It is really a damn good game so no wonders I have played so much

Tome of the God Emperor is widely regarded as the worst tome of the game to the point where if you are running Order builds, it's better to go another tier 4 tome than picking it up. This tome only has 1 good unlock in it while everything else in it is terrible. And it has been like this all the way since vanilla. Lets start with the one good.

Exalted Champion - gives a massive steriod of damage and defense for a couple turns. As long as the enemy doesn't have purges, your targetted carry is just going to unleash total havoc. And that is it of the good.

The bad:

1. Divine Protection - spend two turns worth of casting points to grant ONE (1) army stack resurgence for ONE (1) turn in case they die in said turn. I have never used this once nor seen the AI use it either. This sounds like something that'd be in a tier 2 or 3 tome like Beacon, Virtue, or Sanctuary. At tier 5, this should be affecting a whole province. Easily the wrost map spell in the whole game, period.
2. Mass Revive - easily the worst of the mass revive spells in the game. Costs the most casting points and only revives units that have Zeal or Faith and doesn't add any other effects. That is it. Mass Rejuvenation at least heals everyone who is alive that is nature-attuned in some way while also being cheaper and Battlefield Reanimation turns enemy corpses into your own units. This sucks so hard in comparison!
3. Wrath of the Emperor - a more expensive version of Comdemn Army that doesn't add much except for adding demoralized and doing 30 instead of 20 spirit damage so long as they are in enemy territory. Which means you now have to hunt down the enemy spell jammer to actually make this have its full effect. WHY DOESN'T THIS COMDEMN THE WHOLE PROVINCE LIKE AN ACTUAL GOD EMPEROR!? THERE'S MULTIPLE SPELLS AT EARLIER TIERS THAT DAMAGE WHOLE PROVINCES FOR CHEAPER! WHY HAS THIS NEVER BEEN TOUCHED!?

This tome is title fraud.

AI ended up with that in my current game. Draconian Transformation, Leafskin, Demonic Hunger. Looks even more sick with in-game shading, kinda like Swamp demons or Plaguebearers from Warhammer.

Wanted to doodle on of my custom rulers as well. This is Ariel of Athaloren. Fun fact she is actually the first ruler I ever made in a Age of Wonders game, back in AoW 3.

Forge of the firstborn looks like it’s going to be the first dlc to give us an inorganic species, and as someone who’s been DYING to get a golem race I’m sooooo excited! Too bad they’re the last planned to release of the dlc’s.

Those background culture/tome units look like they’re some kind of fantasy industrial enforcers, god I hope they give them guns.
The magelocks have been needing to be added to the ruler load outs, and imagine with me, an immortal metal forged reaver primed with a magelock and an army of metallic enforcers.
I would solely play (they will probably be called) the firstborn cause just from the cover art they look SO FUCKING COOL.

I was wondering, which are the favorite realms among the community.

I’d like if you could like a beginner vid to explain the game as all the ones I’ve watched seem to assume I got basic knowledge (I do not)

Yes.

Question have they said how Elder Vampires an Mercantile will work together? I really want to make the Vampire Coast but it will suck if you get debuffed by no Sunless land constantly.

Hello everyone, I’m two months new to this game and having a great time playing through the story realms. They are fun stories with a good amount of challenge, was stuck on Arcalot for a bit but beat it last week. I just bought expansion pass 2 and am now on rings of Emnora, and I’m pretty hard stuck on it for the time being. First ring is simple enough, but Malel on the second ring is an overwhelming force, no matter how early or late I enter the second ring. So I thought I would ask how everyone else managed to do it, so I can adjust my strategies a bit. If the second ring is this rough, I cant imagine the third 😆.

Hey so I am completely uneducated and useless when it comes to anything music related... but I wonder what this would sound like so if there is anyone with the skills can you reproduce the sheet music that devs posted in the dev diary today?

Heya, Ive seen something about these spells in a short video bit.

Do we know where those come from? (An adaptation, ascension perk, addition to a tome, rewards from a dwelling or secret spells?)

I would love to have guaranteed access to those on my rulers ._.