No love for Holy??

[thejeff]

Only one level higher for a temple, according to the manual.

Still mostly useful for getting rid of enemy dominion.

Actually then manual says "Preaching can only raise dominion as high as twice the level of the priest", so a H1 should be able to raise dominion to 2, 4 with a temple.
Is that right? Going from memory it doesn't seem to match when the game tells me preaching won't work.

[SlipperyJim]

Originally Posted by thejeff

Still mostly useful for getting rid of enemy dominion.

That can be a very useful thing to do. Fighting under enemy dominion give a -1 penalty to Morale, while fighting under friendly dominion gives a +1 bonus. That two-point difference can be important in a close fight, or if you're dealing with troops whose Morale isn't unshakable.

(Think province defense.)

Then there are all of the other advantages that can come with friendly dominion, such as your scales. The effectiveness of various global enchantments also depends on dominion.

Like Gandalf said, the game is called Dominions for a reason.