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Dominions 3: The Awakening 3.15 Fixes Bugs, Adds Spells

Mac Gaming News - Dominions 3: The Awakening 3.15 Fixes Bugs, Adds Spells

by , 11:20 AM EST, March 7th, 2008

Shrapnel Games announced the immediate availability of Dominions 3: The Awakening 3.15 on Friday. The update for the turn-based fantasy game added several new spells and fixed a list of bugs including a scale spread issue.

The new patch added a long list of features that includes:

  • MA & LA Ulm sexier.
  • Ulm Iron Faith: Black Priests in MA Ulm, Priest Smiths.
  • Iron Faith spells: Iron Darts, Iron Blizzard.
  • Iron Angel, MA Ulm summon to battle enemy sacreds and magical beings.
  • Guardians got Black Halberds that stun enemy sacreds.
  • Ghoul Guardians no longer sacred, but got Black Halberds.
  • Halt Heretic: New ability on Iron Angel, Ulrich hero and Lord Guardians.
  • Plate armors slightly better. Ulm plate armors more so.
  • LA Abysia sexier.
  • Slayer cult: Anathemant Slayers, common slayers noncapital.
  • LA Anathemants got death magic.
  • LA Smoulderghosts sacred.
  • Warbreds: huge humanbreds bred for war.
  • Late Abysian Hero
  • Fossilized Giants, LA Abysian summon.
  • Altered spell: Hidden in Snow more expensive and gives more units. Also more
  • effective with luck, magic and turmoil.
  • New spell: Hidden in Sand. Summons dust walkers if cast in a wasteland. More
  • powerful in luck, magic and turmoil.
  • Altered spell: Flight is personal.
  • New spell: Gift of Flight.
  • New icons: Halt Heretic, Animal Awe, Spy and Assassin.
  • Avalon witch changes: Crones strat move 1, mother and daughter random nature/air.
  • New national militia events for UW nations.

The update also fixed several bugs and added balance changes:

  • Scale spread bug fixed.
  • Ermor domkill upped to proper levels.
  • Old militia event made rare.
  • Peshti got Kite Shields.
  • Peshti Spearman strat move 2.
  • Bogatyr strat move 3.
  • Some more strat move fixes.
  • Plague Scythe -> twohanded.
  • Exarch and Kosheij got robes.
  • Grid Druzhina cold res 50.
  • Fivefold Angel stump attack instead of fist.
  • Simargl Falchion -> bite.
  • Simargl patrol -> 10.
  • Bloodlord helmet.
  • Rigor mortis no longer affects inanimates.
  • Internal Alchemy works properly.
  • Demonbred got correct age.
  • Forester and Bakemono scout stealth fix.
  • Moose Riders cheaper 45 -> 30.
  • #coldpower mod command fixed.

Dominions 3: The Awakening is priced at US$54.95 and is available at the Shrapnel Games Web site. The update is free for current users.

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