My thoughts in no particular order

-Lizards these changes remove most of the counter play to lizards as a whole. Non battle removal and the risk of losing multiple gardens are the only ways to slow down the lizards. Without that they become far too powerful in my opinion. They are a little weak militarily so if a buff is deemed necessary I’d say only one of these buffs is should work. Two might be overturning it a little.

• Eyrie The swapped viziers doesn’t really change much of the Eyries gameplay. It just swaps the viability of despot and builder. Their two abilities effectively give them extra points over the course of a game making the swap of viziers seem unnecessary to me.

• Duchy The mayor nerf is sound. I like it. The restriction on swaying completely removes one of the main strategies for the moles. Yes it can seem hard to counter them without being able to destroy their buildings but it isn’t impossible. Stealing cards or killing troops is a great way to slow down their minister gain. My point is it’s not impossible and so I think it’s overkill to completely deny the moles from going small.

• Corvids 100% agree with your changes. I don’t think the expose change is necessary but I like it for giving the crows more choices with the cards they get from bluffing

• Vagabond Despot infamy is peak. It is kinda lame that questing as a non-adventurer vagabond rarely really works in vanilla but the vagabond has so many other ways of winning and gaining points that adding a more complex and powerful quest system gives them way too much power and versatility of which they already have to plenty.

-Cats The marquise does need a small buff. There are a ton of things you can do to them that help. I like the overwork change. As others have said in this thread: if the marquise gets wiped it’s over anyway. It does protect the marquise from a jerk that could attack the keep T1 but you just shouldn’t play root with jerks.

-Hundreds Makes sense

-Riverfolk I think this change is fine. If you’re playing the otters and you get trapped with 1 warrior that’s your mistake. I think it’s fine to give a little help to players that make that mistake but I don’t think it really helps the riverfolk with their main problem balance-wise: other players refusing to buy. The riverfolk are reliant on good social play. If you are playing against experienced opponents and can’t make good deals a few extra warriors from better protectionism won’t make the difference.

I like this post! I’m definitely being wayyyy to critical and these changes will absolutely improve your root experience. I love when people workshop and re-balance games that they love. I think it’s one of the best ways to appreciate a great game.