Two Birds with One Stone Suggestion

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:

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Originally posted by PvK:
All the clams in the game only generate a maximum number of astral pearls equal to the number of sea provinces on the map. If the world holds more clams than seas, then only certain random clams chosen each month, will get pearls, up to that number.

Nice. Except that in the pros and cons list, one of the things listed as an pro was that it was one of the few things Atlantis had going for it.

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Clams on mages in the water should then have a better chance of their clams generating a pearl. Live wet clams are better than dry, dead, clams.

Maybe a 75/25 weighting. That way Atlantis still gets its benefit, while land nations have some reason for building clams, but not to the point of absurdity, since the clams would get to a point of diminishing returns.

Hmmm. Maybe if magic items could be deconstructed, recovering say, 10-50% of the gems that went in?