Hitting dominion 10

[Adept]

I just heard a fellow player tell me that hitting dominion 10 is supposed to bring all sorts of benefits. People living longer, for one.

I've never encountered this. Is there something special in getting ten white candles in a province?

[Sombre]

I've never heard this either. Could you ask them where they got their information?

[Adept]

Originally Posted by Sombre

I've never heard this either. Could you ask them where they got their information?

He's a new player. He got loads of farmlands and high income (order +3, luck +2 helps) and really likes to spam temples. He started hitting dominion 10 all over his nation, and told me his mages stopped being old. I asked him to specify (game is still going on) and it seems like the old age limit is raised.

Early Age, he's playing T'ien Ch'i.

[Poopsi]

It´s more likely that he cast gift of health.

[OmikronWarrior]

Or, he doesn't realize mages only "age" once per year. Dominion won't effect the aging process. However, Growth and Death scales do affect how commonly old units get afflictions. And there is a global enchantment called Gift of Health that might stop old age afflictions from occurring, and if not it definitely cures them.

[Poopsi]

It doesnt stop afflictions from occuring, but it does cure them when they do.

In fact, if you have any way to cast it, it´s a good idea not to euthanize any good mage you have which has gone feeble minded, because if they survive to the casting, you might recover them.

EDIT: I´m not sure about this, but I think GOH works particularily well with the regeneration intrinsic. However, this could be due to regen. preventing units to die from disease, hence giving gift of health time to remove the status.

[Edratman]

I love GOH. One of my must globals.

I've even had Mind Hunt losers return to normal with GOH up.

[Nikelaos]

don't tien chi have some national spells which make the years go away or is that just MA?

[Poopsi]

Thousand years Gingseng. It´s MA only. Sort of like rejuvenation, but less efficient (only 5 years, and costs 8 nature gems, which are more "expensive" than blood slaves).

On one hand, if you have nature magic wizards yet none good enough to cast gift of health, then it can be a saver. On the other, if you *can* cast GoH, then this spell is far less useful, as your old agers wont die anyway. Might be useful to keep an old age SC effective, through.

EDIT: there´s also internal alchemy, which is a W2 Sl spell, and is in both middle and late age.

[Adept]

He doesn't have gift of health cast, and the player in question is absolutely convinced something like this happens when he hits dominion 10.

It may be he's confusing it with something, but it sounds like something one should check out. It's early age T'ien Ch'i. I don't remember if their mages are sacred.

/edit
Easy enough to check in solo play, but I've been too busy to check it out.