The fact that this mod exists brings me happiness into my depressed life.

@Chapter Serf - There are a total of 4 Lizardmen missions in Mortal Empires. Which missions did you complete?

@Gricken - No, because High Elves do not get any technology or skills related to buffing Lizardmen. The quest items (Book of Gary, Tail Club of Khaine) are the only ways to buff him.

Does Gary benefit from any technology or skills?

I completed the quest chain (got it from Tehenouin) and I wasn't given the option to upgrade Gary.

Awesome, thank you for confirming how that mechanic works! Now that my empire has grown considerably, I'll recruit an Archmage of Life just to take extra good care of him.

@GnomeGnuts - Alarielle isn't his archmage friend, so they don't get the Garydian ability.

The unique ability only shows up for B) if Gary is in any Archmage's army at the start of your turn.

Thank you for the feedback!

This mod is amazing, I just unlocked the bonus quest! Thank you for your time creating this, it's cute, polished, and charming.

Something I noticed, I transferred Gary to Alarielle's army, and doing so made him lose his Garydian bonus ability. I didn't mind as I couldn't really afford the Archmage's upkeep (got her as part of a confederation, then Gary spawned in her army right away), so I didn't see if transferring him back restored the ability or not. So maybe he only gets the unique ability if he either:

A) Stays in the original Archmage's army
or
B) Remains in any Archmage's army
or
C) He loses the ability if transferred to any other army

... or it's one of my other mods messing up poor Gary because I did not test any of this in a control setting. As such, not expecting any troubleshooting or a fix, just passing along an observation with some speculation :D

Gary will be worth the wait :D

Thank you everyone for the kind words. I'm praying the March of Chaos campaign in Total War: Warhammer 3 has at least one Asur faction, otherwise Gary won't make an appearance until the Immortal Empires campaign is ready.

I don't know about the meme, and I don't care.
But I absolutely love that mod <3

I do not understand the point or inspiration for this mod, and 100 % do not care. IT IS AWESOME! Gary forever!

@StormRaven

It's a reference to the original meme, where Gary normally steals the sword of Khaine and runs off.

why keep the sword of khane way form him ?

Well as someone who does play a lot of Lizardmen, Bastilodons are cheap(ish) tanky tarpit type unit. Meaning they are really good at stalling out a lot of the opponents various units while your actually strong units kill the rest. So in a way they are quite a boring "special" type unit like this. Still a fun/cute mod so +1 to you.

I saw the post on reddit. Cool to see you turned this into a mod!

@Latex Santa I don't play Lizardmans so I don't know where and when their units work best. Gary comes with the Guardian skill so he buffs nearby lords/heroes, which surely puts him above regular Feral Bastiladons.

@LordOmlette
Excellent~! By all means, take your time - there's no rush.
@Latex Santa How dare you suggest Gary and his kin suck?! I am deeply offended!

Shhh, Gary, it's okay. He doesn't know what he's talking about... Here, have a nice big hug. That'll make things better, right~?

@LordOmlette Very cute mod. Bastiladons kind of suck though, despite the awesome name.

@TheLostArchangel - OK it's probably not happening anytime soon but it's on the list https://www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/comments/k2zr6s/gary_the_bastiladon/gdyffrd/

Naestra would absolutely love and adore Gary, yeah. As for the other wood elves...
To be honest, you make a good point. Orion can be somewhat of a prick and would be as likely to hunt him (D: nooo) as to adopt him. Durthu is an old grumpy tree-dude who would indeed see him as an interloper... And Drycha is just damn spiteful. She'd probably try to corrupt Gary (D: Nooo!!!)

Still. It's certainly an interesting thing to consider. And Gary would be a very much fun addition to my current Sisters of Twilight campaign...

@akuti @duid - thank you for the kind words!

@TheLostArchangel - It was definitely weird starting a new mod right before the DLC dropped. The original image was a high elf mage with a bastiladon, I have no idea if Wood Elfs would accept Gary or reject him as an interloper. But Naestra is like a no-brainer for someone who would take good care of Gary. This requires more thought

Gary is the best boi, goodest boi, cutest boi, all that i want to say is he is good boi

This is likely the most wholesome mod in the workshop.

However, why are the Asur the only ones that get access to Gary?
Surely, with the new update and all and the wood elves getting their own caster-lords, they too should be able to recruit Gary into their ranks? :(

Wonderful.

@Lizzy Warren @taracanino @Wardsavius - thank you for the kind words!

Everyone else - Updated.

incredibly cute mod hahaha. this is the freeLC we needed

I agree with Lizzy Zlaaq Gary and Grimloq are good boys.

This is amazing. I have a ton of mods, i've spent a few thousand hours playing this game, but this? This is perfect.

@wolfe374171 - alot of people have said this is Turin's idea, but I don't watch his stream so I'm not sure. /u/HermeticHormagaunt assured me the Bastiladon's name is Gary, so that's what I went with.

@crueldamoiselle - you're very welcome!

@Mickey Mouse - I've never watched spongebob, but unless that show had an ankylosaurus underneath the ocean, I'm going to go ahead and say no, no it's not.

is it the gary from spongebob?

Thank you.

Ahh, gotcha. This was during one of Turin's random tourneys, right? Honestly I'm suprised more meme-mods haven't been born of Turin's shenanigans. The man loves nicknaming things during his commentary.

@wolfe374171 - I'm glad you're enjoying it! Please see the links to the screenshot + art. That's it, that's the meme.

Just ran a few dozen turns with High-Elf Batman, and gotta say Gary really brightens up Lorna's day. Watching him frolic through those silly gobbos squatting on Batman's precious magic donut... how could one not smile? :D

Idk what the meme with Gary is though, could someone enlighten me?

Teclis doesn't deserve him, period. Solar engine is a nice idea and if its possible, I'd suggest that the requirement is that you ally with a Lizard faction in order to upgrade him. Perhaps even like this:

Ally with Hexoatl - Solar Engine
Ally with Itza - Revification Crystal

@Caesar - We're debating whether bringing him back to Lustria upgrades him to a solar engine, in which case you're right that he absolutely should not start with Teclis!

@king - You were supposed to take care of him!!! I haven't gotten around to writing the revive portion, I'll try to get to that next weekend.

Everyone else - thank you for the kind words!

malekith ripped him in half. how do i get another gary?

Adorable, but I have one thing about this: Teclis, the arrogant raider of Lustria, doesn't deserve Gary.

GOOD

Wholesome

This is adorable, thanks for bringing the meme to life homie

cute

You absolute mad lad I have the highest form of respect for you right now



Everyone please take care of Gary he likes his elf mage lady friend and bright lights. 👍