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				Meglobob said: 
The upshot of this is nations with fortune tellers can have misfortune 3 and view it has free design points. 
			
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 Except it isn't; while your research province with 10 fortune tellers may be immune to the bad events, all your outlying provinces are still getting run over by barbarians, Bogus, plagues and hurricanes.  *And* you're not getting free gold, gems and the other benefits of good events, and not getting heroes.
It's definitely not free the way Abysia's heat is free; more like the way MA Ulm's drain is "free" (but still hurts any indies they hire).