Mercenary: Quick Question

[Knai]

Originally Posted by Makinus

one fun tactic is to give "bad" artifacts to mercenaries, like the "Snake Bladder Stick" to the mercenary so the next that hire it will receive the bad effects...

The snake bladder stick can be a lot of fun in the right hands. It certainly isn't universally bad, it simply has to be used carefully, such as with poison immune thugs that are kept well away from most troops. Toss these in along with a column of raised skeletons, and the area turns that much nastier.