Questions for those more knowledgable than me(so almost anyone)..

[RAF]

OK, thanks for the info and encouragement!

So, for Ermor, my priests don't create the spirits/apparations, etc? There's a command to "call spirits", which give options for spirits, apparations, etc...this does not work?

If it does, does it take corpses, or dispossessed spirits to make apparations and shadows? How many per?

One thing I have not been doing is upping my province defense...you say the higher, the more commanders I will get (outside of a battle)? I know defense give you extra troops in a battle and helps detect spies....

[velk]

You get 1 commander for any province defense, with an increasing number of troops up to 20, when you get a second commander, and any points above 20 will give you some additional special troops. Which troops you get for which nation is in the manual near the front IIRC.

As a note - if you are playing Ermor, Marignon is your worst enemy. For beginner games you could try playing without them being in the game.

As far as I know, soul gate priests don't require any corpses to use their summoning abilities. Just set them to summon and they will happily remain cranking them out.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by RAF:
OK, thanks for the info and encouragement!
So, for Ermor, my priests don't create the spirits/apparations, etc? There's a command to "call spirits", which give options for spirits, apparations, etc...this does not work?

They work in addition to the ones you get for free. Priests can create MORE, but you do not need ANY priests to get SOME, and this SOME can already be an awful lot.

If it does, does it take corpses, or dispossessed spirits to make apparations and shadows? How many per?

Neither. Soul Gate Ermor's troops appear out of nowhere. They have no prerequisites for summoning, beyond having a strong enough unholy priest: Unholy Priests can create them through "Call Spirits", and in areas where your dominion is strong, more will come for free.

One thing I have not been doing is upping my province defense...you say the higher, the more commanders I will get (outside of a battle)? I know defense give you extra troops in a battle and helps detect spies....

You receive a commander automatically when you purchase a single point of PD. You will get a SECOND commander at 20 points. At 10 points, stealthy units may be automatically detected by the PD. Above 20 points, only more units, generally of insuperior quality to the ones you got for the first 20, are gained. This is true for all nations.

Ermor, however, has crap for PD. I only purchase 1 point, to gain a free commander to lead whatever rabble has spawned there.

[ March 18, 2004, 00:09: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[RAF]

OK, I'll fire it up and give it another whirl...

or hurl, depending upon how badly I play...

One additional question...defense reduces your income in the province, correct? Does it also reduce resources?

Also, any walkthroughs for specific nations? Ermor, etc? All the nations I have played play very differently, which is a GREAT thing!

Thanks a bunch guys, you are really helpful!!!

[Zurai]

One thing I'm surprised Norfleet fumbled the response for, considering he's an ermor fanatic:

Ermor will, at apparantly random times, have 3-4 Ermor Cultists appear in a random enemy controlled province along with a number of ghouls and attack that province. This is entirely out of your control, but if they win the fight you keep the province.

That's what you saw when you had the battle halfway across the world.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Zurai:
One thing I'm surprised Norfleet fumbled the response for, considering he's an ermor fanatic

The condition that causes Norfleet to forget things at times is called "senility", to which he sometimes claims to have. Personally, I think he's more polite than he would have us believe and prefers not to play the role of being the ultimate Sage of Death.

[ March 18, 2004, 00:25: Message edited by: Arryn ]

[Kel]

Originally posted by Arryn:
The condition that causes Norfleet to forget things at times is called "senility"

AKA The Burden Of Time ?
And here I thought Ermor was immune.

- Kel