Fever Fetish

Meglobob · #1 February 18th, 2007, 03:59 PM

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Endoperez said:
You won't get nearly as many gems from undead, though.

Barbarian fetish farms are fun, in a evil kind of way.

lch · #2 February 18th, 2007, 06:12 PM

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Meglobob said:

Barbarian fetish farms are fun

That sounds raunchy...

llamabeast · #3 February 19th, 2007, 09:27 AM

Do people reckon you get the same number of gems regardless, undead aside? I put some fetishes on my sea kings, thinking that because they regenerate they never die, but I got very few gems off them. Was that just bad luck?

FAJ · #4 February 19th, 2007, 11:31 AM

I thought it was one gem a turn, period? Is the rate different, and for what reasons?

Endoperez · #5 February 19th, 2007, 11:54 AM

The rate varies, for reasons unknown. It seems rather random. It seems to be between 5 and 9 gems in ten turns.

lch · #6 February 19th, 2007, 01:01 PM

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llamabeast said:
I put some fetishes on my sea kings, thinking that because they regenerate they never die, but I got very few gems off them. Was that just bad luck?

regenerating lost HP != preventing permanent HP reduction

calmon · #7 February 19th, 2007, 01:17 PM

I think the formula is like:
The fewer the current life compared to total life the better the chance to get a gem.

llamabeast · #8 February 19th, 2007, 02:57 PM

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calmon said:
I think the formula is like:
The fewer the current life compared to total life the better the chance to get a gem.

Intriguing. In that case, you should get a creature nearly dead, then give it a ring of regeneration so it never dies. Lots of gems!

I've currently got a lovely fetish farm where someone's holding the chalice. I take the fetishes off them a couple of turns before they die, then normally they recover to full health so they can be diseased again!

Rasit · #9 February 19th, 2007, 03:40 PM

In one of my games I found a province where I could build Kapa cheiftans (turtle guys with recuperation), when I placed a fever fetish on a one of them they got diseased but they never lost any hitpoints.

I wonder if the latent recuperation of the unit cured them of the disease and allowed them to go back to full health and they subsequently got diseased again on the beginning of a new turn.

The only bad thing is that I only got one firegem after 8 turns.

calmon · #10 February 20th, 2007, 08:51 AM

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calmon said:
I think the formula is like:
The fewer the current life compared to total life the better the chance to get a gem.

I step back from my viewpoint. It seems that you just need less life then maxlife to bring them up to work good.

I did some tests with high hp units and low hp units, there wasn't a big difference. Both worked fine.

So the conclusion is, use units with high hitpoints and without undead state and without regeneration. Regenerate them periodly with items.