[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Stormbinder:
Generally speaking the answer RTFM is not considered to be a very polite one.

Which is why I asked you if you had read it instead of telling you to read it.

Also according to the guide you are wrong.

Yes, that would be why I put the "I believe" qualifier in front of it.

Also note that "automatic increase" is different from your "full stregth temple check", since temple check 10 always increase the dominion in *abjucent* province, while "automatic increase" can do it in the province itself, if dominion is less than 10.

That isn't what the guide says, and is incorrect. A strength 10 temple will increase the dominion in its current province first, and if it that was already at 10 then the dominion can spread. Your pretender works in the same manner. There is also some mechanism that is not yet understood that causes the dominion spread that occurs in the early game before any individual province is maximized.