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[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by tinkthank:
Nagot, doesn't Ceremonial Faith only work *within* your own dominion? I ask this because you list stealthy priests and/or inquisitors as good criteria for CF, but inquisitors shine best outside their dominion, and stealthy priests are also great within enemy provs with borderline dominions. Or am I missing something?

Nope, you're right - at least as far as I can tell. I think CF is great with Marignon for the following reasons:

The stealthy friars can work on provinces (whether you control them or not) if the dominion here is in the -3/+3 range, which is usually the case around your borders in the early game. If it starts red, it may take some time or several friars but once it turns white the CF bonus kicks in and thus the odds are good this province will remain under your influence.

The Inquisitors' job is to negate strong enemy dominion (thanks to the inquisition multiplier), or to improve yours and keep it high in provinces you control near strong enemy influence (thanks to the CF bonus), possibly with friar support.

Although the inquisitor and CF bonuses don't add (again, as far as I can tell), that's 3 different situations, and you only need 2 kind of priests to solve them. CF isn't a mandatory component in it, but it makes your priests *much* more efficient in achieving this synergy. With Marignon I'd buy a 25-points CF instead of that 28-points 4th candle any day.

[ July 14, 2004, 12:18: Message edited by: Nagot Gick Fel ]