[Chris Byler]

Originally posted by licker:

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Originally posted by Cameroon:
I'm sorry if this has been asked and addressed elsewhere on in the forums, but here goes:

I started playing the demo the other day (no experience what-so-ever with DOM I). So I followed the, very brief, quick start. Shortly after starting, an earthquake destroyed my temple.

Is it a limitation of the demo that I can't build a temple? Every unit only had the option to destroy the two buildings in the province. Or do I need a priest in order to build a temple (which would seem silly to me, that'd be like saying the only way to build a college would be to have a college-educated person when there are no colleges yet )?

Anyway, I appreciate whatever help there is to be had on the question.

Yep need a priest to build a temple and a mage to build a lab. Though your pretender should be able to build a temple, I don't know why they are not allowed to (at least in Dom1 this was the case).

Earthquake on the first turn really sucks, I got it too, and if not for the fact that I had recruited a priest I would have been unable to build any temples ever!

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Not so, you can still make someone your prophet, and once you do, he gains priest powers and can build temples.

There are also some mercenary priests - Giuseppe del Migo, for example - and you can hire one of them and have him build a temple.

There is a third solution that isn't available in the demo - some summoned creatures have priest powers and can build temples. (Harbinger, Archangel (of the Host) and Couatl are the only ones I know of in Dom I, but there may be more in Dom II.)


Similarly you need a mage to build a lab, and need a lab to recruit a mage - but your god is usually a mage and can build labs. Also there are a lot more mercenary mages than mercenary priests. Summoning doesn't help because you would need a mage to summon anything. But for lack of mages there is a fourth solution - empowerment. If you have enough gems or blood slaves you can make any commander a mage.


Finally, for completeness, any commander can build a fortress.