Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)

[lch]

... or if you're really desperate for an artifact, you'll forge it twice with both your highest- and lowest-ID mage that can do so.

[MaxWilson]

...losing an eye to an Eye Shield does not count as damage for purposes of breaking Mirror Image?

-Max

[Kristoffer O]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

...losing an eye to an Eye Shield does not count as damage for purposes of breaking Mirror Image?

-Max

Of course not. It's just an eye popping out of its socket No real harm done!

[lch]

Ah, I'd expected KO to do better than that. You could argue that a mirror image only goes down when you manage to strike an actual hit at an enemy, then you'd know which of the ones is not an illusion. The Eye Shield works passively (I assume that the vengeful spirit in it is invisible), all those mirror images are attacking the wearer and then stumble back with an eye gouged out simultaneously. No way telling the real one this way.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by lch

Ah, I'd expected KO to do better than that. You could argue that a mirror image only goes down when you manage to strike an actual hit at an enemy, then you'd know which of the ones is not an illusion.

In that case, you'd expect area attacks like Fireball to not break mirror image, either. I think it's more like D&D mages: mirror image takes concentration to maintain, and getting hit disrupts your concentration. Eye Shield eyeloss is probably painless so it doesn't disrupt your concentration.

-Max

[Tifone]

Well, you could see which one's eye actually falls to the ground and gets squashed under someone's foot.

Bleah

[MaxWilson]

...strength loss is permanent, and you can have negative Strength? In my game for this week, a custom province (from SemiRandom) had a bunch of R'lyeh-type creatures in it with ranged Steal Strength. I now have a whole squad of Ahiman Anakites, all of whome have Strength between -10 and -48. I haven't tested what happens if I try to besiege a castle with them. Actually the guy with -48 Strength should be really good at tearing down castle walls since your effectiveness scales with the square of your Strength.

-Max

[MaxWilson]

No, a screen shot would be irrelevant. It's known that you can do this, it's just surprising that you can do it accidentally (without adding and removing a command item). A screenshot wouldn't tell us anything that your words wouldn't.

Probably. I guess it's always possible the screenshot would reveal something we would otherwise overlook.

-Max

[MaxWilson]

...it can rain spontaneously, without a spell needing to be cast? In this case, there will be no Battlefield Enchantment icon in the corner. The only way to know it's raining is either 1.) notice the raindrop graphics, or 2.) see that your fire mages are mysteriously taking way too much fatigue.

-Max

[Deadnature]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

...it can rain spontaneously, without a spell needing to be cast? In this case, there will be no Battlefield Enchantment icon in the corner. The only way to know it's raining is either 1.) notice the raindrop graphics, or 2.) see that your fire mages are mysteriously taking way too much fatigue.

-Max

same for snow too...