Interesting. But what if he has a negative balance?
What happens if he has a negative balance when he leaves the continent? Nothing.
I do understand your concern on that, however. Even if I'm not a huge fan of the balance system for religion members.
I'm more curious how to tweak it for captured priests. Hmm...
To start, I don't like this option.
If it is used, the conversion should be delayed until he is released, and the prisoner should have the opportunity to lie, and not really do it.
It's a rough idea, but why not? Frankly, it is a VERY medieval thing to do.
They have plenty of opportunity to lie. They could always leave the faith and rejoin their old one.
There should indeed be a possibility of lying. Maybe, once you are free, an option comes up that you must respond to within, say, 5 days, and you can convert or not. If you refuse, you take some H/P penalty if you earlier accepted.
So the flow would be:
1a. Judge clicks "forced conversion" without auto-torture checked
1b. Judge clicks "forced conversion" with auto-torture checked
1a.2a. Prisoner agrees to convert
1a.2b. Prisoner refused to convert, end of interaction
1a.2a.3a. Prisoner goes free; five days later prisoner has option to convert. Prisoner accepts option, and converts, end of interaction.
1a.2a.3b. Prisoner goes free; five days later prisoner has option to convert. Prisoner refuses option, suffers H/P penalty, end of interaction.
1b.2a. Prisoner agrees to convert
1b.2b. Prisoner refuses to convert, is tortured (possible second option to convert?), end of interaction
1a.2a.3a. Prisoner goes free; five days later prisoner has option to convert. Prisoner accepts option, and converts, end of interaction.
1a.2a.3b. Prisoner goes free; five days later prisoner has option to convert. Prisoner refuses option, suffers H/P penalty, end of interaction.
Like the general concepts.
But shouldn't this be a feature request?
I'm of the opinion that Feature Requests are/should be proposed ideas after a period of discussion, not for the actual brainstorming.
So lying about converting in order to avoid torture gives the victim an h/p hit? That seems pretty harsh. Way too harsh.
In fact, I would think that using this option would give the judge a major h/p penalty, even more than the regular torture.
But I still don't like it.
Lying to a priest and a judge? Yeah, seems pretty dishonorable to me in general.
Why would the judge get a H/P hit? He is doing the work of the gods. Who is going to view that as dishonorable? Well, besides his victims?
He's saving their souls!
Yes, lying creates an H/P hit. Makes sense.
Otherwise there's no incentive to ever do anything except lie, and it's a useless feature.
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Again, lying to a judge, a noble, and a priest all rolled into one. It's not very honorable. If you're not going to convert because of faith in your own gods, then don't lie about it. THAT is the honorable thing to do. Willing to take punishment for your beliefs.
Otherwise you just show to everyone you're not only a liar and cannot be trusted to tell the truth, your faith is weak.
That idea makes me like it much less. I don't think that's either realistic *or* good for the game. This sounds bad all around.
See above.
How about reducing or eliminating h/p penalties for torturing infidels? Allows judges to use their position for religious purposes but isn't easily exploitable.
A possibility, I suppose. Priest-Judges don't get a penalty for torturing (or executing?) followers of evil religions?
I like the spirit of the idea but fear for possible exploits it would create.
Then help find ways to plug up the exploits.