( WIP ) New Ancillaries and Traits ( 05/06 Release of updated work on Dwarven factions )

[SuperAnt]

Hey hey there folks.

When playing TATW, I can't help thinking that ancillaries sometimes don't fit Tolkien's universe. Indeed, some relics, some characters, are forgotten. Therefore, I've decided to make a mod that will bannish medieval II vanilla ancillaries for new TATW ancillaries. The ancillaries will be lore-accurate or realistic ( inspirations from a character in the book, for example I had the idea of the «*Captain Uruk-Haï*» when thinking of Ugluk )for a deeper immersion of the player.

This mod will only be compatible with Firefreak's map.

If you can find pictures or if you can make new ones, if you are a Tolkien's expert, if you are a modder, if you are writter, feel free to propose your help.

If you have critics, suggestions, feel free to speak frankly beause different visions are the only way to improve the quality of a work. Also, if there are mistakes in the text, feel free to correct me( I'm french so there can be translation issues for example ).

Here is a list of lore-accurate ancillaries ( extracted from the trilogy ) or already done ancillaries, I will post a preview of Isengard's new ancillaries in the 2nd post. This list doesn't contain all ancillaries : I made some some that aren't in originally.

I would like to add ancillaries from Bilbo and The Unfinished Tales ( I've already started a list for the Third Age with the end of Isildur )

THE LIST

Good Factions Ent's water Ent's drink ( more powerful ) Horse of the North Beorning Cram Druedain Prince of Rhovanion ( except Dwarves i think ) Lossoth Eriador Mayor of Michel Delving - Done Thain of the Shire - Done Bandobras Bullroarer's club Gandalf's fireworks ( unique ) Mithril-coat ( unique ) Sting ( unique ) Westernesse sword Galgal treasure Spear of Carn Dûm Pipeweed Wine Club Minstrel Banner of the Tree and the Stars ( unique ) Athelas Seer Annuminas Sceptre Silvan elves Clothes of the Galadhrim Lothlorien sentinel Rumil Oprahïn Legolas' long knife Guardin of Cerin Amroth Lord of Caras Galadhon Lady Galadirel Elessar* Galadhrim bow Singer Elven minstrel High elves Gildor Inglorion ( unique ) Asfaloth ( unique ) Gondolin armor (unique ) Lindir ( unique ) Erestor (unique ) Galdor (unique ) Miruvor Singer Jeweller Eregion jeweller Eregion master-jeweller (unique) Carpenter Guardian of Elostirion Evenstar Elven minstrel Herald of arms Dwarves Ori Oïn Durin's axe Helmet of Khaazad-Dûm Book of Mazarbul Lord of Moria Gemstone Smith hammer Mithril coat Erebor coat Dwarven shield Dwarven coat Dwarven axe 3 rings of power ( not sure, if Barad-Dûr is taken maybe*? ) Gondor Great horn of the Stewards ( unique ) Lore-master of Minas tirith ( unique ) Captain-general ( should replace Geithyr ) Mablung and Damrod ( unique ) Anborn ( unique ) Lebethron staff Lord of Minas Ithil Guardian of the Tower of the Moon Gondor knife Lore-master Master in tradition ( not sure of the translation ) Poet Dol Amroth harpist Lebennin singer Dol Amroth knight Minstrel Galenas Athelas Healer Herald of arms Beregond ( unique ) Ingold ( unique ) Hurin of the keys ( unique ) Citadel guard Banner of the Stewards Admiral of the Squadron or Captain of the Ships ( the first should go to an admiral I think ) Lord of Emyn Arnen Prince of Ithilien Guardian of the Stone of Erech Lord of Lossarnach Lord of Morthond Lord of the Green Hills Seer Earnur's Crown ( for the Kings ) Axe of Lossarnach Rohan steed Rohan Erkenbrand's black horn ( unique ) Gleowyne ( unique ) Guthlaf ( unique ) Ceorl ( unique ) Firefoot ( unique ) Grimbold ( should replaced Gamling instead I think, and Gamling should be an ancillary ) Elfhelm ( should be a general instead ) Hama ( unique ) Snowmane ( unique ) Fine steed Master in tradition ( not sure of the translation ) Poet Minstrel Herald of arms Lord of HarrowDale Royal guard Royal shield Gondor armor Orc Factions Orc bow - Done Orc dagger – Done Turbulent Orc – Done Orc smith – Done Orc woodcutter – Done Orc auxiliary – Done Wolf – Done Alpha wolf – Done Raw meat – Done Black coat of mail – Done Poison – Done Whip – Done Orc horn – to do Isengard Ring maker (unique ) - Done Bill Ferny ( unique ) - Done Half-orc - Done Fighting Uruk-haï - Done Uruk-haï champion - Done Captain Urul-haï - Done Uruk-haî raider - Done Dunlending - Done Dunlending champion – Done Isengard armor- Done Orcs of Gundabad Spear of Carn Dûm Stone troll Snow troll Hills troll King of Gundabad Orcs of the Misty Mountains Spear of Moria Stone troll Hills troll Black uruk Mordor Lieutenant of Barad-Dûr Mouth of Sauron King of Morgul Guardian of the Tower of Black Sorcery Captain of the Tower of Cirith Ungol Gorbag Shagrat ( should be a general instead I think ) Black uruk Slave Slave conductor Captain of the old castle of Durthang Gothmog Orc black guard Variag Easterling Haradrim Troll chief Olog-haï Haradrim Red cloak Golden earrings Serpent banner Fine steed Harad shield ( with a point ) Mûmakil conductor Harad scimitar Monkey of the South Half-troll Variag Captain of the Port ( Umbar ) Slave

