MA Pangaea, Age of Bronze

Pangaea is a woodland nation inhabited by wild beings connected with nature. Halfmen such as satyrs, centaurs and minotaurs serve the lords of the Sacred Groves deep in the forests. In ancient times, the woods covered much of the world, but that has changed. Man is no longer beast and animals are no longer wild. The world of the wild is disappearing. Centaurs have developed civilized societies and donned armor. The Panii, guardians of the Groves, have decided that it is time to act to preserve their dwindling habitat. – Nation Description

Pangaea is a nation of wild half-men of Greek myth, as they could have developed if exposed to a vast and technologically superior humanity: Iron or skin. Adapt or die. As in most cultures exposed to so-called civilization, some inhabitants cling to traditions, or current perceptions of them; while others adapt to the circumstances, with loss or gain in influence. The loss of ancient magic and traditions over the ages is quite apparent in this nation, but in the late era the centaurs have found new paths of magic, giving hope to the nation. – Illwinter's Dominions 5 Manual

Pangaea is a nation of centaurs, satyrs and minotaurs. Unlike their EA predecessors, MA Pangea isn't as reliant on the use of Forests and with four Sacred units, only one of which is a combat unit, they don't benefit as much from a heavy bless. They can still utilize forests to build inexpensive temples and produce units. Multiple Stealthy units and commanders allow MA Pangea to attack unprotected provinces behind your opponents front-line and they also have several hard-hitting combat units to provide a more traditional way to conquer territory.

Provide a brief overview of commanders and units and what tools they provide you with. Outline any peculiarities across the roster (e.g. the animal tag, cold blooded). Highlight any particular strengths of the roster and describe their roles (e.g. high-quality infantry, thugs, powerful mages).

Pangaea is still one of the best Nature nations in the game, though now it faces a bit of competition from Man. Compared to its previous form, the magic has gotten more specialized – you simply don't have as many crosspaths as you used to.

Nature is provided in high levels by the Panii, who reliably have 4. You simply need Construction 4 to get 5, or Construction 6 to get 6; the former is the benchmark for setting up Mother Oak, while the latter is the benchmark for setting up Gift of Health. Empowering a Pan or Pandemoniac in Astral will let you craft a missing booster for 7, while Empowering a Pandemoniac in Blood will let you craft the other missing booster for 8; either one will let you set up Gift of Nature's Bounty.

Earth is the Panii's second specialty, and they reliably get 3. With Construction 4, you can easily get 4, which is enough to cast most of the big Combat spells (though the two you'll really want, Army of Gold and Army of Lead, will require either an extra turn or an extra Gem). Unlike in the Early Ages, getting the missing Earth booster (for 5) requires more than one Empowerment; depending on how your Gem & Blood economies look, you can either do three Empowerments in Blood (two on your 3 Pan and one on a Pandemoniac) or two Earth Empowerments and one Blood Empowerment (all on a single Pandemoniac), with the former costing 125 and the latter costing 8045. Getting 5 isn't enough for a Gem Generator, but it does let you stimulate nonmagical productivity with Riches from Beneath.

Blood has become Pangaea's national shame; only the Pandemoniacs, delinquents holed up in the capital, will have 2. In the Early Ages, such magic would get you Illearths, Demon Knights, Blood Fecundity, and Cross Breeding; now it just gives you Blood Fecundity and Cross Breeding. Just one Empowerment in Blood is needed to reach 5, however, specifically 45 (or 55 if you dual-wield boosters). This gives you some nice Remote Attacks, Hell Power that doesn't Fatigue you out (if you use an extra Blood Slave), and the wonderful Three Red Seconds.

Water is found on your Dryads, sometimes; they might have 1, or 2 with your one available booster. An Empowerment in Water will get you the other booster (for 4), not to mention the wildly-expensive things you can do after that Empowerment to keep climbing the ladder. Other neat Items you can craft are the Frost Brand (an early Thug weapon) and the Bottle of Living Water (a good assistant for your active Dryads). Since your 1 comes with Nature, it can do a wide variety of extra things in combat; 11 grants Mossbody, and 21 grants Foul Vapors (though it costs an extra Gem).

