Heretics?

[llamabeast]

Yeah, he does combat your own dominion if you let him. Generally heretics are a bit annoying. But it is possible for their hereticness to be useful, if you stick them in enemy dominion.

LA Pythium has a nightmare time with heretics.

[VedalkenBear]

Heretic is generally costed as a disadvantage.

And to somewhat counter llamabeast... in my games, everyone ELSE has a nightmare time with the Serpent Cult's heretics. =D

[elbnar]

They can be useful to counter LA Ermor/Ri'Lyeh.

Another fun trick: summon a Black Servant, give him a Stone Idol (to make him a heretic) and a Bane Venom Charm and then send him into the enemy lands.

[Sombre]

Black servant + bane venom charm is good in the early game, but adding a stone idol makes it a lot more expensive and doesn't work until later.

[elbnar]

It's worth the cost if it drives your opponent nuts

[Coldshard]

elbnar said:
They can be useful to counter LA Ermor/Ri'Lyeh.

Another fun trick: summon a Black Servant, give him a Stone Idol (to make him a heretic) and a Bane Venom Charm and then send him into the enemy lands.

Are black servants, or undead in general, immune to the bane venom charm?

[Edi]

Undead are not affected by disease.

[Lingchih]

A heretic is basically an atheist preacher, I think. They lower any dominion in the province they are in, yours or the enemies'.They're just dom sappers. With LA Pythium, I use them on the frontier, to lower enemy dom, then move them out if I want to push my own dom.