MA Man

[Jazzepi]

I'm a little confused. Are you saying that since the crones are sacred, you can bless them during battle, and that will allow them to regen life lost to the diseased affliciton?

Jazzepi

[Tuidjy]

The crones are old, and sacred. When they get diseases, and they will, they stop
healing after battle, start losing one hit point per turn (sometimes two) and will
eventually die. But when they are blessed in battle, Nature 4 on the pretender
gives them regeneration, and they will heal the hit points. If you give them a
shroud, they will be always blessed, and will thus always have regeneration, and
will stop losing hit points every turn. They will still need to enter battle
to heal the hit points lost before they got the shroud.

Oh, and I nearly forgot. The shroud will work on non-sacred as well. You can
use it to keep anyone alive, not just sacred commanders. But you still need to
have Nature 4 on your pretender. Hell, since old age made its appearance, I have
not played a game without a growth domain and Nature 4. Well, Arcoscephale may
do well without it, but their sacred still benefit a lot from the blessing.

And it's cheap! What's there not to like?

[Jazzepi]

Do they still accumulate extra afflictions once you put the regen item on them?

Jazzepi

[Tuidjy]

Much less often. But yes, they do. Mostly in late winter. I think it is a
feature making that one winter month twice as bad as any other. Sometimes they
will even lose a hit point that month, despite regeneration. Use a battle to heal
them. Sometimes I cast a special monster attack spell on my own damn province just
to get a heal for my poor, decrepit patients... I mean my allmighty wizards.

[Jazzepi]

Tuidjy, nurse maid of MA Man.

Jazzepi

[IndyPendant]

My leaders with old age have always gotten their afflictions in midwinter, and (excluding other causes, like already-diseased, battle-wounds, venom-charmed, etc) never have gained afflictions any other month.

There have been times I have (stupidly) recruited an old-age commander early winter, and have him get diseased one turn later.

I'm reasonably certain it's not that it's double-probability, but that Midwinter is the *only* time old age is the direct cause of afflictions.

[Tuidjy]

> Tuidjy, nurse maid of MA Man

Actually, head geriatrician of Pythium, thank you very much. MA Man's is the
capital these octagenerians are besieging.

> I'm reasonably certain it's not that it's double-probability, but that Midwinter
> is the *only* time old age is the direct cause of afflictions.

Yes, that is correct. What I meant is that Midwinter is the time where already
diseased, old people seem to take an take an extra point of damage. One that
regeneration sometimes fails to negate. And more critically, when that extra
point kills, immortality and twice born seems to fail.