Death scales/Gift of Natures Bounty

[Graeme Dice]

Arker said:
Thanks for the explanation. Trying to make sure I understand this correctly. Turmoil 2 causes income to drop 14% *every turn*? Not to a stable state 14% below what it would be otherwise? Is that what you're saying?

Turmoil 2 provides an income that is 14% below a balanced scale, and 30% less than order 3. It doesn't have a cumulative effect, but the difference is enough that you won't be able to buy any troops with a turmoil scale due to upkeep.

I know at least one of those nasty globals Ermor had up increases turmoil, which now that I think about it had to be part of why my income was dropping so quickly. I don't remember anything in the game text about it increasing death as well, though, however it would certainly make sense for it to do that...

If Ermor cast Burden of Time, then populations worldwide drop incredibly quickly. That's the cause of your population loss, not the death scale.