Poll: morale and routing

[Arryn]

Esben Mose Hansen said:
Why not? How can the god do battle without the support of his believers?

It worked well enough for Thor.

A SC pretender *is* a one-"man" army. He/she/it shouldn't require help from mere mortals to crush small numbers of those opposed to his/her/its aims. It's a truly weak deity that cannot strike down even a single mortal without the need for there to be some friendly witness to the event. Such a pathetic deity wouldn't deserve to continue to exist. How laughable would be "Fear me, for I am all-powerful ... um, wait, where's my adoring audience?"

You are using the Dominions game mechanic that a pretender must have dominion to continue to exist as a justification for battlefield behavior (namely routing). The two (need for dominion and a god's morale/routing behavior) do not, of necessity, need to be connected.

Last, but not least, exempting SC deities from rules changes that would affect lesser SCs would preserve the thematic aspects of mighty Titans, Wyrms, and Dragons able to lay waste to most opponents, as is seen in myth and legend. From a thematic standpoint, it's absurd that a demi-divine dragon couldn't face down some impudent human knight-wannabe and his entourage of swordsmen without help. "I'm sorry, I cannot roast all of you to cinders now because my lackey is missing. Come back later."