Thanks for the great mod, I like playing with these characters and also enjoy the music :)

I think that Pecorine is pretty strong, however Kyaru feels a little bit weak compared to default leaders.

For Kyaru, her ability gives +15% science and culture if you have a 'breathtaking' city. This is actually a very difficult requirement unless you are in the late game and can get Eiffel Tower or Golden Gate Bridge. It's much more likely that you will get the smaller +7% Charming bonus, or no bonus at all. Also it means you cannot settle in Flood Plains or Rainforest, because you will get the Disgusting penalty. So it is a very restrictive bonus. Most likely you will not even get a bonus until mid to late game, especially on newly created cities.

Compare this to Saladin from base game, he gives +10% science, culture, and faith, which is a total of +30% similar to 'Breathtaking' bonus of Kyaru. However, his bonus has no restriction - the city just needs to have a holy site building, and his bonus makes the building almost free. Compared to Kyaru, Saladin has a much easier time to get a powerful bonus with no restrictions.

I think that Kyaru's bonus could use a little bit of a buff, considering how difficult it is to make your important cities 'breathtaking'.


Kokkoro's ability is thematic but it also feels a little bit weak, healing in woods is not too useful. Unimproved forest is probably also not too useful, usually you want to farm the +food + production tiles and just chop the woods. But being able to choose Apostle promotion is really powerful for religious victory, so I think it's OK if the rest of the ability is a bit weak.

Thanks for the mod