My question thread

[fahdiz]

Originally posted by splooger:
Speaking of blessings, I'm confused on that as well. Can only sacred units be blessed? It appears any unit can be blessed, but I'm not sure.

Only sacred units can be blessed, yes - but that doesn't stop your priestly commanders from casting it even if there aren't any sacred units around.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by splooger:
Speaking of blessings, I'm confused on that as well. Can only sacred units be blessed? It appears any unit can be blessed, but I'm not sure.

Only sacred units can be blessed, but the graphic appears over any unit that has blessing cast on it. Non-sacred units simply don't gain any benefits from the blessing.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by fahdiz:
Only sacred units can be blessed, yes - but that doesn't stop your priestly commanders from casting it even if there aren't any sacred units around.

Yes, it does actually, since every priest is sacred they cast it on themselves if there's nothing else that will have any effect. When all the units on the battlefield that are sacred are blessed, and there are no undead, level 2 priests tend to run towards the enemy.

[ioticus]

Thanks for the fatigue explanation, that makes sense.

About the hall of fame, how do units gain experience and how does that relate to appearing in the hall of fame? I believe I read in the manual that units still get additional hall of fame abilities after they die. How do they come back to life and continue to grow in experience?

[fahdiz]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by fahdiz:
Only sacred units can be blessed, yes - but that doesn't stop your priestly commanders from casting it even if there aren't any sacred units around.

Yes, it does actually, since every priest is sacred they cast it on themselves if there's nothing else that will have any effect. When all the units on the battlefield that are sacred are blessed, and there are no undead, level 2 priests tend to run towards the enemy.

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Interesting - I had forgotten of course that the priests will bless themselves. I have seen occasions where a priest leading solely provincial defense will cast blessing multiple times...but perhaps this is because it was unsuccessful the first couple of times. Thanks for the info!

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by splooger:
Speaking of blessings, I'm confused on that as well. Can only sacred units be blessed? It appears any unit can be blessed, but I'm not sure.

Only sacred units can be blessed, but the graphic appears over any unit that has blessing cast on it. Non-sacred units simply don't gain any benefits from the blessing.

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Doesn't everybody benefit from the basic +3 Morale of a Blessing?

[Kristoffer O]

Originally posted by splooger:
Thanks for the fatigue explanation, that makes sense.

About the hall of fame, how do units gain experience and how does that relate to appearing in the hall of fame? I believe I read in the manual that units still get additional hall of fame abilities after they die. How do they come back to life and continue to grow in experience?

You enter the Hall of Fame if you are experiened (gained by victorious combat, striking something and one point each turn), a butcherer (nbr of kills) or twiceborn/immortal (nbr of deaths).

Deaths count the most.
Kills the least.

They do not come back to life unless they are immortal or recalled gods. However you can bring a hero back with the spell Ritual of Rebirth. This makes a dead hero from the hall into a mummy. He retains his magical skills but gets a new and improvewd body (that spreads disease to those nearby).