one kinda suits it.

Anyways,here it is. (Image taken from Total Warhammer 2)

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[Vinz]

Fabulous presentation, mate!

 

[Yours Truly]

Fabulous presentation, mate!

Why thank you

 

[Wazzz]

Damn that total war warhammer pic is really well suited to that

The backstory so far sounds pretty solid for laying their grass roots for their desire for freedom, and it's definitely nice to see some inspiration for extra fluff for fleshing out the factions further

 

[Leods]

Well, if everyone is presenting a introduction of the techtre, here we go...

Also, here is a little screenshot, in which you can see a necromancer being sacrificed, for the immediate creation of a more powerful Lich:

When you sacrifice a unit, your plague cauldron will receive as much damage as the life of the created unit. With that, exceptly if you want to lose your Plague cauldron, you will use your gold to repair it.

Here are the posible combinations:
-Human slave: Dusty skeleton (250 HP)
-Servant: Skeleton (450 HP)
-Dark mage: Shadow skeleton (575 HP)
-Shadow priest/Necromancer: Lich (800 HP)

 

[Riki]

WIP 2

Spoiler: Dark Elves

New Units:

Avenger: Heavy melee unit. When killed have a chance of enrage for some seconds, increasing his stats.

Hierophant: Basic caster with Disperse (dispel and heal if cast on Dark Elves, else instead of healing will stun for 2 seconds). Can learn Life Tap (affected enemy will heal Dark Elves who attack it) and Grim Seal (enemies in affected area receive more damage from spells).

Scourger: Offensive caster, initially have Carnage (extra attack speed for allies). Can learn Iron Maiden (agressive curse that counts all damage caused by affected enemy and when spell ends or limit damage is reached that damage is returned to that unit) and Rot (dps, silence and movement speed slow on an enemy unit).

Ravager: Siege weapon, for now without abilities.

 

[Wazzz]

Here is an update on my Primary Troop Production structure, the Thieves Guild:

The Thieves Guild

It's good to see everybody seems to be coming along nicely so far, and that I may have inadvertently begun a trend of some sorts

 

[JokeMaster]

Guess whos gona take part from now on?

 

[Kyrbi0]

Wazzz & Riki Martin are taking bubblegum & chewing names so far as I'm concerned. Excellent stuff peeps.

JOKEMASTAAAAAH

 

[Spellbound]

WIP

Unit production

 

[Heinvers]

Guess whos gona take part from now on?

At last!

 

[Yours Truly]

WIP

Unit production

Cool, here's my fourth wip:

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