CHANGELOG 05 / 06

- New ancillaries added for the Dwarves - Some uis changed - New texts - Various changes in the effects and probabilities for the Dwarven ancillaries - 10 entirely new traits added : Avenger of Thrain ( not a tittle but given when Dol Guldir is taken ), Axe of Durin's Folk, Shield of Durin's Folk, Lord of Ered mithrin, Lord of the Iron Hills, Lord of Aglarond, Blessed by Aulë, Lord of Ered Luin, Lord of Moria --> new type of ancillaries named "realm" that give to the owner the possibility "of becoming a ruler" once certain conditions are fulfilled. = glittering_caves, ered_luin, grey_mountains, iron_hills, khazad_dum

Special thanks to :
-The Third Age team ( led by King Kong ) for making the mod.
-Firefreak who made the map and granted me authorisation to use his work.
- TheMundusbellicus community( especially Arandir Tur-Anion)
-Arachir Galadurithon for his awesome help with his text.
- Araval for his moral support and his help to fix the stuff
- Hero of the West and his team for some uis

[SuperAnt]

/IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT\

Before downloading and installing. This " submod " is more a resource for modders than a submod like MOS or DAC. Indeed, the files only contain the scripts and other mod things + the uis of the new ancillaries. Unless you know how to install it, I recommend you don't download it and wait for a modder that will include this new stuff. I may write a guide to install it in the future.
For the modders, the files have been made to be compatible with DaC map so you must change some things. You have also to delete some ancillaries to avoid troubles with "double-named ancillaries".

I give full permission to modders to use the stuff

PREVIEWS :



DOWNLOAD LINKS :


DWARVEN RELEASE 05/06 : Dwarves ancillaries.rar

Isengard New ancillaries : Fixed Isengard ancillaries - SuperAnt.rar
Old stuff : Old Isengard work.rar

Elven New ancillaries : Elven ancillaries final.rar

Additional ancillaries : Additional ancillaries - SuperAnt.rar

[Mank]

Wow this is quite ambitious! Well done so far, the previews look great!

[MIKE GOLF]

Very nice job here SuperAnt. Having added a few ancillaries to MOS the only thing you may wish to keep in mind is that a family member can only have 8 ancillaries which is a hard-coded limit. For most FMs this is not usually a problem but when dealing with faction heirs or unique characters you may run into them not being able to get other scripted ancillaries due to already being maxed out.

[SuperAnt]

Thanks for your support

Very nice job here SuperAnt. Having added a few ancillaries to MOS the only thing you may wish to keep in mind is that a family member can only have 8 ancillaries which is a hard-coded limit. For most FMs this is not usually a problem but when dealing with faction heirs or unique characters you may run into them not being able to get other scripted ancillaries due to already being maxed out.

Yes you're right and I'm aware of that, so I intend to ( unfortunately ) supress some ancillaries, or more precisely to replace them. For example, for Gondor, the " Steward of Gondor"' will be replaced by the "Stewards' white rod" and the "Writings of Isildur" ( in fact, Boromir himself doesn't know the existence of this document and is suprised to discover it at the Council, but don't worry the Lore-Master of Minas Tirith's description will speak about this document ) by the " Great horn of the Stewards" which passes through the hands of the Stewards' elder sons ( though it involves to change the heir's script, thing that I'm not able to do for the moment ).

[Araval]

Great work!

[TiFlo]

Looking good, nice initiative.

[SuperAnt]

Just wanted to say that i'm currently on vacations, will be back on 4th August, I've already started to make new Dwarves ancillaries so next preview will be for them, and for other good factions ( will be a surprise )

[SuperAnt]

Hey there, here is the preview of the new dwarven ancillaries.

They include a system of kingship symbolized by the Crown of Durin( when controlling Moria + Hollin's Gate ), the Crown of Fror ( when controlling Grey Mountains + Foothills + Withered Heath ), and the Guardian of Ered Luin ( when controlling west dwarven settlements ).

