Healing Terrains

[Temuchin Khan]

Sometimes, while making maps, I have used an oasis to replace a village because I found it useful to have healing at that location, but not income. But oases, of course, are desert-specific, so that strategy seems a little weird sometimes. So, it might be nice to have some other type of healing terrain, that would fit in with non-desert terrains. Maybe, it could be called "hot springs" or "mineral water fountain." Just an idea. What does everyone think?

[Elvish_Hunter]

So, it might be nice to have some other type of healing terrain, that would fit in with non-desert terrains. Maybe, it could be called "hot springs" or "mineral water fountain."

I'm not aware of any hot springs terrains, but if you need a fountain I've found two of them in the UMC Terrain Pack, which is available in the 1.13 server.
Here there are the first frames, so you can check if they suit your need:

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By the way, are you suggesting that a fountain terrain should be mainlined for that purpose?

[Temuchin Khan]

Thank you for finding those! And yes, I was hoping something like this could be mainlined.

[Spannerbag]

FWIW I had a similar thought and repurposed ruined village terrain so it only provided shelter (defense and healing) but no economic benefits (no income or unit support).
Let me know if this would be of use to you (apologies if I am slow to reply, am presently away from home).
Cheers!
-- Spannerbag

[Atreides]

Sometimes, while making maps, I have used an oasis to replace a village because I found it useful to have healing at that location, but not income. But oases, of course, are desert-specific, so that strategy seems a little weird sometimes. So, it might be nice to have some other type of healing terrain, that would fit in with non-desert terrains. Maybe, it could be called "hot springs" or "mineral water fountain." Just an idea. What does everyone think?

Shoot, can I take my no vote back please? I voted before reading the post. : ( Yep, this absolutely makes sense. I too have seen oases used in places where they make no sense. There's even a great classic map (Inanna's Oasis in Freeze) that is sort of based on this irony. The map is all frozen but has hot desert oases sprinkled throughout. While this was likely an intentional and desired effect I'm sure there are other cases where mappers used villages on maps where they didn't want them really.

[Elvish_Hunter]

Shoot, can I take my no vote back please?

Now you should be able to, because I enabled re-voting on this poll.

[Temuchin Khan]

FWIW I had a similar thought and repurposed ruined village terrain so it only provided shelter (defense and healing) but no economic benefits (no income or unit support).
Let me know if this would be of use to you (apologies if I am slow to reply, am presently away from home).
Cheers!
-- Spannerbag

That sounds like a good idea, too!

[Atreides]

FWIW I had a similar thought and repurposed ruined village terrain so it only provided shelter (defense and healing) but no economic benefits (no income or unit support).
Let me know if this would be of use to you (apologies if I am slow to reply, am presently away from home).
Cheers!
-- Spannerbag

That sounds like a good idea, too!

The only thing about a Ruined Village is that it doesn't quite look the part. : ) The fountain has the right look I suspect. Healing Waters and all that jazz. Even better that it is animated.

P.S. Thanks Elven, however it didn't seem to work. Can't seem to change my vote. Ah well I think it is a clear cut result anyways.

[Temuchin Khan]

FWIW I had a similar thought and repurposed ruined village terrain so it only provided shelter (defense and healing) but no economic benefits (no income or unit support).
Let me know if this would be of use to you (apologies if I am slow to reply, am presently away from home).
Cheers!
-- Spannerbag

That sounds like a good idea, too!

The only thing about a Ruined Village is that it doesn't quite look the part. : ) The fountain has the right look I suspect. Healing Waters and all that jazz. Even better that it is animated.

P.S. Thanks Elven, however it didn't seem to work. Can't seem to change my vote. Ah well I think it is a clear cut result anyways.

I agree. Initially, I liked the idea of repurporsing ruined villages, but as I thought it over, I realized it could be confusing.

Better to use the fountain!

[Elvish_Hunter]

P.S. Thanks Elven,

Well... Elven is a different user

however it didn't seem to work. Can't seem to change my vote.

Indeed you're correct. I checked your permissions and found out that normal registered users can't change their vote in a poll; I'll see with Pentarctagon what the best action to fix this issue will be.

EDIT: permissions for registered users have been updated, so they can change their vote if the poll allows it.

[Atreides]

Cool, it works now.

[Temuchin Khan]

Thanks for the positive responses, everyone! Glad to see people responding positively to this idea!

[lhybrideur]

I usually make such terrains with a place_image and a turn event. Caveat is that they do not appear as special hexes on the minimap.
Not sure the fountain would be the best choice though. Seems a bit too urban to me, so they would fit well in a place where a house (village) would also fit.
Great Tree could be repurposed for such a usage maybe.

[Temuchin Khan]

I usually make such terrains with a place_image and a turn event. Caveat is that they do not appear as special hexes on the minimap.
Not sure the fountain would be the best choice though. Seems a bit too urban to me, so they would fit well in a place where a house (village) would also fit.
Great Tree could be repurposed for such a usage maybe.

I know. That's why I also suggested "hot springs" and "mineral water."

[lhybrideur]

Ah yes, I was mostly replying to the two fountain terrains that were posted. Hot spring could fit indeed.