pretenders cant preach?

SurvivalistMerc · #1 December 31st, 2003, 06:54 PM

I have always regarded their own natural dominion-spreading effect as superior to preaching.

And I'm not sure you would want to let nonmagical pretenders like a magic-zero manticore with high dominion smite things.

The other thing that seemed strange to me is that blessable units which are in the same group as the pretender don't get blessed unless there is a priest around to bless them. In this unique circumstance, I think units should start out blessed. But that's just my opinion.

Treebeard · #2 December 31st, 2003, 08:10 PM

Hmmm sacred pretenders would be very interesting to see, even if balance would have to be redone from scratch. I mean, think of a Earth 9/Nature 9 sacred Big Momma - extra reinvigoration, more protection (both from earth and berserk) and a 20% level regeneration!

Taqwus · #3 December 31st, 2003, 10:11 PM

A blessed Death-9 Prince of Death would have a rather high fear factor. *shudder*

Endoperez · #4 December 31st, 2003, 10:36 PM

Pretenderes PRETEND, so how are they supposed to believe they are the god? I'm not counting in Wyrm or Ettin, or Hydra, or other multi-headed things... But sacred units should become blessed when they fight with their god, and the death of the army's god should affect it too.

SurvivalistMerc · #5 December 31st, 2003, 11:05 PM

Endoperez,

That is a wonderful idea...to have the death of the pretender affect the nation.

Was what you had in mind something like not being able to have bless effects until they pray him/her/it back into existence?

Endoperez · #6 December 31st, 2003, 11:22 PM

No bless effect or lessened bless effect. Maybe while he is close to being back here again the bless effect returns... Less effect from scales? Dominion decreasing? No morale boos from friendly dominion? Priest spells being weaker, maybe needing a better priest than before (Serm. of cour. 4, Fanat. 5 etc.).
I haven't thought it out really, mainly because I was thinking things that could happen *in the battle he died in*.

Thanks to you for pointing this 'my good idea' to me, too!

PhilD · #7 January 3rd, 2004, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by Treebeard:
Hmmm sacred pretenders would be very interesting to see, even if balance would have to be redone from scratch. I mean, think of a Earth 9/Nature 9 sacred Big Momma - extra reinvigoration, more protection (both from earth and berserk) and a 20% level regeneration!

Wouldn't Shroud of the Battle Saint work for this?
(Construction 4, Astral 1, supposed to give Prot5 and Blessed)