Immortality

HoneyBadger · #1 January 10th, 2007, 07:37 PM

I wonder if the Polymorph spell is completely random? Does it cycle through all 1800 or so troops? If so, you might end up turning your ultra-powerful rainbow Pretender into a hoburg with a stick (or a hoburg ON a stick, for that matter)

NTJedi · #2 January 10th, 2007, 07:42 PM

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HoneyBadger said:
I wonder if the Polymorph spell is completely random? Does it cycle through all 1800 or so troops? If so, you might end up turning your ultra-powerful rainbow Pretender into a hoburg with a stick (or a hoburg ON a stick, for that matter)

The spell can feeblemind your pretender... I heard its possible it can even kill the pretender. The spell doesn't randomly select one of the 1800 different units, but only from a selection of nature type units.

Strages Sanctus · #3 January 10th, 2007, 07:56 PM

I ran a bunch of test with it and imho it is not worth the risk. I was killed and feebleminded frequently and most usually turned in to a useless mammal. Of the dozens of times I tested it only twice was I turned in to a foul spawn with usable hand head body and misc slots.

usually it was a dog or something else. Maybe 3 or 4 of the forms were drake level of power or higher.

HoneyBadger · #4 January 10th, 2007, 09:27 PM

It'd be worth it if you had a chance to turn your Pretender into like the Hunter of Heroes or something. Not so much if the best you can score is a drake or whatever, if you might also turn him into a headless freak with one arm, three legs, and a furry tentacle.

NTJedi · #5 January 10th, 2007, 11:13 PM

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HoneyBadger said:
It'd be worth it if you had a chance to turn your Pretender into like the Hunter of Heroes or something. Not so much if the best you can score is a drake or whatever, if you might also turn him into a headless freak with one arm, three legs, and a furry tentacle.

In dominions_2 I recall the best unit being an ettin.

HoneyBadger · #6 January 10th, 2007, 11:45 PM

Ettins are pretty good. 3 arms and two heads and full body-slots. Not to mention pretty decent body stats.

Aleph · #7 January 11th, 2007, 06:55 PM

When does "death" process? Could you stack Phoenix Pyre with the Medallion of Vengeance and significant reinvigoration to blow up twice each time you were killed?

Its these questions and a thousand more that make me wish for a dominions lab where you could equip any creature with any paths / schools / items and have them go at it.