LA R'lyeh dominion question

[Beorne]

The dominion causes madness in the enemies commanders too?
How a non commander unit is influenced by insanity?
Thanks.

[Ewierl]

AFAIK, insanity won't make any difference to a non-commander unit, unless you happen to cast Gift of Reason on it sometime later.

[Jazzepi]

The dominion causes madness in the enemies commanders too?

AFAIK it does. I remember reading posts about people trying to send spies into R'yleh territory and having them being turned insane, then giving some random order which "unhides" them.

Jazzepi

[vfb]

Beorne said:
The dominion causes madness in the enemies commanders too?



Yes, that's all part of the plan. You can summon Void Spectres to speed up the process too, if you're dissatisfied with the current level of enemy insanity.

I've never played LA Rlyeh in MP. But I really enjoy playing them in SP, and I always take dom 9 or 10 for maximum insanity spread. I seem to get better freespawn (void beings, yay!) when I've got tons of candles in my provinces. YRMV.

[Jazzepi]

vfb said:

Beorne said:
The dominion causes madness in the enemies commanders too?



Yes, that's all part of the plan. You can summon Void Spectres to speed up the process too, if you're dissatisfied with the current level of enemy insanity.

I've never played LA Rlyeh in MP. But I really enjoy playing them in SP, and I always take dom 9 or 10 for maximum insanity spread. I seem to get better freespawn (void beings, yay!) when I've got tons of candles in my provinces. YRMV.



You Are My Victim?

Jazzepi

[vfb]

Your Reality May Vanish? Your Reasoning May Vaporize?

oh ... just ... just ... fhtagnnnnn!

[Taqwus]

Results May Vary, perhaps.

It'll cause insanity in anybody and anything that isn't a void thingy, although MR might have an impact. Friendlies, enemies, stealthy types, your hordes of freespawn cultists, pretenders... everybody. And insanity is completely incurable, AFAIK.

/Although an 'Arkham Asylum: Enter for treatment', that reduced insanity by (2d6 - 1d6) might be appropriate.

[vfb]

I've been using an awake Ancient Kraken with Dom10, and he doesn't have a single speck of insanity as of year 3.

The pretender, void creatures/heroes and full-blood illithids seem to be immune to dominion insanity (I do have a few slightly insane Starspawn running around, but they probably had a couple turns in the void gate).

[VedalkenBear]

vfb: I've noticed, way too many times, that the Illithid commander you start with is NOT immune to the insanity of your dominion. He almost always becomes 'unreliable' for me (insanity 10+) around year 3. I generally prophetize a starspawn of some type now for my prophet.

[vfb]

Thanks! Now that I look, I see Yad Yith is Insane(11), and it's year 3.

I turn my scout into a prophet instead ... he's the only 'real' prophet that generates dom spread, but at maximum insanity, I get a couple more additional insane (50+) prophets every year. They might even do what I ask them to every once in a while http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

[Beorne]

vfb said:

Beorne said:
The dominion causes madness in the enemies commanders too?



Yes, that's all part of the plan. You can summon Void Spectres to speed up the process too, if you're dissatisfied with the current level of enemy insanity.



I did not know, does void specres spread insanitY?

[Taqwus]

Yes, in the province they're in.

[Cipher]

Hey guys, in a MP, my neighbour is LA R'lyeh, I wonder how fast her dominion will kill the population in my province...for example 3 black candles. And how is the percentage to be insane under this dominion. Luckly I am Hinnom, I am thinking about blood sarcrifice if things goes worse.

[Frozen Lama]

short answer since i don't know the numbers- get it out fast. your pop will die in under a year i'm pretty sure. maybe faster. the insanity i don't know

[Festin]

Slightly related question: is there some list available that explains what insane commander's activities might mean? For example, if a Tartarian is "opening tomb", what is he actually doing besides looking ominous?

[Frozen Lama]

well that one is nothing. same with things like build mausoleum, dreaming of ryleh, most nonesense is nothing

[Gregstrom]

I thought some of them were domspread - not necessarily your own, although some of it may be LA Ermor or LA R'lyeh dominion.