Blood huting: Am I doing something wrong?

[Cheezeninja]

Im playing a huge mictlan game right now (on the Faerun map) where i have about 20 provinces set up for bloodhunt/sacrifice, i figure if im going to build a temple for sacrificing, and a lab for pooling blood slaves, i might as well put in a watchtower as well. I pull around 300 blood slaves per turn (i have 2 priests with SDR's in every blood hunting province, and 1 sacrificing) but im also slowly killing off my population. As long as i keep expanding i'll be fine, the blood must flow, right?

I have growth 2 and most provinces have a king with 50 slaves patrolling.

Its on the Faerun map, which is a pretty hefty download if you dont have high speed internet, but i can send you the save file if you want, so you can get the idea of what a semi-massive blood empire feels like.

[Stormbinder]

Originally posted by liga:
http://arrakis.unimo.it/~ligabue/dom2/docs/guida.rtf

good luck
Liga [/QB]

Nice job with your guide Liga.

If you like, you may add few other formulas to it which are currently missing - such as chance of geting battle afliction, formula for turmoil in province, weather formula. These can be obtained by searching this forum.

Just my two cents.

Regards,
Stormbinder

[Vynd]

THanks for the offer Cheezeninja, but I think Liga's info is all I really needed. It's clear to me now that while I was a bit unlucky with my lvl 1 Blood hunter, using a lvl2 hunter will make a big difference.

[Stormbinder]

Originally posted by Vynd:
THanks for the offer Cheezeninja, but I think Liga's info is all I really needed. It's clear to me now that while I was a bit unlucky with my lvl 1 Blood hunter, using a lvl2 hunter will make a big difference.

Actually lvl 1 bloodmage with rod is the same as lvl 2 bloodmages, and almsot the same as lvl2 bloodmage with rod, as it is clear from this formula.

So as long as you have lv1 bloodmages armed with rods, you are fine.

[Cohen]

It wasn't +2 for using Sanguine Rod?

[Darryl]

Originally posted by liga:

quote:

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if 1d100 less than (10 + 40xblood) and 1d5000 less than population and 1d400 less than unrest

effect is d6(oe)+blood

[Kristoffer O.]

... you can find this and other informations taken form taht forum on

http://arrakis.unimo.it/~ligabue/dom2/docs/guida.rtf

good luck
Liga

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Wait a minute....so say you roll 1d100 and it comes up 40 and 1d5000 comes up 2500 and 1d400 comes up 60:

if Unrest = 70 then 60 (1d400) is less than unrest (70) so you get slaves;

if unrest = 50 then 60 (1d400) is greater than unrest (50) so you get no slaves;

So you get slaves for unrest being higher?

So then if Unrest is 401 or higher that part of the equation is always true, right?

I need to crank up taxes in bloodhunting provinces!

[Cohen]

No ...

To find slaves you need to have all of these conditions true (AND logical operator)


X (0-5000) less than POP
Y (0-400) less than Unrest
Z (percentage value, 10 + 40*Blood Skill).

So a B3 mage needs only Y and X check.
A province with 5000+ POP only Y and Z.
Unrest 0 only X and Z.

The best thing is to combine all things ...

Fata Morgana spell aids a lot since it reduces Unrest.
Some sites reduce unrest too ...
Growth raises pop even slowly ... and blood hunt kills pop [you take away young and fertile girls ... so you inhibit pop reproduction]