PARADIGM WORLDS: STORY & OTHER FEATURES

This article presents new features of Paradigm Worlds: We, the Creatures! mod for MB:Warband. FEATURES CATEGORY: STORY & OTHER FEATURES

• ENTER THE STORY - Scenario eras, dedicated special units, Hell mode
  • When you start a new game you decide WHEN you want to be, you choose era.
  • Each era has it's own character:
    • set of main and minor factions
    • it's own heroes
    • even lord's and center's names
    • center's placement on the world map (!)
    • special faction troops dedicated only to this specific era
    • power balance and geopolitical situation
    • battle play-style, rules, conditions
    • Outlaws and Commoners start with at least one center, there are scenarios when they do start with more than couple towns and castles
    • minor factions designed in respect for theme/setting
  • MORE DETAILS - see [here]

• KUMITE FULL CONTACT TOURNAMENT - name inspired (little bit) of Tournament where all creature fight for REAL! Which means they do not use traditional tournament equipment, but their own.
  • Both tournaments [traditional and kumite] have been slightly re-designed [so far there are no cases of any crash!]
  • Player has to spend money and renown to take apart and bet
  • Player - if he owns the town - may organize (and should, to make citizens occupied!) both competitions

• POINTS OF INTEREST - Paradigm Worlds are overfilled with various anomalies (aka 'anomalities'). They come from odd physics distortions, some are effect of radiation, or mutation. Points of interests - a new encounter on world's map - offer a new short story minigames of various sorts.
  • Stick and carrot balance
  • Stick, danger - player party may be attacked by virus or bacteria, troops can be wounded, or turn into zombies or mutants or go crazy
  • Carrot, treasures - player may find precious items like equipment that may be used in future to train army or extract mutagen or create healing drugs
  • There are separate stories for LAND and OCEAN landmarks. SEA encounters have very good prices, but are more dangerous, and can destroy party morale within few bad choices
  • Minigames are based on basic choices, sometimes on luck, sometimes on strategic decision, for instance if you find a good hunting spot and decide to send party on expedition, you will become vulnerable and can be surprised by potential enemy on world map

• FLYING DRONES and SUMMONERS - Paradigm World welcomes new warfare weapons, and new doctrines. There are some units, elite troops, that are in power of calling instant reinforcements during battle.
  • Powerful Eagle Drones can be summoned by elite troops of Lost Legion. Drones can fire light smg and can fly. (That makes them quite strong if auto-fire is ON, and less if OFF)
  • Engineers elite troops can call Sentry Drone, a small flying probe that uses light energy weapon
  • Liches can call additional skeleton to a battlefield. Their more powerful undead version can even call large groups of skeleton warriors.

• TRADING WITH CARAVANS - Hitchcock once said, that film is a life without boring parts. So, to make life even more interesting, now meeting is a new opportunity! Encountered caravans will trade with player weapons, armors, just like town merchants!

• JOIN BATTLE SYSTEM Re-done
  • Order Troops sent to help will join battles and sieges
  • Help-system based on system enemy of my enemy is my friend. Factions will help you if you are in good relations with them, or join enemy if they hate you
  • Towns and Castles come with help to battles close to centers - which is a very important fact:
    
    • May be used against centers, best choice if you want avoid siege. You 'just' have to ambush lord visiting or leaving town. If you ambush lord close enough - town or castle will send garrison with help. It is easier to take them down while outside center walls and then besiege weakened center... or even take it without a fight, if you annihilate enemy in open field battle first.
    • You can use military equipment and prepare an ambush using new camp menu, and then [Tactical operations] ->[Try to hide your army] option. For next 24 hours - if player succeeds with ambush operation - party will be invisible to all enemies in the close radius.

This article is a part of main presentation of Paradigm Worlds: We, the creatures!