By Maori do you mean part of Aboriginal Myth or Oceanic? Or by themselves?

I totally think that is a GREAT idea!!! the maori culture is a really good one to have because they have things that other things don't. like the animals, you could put in Moas and even Kiwis that are rare. they would have many differnt things, whitch would be good when the other things come. like those things that is made from the green stone (Jade). the kiwis have magical powers that give the people magic powers. they could get flight, the thing the kiwi cant do. they would wear the kiwi on their head and they would shoot from far away and not get hurt because they could run really fast like the kiwi and and the moa.

Yes, the maori culture on it's own would be good. But could borrow ideas from Oceania. I found some info.

--Favour--
The Maoti gain favour by their heros killing enemy human
units. The hero then gets stronger and all stats are heightened slightly the more they destroy. The higher their stats the more favour is collected each time an enemy human is killed.

--Economy--
The Maori Villager (tribesman) is very slow
but efficient as it can carry double the resources
that an ordinary villager would carry.
The Maori do not have any domesticated animals.

--Military--
All the Maori military units are created at either the
Marae or the Pa.

--Heros--
The Maori have one hero per age (as the greeks) plus can use their chiefs. Slowly upgrades all stats as more human units are destroyed (excludes ships)

.::MAJOR GODS::.

Papatuanuku:
Goddess and mother of the Earth.
God Power:: flood.
Target an enemy location
for a huge amount of rain to flow in.
slowing any units who walk in.
and slightly damaging buildings.
Temporary.
Myth Unit: patu paiarehe, (scout)

Ranginui:
God and father of the sky.
God power::Palisades.
All of your buildings
are ummune from
any attack for a specified time.

Maui.
Sun god.
became the north island of NZ.
Fish Frenzy.
Click on any location at see for
3 new groups of fish to appear.

.::MINOR GODS::.

Tumatauenga.
God of war.
God power:: Vengeance.
Target an area to make all
units attack much faster
for a limited amount of time.
Myth Unit:: Demas.

Tane-Mahuta
God of man and forests.
God Power ::Reinforcements. Choose an
area to bring an army of
plant humans that are treated like
an ally. They permanent until killed.
myth Unit: Kurangaituku

Tawhiri Matea
God of Winds and storms.
God Power:: eternal darkness.
Select a group of enemy villagers to
set a storm cloud over them,
reducing the ammount of resources
they collect.
Myth Unit: Venine Hae

Ruamoko.
Earthquake god.
God Power:: Land slide.
select a location to
have it enveloped in
a sea of rock. every building
and unit in the area is idle.
for 20 seconds.
Myth Unit:: Totoima

Rongomatane
God of Cultivated foods.
God power:: Harvest.
You get a steady trickle of
food for a selected time.
Myth Unit:: Babamik

Tangaroa
God of the sea.
God Power:: Wirl pool.
A giant swirling pool will
open up in the selected area
of ocean that will drag all
naval units into it and
destroying them.
Myth Units:: Giant Octopus.

Haumia Tiketike
God of Uncultivated food
God power: Economic Drainage.
All enemys will loose food and
you will be given 25%
Myth Unit: Milu

.::HEROS::.

Kupe

Discoveror of New Zealand.
Warrior with an adze. Good
vs Myth units.

Chief

Warrior that can generate
favour.
train at town centre
-Archaic Age.

.::MYTH UNITS::.

Giant Octopus:
octopus that is good vs
non-attacking ships.

Tanewha:
Huge blue-green lizard-like
predator.

Babamik: Corodile demoness.
weak vs Human units. strong vs
everything eles.

Kurangaituku:
Bird woman.
May instantly kill an
enemy from a long distance.

patu paiarehe:
Fairy people that inhabbited NZ
before humans.
cheap, but extremely weak
scouts.

Demas: Benevolent Spirits of Fire
Can cause flames to appear
on buildings causing them to slowly
loose HP.

