Gems after the Battles

[licker]

I've gotten plenty of minor items from battles, things like swords of sharpness, burning pearls (if that's what they're called), bracers of D...

I also had a strange encounter with a totem shield... I was attacking some independants, and kept on getting the message that 'totem shield casts curse' in the 10 turns that the battle took (there were *alot* of indies...) I had 10 units cursed. What I found strange, though maybe it's supposed to work this way, is that I didn't actually physically engage the mage with the TS until at least half way through the battle... Now for some reason I was under the impression that the TS would only activate when the wielder was physically threatened, and it would only curse those near him. I had all my black templars and templer knights cursed and my prophit. And until turn 7 or 8 of the battle no one was even close to the enemy mages.

I dunno, I see TS as being pretty abusable in this way. Just stick a handful on some weenies waaaay in the back with holdx5 then retreat and watch them curse every enemy in the battle with zero risk to themselves... has it always been this way?

-edit--- I also got the TS at the end of the battle

[ November 13, 2003, 15:06: Message edited by: licker ]