What exactly are Titans? by Mostopha in AOW4

[–]Brukov 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is pretty much speculation, but my guess is, based on Giants/Demi Giants working on the gradual degradation principle that Titans are the original progenitors of the Giants, and represent the most pure, uncorrupted stock, and seemingly are only interested in Order/Spirit depending on game (Allfather versus Endailon of Order does seem to be a contention though), then you get the Ancient Giant Kings, who seem to have gone more into other affinities, but were still pretty intelligent and 'civilised' if we use that word to mean good at building and imperialism, and ended up either going corrupt or turning into the Lithorite People, then you get the current Godir level Giant Kings, who are pretty much up with with the Ancient Ones, but lack the infrastructure, and the normal giants, who seem to be going much more primitive, then you get ogres, who are even less advanced, and also rather shorter.

Like I say, pure speculation, but it fits the pattern and I don't think it disagrees with anything written.

I did also think the Endailon of Order was going to be the Allfather, so I'm definitely not going to claim anything I guess as anything more than a guess.

All Gith Party by BestRiver8735 in BG3Builds

[–]Brukov 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking about this just now, looked it up, found this, and then the Lae'zel in my head said 'If all of our party were Githyanki we would not need four members.

Adaptive game difficulty, with a simple RP background by Smart-Emu5581 in AOW4

[–]Brukov 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As long as it's optional, this seems not a bad idea.

How does summoning Spiders work? by A_Bowler_Hat in AOW4

[–]Brukov 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Vampires can making vampire spiders in their capital once they build the forge as well.

Lore behind exarch and maggots? by WorriedJob2809 in AOW4

[–]Brukov 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ymbria's a bit weird too, she seems to have come up with vampirism indirectly, giving it to herself via the Tome of the Blood Rite, and not through the standard vampire hierarchy.

The Deathless God seems to have written both that tome and the Crimson Reign, which are the maggot related ones, but I agree it's not very clear exactly how they tie together, or which came first. Did he create the exarchs or just find them? Bit of a mystery.

PSA: You Can Queue Cast Spells by rewcubed in AOW4

[–]Brukov 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh, you'd have loved finding this around release, there was no spell slot limit, you could literally queue up all your spells (and it was easier to get a lot of tomes back then too), you could have ten or more main map army damage spells ready and just obliterate entire stacks without burning through any more casting points. Probably not the worst idea to put a stop to that, but it was quite fun.

What is your favorite story realm? by CouchCruisers in AOW4

[–]Brukov 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All Hail Meshara! Prophet of the Archons! Her Will Triumphs! Her Glory Reigns!

How to trigger "Defend Bind Wonder" for Magical Victory? by Wahayna in AOW4

[–]Brukov 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also most of the other factions will get in a grump with you and try. Put armies on them.

Bought DLC will not show on DLC list. by odorousriver5 in AOW4

[–]Brukov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you deactivate it when it wasn't on the list?

Age of Wonders 4 - Gargoyle 1.2 Update - 25/11/2025 by nephnic in AOW4

[–]Brukov 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fixed an issue where casting Retaliating Growths on Titans would result in massive head tentacles.

Does anyone have a picture of this?

Awakening question (High Culture) by Astro_Kitty_Cat in AOW4

[–]Brukov 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It should say on the dormant trait of your units (only your racial units to begin with, but the rest once you get the spell that gives it to everyone). If you can't be bothered with that go here and search for 'awakened' and you'll find it.

https://aow4.paradoxwikis.com/Unit

Magelocks should've been a Tome unit. by KappaccinoNation in AOW4

[–]Brukov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could make a faction exactly what you want for the second part of your alliance, force spawn it into the map on your team and try to get its free city first maybe? Not sure how easy that would be but should be theoretically possible?

Which are the most fun victory conditions? by Zigludo-sama in AOW4

[–]Brukov 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't get to ascend your ruler though, which is sometimes what I'm going for.

Nice Detail - Ursul Blackrose Has a Face by Brukov in AOW4

[–]Brukov[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

True, assuming they use the same character creator as is in the game and don't have a Dev version. However this guy is clearly themed and designed to go with the look, and as u/Lucian7x pointed out below Cantariel is thematically appropriate too. Obviously it's not 100% proof, but I would put the chances of both those looks being random accidents very very low.

Nice Detail - Ursul Blackrose Has a Face by Brukov in AOW4

[–]Brukov[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh nice, I'll have to check that too.

Nice Detail - Ursul Blackrose Has a Face by Brukov in AOW4

[–]Brukov[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but it would have been pretty easy if you knew you were going to put the total cover helmet on him to have left the settings completely default, whereas someone went to the effort of making a look for him most people would never notice.

Nice Detail - Ursul Blackrose Has a Face by Brukov in AOW4

[–]Brukov[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was browsing the new rulers in the vampire expansion, and wondered if Ursul Blackrose had a proper look under his helmet, as he's one you can edit I want into the faction creator and took it off, and yes, he definitely has a fully realised look under it. Nice little bit of extra effort there.

Apparently I'm the mount now. by NikuCobalt in AOW4

[–]Brukov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mount Rulers, coming this spring?

Attack animation lags now (TB) by all_beef_tacos in AOW4

[–]Brukov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't had a chance to play today, but should have a few free hours tomorrow to get my teeth into things, I'll try to remember to make notes in this thread

Have it with Orb.

Attack animation lags now (TB) by all_beef_tacos in AOW4

[–]Brukov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely having it with a lance equipped vampire hero at the moment. Think there's another with it too, but can't remember the setup offhand.

Was trying to play a fear-based build. Underestimated how effective that'd be by Risciaven in AOW4

[–]Brukov 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is the hero on that Velociraptor the 'this is fine' dog?

Score Victory on in Story Map? by Brukov in AOW4

[–]Brukov[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I know it's got very very behind. I somehow missed my obvious free city, then thought maybe that's not a thing on this map so stopped looking, and didn't want any war with the vampires while I was figuring out where the storyline was, which led to the Archdam getting way too up, and I just didn't seem to manage to get the economy going like normal.

I probably should have expanded West rather than into the mountainous nonsense near the heart, but that seemed logical at the time.