You're missing Fire, Air, Astral, and Death. Amusingly, these paths let the humans of Ermor expand, to the point where their collapse now endangers all life. If you feel like rushing into Blood, beating others to the Bind Heliophagus Ritual will cover your lack of Death and Fire, and you can then get Astral through Summon Spectre. If Blood isn't your thing, you can still get just enough Death for Astral through a Forest Troll Tribe, though the Gem costs will slow you down a bit. Air is fortunately not as big of a hassle; one of your Heroes has 2, and you can always wait to summon a Faerie Court. On the other hand, Air takes much longer to get than Death, not counting the Hero.

Monster Boar Conjure 5, 3 10: an annoyance spell. forces the enemy to send forces to their money-making province to stop the unrest the boar is producing.

Fort of the Ancients: Alt 5, 35, 4. Only in Forests and non-deep Sea. Build a lab in a forest and make a new Bramble Fort. Should have plenty of Nature Gems to spam them and save gold.

Tune of Fear: Ench 0, 1. Inficts Fear on enemy.

Tune of Growth: Ench 0, 1. Inflict Entangle on an enemy.

Tune of Dancing Death: Ench 0, 1. Inflict a lot of Fatigue Damage

Awaken Hamadryad Enchantment 5, 4 25, (summon 1 Hamadryad) A immobile 3 mage. Sutuational as a defence implacment.

Pans are masters of Nature magics (being at least 5), and cast a good amount of earth buffs. They can also power up further if they form blood Sabbaths.

Mother Oak should be a guarantee for you. Mothers are also good spammers of Vine Men. Transformation can reduce the upkeep you pay on Pans (and may gain them additional paths).

You have blood, but not on the most cost-efficient hunters. They can summon Demons like Demon Knights. Crossbreeding is not as effective at making chaff as Awaken Vine Men giving how little effort it takes in comparison. Blood Fecundity Can make provinces more profitable.

For thug gear, a Frost Brand and Kithaironic Lion Pelt is generally all you need to kit a Pan. Alternatively if you can get death magic, an Implementor Axe is useful if you want Fear instead of AoE damage, and a Shadow Brand, Vine Shield, and Boots of Quickness are all good options if you want to invest more gems.

To counter thugs and SCs, you have the Axe of Hate and Black Bow of Botulf.

Though expensive, Cornucopias can be a good investment for Midgame armies that constantly rely on nature gems.

Pan equipped with The Black Heart make excellent assassins, and can be a good investment in the mid to late game. Unfortunately, the Chest Wound affliction is tied to the item and is not healed through Recuperation.

(How to expand, potential pitfalls and how to get around them, obvious weakness strength, how much do you have to focus on war/infrastructure)

(what is the first big research rush, what is the first big powerspike, where do you shift recruitment to? what are the big magic diversity issues, are there particular globals you should gun for)

(How do you close out the game if you are in it, is the high level research stuff you can do uniquely well, does your nation fall off, aka do you have to force things to conclude swiftly)

youtube of someone discussing the nation
guide page on steam??
forum thread or AAR

Nations
Early Ages	Arcoscephale • Ermor • Ulm • Marverni • Sauromatia • T'ien Ch'i • Machaka • Mictlan • Abysia • Caelum • C'tis • Pangaea • Agartha • Tir na n'Og • Fomoria • Vanheim • Helheim • Niefelheim • Rus • Kailasa • Lanka • Yomi • Hinnom • Ur • Berytos • Xibalba • Mekone • Ubar • Atlantis • R'lyeh • Pelagia • Oceania • Therodos
Middle Ages	Arcoscephale • Ermor • Sceleria • Pythium • Man • Eriu • Ulm • Marignon • Mictlan • T'ien Ch'i • Machaka • Agartha • Abysia • Caelum • C'tis • Pangaea • Asphodel • Vanheim • Jotunheim • Vanarus • Bandar Log • Shinuyama • Ashdod • Uruk • Nazca • Xibalba • Phlegra • Phaeacia • Ind • Na'ba • Atlantis • R'lyeh • Pelagia • Oceania • Ys
Late Ages	Arcoscephale • Pythium • Lemuria • Man • Ulm • Marignon • Mictlan • T'ien Ch'i • Jomon • Agartha • Abysia • Caelum • C'tis • Pangaea • Midgård • Utgård • Bogarus • Patala • Gath • Ragha • Xibalba • Phlegra • Vaettiheim • Atlantis • R'lyeh • Erytheia