odd: unit starts the battle with red bar HP loss

[tinkthank]

I cant figure out why my one commander appears to have been harmed from the beginning of battle (as soon as the replay starts it has a little red bar underneath its icon). This is an immortal national hero for S&A, but is not my prophet. When inspecting its HP, it says "basic: 11, current: 14" (I have GoH up). It doesnt appear to be wounded, but the little red bar is there nonetheless. It has no self-harming items on him either. Any clues?

EDIT: Unit is not standing next to heat-generators or any other blatantly painful things.

[ March 11, 2004, 16:25: Message edited by: tinkthank ]

[Teraswaerto]

He could've been hurt in an assassination attempt, or maybe from a spell such as Seeking Arrow.

[tinkthank]

Such an event never happened to him -- but as far as I know, such things give you afflictions, and afflictions are permanent wounds, not the red bar of HP loss that (as far as I know: always) is restored after every battle unless you are a "never healing" unit such as longdead.

[Teraswaerto]

If an unit loses HP in the assassination or magic rituals -phase of turn generation, that HP loss is still there in the combat phase, which comes after those two.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

I've noticed this often with GoR, and (I think) with constructs and the Golem Cult theme. I think it's due to the hitpoints being adjusted only at the end of the turn sequence.

[Norfleet]

If his current HP is GREATER than his basic HP, then he's not wounded, he actually has more than he should because of GoH. There's nothing wrong. Just ignore it.