Totoima: A boar monster

Venine Hae: Wild women wind spirits
Strong vs Human units.
weak vs Myth unita and heros.

Milu: Spirits of caves, that like
Medusa, can turn you into stone
with a glance.

.::HUMAN UNITS::.

Tribesman
(villager)
Gathers resources and builds buildings.
slow but can carry more resources at a time.

Kotiate Warrior.
Infantry with a short club.
Upgrade to 'Hoe Warrior'
Warrior with a long club.
Trained - pa

Patu Warrior
basic infantry.
trained - marae

Tiaha
Spearman.
Ranged unit.
trained - marae

.::BUILDINGS::.

Town Centre
Where tribesmen are created.
-Classic Age (but start with one)

House
Can support population of 5 units
-Archaic Age

Temple
Where heros and myth units are
created.
-Archaic age

Dock
Naval units are created.
-Archaic Age

Marae
Where units are repaired or
healed if garrisoned inside.
Trains Military units.
-Classic Age

Pa
Castle construct.
Where some military
units and heros can be trained.
-Heroic Age

Wonder
-Mythic Age

Watch Tower
-4 free in Archaic
available in Classical.
upgrades to...

Pahu Tower.
An additional use.
can hold more units
inside.
-Classical Age (with upgrade)

[This message has been edited by ScreamingHippo (edited 10-04-2005 @ 00:10 AM).]

I have a few myth units that could be for different gods.

Demas: Benevolent Spirits of Fire
Babamik: Corodile demoness
Aumakua: Ancestor Ghost
Milu: Spirits of caves, that like Medusa, can turn you into stone with a glance
Wahini-hai: a nasty demoness that steals children
Venine Hae: Wild women wind spirits
Totoima: A boar monster
Rogo-Tumu-Here: Octopus demon
Qasavara: cannibal monster
Kakamora: Water spirits that drag canoes to the bottom

I'll find more if I had more Time, but I have a huge Language project to work on.

[This message has been edited by Yamato Take (edited 10-03-2005 @ 07:03 PM).]

thanks!, I'll add them in.

You're two gods short of nine so here are two:

Whiro: God of Mischeif and evil

Uenuku: God of Rainbows

And a Titan: Hukere- the Guardian of the dead. Made out of rock.

Pretty cool, huh?

[This message has been edited by Yamato Take (edited 10-04-2005 @ 08:56 PM).]

Yeah, awesome!

ooooh, yes definately!

Definitly!

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Glad you liked it

yes. Is it Maori though???

I dont know, kinda dosnt look it!

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Actually it really is.

The pic isn't a pic of the Hukere, but I matched his description with this picture.

[This message has been edited by Yamato Take (edited 10-07-2005 @ 09:53 PM).]

oh, well. Good enough.

Sorry i havn't found much about it for a while.
Since Maori wasn't as significant as other civs I thought it could be combined with some of the other Oceanic islands. Like Fiji, Tonga and samoa? What do you think?

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Most of the myth units I gave you are actually not from Maori. Its not really that big in mythology.

I have some units though: (From New Zealand)

Tiaha Waka: arrow canoe

Prau Waka: Siege canoe

Matahorua Waka: Meelee canoe

Tawirirangi: a hero ship

And I reccommend changing cheif to Tohunga which was the Maori cheiftan

Ranged siege unit: Imu

Rakau: warrior using a large extremely sharp curved two-handed whale-bone weapon

Hoeroa: a warrior that uses a whip with a serrated end

I also have a unique thing Maori warriors can do. They can set Pewa, which are traps invisible to your enemies that do tons of damage.

And finally the Ngati-Porou could replace the tribseman for the villager.

[This message has been edited by Yamato Take (edited 10-13-2005 @ 06:32 PM).]

WOW! Thanks. that filled in many of the blanks I had.

No problem.

Hi, umm. what about if Hawaiiki was added to the mix? the ancestoral home of the Maori?