Sacred constructs?

[tiavals]

Is MA Agartha still the only nation with real access to sacred constructs?

Telestic Animate doesn't count. Any other spell does. I thought Keledone was sacred but it isn't.

It's kind of a waste. There's a number of nations with sacred undead these days, so why not constructs?

[Mormacil]

Why is it a waste to have a unique mechanic toa single nation? Especially if it also covers modded nations?

[Nunda]

Na'ba does but again immobile summoned from a lab so doesn't really matter.

[tiavals]

Originally posted by Mormacil:

Why is it a waste to have a unique mechanic toa single nation? Especially if it also covers modded nations?

Because sacred constructs are cool. That's all there is to it, for me. Kinda like if Ermor is the only undead nation, I feel it's boring. But it isn't, so it's great to have many undead nations of weird specific things, like LA Agartha.

Plus, it makes me feel compelled to take Reconstruction as MA Agartha, since it's the only nation that theoritically might benefit from it.

Although, I suppose, a Pretender gets blessings, so if you have a construct pretender it might apply?

[crawlers]

Juggernaut might count technically but its not suitable for combat.

Ophan, summoned by ashdod, gath, ind, and piconye is inanimate, a magical being, and sacred, the same tags that the agartha golems get, and has about as much prot as they do (21 vs 22). It flies, tramples, and 4 of them are used as a retinue by a chayot. Whether it fits the theme of sacred construct is another matter (as it is an angelic being), but it definitely fits the gameplay mechanics of one. If ma agartha ever got one it should gain health from their golem dominion for example.

[tiavals]

Originally posted by crawlers:

Juggernaut might count technically but its not suitable for combat.

Ophan, summoned by ashdod, gath, ind, and piconye is inanimate, a magical being, and sacred, the same tags that the agartha golems get, and has about as much prot as they do (21 vs 22). It flies, tramples, and 4 of them are used as a retinue by a chayot. Whether it fits the theme of sacred construct is another matter (as it is an angelic being), but it definitely fits the gameplay mechanics of one. If ma agartha ever got one it should gain health from their golem dominion for example.

Wow, cool, never knew that. Thanks!

[Draken]

Yeah, it should.
You can also do things like slap a shroud on a golem and get a decent regenerating mage.

There are also mods. The Warhammer mod for example has the Tomb Kings which have a few sacred inanimate units and commanders.

[jrasdall]

Not a major addition, but Gift of Reason + Shroud can turn many constructs in the game into sacred constructs, FWIW. Just in case you wanted a certain flavor going.

[tiavals]

Excellent points about the shroud. Although, don't you need Divine Name rather than Gift of Reason? Or is the outcome identical?

[jrasdall]

Ruh roh, I might be sharing outdated information. In the older games it was always Gift of Reason. I'm not sure about the nuances between those two here.

edit: Divine Name apparently works on Mindless units, as well. I never bothered with it, but that's probably a relevant detail for constructs.