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Title: When a religion dies...
Post by: Velax on April 05, 2012, 05:23:27 PM
What happens to a religion's peasant followers if the religion collapses? Adgharinism on FEI has quite a lot of followers, but I believe they are about to lose their last temple, if they haven't already. What happens after that? Do the followers all revert to paganism instantly, or does the religion slowly lose followers until they're all gone?
Title: Re: When a religion dies...
Post by: Anaris on April 05, 2012, 05:25:47 PM
Quote from: Velax on April 05, 2012, 05:23:27 PM
What happens to a religion's peasant followers if the religion collapses? Adgharinism on FEI has quite a lot of followers, but I believe they are about to lose their last temple, if they haven't already. What happens after that? Do the followers all revert to paganism instantly, or does the religion slowly lose followers until they're all gone?

Once the religion no longer exists, its followers are all technically pagans. That's just part of how religion works in BM.
Title: Re: When a religion dies...
Post by: Velax on April 05, 2012, 05:31:32 PM
And does the religion instantly cease to exist when the last temple goes down, or do they get some time to build a new one?

And what happens to Priests of the religion? Are they kicked back to Warrior?
Title: Re: When a religion dies...
Post by: Anaris on April 05, 2012, 05:35:10 PM
Quote from: Velax on April 05, 2012, 05:31:32 PM
And does the religion instantly cease to exist when the last temple goes down, or do they get some time to build a new one?

Don't recall offhand for certain, but I believe there are a couple of days in which a new one could be built. Basically, the assumption is that you've had at least several days of warnings about temples failing, and probably several weeks of knowing that you're in trouble to get something done.

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And what happens to Priests of the religion? Are they kicked back to Warrior?

Yes.
Title: Re: When a religion dies...
Post by: feyeleanor on April 05, 2012, 08:12:23 PM
Quote from: Velax on April 05, 2012, 05:31:32 PM
And does the religion instantly cease to exist when the last temple goes down, or do they get some time to build a new one?

And what happens to Priests of the religion? Are they kicked back to Warrior?

Things may have changed since I last ran a religion (2009) but back then the religion disappeared when the last temple was completely destroyed. As long as you had a ruined temple it would still be active.

Also priests remained priests but were unable to preach or emigrate.
Title: Re: When a religion dies...
Post by: egamma on April 05, 2012, 08:15:53 PM
Quote from: feyeleanor on April 05, 2012, 08:12:23 PM
Also priests remained priests but were unable to preach or emigrate.

Dang, I was hoping there was some 'kick priest' code that could be copied for that issue...
Title: Re: When a religion dies...
Post by: Velax on April 05, 2012, 08:21:37 PM
Rightio. Thanks, guys.
Title: Re: When a religion dies...
Post by: JPierreD on April 05, 2012, 08:38:17 PM
The Manifest Path took some time between its last temple standing and all its peasants becoming pagans. I think that less than a week, though.
Title: Re: When a religion dies...
Post by: Psyche on April 06, 2012, 05:29:46 AM
Code changed over the years, and priests go to warriors.  When a faith loses elder priests it decays rapidly.  When you lose all temples you collapse entirely to pagan and priests lose class.