Why are Tarts so cheap

[Rick L]

If you get a Tartarian commander, it will be irreversibly crazy and do a lot of pillaging. It is a ***** to call one and have him or her pillage your capital on the first turn. They also do other crazy things that keep you from moving them from time to time. The only solution is a slave collar, which requires blood magic ability and wipes out any magic ability they possess.

[Stagger Lee]

Originally Posted by Rick L

If you get a Tartarian commander, it will be irreversibly crazy and do a lot of pillaging. It is a ***** to call one and have him or her pillage your capital on the first turn. They also do other crazy things that keep you from moving them from time to time. The only solution is a slave collar, which requires blood magic ability and wipes out any magic ability they possess.

Don't summon them in your cap. By the point in the game when you can realistically set conj 9 as your next research target, you should have several labs. Pick one in a fort in a low income province. Or, if you have ready cash, pick your lowest income/population province and build a lab and a fort (not a temple). Move your high D caster(s) there and you have your tart factory.

One of the great values of tarts is their varied magic. Tartarian SCs are the ones you don't have better plans for. Don't put slave collars on them unless they are already feebleminded, but if feeblemind ... Oh well, just don't use slave collars on them.