I'd like to see a mod for warband that is set in the stone age. More specifically, the Paleolithic Period, during the Pleistocene geological epoch ( though not necessarily completely historicaly based)
A few threads that have similar ideas, but none of them still being worked on (I don't think); surely not polished and usable for warband.
Dawn of Man: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,67009.0.html
Paleolithic: Fight for the Homo Genus: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,23274.0.html
Paleolithic mod ressurection: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,54158.0.html
I think it's important to attempt to keep all the features of warband, by finding some equivalent to the new setting.
I also think that parties should on the small size.
Mother bears w/ cubs should be on the map, the mother aggressive, with the cubs just roaming at spawn point. Would be cool if you could "recruit" the cubs after killing the mother bear. Aggressive packs of wolves (even aggressive to other packs of wolves!? IF possible!), spawning in the range of 5-10, but (maybe) able to assimilate ko'd wolves from other packs they've defeated. Would give the possibility of a pack eventually comming to dominate them all...which could prove a problem for the player. Wolves should be moderately strong on a 1 vs 1 basis, but it should be difficult to kill them when they gang up on you. Momma bears should be really tough. As in, hunters would be better off shooting them with arrows or throwing spears at them, then going toe to toe.
Other spawns could include other forms of Homo Genus (Neanderthal, cro-magnon, idaltu, ect.)
Money needs to be removed from this mod completely. Pure bartering system.
Villages should be replaced with roaming "hunting grounds". Instead of the village elder, you'd have a "Elder Hunter" or something. A respected hunter. You can trade for Food from him, get quests, ect. If the hunting ground belongs to you, you can hunt there. Hunting grounds will be attached to "Caves" and "villages" in the same way as villages are attached to castles and towns in native
Replacing castles, I think, would be caves. Caves with cave paintings!
Towns will be replaced with villages (which will act as towns. Obviouslly there will be no need for siege equipment. Fences, and small stone walls would be acceptable, I think. Will still need to "siege" it, which will show up as "Planning the attack" which will give time for the defenders allies to come and whoop on you)
Along those lines, food that doesn't belong should be gotten rid of (example: ALE *Cries*), and the quantity for each piece of food needs to be dropped to 1 (make getting food important)
weapons should all be bone/stone...maybe some VERY RARE bronze (maybe a quest of some sort-bronze dagger, spear with bronze head, quiver of arrows with bronze heads?)
Armor should be hide/leather
Companions should make up the players party until if/when they join a clan/tribe/family unit (which I think should only be through marraige, or very high faction rep- much more difficult then native). Starting your own clan/tribe/family would just involve taking over a cave (castle) or village (town) and incur the wrath of whomever you stole it from, which will make keeping that cave/village very hard since you will be easily out numbered.
If you go the married/faction rep method of joining a clan, you can take it over by issuing a challenge to the clan leader (maybe with enough rep with the other members of the clan?)
If anyone is interested, I've got a lot more ideas. I just can't mod much more then simple tweaks and changes; I surely couldn't script all my ideas, or create the needed models.
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My other idea would be a mod (or add on to another mod such as The Peloponnesian War, Imperium Romanum (brytenwalda submod), or any other roman-esque mod) that expands on the arena by creating a system of gladitorial combat that takes you through the life of a gladiator as an alternative playstyle (or a consequence for being a criminal/hated/captured(if not a lord/king) in which you have to fight to earn your freedom.
Again, if anyone is interested, it would be a pleasure to bounce ideas.