Big Damn Heroes: Vanarus Edition Thread - Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

I was disappointed at the lack of heroes for Vanarus, so I decided to do something about it and write a small mod.

Current version of the mod can be downloaded here

Version 0.5 can be placed directly in your mod folder and contains no new sprites, just appropriate looking placeholder sprites. Version 1.0 will contain spites for all new/modified units.

Basic Overview:

New Pretender, the Ancient Zmey, about on par with other dragon pretenders.

Modified Hero, Koschei the Deathless. Now comes with a horse. The Koschei the Immortal fairytale has Koschei riding a supernaturally swift and tireless horse. The old man does not need to walk anymore,.

New Heroes for Vanarus include:

Baba Yaga the Hag, unchanged from Bogarus version.
Koschei the Deathless, modified as above.
A new Berserkr hero, inspired by a Russian Fairytale and old stories about Berserkers; Hunter kills bear, witch curses the hunter to look like the bear.
A new Witch Queen heroine. Inspired by the Warrior Queen heroine from the Koschei the Immortal fairy tale. Further inspired by the Sauromatia nation in Dominions.
A new Van Huntsman hero. Inspired by a Finnish war hero and sniper.
A new Vyeshchaya Zhena multi-heroine. Older form of the Vyed'ma in myth and folklore. A sacred sorceress, priestess, healer and poet/lorekeeper.

Abandoned/Unfinished concepts:

-The Charodei, basically a trickster magician. Functionally like the Illusionist unit. Did not feel right for Vanarus, might be OK for Bogarus.
-Koldun, sterotypical warlock or dark magician. I might revisit this idea.
-The Zhudach or Sduhach. Siberian warrior-sorcerers decended from Zmey in some stories. Kind of like a Slavic Dragonborn. Seems deserving of it's own nation.
-Vucari. Primitive shapeshifting shamans. Are they men that become beasts, or beasts that become men? I did not include these because they seem to primitive by Middle Era standards. Plus they step on the toes of Midgard's Galdermen. If I revisit them, it will be as a summonable unit.

That is all. Feel free to comment or offer constructive criticism. I will update this post when I have the new version of the mod (with new sprites) completed.

Edited by: phobosexual

Thank you! But something seems to be wrong with your download link. I recommend trying tinyurl.

Edited by: reflexial

I think I fixed the link. the file is bmfhv.dm

I'll check back later, in case there are any issues.

It works. Thanks again.