Did you know that? (Dominions trivia) - Page 31

chrispedersen · #**301** January 4th, 2009, 02:48 AM

Well, I haven't seen the turn, but again there are many ways this can occur.

Poison archers, where the poison has a secondary effect - the secondary effect can also cause an affliction.

Spells (or blessings) that have caused or added secondary damage such as flame arrows. Any secondary attack that is treated as a separate attack can also cause an affliction.

Affliction chance is something like
#dam/max hp as a % chance.

MaxWilson · #**302** January 4th, 2009, 06:05 AM

I was really surprised that it seemed to cause two afflictions. Maybe it's a bug, or maybe there really were two arrows and I'm just not seeing the second one--or maybe it's just an obscure case of the rule where there's a very small % chance to cause two afflictions.

-Max

thejeff · #**303** January 4th, 2009, 11:02 AM

I wonder if the %damage from the Never Healing Wound has the normal chance of causing another affliction?

Gandalf Parker · #**304** January 4th, 2009, 01:32 PM

Doesnt the game pick a spot to hit? Maybe the "never healing wound" and "feeblemind" were a head strike?

chrispedersen · #**305** January 5th, 2009, 10:43 AM

Whats the Difference Between....

Rodney
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa fire archers
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG hold and attack

And

Rodney
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Hold and attack
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa fire archers

where g is a size 4 giant, and a is some archer?
-------------------------------------------------------

GGGG
aaaaaG
aaaaaG
aaaaaG

GaGaGaGaGa
GaGaGaGaGa
GaGaGaGaGa
GaGaGaGaGa
GaGaGaGaGa

Night and day. So the first formation is more useful when you fear ground attack. The second is more useful when you are having an archer duel. (If the square with the archer and giant is hit, your giant has good chance of taking the hit leaving your archer to continue to fire)

analytic_kernel · #**306** January 5th, 2009, 11:45 AM

...Starshine Skullcaps add +1 RP to astral mages.

Sombre · #**307** January 5th, 2009, 11:46 AM

What, in addition to the +1RP for having an extra point of astral?

analytic_kernel · #**308** January 5th, 2009, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sombre

What, in addition to the +1RP for having an extra point of astral?

Ooops. You're right.

chrispedersen · #**309** January 6th, 2009, 10:38 PM

Sooo the next interesting factoid sitting around in my head...
Whats the difference between

recruiting
ababababababababababababababababab

and recruiting
aaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb?

Answer:
units are numbered sequentially. Units to the right tend to get placed toward the enemy. Try it a few times and you'll see what I mean.

JimMorrison · #**310** January 6th, 2009, 10:58 PM

I believe that units are placed in formation in a growing spiral, so alternating your recruitment should indeed give you a much better dispersal of your "combined arms" squad - see Figure A.

Figure A:

987
216
345

Due to double digit numbers, I cannot expand the spiral further. Unless I go fully alphanumeric! - see Figure B.

Figure B:

PONML
A987K
B216J
C345I
DEFGH