Hey eljeffe,
Have you ever thought about implementing Stygia? I mean, this would give Sorcerers something work towards rather than killing anything that moved. I dunno, maybe I just want Stygia because they've always interested me - being so mysterious with all that "Black Magic" and their pyramids... Now
they are the oldest people I think
With the magic system, should we really be allowing players to start of as one? I mean, RE Howard intended Magic -- even priestly to be a quite, almost unnoticeable affair based loosly on the Gods and the countless worlds inhabited by other creatures (See Tower of the Elephant for an explanation). What I was thinking, though it's your mod, is merely creating several 'mini-factions' for priests, and requiring sorcerers to at least join Stygia for a little while. Of course, Pictish Shamans would belong to a tribe and would thus need to start off their as the barbarians don't allow others to join them. So, pretty much we'd have a temple for the Priests of Mitra, where new members are required to 'purge' themselves of the 'evils' they committed - by healing however many they've killed or something less severe. Next, you could even have an Asuran Priest sect where the newest followers are required to spend so many days in a black robe without being spotted - else they'd be attacked, as Asuran's have the reputation of eating human flesh. (Thinking TLD recon-type mission here). Styigia would have to be an entirely different kettle of fish - perhaps, finding someone of the leading ring down there (What is that called? The Black Hand? The Black Circle? Don't have my book atm), at which point they have to ask them if he could take them as an Apprentice (queue faction relations check), where they would have to perform countless meaningless Book gathering tasks or something. Pictish would work similarly, then, but instead of becoming an apprentice, they become a servant to the local shaman, which in turn, at certain levels teaches them a new spell - how else did Pictish shamans last generations?
I'm guessing this is loosely based of The Hour of the Dragon? At which point, where is Xaltotun?
Also, do you need a hand with this mod? I was going to start a Time Travelling mod, but Conan kind of prioritizes everything...