Guide: Does starting or current Max dominion determine temple checks?

[Dragar]

I've looked at the various threads but can't seem to find a definite answer to whether boosting your maximum dominion through temples has any impact on the Dom score used for determining temple checks.

The guide implies that it does, various posts have said that it doesn't, and I'd really like to know for sure

thanks in advance for any help

Edit: Sorry, for some reason popped up as a guide - this forum drives me nuts sometimes

[vfb]

Temple checks from temples are based on starting dominion. Temple checks based on the presence of your god and prophet are based on current dominion (start plus (temples/5).

I'm pretty sure the temple checks from your home province and from blood sacrifices are also based on starting dominion.

I think VP temple checks are always based on a dominion of 5.

I've got no idea about the Ark or Juggernauts.

[Sombre]

Is that first bit really true vfb? I thought all domspread used the starting dom (despite what the manual says).

[vfb]

It's the straight dope from KO, only I can't find the link to his post from last year or whenever it was that he posted it. I'll try again.

[MaxWilson]

vfb, look in the dom2 forums. I think KO originally posted that information for Dom2 (prophet uses a different check than temples), and we've simply observationally confirmed it in dom3.

Can we get some lch magic here to confirm things once and for all?

-Max

[Baalz]

If such magic does materialize I'm also particularly interested in the juggernaut, I'm guessing he works just like the prophet but you never know...

[Sombre]

It's been implied a few places that domspread (the jugg has #domspread 1) is the same thing that the prophet has. But never confirmed.

[Micah]

KO has been demonstrably wrong on a number of game mechanic issues in the past, I wouldn't take his posts as infallible, unless we're talking intent, and then he's the boss. =)

[vfb]

Not only that, I finally found the thread, and like Max said it was posted in the Dom2 forums.

Actual testing sounds difficult. Maybe start two nations on an empty massively huge map, one with dom2, one with dom1. Dom1 nation builds 5 temples. Then prophets or pretenders for the two nations teleport to adjacent provinces in the middle of the map where temple dominion spread has not reached yet?

Or just ask lch.

[Micah]

Just make a custom map with 2 provs that only neighbor each other, should cut out any interference from elsewhere on the map. Probably also better to test with Dom 5 + 25 temples and Dom 10, that way you should be immune to the awesome DRN generator since you should always get a candle from a temple check.