[archaeolept]

"crippling" might be a bit strong, but it is a very serious drawback for Hinnom. Sure, in happy-happy theory world, aka sp, you can move the rephaim to isolated desolate spots. In a real game though, things aren't so easy, if there is any sort of struggle. You need your armies where you need your armies. I had a significant force bottled up due to a siege. Population there used to be alright...

now, if only I had read the post about moving them somewhere else before they were besieged, I'm sure everything would have been a-ok.