Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)

[Taqwus]

...that the Troll Archer adventurer combines a 'Fire at Commanders' order with a 30-precision magic bow?

...that 100-precision attacks work even if you're blind or it's dark?

...that the Rime Hauberk conveys well over 100 cold resistance?

...that MA Ulm has weapons which cause area-1 15-fatigue against enemy sacred units?

...that Sleep Vines provide multiple 33-fatigue attacks per turn, and often come in pairs?

...that a mercenary who dies while in the Hall of Fame can be brought back via Ritual of Rebirth?

...that not even national heroes (or Hinnom commanders...) are guaranteed to peacefully coexist?

[chrispedersen]

awwww.. thats one of my favorite tactics.. get a merc in the hall killed off.. to bring him back as a mummy.

shhh!

[MaxWilson]

Chris,

Why? You lose all his men, and he still won't give up items so he's a pain to use as an SC.

-Max

[Gregstrom]

Magic diversity?

[chrispedersen]

Exactly - some of make pretty ok SC's. Tupac Shakira - or whatever that ettin is, for example. Plus they come back with 0 Enc.

But magical diversity is definitely the big reason. Plus the ability to reanimate undead.

And a lot will depend on the heroic ability they had. Third Eye, Legendary researcher, Legendary Cruelty, Unimpressive Obesity.. theres a lot of niche uses for critters like that.

[Taqwus]

I'd think that this also lowers your payroll.

[Ewierl]

If a single army engages in two battles during a single turn, not only will units not heal, archers won't replenish their ammunition.

[Ewierl]

Yeah, it was quite a shocker for me in MP when all my longbowmen charged straight into melee. I looked at the replays, and in the first battle they'd fired bows as normal, so their commands were all correct. The only explanation I can see is that they were out of arrows from round 1.

P.S:

Taqwus said:...that not even national heroes (or Hinnom commanders...) are guaranteed to peacefully coexist?

What does that mean?

[Taqwus]

OM NOM NOM, in the case of Hinnom's cannibalism.

Sauromatia has a couple of national heroes who have a certain history and shouldn't remain in the same province if you want to keep 'em both. I don't recall if other nations have similar situations.

[Tifone]

I think Bandar Log with the fallen four-harmed thing hero (Devasura). But I don't really remember.

I'm very surprised by the non-healing-nor-reloading thing too. A big advantage to the counterpart without any doubt.