[Alneyan]

Scripts are a set of commands for your armies and commanders .

I cannot help you regarding how often to search for sites, as I am not doing it enough myself (you do not want poor advice, do you?).

Ritual spells (that are cast outside battle) require a spellcaster who must be in a province with a laboratory, and you need enough magical gems when giving your mage the "Cast Ritual" order. The gems must be available in storage at your laboratory as well (gems on the caster should be counted for casting the ritual, but I have never attempted it).

Temples are helpful to recruit priests (in the provinces that have these units) among other independent units, but you should use them near the line where you are facing an enemy Dominion. Preaching is also an effective way of increasing your Dominion, and having a temple in a province gives your priests a virtual +1 bonus for preaching purposes in this province. In other words, a Priest with a level 2 in Holy Magic can only raise the Dominion of this province up to level 2, while the same Priest would increase the Dominion of a province with a Temple up to level 3.

Lastly, with every five Temples you have an increase of 1 of your Dominion strength, which is a rating of the spiritual power of your Pretender. A higher Dominion strength enables you to convert provinces more quickly, and makes you more "resistant" to enemy Dominions/more likely to convert provinces under an enemy Dominion.