Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)

[Zeldor]

MaxWilson:

I am almost sure that 1 gem is minimum price, have you tested that?

[Ming]

Did you know that...

"Huli" means fox. "Jing" is the stage non-humans (animals, plants, even inanimate objects) reach on their way to attaining Tao/Nirvana and becoming an immortal. As a "Jing" they no longer die of old age and gain some of the powers (magic?) typically associated with immortals. However, they can still be killed. The more powerful Jing's would have spent thousands of years meditating towards immortality - but usually less than ten thousand as presumably they would become immortals by the time they have spent ten thousand years meditating?!

The nine tailed silver fox is a myth like the white stag and a "Jing" of such an animal is supposedly the most powerful of all huli jings. According to Chinese myth/folklore, one such (in the form of a most beautiful woman) supposedly seduced an ancient emperor and caused the fall of his dynasty. Other tales of huli jing also have the common theme of it appearing as a beautiful woman, though not always evil. So nowadays the term "huli jing" is often used to describe a femme fatale, usually with a negative connotation - particularly by the wife in describingone who is having an affair with her husband!

I am afraid that, unlike other posts about the mechanics of the game, the above won't help you play any better!

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by Zeldor

MaxWilson:

I am almost sure that 1 gem is minimum price, have you tested that?

Yes. IIRC it was a Talmai Elder (15% bonus) w/ the Hammer of the Forge Lord forging a 5-gem item under Forge of the Ancients. Cost: 0 gems (65% off of 2 gems is 0.7 gems, rounded down to 0). Obviously, tying up both the Hammer of the Forge Lord to save one measly gem over a dwarven hammer is... suboptimal, but I was curious.

-Max

[MaxWilson]

...if you fail to send your Champion to attend the death match, you get an event "Suddenly X's Champion's trident disappeared in a puff of smoke." The trident goes to the new winner. Your old Champion does not die and does not fight, he just loses his crown.

-Max

[DonCorazon]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

...if you fail to send your Champion to attend the death match, you get an event "Suddenly X's Champion's trident disappeared in a puff of smoke." The trident goes to the new winner. Your old Champion does not die and does not fight, he just loses his crown.

-Max

Hmmm... I recently was in a position where I had a champion forced to defend the crown. When the death match was announced his orders defaulted to "compete in death match" and IIRC I could not change them so not sure how you are able to avoid it.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by DonCorazon

Hmmm... I recently was in a position where I had a champion forced to defend the crown. When the death match was announced his orders defaulted to "compete in death match" and IIRC I could not change them so not sure how you are able to avoid it.

I actually did not avoid it on purpose, but I was playing around with his equipment loadout and scripting, so that I wouldn't lose any good stuff if he lost. It's most likely that sending some items back to the Lab set him back to Defend, as usually happens with item transfers. It can't be purely a bug, though, or else there wouldn't be a built-in event for this case.

-Max

[lch]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

It can't be purely a bug, though, or else there wouldn't be a built-in event for this case.

-Max

That "poof" thing is just the same that you get when somebody wishes your stuff away. It probably uses the same code.