Sceptical about sceptics

[Scott Hebert]

Though, Zen, it's rather aggravating that you can't take 'special' Dominions along with themes. If you could, I'm not sure I'd ever play anything but Golden Era Golem Cult.

Scott

Originally posted by Bayushi Tasogare:
Though, Zen, it's rather aggravating that you can't take 'special' Dominions along with themes. If you could, I'm not sure I'd ever play anything but Golden Era Golem Cult.

Scott

I see absolutely no reason why you should not be able to. Though, I may be a minority.

[tinkthank]

Two follow-up questions:

1. Isnt Stealth-0 a little low to trust to send out a naked prophet deep into enemy territory? I find that anything under stealth-10 WILL be found soon enough.

2. Anyone know the stats on a Stone Idol / Skeptic? (Is it like, say, a level-2 Priest in reverse? Or an anti-temple? Or what?) (I actually love stone idols, I frequently get them on good stealth units, just for the idea; yummy with Marignon.)

EDIT: No, 3 questions:
3. Will putting a Stone Idol on a Sceptic stack? (wow)

[ June 08, 2004, 16:40: Message edited by: tinkthank ]

[Scott Hebert]

Originally posted by tinkthank:

1. Isnt Stealth-0 a little low to trust to send out a naked prophet deep into enemy territory? I find that anything under stealth-10 WILL be found soon enough.

It depends. Going into a capital that still has its beginning PD is suicide, yes. Other than that, I've never had much problem in SP with people finding my Stealth-0 characters.

As for a Spy, I'm pretty fearless about sticking them even in Capitals. (Not that GE Arco gets Spies...)

2. Anyone know the stats on a Stone Idol / Skeptic? (Is it like, say, a level-2 Priest in reverse? Or an anti-temple? Or what?) (I actually love stone idols, I frequently get them on good stealth units, just for the idea; yummy with Marignon.)

It would be interesting to know. It might be automatic... which would sort of fit with my observations. Maybe not, though. It shouldn't go off a Temple check, because that makes little sense...

Scott

[MythicalMino]

so, by the description, skeptics *do* hurt your own dominion, right?

[Scott Hebert]

By the description, yes. They're not meant to operate in your own dominion, though.

Scott

[tinkthank]

Ive been trying to figure out whether Stone Idols stack with sceptics, and havent come to any conclusions (also because I do not yet understand how the mechanics of (possible) dominion loss really work.

I have, however, re-realized why I am not really a fan of Golden Era: It seems that just about EVERYthing is capital only. Argh how I hate capital-only-reliance! And making sceptics later in the game means schlepping them through your entire empire (well I suppose you could give them Boots of the Plane, but that seems a bit steep), while Stone Idols can be picked up by scouts in labs on province borders.