Re: Legends: curses and guilds

From: drhj@v1.astro.cf.ac.uk (Dean Johnson)

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 16:17:10 +0000

In article L38@rice.edu, minnotte@stat0.stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte) writes:
> What happens if a character who is currently cursed gets blessed?  For
> example, a 4-MAR character under a level-6 (30%) curse has a 24-point
> bless cast on him.  Is he:
>
> a) still cursed (older keeps precendence until it wears off - unlikely)
>
> b) 70% blessed (4 points to counter MAR, 6 to counter curse, 14 to bless)

OPTION B SEEMS TO BE THE ONE FOR MY EXPERIENCE

>
> c) 100% blessed (4 points to counter MAR, bless overwrites curse, 20 to bless)
>
> d) something else?
>
>
> Also, what experiences have people had with guild settings?  Do you have any
> guidelines as to good settings to use to be fairly certain of constantly
> increasing strength?  Can you increase more than one point per production?
> Any help would be appreciated.

I HAVE NEVER INCREASED MORE THAN ONE POINT DUE TO PRODUCTION AND THAT IS
WITH THE TOGGLE SET TO 100% STRENGTH.  IF YOU WANT YOUR GUILD TO INCREASE
IN STRENGTH, USE TOGGLE 5 OR PROGRESS WILL BE FRUSTRATINGLY SLOW.

CHURCHES CAN GET EXTRA INCREASES DUE TO HIGH LEVEL PRIESTS PRAYING IN THERE.
HOWEVER, I HAVE NEVER HAD MORE THAN AN INCREASE OF ONE POINT IN ANY GIVEN
PRODUCTION TURN DUE TO THIS.  (i.e. 1 from praying + 1 from production =
2 max increase)

THE ONLY AWAY ROUND THIS I CAN SEE IS THE INCREASE GUILD STRENGTH SPELL.
THIS IS MOST EFFECTIVE ON WEAK GUILDS SO DO IT EARLY ON IF YOU CAN.  I
PRIEST WITH THIS SPELL IS VERY USEFUL.

>
> Finally, Dean pointed out to me that leadership bonus is not always equal to
> DF bonus from fortifications.  Since this is probably the most important
> effect of fortifications, I'd appreciate it if everyone who's sent me data
> could check the leadership bonuses and send them to me.  I'm still working
> on the earlier data, but an unexpected case of the flu has slowed me down.
> Hopefully something soon.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Mike
>

References

Legends: curses and guilds
minnotte@stat0.stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte)
Thu, 09 Dec 1993 22:35:37 +0000