[King of Dragon Pass AAR] Sword of Humakt (image heavy) - updated September 18; ON HOLD

**Maximinus Thrax** · December 28, 2009, 10:55 AM

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**Santini** · December 28, 2009, 12:04 PM

... oh my.

I want this game

**Santini** · December 29, 2009, 04:37 AM

I take it back.

This game is way too frikkin' hard

**Maximinus Thrax** · December 29, 2009, 12:39 PM

It requires a minimum of information about the realm and the interface. The key element is to know what actions are to be taken during each season (five of them plus the sacred time period at the end of each year).

**Santini** · December 29, 2009, 02:56 PM

10 of my weapon thanes and a hundred of my men at arms, plus 25 auxiliaries, got defeated by half their number of DUCK PEOPLE

**Maximinus Thrax** · December 29, 2009, 04:16 PM

Possible explanations:

< no (or not enough) clan magic points alocated to war - enemy could have spent more on that year or before the battle. You could and should spend at least a point before the battle.
< no special advantages obtained after sacrifices to gods like Orlanth, Humakt, Urox, Elmal
< bad tactics (the pre-battle options)
< enemy military facilities
< not a good year to attack others (if specified in the sacred time panel, forecast area)
< some allies from their big brothers - minotaurs, centaurs and so
< bad time of the year for attacking. Fire season is the main season for these activities
< some treasures which provide permanent buffs.
< curses (from gods or spirits)

You don't want to mess with those duck people right from the beginning because are part of the Beastmen. And once that whole group will atack you it's game over, your clan is destroyed.

**Santini** · December 29, 2009, 07:19 PM

How do you learn blessings?
Am I allowed to spam your thread with dip

questions?

**Maximinus Thrax** · December 30, 2009, 04:04 AM

You can ask any question.

As for blessings...

1. Go to the Magic section, enter the sacrifice option and choose the god. Everyone has at least one blessing. You can sacrifice cows, goods or thralls. Sacrificing thralls is a desperate measure and your reputation within and outside the clan will suffer consequences.
Choose at least 6-7 cows for sacrifice, having the option mysteries enabled. This way you'll learn blessings. If you build a temple for that god that blessing will be bestowed permamently, as long as the temple works. If you don't want to build a temple, check the wanted (and known, of course) option, kill the cows and you'll enable that for one year.

Learning myths is done also this way, through sacrifices or by related events.

2. Similar bonuses are obtained from owning different treasures. The default one for each new game is Blacktail the bull. Each one is very expensive but well worth - get them by buying, doing heroquests, random events.

You can see which blessings are enabled by observing the glowing runes (for each domain) on that central large stone.

**Santini** · December 30, 2009, 10:44 AM

How do you tell what actions will and won't end the season?

**Maximinus Thrax** · December 30, 2009, 01:34 PM

Usually two actions can be taken during a season, without counting random events of course. But that is not written in stone. For example you can take one action then have two random events - end of season.

**0N3** · December 30, 2009, 02:44 PM

Aaah, i love this game! The only thing that put me off is that you can't do a total conquest and create a tribal empire. Are you sure you can keep motivated enough to keep writing, though? This isn't exactly a popular game

**Maximinus Thrax** · December 30, 2009, 02:58 PM

This game screams for an AAR. I'm highly motivated because this is my first one so I can't leave it unfinished. The story revolves around the Sartar character, so it's not a priority to conquer the map.

**0N3** · December 30, 2009, 09:56 PM

I'd like to ask you a question as well, if i may...

Is there any way to take the land in the red square? I own everything around, yet there is an empty spot inside my land. I tried exploring to no avail, had no attacks by beastmen so i don't think those are there...