Qs about national heroes and prophets

[FNC]

My prophet dies Last turn. Dies does not really explain it. He was clobbered/decimated/destroyed! I was careless and lost him. He was also one of my national heroes.

1) When can I assign a new prophet?? The option is not currently there for other commanders(and the prophet is definitely dead!).

2) Do national heroes ever come back to lie or will I never see him again??

3) Can you have more than 1 national hero(and I don't mean duplicates)??

Thanks!

[Tuna-Fish]

1) in a couple of turns. You cannot appoint a new prophet right after the Last one died. Just wait.

2) only with a certain spell, never naturally (and only if he managed to get a heroic ability before dying.)

3) Yes.

[GavinWheeler]

1) you'll get a message telling you when you can appoint a new prophet. If I recall correctly, it is about 6 turns after the Last one died.

2) Nope - dead is dead. The description of the mummy-creating spell (Ritual of rebirth, I think) made me think it might 'resurrect' a dead hero of yours (hero meaning someone who was in the Hall of Fame) as a mummy, but I haven't tried it myself yet.

3) Some nations have more than one national hero. There is probably a list of the heros for each nation around, if you look at sites like Sunray_be's or Arryn's.

Edit: Dang, pipped to the post by a fish.

[ March 22, 2004, 13:35: Message edited by: GavinWheeler ]

[Chazar]

1. You have to wait for a certain number of turns. The manual states the number, but I cant recall it right now (I guess it was half a year, i.e. 4 turns).

2. ? (I doubt it, except for well-prepared necromancers, of course... )

3. Yes, but that depends on your nation. Most nations seem to have 2-3 national heros. (I'm not sure about the chances of national heroes to show up, but I vaguely recall that someone said that the chances are increasing each turn and are reset when one of the heroes appears.)

[Endoperez]

You can get every hero of your nation once, and only once. I think Man makes an exception as there are thirteen Knights of the Stone. but I have never had two at the same time. You cannot (or atleast shouldn't be able to) have more than one of each hero of your nation, but you can have all the different heroes your nation can get if you are lucky.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Chazar:
3. Yes, but that depends on your nation. Most nations seem to have 2-3 national heros. (I'm not sure about the chances of national heroes to show up, but I vaguely recall that someone said that the chances are increasing each turn and are reset when one of the heroes appears.)

The chance of a national hero showing up in any turn is 3% + luck. So with a luck scale of -3 they will never show up and with luck 3 they have a 6% chance of showing up every turn.