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So after going through the playtest and seeing the demigods is anyone else wondering what the last 5 abilities for the released gods are gonna be? also is there anyone wondering if there will also be more dieties added in a full wargods of olympus book?
Personally I would love to see demigods for athena, aphroditie, hephaestus, hera and posiedon and am really curious as to what the full power levels would be at 10ka (ichor) just as a side note If osiris could answer as to if there are plans to add in a full level 10 powers.
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Let's go on a journey into the past and present, which we all hope will result in the future!
Within the storied annals of Croc's rulebook one of Horus' own faces off against a Demigod of Poseidon.
Long ago Croc posted some sweet concept art of the various Demigods on the forum of old, there was Apollo w/his Lyre, Ares, Artemis on a Great Stag protected by a wolf and flock of birds, Athena adorned in hoplite armor covering her sheer clothing underneath, Hades with his leashed three-headed hound and covered by his titan cloak, hunched over Hephaestus with his massive smith's hammer and a clockwork bird perched on his shoulder, Poseidon with his trident and armor adorned with all his creatures of the sea and his helm crested with his prized gift to man; the horse, and last of all Zeus with his eagle crested helm, his image the embodiment of virility!
Croc Tales Issue 2 introduced us to some adventurous looking Hoplites in their gold helms with black and red plumes and what looks to be fur cloaks! As long as they're not a specialist unit, they're not Spartan, they're not Mycenaean, maybe Athenian, so from where could these titan slaying hoplites be and what god of Olympus do they revere?
Croc Tales Issue 6 introduced us to the Satyrs and along with them one of the two gods they follow, Dionysus. As noted in their story his followers are quite the twisted drunks. I'd assume this confirms Dionysus as one of the Demigods available in the future.
Lastly, now Croc Tales Issue 7 has introduced us to Sicyon, Corinth, and of course Athens. The Issue is rife with images of Athenian hoplites laden with their goddess' animal, the owl. This in turn means those titan hunting hoplites from Croc Tales Issue 2 are not Athenians, hhmmmmmm? Then things really get juicy as later Hera and the Amazons, Trojans, Corinthians, and those pesky Cretan Pirates are spoken of! Then, just when you think you've seen it all you see: WOW, what a wonderful world this game has!!!
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There is another Goddess mentioned: "Only the children of feminine gods like Athena and Hecate along with the pathetically subservient lackey Hephaestus are unwelcome at a Spartan camp, for they bring along with them mentalities that work against the Spartan way of life."
In no particular order of preference, I'd like to see demigod miniatures for: Poseidon, Athena, Hecate, and Dionysus. That would leave us 3 short, given the 5 already released. As I've seen no mention of Hermes, Demeter and Hestia, perhaps the "pathetically subservient lackey" Hephaestus, as well as Hera and Aphrodite, will round the pantheon out?
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Good eye, seeing as Hecate is an actual Croc Avatar, she seems a viable candidate.
Not really sure how I feel about having all 12 main Olympian Gods represented. Just like Aegyptus, we can't have all of them. Though they may all exist within the Hellene Realm, Croc need only make rules for the few more they deem necessary.
I wasn't really a fan of Dionysus being in the mix, but he's grown on me, just like the Basti have since I started playing years ago. Every realm needs a sort of 'goofball, drunken, taunting' Demi/Harb, if not everything gets too serious, too dark. Too many games' fluff fall into the absurd all 'yin', no 'yang' (see 40K and Dark Age). Totally unrealistic considering human nature.
I'm guessing Hepheastus is in as he is referenced specifically as one of the Demigods allowed for Mycenaeans. I dig the idea of Hephaestus. His warband can be filled with Cyclopes and his automaton creations. Not a fan of Aphrodite and Hera getting Demigods. The Demigods of Love and Marriage on a battlefield would seem odd.
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