Re: AG: Questions on Deities

From: leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 23:42:16 +0000

In article <CC0H6B.7xD@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, pat3n@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Patrick A. Truman) writes:
> What's the best way to increase one's devotedness?  As far as I can
> tell, I can either donate money to the temple, perform devotions, or
> gain converts.  Which of these works the best?  Also, does one have to
> continually devote/donate/etc to keep the devotedness from slipping
> down?  I ask this because a 5gp donation to the good temple moved
> Barrymore from neutral good to good for one turn, but then he slipped
> back to neutral good the next turn.

Most people just donate money to their favorite deity/temple.  Yes, you must
donate a certain amount of gold to keep your devoutness where it's at or to
get it to increase.

> And how about this new tithing percentage option while adventuring--
> what are your thoughts on it, and does tithing increase your devotedness?

Never used it.

> Does anyone out there know the penalties for undevoting to any of the
> deities?  I'm particularly interested in Palindur and Eniki...

Just Mordtch.  You lose all your damage point and dodge/retreat bonuses.

> Oh, and an observation.  One of my characters was given a silver clasp
> with agate three turns ago, but I keep forgetting to sell it.  It's
> value has dropped from 88 to 75 and is now down to 17.  Once again I
> have forgotten to sell it, so I'd expect it's going to be worthless
> very shortly.  Has anyone else noticed this with items?

You probably didn't have the appraisal skill trained yet.  The silver clasp
with agate is worth around 15-25 gold (I really can't remember).  Your
estimated worth for an item fluctuates a lot, so don't pay too much
attention to it.  Once you sell an item, you'll find out how much it's really
worth as you usually get around 66% of market value.

Mike Lee

> Thanks,
> pat
> Barrymore and Gnoglette in Antar

References

AG: Questions on Deities
pat3n@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Patrick A. Truman)
Thu, 19 Aug 1993 14:49:22 +0000