Sceptical about sceptics

[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.