Resources
All factions use at least one and most use several resources to train units, construct buildings, cast spells, and invest in improvements.
Resources
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Acid | A repulsive smelling dark liquid found percolating in some Growths. |
| Ash | Called moon soot by some Orcs, this special type of ash which comes from the volcanoes on the Cloven Moon and reaches the world |
| Blood | Flowing in the veins of most living creatures, and collected by the most brutal to be used to fashion gruesome improvements and warriors. |
| Body | The body of a fallen warrior of normal stature. |
| Brimmer | A thick liquid extracted from ore. |
| Champions | The living, legendary souls of Norse warriors fallen in glory. |
| Cosmic Alignments | Starcharts used by Dimensionalist Archmages to plot paths across the cosmos. |
| Elk | Majestic wanderers of the forest, Druva's personal guards and messengers. |
| Food | While mostly functioning as a sustenance, some use food for especially exhausting training or even as organic building blocks. |
| Gems | Precious stones of great value. Some have magical properties. |
| Gold | Whether raw, in ingots, or in coins, gold is the foundation of most dominions' economies. |
| Gunpowder | Made from carefully following a Gnomish recipe, used to launch projectiles across vast distances at fantastic speed. Handle with care. |
| Horse | A fourlegged animal equally strong and loyal. |
| Kelp | A superior form of rugged seaweed, used by Glimjir to build and popular in broth with some land dwellers. |
| Light | Bright energy of from the suns' rays, captured by Lucene Beacons. |
| Lumber | Some obtain it by cutting down trees, whereas gentler creatures collect fallen branches or trees and bushes that have expired. |
| Magma | Molten rocks flowing in a thick viscuous liquid deep under ground. |
| Mana | Cosmic energy used to weave spells and — by some — conjure magical warriors. |
| Marshling | A semiconscious entity born out of the strangest swamps. |
| Miasma | A foetid vapour emanating from Afflicted mass graves. |
| Mud | It's mud. |
| Obsidian | An extremely hard form type of glass formed by rapidly cooling down magma. |
| Ore | An encompassing term for various stones and metals. |
| Pearls | Gems of the sea, pearls are collected by dwellers of the depths. |
| Prayer | Elskas appreciates the devotion from her Chosen Ones and listens to their prayers. |
| Prisoner | Captured in war and kept alive only to serve. |
| Sapling | The beginnings of trees, imbued with magic life of Sylvans. |
| Souls | Each living being has one. Azk'Hurum collects as many as he can. |
| Strength | The Monster gains strength from fighting. |
| Swamp Gas | A pungent, greenish gas floating above certain swamps. |
| Thunderstone | An extremely rare form of gem, about the size of a closed Dwargen fist, with a purple glimmer and slowly pulsating patterns that fade into black in the middle. |
| Yak | Slower than horses but much stronger. |