Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

Okay, when playing the demo, I noticed that my researching druids were getting battle afflictions, like unhealing wounds. They were all just sitting in my home province and had never been under attack, only researching from time of recruitment. I guess those paper cuts are getting to be a real menace. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Anyway, is this some kind of bug? I looked through the bug thread and didn't see it mentioned there.

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

Age?

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

Sounds like it -- it's extra fun if you have Gift of Health running. Sages get sick, then get better, then get sick again. Gift of Health = Dominions' PPO.

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

I was playing the tutorial.

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

Sounds right.

Druids start out fairly old.
The ones with afflictions should have the old age icon (white head)
That'll show you current age and the start of old age.

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

Yep, that is aging. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

Okay, so Battle Afflictions = Old Age afflictions?

How do you get battle wounds from old age? That's what had me confused. It doesn't make sense.

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Hehe you will see even more weird afflictions because of old age, example your commander will loose an arm etc. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif
Just think about it as an affliction, not battle affliction.

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Yea, for example losing an arm could simply be it being infected and being amputated. If battle fright is attainable just imagine him going mad and cowardly (as old folks do http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif)

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

Or losing use of the arm, or an eye. I figure if they can do crude surgery to replace a heart or an eye with a magic item, they can do crude surgery for regular stuff http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif Some of them are kind of weird though.

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

"I've fallen... and I can't get up..."

If an affliction from old age doesn't seem to make sense, it's probably user lack of immagination...

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However, if they are still called batlle afflictions, maybe that should be changed. With the new aging system, age should cause as many afflictions as battle, atleast to the things that matter.

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

It is a battle affliction acquired from paper cuts, acane brews spilling upon his or her skin, explosions from unstable voids opened into their world, and drinking ink by mistake.

Re: Researchers getting battle afflictions. Bug?
 

"Help! I've fallen and I can't reach my mead!" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif