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Amazons

Description
Adds a new potential ally or enemy faction on the map called the Amazons. The Amazon tribes will retroactively change their relationship to the player colony based on the composition of their colonists. The Amazons are female supremacists and primarily roam the planet looking for male slaves to apprehend. Gradually over time Amazon tribes will attack the player colony if they have a variable number of males present. Several of the settings can now be scaled according the the players difficulty tastes.

Goal
The goal of the mod was to add a challenging faction to fight that could also act as an ally depending on the players colony composition. My aim was to give the Amazon warriors deadly hybrid weapons when fighting male opponents to portray their cruelty. The Amazon tribes will settle in new locations and conquer rival settlements.

Mod Settings
Please adjust the mod settings to suit your play style.

Requirements
Royalty DLC
Requires the Harmony mod to function.

Difficulty & Balance
The amazon warriors have numerous degenerative weapons which are designed to cause extra damage to males.

This mod is not intended to be seriously balanced, suggestions are welcome.

Updates 9th April 2025
Nightingale bow added.
Mancatcher stunning weapon added.
Fixed the duplicate techlevel entry in the Amazon faction def.
Amazon weapons cause passive damage when males equip them.

Updates 15th December 2024
Rank system added
Amazon tribes will now visit friendly colonies

Updates 15th November 2024
Amazon settlements have a 30% chance to spread.
Amazon tribes will conquer other settlements and capture them.

Updates 4th January 2024
Males present in your colony will aggravate local Amazon tribes.
Relations now decay based on the composition of the colony.
Numerous new mod settings added for scaling.
Amazon tribes are no longer permanently hostile to the player faction.

Installation
The Amazon tribes will not appear on an existing save game, therefore you will need to start a new game in order for them to appear on the world map. Players who used older versions will need to start a new game in order to benefit from the revised mechanics to relationships.

Items
The mod adds several new weapons for the Amazon warriors to use against their opponents. Several of the weapons cause amplified damage against male opponents and can deliver neurotoxic agents into their system.

Future
If people like the mod I may add new weapons, bionics and memes. The mod was influenced by an old Crusader kings 2 mod. I hope to make the Amazon colonies spread eventually but I'm not very experienced with Rimworld modding. The neuro toxin will eventually affect females too, perhaps every successive shot increases their desire to join an Amazonian ideology...?

Conflicts
The Hermaphrodite gene mod has been reported to cause errors with the mod.

Load Order
Mid to low load order should be fine. This mod may work in conjunction with vanilla psycasts expanded at a later date, so keep it below the vanilla series of mods.

Github
Github https://github.com/Webslug/RimWorldMods/releases/tag/rimworld

My Other Mods
Cosmic Architect https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3363207481
VPE Curses - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3012451039
Time Harvest https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2975865037
Amazons - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3001474254
VPE Leak https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3104425474
Sick Stick https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3335504163