The Chalice
 

Despite the fact that I like to play LA Ermor, I make it a priority to acquire The Chalice.

To date, I have been attacked by Umor three times, but I have never been attacked by "questing Knights" as the manual suggests.

Have any of you ever been attacked because of possession of The Chalice?

Re: The Chalice
 

I think I recall being attacked but I could be wrong.
You have given it to a commander, yes? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: The Chalice
 

In Dominions II - yes, quite often. In Dominions III, I do not think I have.

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I've played many LONG MP games and SP games yet never been attacked by the "questing knights" from the chalice, this includes both Dominions_2 and Dominions_3.
I've held possession of the chalice for Dominions_2 and Dominions_3 for at least a combined total of 3000 turns yet no attacks from the rumored knights.
Also I have yet to see anyone post a screenshot of the battle and its message event.

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I can't remember anyone claiming to have actually been attacked, so it's safe to assume that they either don't, or they're so unlikely to that it's not worth thinking about.

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I am claiming it. They are not a rumor, they exist, or at least used to exist
in Dominions II. I was playing Vanheim, and I had the female pretender. Damn,
I wish I had a screenshot. The knight (single attacker)is yellowish or maybe red.

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I just ran a SP game with a Chalice for about 200 turns. No knights showed.
On the other hand, the Eater of Gods showed up 3 or 4 times. I think that once
he dies he should retire... at least for a few dozen turns.

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If it's not bugged and a single knight can attack the owner of the chalice the odds must be one in ten thousand.

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Perhaps, as it is a quest for the chalice, its ment to be a single questing knight? *imagines the knights suprise as he rides up to a huge, decaying god from the depths of tartarus.

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A single knight, unless he is very powerful, is just going to get blasted in the face by most mages anyway.

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I recall being attacked by the Knights in Dom 2, but I have not seen them in Dom 3 either. I think they must have been replaced.

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> I recall being attacked by the Knights in Dom 2, but I have not seen them in Dom 3 either. I think they must have been replaced.

Not intentionally, but it sounds as if they don't work properly.

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Reviving this thread.

Has anyone been attacked by knights while holding the Chalice in Dom3?

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I've played many more games since this thread went to sleep in 8/27/07 and still have never seen any knights from any eras(including_late_era) attack the chalice owner.

If it does exist the event must be Extremely Rare and for only a specific terrain province(farm?) with correct scales.

Re: The Chalice
 

No attacks, ever.

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I think I have been attacked in a MP game a while back, the knights killed my mage too, if I recall.

Re: The Chalice
 

If it was knights then it was not the event we are talking about.
The Chalice used to attract single knights in Dominions II. Not much of
a challenge for those my Pretender choses to protect the Chalice. :-)

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Oh really? in that case no I've never seen the lone knight. Must have been a bad event then.

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I think it is knights during battles. So you dont really notice them because it just looks like your opponent build a couple indie knights.

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I recall reading the chalice/knight event generates a message followed by a single knight attack on the commander as done via assassination battles.

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What if you are underwater? Does that stop chalice-hunting knights?

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I estimate it would stop them, yet the knight/chalice event may no longer be working in DOM_3. If it is working it's extremely rare needing either specific terrain or specific scales.

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I've held the Chalice in Dom 1, Dom 2, and Dom 3, and have never seen knights attacking my chalice-bearer (who's always rather well-equipped to deal with a knight, anyway...).

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I believe I have seen a group of knights.. but I have never seen a single knight as an assassination attempt