Re: odd messages; agricultural blessings

From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:38:47 -0800


Martin Crim wrote:

>1. On the tula screen, oftentimes if I pass the mouse over the cows the
>line at the bottom reads "these n cows are overcrowded and malnourished."
>Yet on the agriculture screen, the ring members say we have more pasturage
>than we need. What gives? If the cows are not producing as well as they
>could, shouldn't an advisor tell me to expand the pastures? If not, then
>why the message that appears just on the tula screen?

It seems the two aren't completely in synch. I think the tula warning is a bit sooner than the advisors.

>2. Having sacrificed for Humakt's blessings and having a Humakti on the
>ring, I was nonetheless unable to build a Humakt shrine. I thought perhaps
>that it was too cold, being dark season, for construction. But the same
>held true in Storm Season. The button stubbornly remained unlit, and
>provided no explanation. Usually if you can't build/expand a temple, the
>message will be "you don't have enough worshipers/sacrifice for blessings
>before building a shrine/you can't afford it, you busted stickpicker, you."
> What gives?

We're trying to save your sheep?

Um, I don't know, there should always be an explanation: either lack of funds to build and dedicate, or lack of worshippers (since they are already visiting other shrines). There must be some combination of circumstances that's not generating a message.

You never need a ring member of a specific religion to build a shrine.

Reminder: bugs here get overlooked; send them to <bugs_at_...> please.

Jeff on agriculture:

>This partakes of personal preference. But I find that Bless
>Crops/Preserve helps muchly. I will also keep either Sun or Rain
>running, depending on whether or not I'm using Elmal or Orlanth as my
>war deity. For some reason a lot of people here like Fyrdwoman.

Fyrdwoman has nothing to do with agriculture.

If you get raided a lot, Maran Gor's Earthblood can be handy.

And you don't need to have either/or with Sun and Rain.

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