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Faerun for BNW

Explore a Dark Fantasy Realm

Set in the fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms, inspired by the European-style continent of Faerun.



New in v.18 Spellplague

* New city, resource and terrain graphics.

* The Spellplague, a world-altering event, enabled via the Advanced Setup Screen.

* Complete overhaul of all non-human races:

-- The Drow can found Lolth Pantheon, and sacrifice population to finish production.

-- Elven cities automatically improve resources, and can uproot to become mobile warriors.

-- Dwarven cities can work mountains and become more productive as they store up gold.

-- Gnomes research new technologies, freeing them from population growth constraints.

-- Orcs have three powerful new heroes to aid in their conquests.


Requirements

* You must have installed and enabled Faerun Art Assets v.7 or higher, available here.

* You must have installed and enabled Faerun Soundtrack v.6 or higher, available here.

* Brave New World Expansion (Gods and Kings Expansion optional).


Compatibility

* Faerun is not compatible with other mods, which should be unloaded.


Features

* Choose from 25 Civilizations reflecting Faerun’s major kingdoms.

* Load Faerun with any map or map script with any settings.

* Includes four Faerun scenario maps with true start locations for civs.

* Random events allow you to vanquish powerful foes and reap huge rewards.

* Recruit powerful Heroes, including Bards, Rangers, Druids, Wizards, Assassins and Paladins.

* Over 50 Spells that can be cast at will by Arcanists, Clerics and Heroes.

* 10 unit races, including drow, dragons, dwarves, orcs and gnomes, each with special abilities.

* Follow the path of Good, Neutral, or Evil by choosing an alignment, each with unique strengths and weaknesses.

* Send your heroes on pilgrimages to Cult Centers to entice up to 15 Deity Pantheons into your cities.

* Over 100 new buildings and wonders, organized on a new technology tree.

* 4 new Victory types: Good, Neutral, Evil and Magic.



Credits

* See the readme.txt in the mod folder for details and links to the many fantastic modder's work included in Faerun.


Hotseat Games

* Subscribe and Enable Gedemon's Custom Advanced Setup Screen, available in the Faerun Collection.


Troubleshooting Crashes, Installation and corrupt Saved Games

* Unload all other mods.

* Run under DX9 if running under DX11.

* Delete all previous versions of Faerun and Faerun Art Assets from the MODs folder.

* Delete the cache (C:\Users\UserName\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\cache)

* Update to the most recent version of Civilization 5 (1.0.3.279)

* Because this is a DLL mod, spell-casting will not function on MacOS. Mac users should probably try Faerun for G&K.



Alternate Download Site

Faerun at Civfanatics[forums.civfanatics.com].

Author discusses Faerun on Modcast Episode 58[forums.civfanatics.com].

Faerun featured as "Mod of the Week" at PC Gamer.

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