[secretperson]

So what's generally considered the safest bad scales to take? Sloth? Heat/Cold? Drain?

Death seems pretty heavy to me and I don't think I've ever take it in a long game unless I was playing an appropriate nation ie Ermor.

Misfortune seriously scares me. Maybe I haven't had enough experience with it but nothing annoys me more than a temple being destroyed or a lab burning down or barbarians! But that brings up another question- I remember reading that random events may be tied to what scales you take, is that true?