Cinren knows his people tend to give in to temptation too well, so we give the order to look away and go into the fight.Įach Ancient Wonder is guarded by a powerful army of monsters and baddies. A painful but necessary alternative to have our troops become blinded but also immune to being seduced. Luckily, there is an option for us to “avert our eyes”. Nymphs have the ability to Seduce units, mind controlling them until the Nymph dies. But the foreshadowing of facing Nymphs is no small threat. Such as being able to recruit a new Hero mentioned in the intro, or gaining favor of a particular house.Ĭinren and his hedonists have been invited to bathe by some suspicious nymphs, we don’t fall that easily for such a trick. This means that the reward is also tied in with the story. Sometimes these events also link to existing elements in the world, such as a House or a Hero.
Such as a Lost Mage hungrily seeking for knowledge, or 2 dragons guarding a hoard of gold, or a bunch of demi-giants discussing what’s for dinner. Whenever your hero/ruler with their army enters an Ancient Wonder, they’ll stumble upon an intro event that will foretell a special combat encounter. To take you on an adventure, we’re following Wizard King Cinren Toliath of the Ashborn Hedonists.Īs we’ve explored and settled a second city, we’ve encountered an Ancient Wonder called the Lover’s Spring, sounds rather inviting for our Hedonists? Let’s have a look. No one likes nosy neighbors stealing the loot. The background lore, indicating what the Ancient Wonder’s original purpose was and what might still lurk insideīeware though, that trying to enter and capture Ancient Wonders, while a dangerous ordeal in itself, also have diplomatic repercussions, other players gain grievances if you try to explore Ancient Wonders that are close to them.The tier, which indicates the difficulty but also the value of the Ancient Wonder and its rewards!.The name, which hints at the adventure that awaits inside.
When you first uncover an Ancient Wonder on the World map, you already get a glimpse of what’s to come through: They are the evolved versions of Treasure Sites in Age of Wonders 3 and Landmarks from Age of Wonders: Planetfall. They make the lands more coherent and mysterious as you encounter an ancient Mother Tree guarded by vengeful Entwined, a Secret Temple desecrated by evil cultists summoning a demon or a Lost Tower of ancient wizard horribly transformed by the Astral Sea.Īncient Wonders are, next to being monumental landmarks in the world map, also filled with adventures and the promise of loot. I’d like to give you some glimpses into the grand structures called Ancient Wonders that can be found in the realms you conquer.Įach Ancient Wonder is a monument from the great ages of the past, with several ties to the old Age of Wonders lore. Here are the text bits: Greetings future Rulers, welcome to another Development Journal! I’m Bas, a game designer at Triumph Studios. There, we're painted a vivid picture of how we'll go about discovering and exploring these souped-up points of interest, and just what kinds of dangers and eventually reward await us inside. As such, tracing their lineage from Age of Wonders 3's Treasure Sites and Planetfall's Landmarks, Age of Wonders 4's Ancient Wonders now get a developer diary of their own.
AGE OF WONDERS PLANETFALL DEV DIARY SERIES
For a series called Age of Wonders, you would expect something called "Ancient Wonders" to be fairly important and prominent in the grand scheme of things.
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