[PvK]

Iron Faith doesn't get Smiths, just Black Priests. They have a random magic ability each though, which seems like a pretty good ability, especially since they're Holy (cheap to maintain). Blessed Black Templars could be potent, too, and even unblessed, their holy status makes them 25% cheaper to maintain than Black Knights. I thought the main idea of Ulm, and especially Black Faith, was that you were sacrificing magic ability for heavy metal equipment. So... it makes sense for it to be disadvantaged at magic. Black lanterns can help catch up on research.

I don't mean to claim I know they're balanced or anything - just some ideas that make them seem neat to me from my relatively newb perspective.

As for the original question of why the black priests are affected by the drain (or why they wouldn't be) ... I don't know.

PvK

[ November 06, 2003, 02:45: Message edited by: PvK ]