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

[vfb]

I created two nations and teleported the prophets to an unconnected island of 4 provinces. The prophets did not preach.

Prophet test:

Candles in 4-province island, results at turn:

Turn  Dom10@start  Dom5,25 temples
====  ===========  ===============
3     1            1
4     2            2
5     2            2
6     2            2
7     3            3
8     2            2
9     2            2
10    2            2
...
20    4            3
...
30    7            6
...
40    8            6

But, at 40 turns, 4 temples had been lost to random events, so it was actually dom5, 21 temples. It's not a 2-to-1 advantage in any case.


I then tested teleporting the Gods into the island instead of the prophets:

God test:

Candles in 4-province island, results at turn:

Turn  Dom10@start  Dom5,25 temples
====  ===========  ===============
13     1            1
14     4            2 (oops, 24 temples)
15     4            2 (back to 25 temples)
16     5            3
17     7            5
18     7            5
19     8            6
20     9            7
...
30     11           8 
...
40     11           8
...
50     10           8
...
60     11           9

Start without the 25 temples:

Turn  Dom10@start  Dom5,1 temples
====  ===========  ===============
9     2            1 
10    3            1
11    4            0
12    5            0
13    7            0
14    9            1
15    10           0
16    12           0
17    13           0
...
20    18           0
...
30    36           0

Anyway, that's good enough evidence for me I think.

(I started Arco with a dom-5 god and Ermor dom-10, indies at 0, uncommon events, on the attached map.)

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by vfb

Anyway, that's good enough evidence for me I think.

(I started Arco with a dom-5 god and Ermor dom-10, indies at 0, uncommon events, on the attached map.)

So combining your results with Calmon's, I think that's conclusive and KO is right: temple checks from temples are based on start dominion, temple checks from god and prophet are based on current dominion. (And temple checks from juggernauts are also based on start dominion.)

-Max