Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

when you hire a merc that someone else has, it will come still w/ the order for what it was doing (other than move)... including build fortress

you can then cancel the fort and get your money back... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

did you know that?

spells like hellbind heart and enslave can be used in the arena deathmatch competitions. A converted commander may even take over and fight instead of the commander who converted him in later fights of the same competition. However even if you win, only the commander you chose to fight in the arena deathmatch will return alive but if a converted commander wins he will still gain the experience of winning a deathmatch competition (even though he dies afterwards) not only is converting commanders a great way to win arena deathmatches and get rid of some great foreign warriors but you can use ritual rebirth to bring back your converted winner or any other converted commander in the hall of fame.

Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

...Forge of the Ancients counts BEFORE forge bonus? If the forge bonus came first, a 15% forge bonus on a 5 gem item would round down to 4 gems, and then Forge of the Ancients would halve that to 2 gems. Instead, Forge halves the cost from 5 to 2, and then a 15% bonus on top rounds down to 1.

It's also possible to forge items for free, if you can get the cost below 1. (It's almost never worth doing so, though.)

-Max

Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

MaxWilson:

I am almost sure that 1 gem is minimum price, have you tested that?

Huli Jing, T'ien Ch'i's conj6 national summon
 

Did you know that...

"Huli" means fox. "Jing" is the stage non-humans (animals, plants, even inanimate objects) reach on their way to attaining Tao/Nirvana and becoming an immortal. As a "Jing" they no longer die of old age and gain some of the powers (magic?) typically associated with immortals. However, they can still be killed. The more powerful Jing's would have spent thousands of years meditating towards immortality - but usually less than ten thousand as presumably they would become immortals by the time they have spent ten thousand years meditating?!

The nine tailed silver fox is a myth like the white stag and a "Jing" of such an animal is supposedly the most powerful of all huli jings. According to Chinese myth/folklore, one such (in the form of a most beautiful woman) supposedly seduced an ancient emperor and caused the fall of his dynasty. Other tales of huli jing also have the common theme of it appearing as a beautiful woman, though not always evil. So nowadays the term "huli jing" is often used to describe a femme fatale, usually with a negative connotation - particularly by the wife in describingone who is having an affair with her husband!

I am afraid that, unlike other posts about the mechanics of the game, the above won't help you play any better! :smirk:

Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

Yes. IIRC it was a Talmai Elder (15% bonus) w/ the Hammer of the Forge Lord forging a 5-gem item under Forge of the Ancients. Cost: 0 gems (65% off of 2 gems is 0.7 gems, rounded down to 0). Obviously, tying up both the Hammer of the Forge Lord to save one measly gem over a dwarven hammer is... suboptimal, but I was curious.

-Max

Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

...if you fail to send your Champion to attend the death match, you get an event "Suddenly X's Champion's trident disappeared in a puff of smoke." The trident goes to the new winner. Your old Champion does not die and does not fight, he just loses his crown.

-Max

Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

Did you know that... that's not the whole of it?

Site bonuses to Con are also applied independently of these two - I think the order is Forge->site->hammer. And... the gem cost appears to be rounded down between each step. So you can get Rings of Wizardry for 9S, or clams for 3W1N.

Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

I'm actually reading that ancient legend, Ming-I've got "Tales of the Tea-house, Retold" in hardcover. I'm up to the part where the two princes are carried off by the 2 giant security guard twins

Did you know that the "Blood Thorn" forgeable weapon is actually "Weapon-type: Athame"?

Re: Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)
 

Hmmm... I recently was in a position where I had a champion forced to defend the crown. When the death match was announced his orders defaulted to "compete in death match" and IIRC I could not change them so not sure how you are able to avoid it.