Faction special ranks will be modified soon ( guardian of Halls, King Under the Mountain, Commander of the Iron Guard, king of the clans ) by new ones and maybe a heir script.

They also include a system of gifts. If you manage to get an alliance with the Dwarves, you can gain rare ancillaries ( mithril coat, erebor coat, dwarven craftsmen, dwarven spear and sword ).

There are more than 40 ancillaries ( some may have been lost in the uploading process, very annoying to do that with the amount of pictures... ), the pictures are pretty big, so be careful if your internet is bad.

( the english mistakes in dwarven sword, dwarven spear, hollins gate have been corrected normally )

Enjoy

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[SuperAnt]

Just wanted to post the last dwarven ancillaries.

The first spoiler contains new ancillaries ( in fact some should have been in the last preview ) that replace the vanilla ones.


The second contains ... well a fail, but also a little surprise


Few informations : Rohan and Dale will have access to Fram's necklace. Also, the crown of Fror has been replaced by the crown of Dain I, because Fror was the son of Dain.

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Ok so it's the new mazarbul_book, there is no problem, but I wanted to make it changed with the death of Balin



I send Balin besiege Hollin's Gate to make him killed... but things turn wrong :p



OOTM are very very weak :p



Ok you like to slay orcs Balin, then I send you to Mordor my lad.



Ah ! Dead ! At last !



Text taken from the real Mazarbul Book, the one that Gandalf read ( in fact it's the end ) I wonder if I will make it accessible for all Good Factions, should be realistic

A last thing : reps act on me like oil in a car : the more I have, the more I work :p

( don't hesitate to make comments, or critics in this thread )

[Duke of Metz]

+rep those dwarven ancillaries are awesome!

[RInger]

These are all really great. One thing, though, is that the Dwarven Ring of Power should have some kind of jewel on it, because it's stated in the text that the One Ring was the only Ring of Power that didn't have a jewel.

[Ichigorukia]

Once you have released this you should include in MOS if you can keep up the good work

[SuperAnt]

These are all really great. One thing, though, is that the Dwarven Ring of Power should have some kind of jewel on it, because it's stated in the text that the One Ring was the only Ring of Power that didn't have a jewel.

Shouldn't be too complicated to make a new golden ring with a jewel. I thought one of the Seven Rings was in gold :

It is said that in the beginning of each of Seven treasures of the old Dwarven Kings, there was a golden ring, but that treasures were looted once, devoured by the Dragons, some Rings were consumed by the flames, and Sauron took the others. Silmarillion, Rings of Power and the Third Age

But it can be a golden ring with a jewel, it makes sense with your remark

[zax]

Good ideas, good previews, I applaud your work.

[chriskourou]

Good thinking! Keep on!

[Ngugi]

An additional note is that the three remaing Seven Rings should start in the posession of Mordor, as Sauron had gathered them to him at leats prior to The Hobbit (2941), and TATW begins 2980.

[SuperAnt]

Hey there,

An additional note is that the three remaing Seven Rings should start in the posession of Mordor, as Sauron had gathered them to him at leats prior to The Hobbit (2941), and TATW begins 2980.

I agree, but if I give the Rings of Power to Mordor, they will be under the control of Orc generals. I think Sauron wouldn't suffer to let his servants control his rings. Maybe I can create a special ancillary for Sauron named "3 rings of power".

I've done some ancillaries for Eriador, hope it'll please you

Pictures of Glamdring, Anduril and gandalf's staff weren't made by me, I don't know who made them, they already were in the files.

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Don't know what to do with this heir ancillary, as Eldarion is the new heir, I can create a system like the one of Guthwinë and Eomer. If someone has an idea of ancillary or another thing please propose.





























Once allied with Silvan Elves :









































Once allied with Eriador

Special spoiler for RInger. I tried to find two made of silver and the last one of gold, according to your quotation and mine about Durin's ring

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I have also a modder issue, the trigger of Isildur's equipment simply doesn't work, please if someone knows why it doesn't tell me because I spent hours to know why and didn't find out. ( the 100 chance was to see if the trigger was working .. )

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Trigger isildur_sword
WhenToTest PostBattle
Condition WonBattle
and IsGeneral
and FactionType turks
and IsRegionOneOf Lowest-Anduin-Vale_Province Lower-Anduin-Vale_Province
and not I_WorldwideAncillaryExists isildur_sword

AcquireAncillary isildur_sword chance 100

I have a bad new, I will go to my new school next Thursday, so the rhythm of my works will low, I will try to release ancillaries for an entire faction.

[Araval]

Excellent work on Eriador!

[RInger]

Those rings look great.