[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Minrhael:
Just had to say it in the message, didn't ya. My first MP game finally, my lovely luck 3 tuatha, burned lab on 2nd turn. Ya jinxed me! Ah well, the tales of my triumph will be well-deserved when I overcome this.

Incidentally, this is EXACTLY why I think luck3 needs to completely protect your capital, I expect to see a nice 500 gold event next turn or else!

Commiserations. Your first MP game explains it though - I think Illwinter has subliminal code to detect a person's first game against other people. Within the first 5 turns, a temple or lab is destroyed, or 25-40% of a 20,000 population is killed, or the vampire count attacks.

And yeh - I think luck should -really- do a little more. Maybe ... Luck Rating times 2 turns before a bad event can happen. So luck-3 would mean you're safe until turn 6.

Otherwise, you have that lovely luck rating, and your dreams of empire and godhood are crushed....

And your people, who are so happy to live in a land of such good fortune, say "Well, the temple burned down.... But aren't we _lucky_ the tidal wave came along before the bar could burn down too!"