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Old March 2nd, 2007, 03:39 PM

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It has already has been said over and over: If you don't want to lose your units some time later on, then avoid getting them horror marked. /quote]

That's not the issue, you can't stop from being attacked, so you can't stop from being unlucky and getting a horror mark!

So why should horror marks end the game? Because it does if your pretenter get's horror marked, it's game over.
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It has already has been said over and over: If you don't want to lose your units some time later on, then avoid getting them horror marked.
That's not the issue, you can't stop from being attacked, so you can't stop from being unlucky and getting a horror mark!
Yeah, that's why horror marks are bad. Exactly.

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So why should horror marks end the game? Because it does if your pretenter get's horror marked, it's game over.
Why do you always repeat this even if it isn't true? When your pretender dies then he is dead, nothing else, you don't actually lose the game at all - you can still win it. He even comes back by himself, but the horror marks on him will stay, so you better make sure that you didn't give him any of those in the first place.
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Old March 2nd, 2007, 05:04 PM
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The main source of horror marks is certain items. Don't give any of these items to your pretender. Problem solved!

Oh, wait ... you can also get horror-marked by a handful of spells (or a very rare magic item) in combat. Okay, so don't take your pretender into combat. Honestly, a pretender who stays in the lab -- researching/forging/casting -- will not get a horror mark unless you equip a Very Evil item.

However, you might want to take your pretender into combat. Fair enough. Demigods on the battlefield can be pretty cool. Actually, combat isn't very dangerous when it comes to horror marks. As stated earlier, horror marks in combat are only inflicted by a couple of rare spells and magical items. Frankly, taking your pretender into combat is much more likely to get a curse, an affliction, or just-plain-dead. To further minimize the chances of getting horror-marked, choose your opponents carefully.

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Summary: Yes, getting horror-marked is No Fun. However, it's also very avoidable. Learn what causes horror marks, then avoid those things. Once you get the hang of it, your pretender will be safe from those nasty horrors!

Of course, other bad things can (and will) happen. The world of Dominions 3 is not Disneyland.
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There's also at least one way of remotely inflicting horror marks on people -- Horror Seed -- although the odds of nailing a pretender with that are probably fairly low assuming a decent escort, and this can be made more difficult via dome spells.

Stumbling onto and getting unlucky with a Vale of Infinite Horror, or getting unlucky after killing somebody who's B9-blessed, might also be problematic.

But yes, if you're in battle, being smacked by a dozen Seithkonas casting Nether Darts or fending off F9W9 Helhirdings might be a more serious concern...
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Stupid Lizard Shamans always Curse my pretender....
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yeah i never send pretenders in against lizards, without a bunch of chaff to draw the curses.

I think adding the functionality of horror marks being removed from pretenders upon a successful call god wouldn't hurt the balance of the game at all and would ease the frustration of losing gods to doom horrors over and over.
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