Age of Wonders 4: Ways of War

About the add-on

Achieve perfection in battle with Age of Wonders 4: Ways of War. Embrace the Oathsworn culture and devote yourself to their warrior's code. Deploy disciplined monks and shadowy assassins. Investigate mysterious happenings that see your fellow Godir replaced by demons and dragons. Lead two new forms for your factions: the hulking Ogrekin or the strong Simians. This content pack contains a new culture, new tomes, new wildlife units and a new type of narrative event chain. Oathsworn Culture A new culture based on ethical codes which will provide unique advantages. The Oathsworn culture includes 3 subcultures that let you choose what sort of ethical code you want your people to follow: • Oath of Harmony: Focus on avoiding wars, while building a multicultural empire and making the world a safer place • Oath of Righteousness: Focus on gathering “good” alignment points, and destroying evil forces • Oath of Strife: Focus on waging war against worthy opponents; earn bonuses for attacking forces more powerful than your own 4 New Tomes • Tome of Discipline (Tier 1): Channel your inner strength to cleanse your units and empower their attacks. Unlocks the monk unit. • Tome of Shades (Tier 2): Strike from the shadows, blind your foes and find their weak points to deliver the perfect, fatal blow. Unlocks the assassin unit. • Tome of Calamity (Tier 4): Bring calamity to the realm and burn your enemies in cold Ghostfire. Gives access to Calamity units. • Tome of Prosperity (Tier 4): Bring forth prosperity to your empire and grant your units healing Grace. Unlocks Prosperity units. Intrigue Happenings Multi-stage story events that bring narrative elements to normal skirmish maps. These events focus on crises such as assassinations, coups and betrayals, and give you the chance to take part, thwart or exploit them as they wish. 2 New Forms The Ogrekin and the Simians Two New Lines of Ancient Creatures • Creatures of Prosperity who are dedicated to good and harmony • Creatures of Calamity who are dedicated to evil and strife New Mounts • Graceful Judge • Blessed Dragon • White Warg And more! • New Interface skin to celebrate the addition of the Oathsworn culture • New Music tracks from composer Michiel van den Bos • New realm template, pre-made rulers, and gorgeous World Map content