Talk:Priest Game/Tom's Own Words

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Priests As Lieges

Ok, can somewhere have a Priest as a liege still right? --Kag 18 March 2006 03:54 (CET)

No, in order to become a Priest, you give up all titles and claims to titles. No titles = no vassals. ~ Marc J. March 18, 2006 03:57 (CET)

Can someone who created a religion later regain his titles while still being a priest? -Chénier 02:54, 6 January 2007 (CET)

Yes. And that priest can then have vassals. Eleanor McHugh 10:50, 19 May 2008 (CEST)

Indeed, priests can be lords, so Marc was wrong there. With the new allegiance changes, it now seems that they can also become regional knights by offering, since they can no longer be ducal knights. Also, as for my question of the time, I believe... no, priests cannot hold government positions. -Chénier 18:36, 19 May 2008 (CEST)

One thing to keep in mind is that my comments where/are roughly two years old. We all know that Tom's time is not infinite, so sometimes things must be postponed or abandoned; when the Priest Game first came out, Tom was (relatively) clear about the desire to seperate Priest's from the realm workings. I believe he said something to the affect of "the religion is the Priest's realm". (I very recently returned to BattleMaster after a nearly year long break, but I thought I'd check up on the Wiki for new developments) ~ Marc J. 15:29, 16 October 2008 (CEST)

Religious combat

Will it be possible for members of one religion to engage in religious conflict with other religions? Marouane 18 March 2006 05:03 (CET)

I wouldnt think so, not directly. Maybe dueling. But priests dont have troops: thus no fighting. But realms can pick religions, so they could wage holy wars and such, and when they conquered the enemy, they might raze temples. So the priests wouldnt do the fighting, but their followers would. Vellos 18 March 2006 05:20 (CET)

Members do not have to be priests. As of right now, The Path of the Great Dragon has 3 noble members, and only one cannot lead troops. AlexTurner 18 March 2006 05:26 (CET)

Religions wage wars - but not with the sword. Wait until your religions have grown a little and those options will appear. --Tom 18 March 2006 10:45 (CET)

Priests and money.

How does a priest get his money? People can not transfer money to me, I get no taxes, I have not checked but I think I can only "borrow" from the churce, so where do I get money to buld shrines and temples, etc? --Peter Kolak 27 March 2006 9:17 (PST)

I think (but I don't know either way) that the church automatically gets gold from its followers, so you can borrow from them. Except I can foresee a whole lot of priests in permanent debt to the church that way. Plus, if temples get taxed, that could be a major problem for the whole religion. Weren't churches exempt from being taxed, hence why they were always a major target for like, Viking raids and such? Olik 2 May 2006 18:40 (CEST)

No effect

In a city, I preach 12 hours and gain 4 believers. The next turn I see that the religion estimate has dropped by 20 believers. It doesn't advance, it goes backwards. There are too many drop-outs.

Is there an temple of another religion there? Is the local lord of another faith? Do you get a message that you're being ignored because of too many preachings? How high is your preaching skill? There are a lot of reasons why something like that could happen and you have to remember, it's only an estimate, not an exact number. - LilWolf 13:41, 15 December 2006 (CET)

I think that the percentage of believers also affects the rate of gain or loss of believers. Thus, while you might reach more listeners in a big city and may convert more than you would in a rural area, you lose them faster in the city, since the percentage of believers is so much lower. Or maybe it's just that when I have preached in a city, there was no temple, shrine or such. --Habap 16:17, 30 December 2006 (CET)