MA Man

[Jazzepi]

Do they still accumulate extra afflictions once you put the regen item on them?

Jazzepi

[Tuidjy]

Much less often. But yes, they do. Mostly in late winter. I think it is a
feature making that one winter month twice as bad as any other. Sometimes they
will even lose a hit point that month, despite regeneration. Use a battle to heal
them. Sometimes I cast a special monster attack spell on my own damn province just
to get a heal for my poor, decrepit patients... I mean my allmighty wizards.

[Jazzepi]

Tuidjy, nurse maid of MA Man.

Jazzepi

[IndyPendant]

My leaders with old age have always gotten their afflictions in midwinter, and (excluding other causes, like already-diseased, battle-wounds, venom-charmed, etc) never have gained afflictions any other month.

There have been times I have (stupidly) recruited an old-age commander early winter, and have him get diseased one turn later.

I'm reasonably certain it's not that it's double-probability, but that Midwinter is the *only* time old age is the direct cause of afflictions.

[Tuidjy]

> Tuidjy, nurse maid of MA Man

Actually, head geriatrician of Pythium, thank you very much. MA Man's is the
capital these octagenerians are besieging.

> I'm reasonably certain it's not that it's double-probability, but that Midwinter
> is the *only* time old age is the direct cause of afflictions.

Yes, that is correct. What I meant is that Midwinter is the time where already
diseased, old people seem to take an take an extra point of damage. One that
regeneration sometimes fails to negate. And more critically, when that extra
point kills, immortality and twice born seems to fail.

[llamabeast]

Yep, it's correct that people lose 2hp in a single month in winter, I read that somewhere before. Also IIRC if an immortal dies from disease in this month it dies permanently, which is a bug obviously.

[Valandil]

I'm actually impressed by the depth of analysis and so forth that went into that. I should note, though, that boosting the nature magic of a crone de-oldifies (not a word) them. Als, they can self-heal in battles via regen spell anyway. Finally, late game you are definately going to have a faerie queen, which has Heal Troops.