Keeping Helpful Enemy Dominion Alive...

[Kheldron]

I was quite convinced that you never benefit from an enemy positive scales but was surprised in a game (still running) to benefit from his higher magical scales.

My magic scale is +1 but my fort, though under my dominion, still had magic +3 due to my neighbor and my mages were having +2 in research.
Sadly, being under my dominion, that scale has started to lower. I now only have magic +2 and so I'm back to +1 research.

[Edi]

If the province is under your dominion, even if it has leftover scales from someone else, you benefit. Of course, as your dominion increases, the scales go to your own.

[MaxWilson]

Yeah. At that point they're *your* magic scales, the same as if you had a site that increased Magic. That's probably what Jim was seeing too.

Jim, can you confirm?

-Max

[JimMorrison]

Well I definitely had a black candle in the province in question, at the time that I posted. However, now I'm getting some really weird conflicting observations that tend to suggest I am not benefiting from enemy Magic scale. I'm actually thoroughly confused at this point.

Honestly, while I really enjoy the idea of Luck inverting, I'm not sure I agree with other scales not giving benefit to whoever owns the province. Just seems to me that if your spiritual influence makes a region less OR more prosperous, this would be independent of ownership. < shrug >