Priest protection

[Charles]

I now am attempting to play a priest for the first time.  And would like to know how certain things work before catastrophic things happen to my newly "reborn" character.  My warrior characters have been mugged when not accompanied by soldiers, but I understand that this will not happen to my priest (as much?). 
Is there any chance of it occurring? 

[vonGenf]

Yes, it can happen, see this thread for example:

http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,3126.0.html

[Charles]

Does it have anything to do with the number of followers in the region?  One would think that the protection priests get would depend on whether the people around him believe he is holy. 
If this is not actually the case, it should be, and it really should be the main factor, no?

[vonGenf]

Does it have anything to do with the number of followers in the region?  One would think that the protection priests get would depend on whether the people around him believe he is holy. 
If this is not actually the case, it should be, and it really should be the main factor, no?

That's a completely different thing. Each time you preach (or perform another religious action) in a region where there are followers of a religion that considers yours evil, there is a chance they will form a mob and beat you up. This does depend on the number and nature of believers in the region. However, this has nothing to do with the random muggings that unitless warriors can sometimes suffer, and ultimately this is always triggered by the priest's own actions.

[Bael]

Well, as a normal noble I got mugged within about 2 days of dropping my unit, and carrying only about 850 gold (on the very same turn that I was about to cash them in. And I lost more half).

Whereas previously as a priest, I carried 1600 for several weeks without incident.

[Indirik]

Random things are like that. Random.

[vonGenf]

Well, as a normal noble I got mugged within about 2 days of dropping my unit, and carrying only about 850 gold (on the very same turn that I was about to cash them in. And I lost more half).

Whereas previously as a priest, I carried 1600 for several weeks without incident.

From experience, I would say it is less likely to happen as a priest, but it does not mean it never happens.

[Dishman]

Well, as a normal noble I got mugged within about 2 days of dropping my unit, and carrying only about 850 gold (on the very same turn that I was about to cash them in. And I lost more half).

Whereas previously as a priest, I carried 1600 for several weeks without incident.

...Only 850, huh?

I've struggled to keep around 100 gold handy with each of my characters. Even then, I tend to split some of it into bonds for an emergency stash. You more established folk need to quit walking around jingling your pockets.

[egamma]

Yeah, 850 gold is a huge amount to be carrying around without a bodyguard. That is the weekly taxes of about 14000 peasants. Or to put it another way, 19 years of income for two peasants. That is a huge amount of money! Would you carry 19 years of your income around with you? That's equivalent to carrying one million dollars in cash with you.

[Penchant]

Yeah, 850 gold is a huge amount to be carrying around without a bodyguard. That is the weekly taxes of about 14000 peasants. Or to put it another way, 19 years of income for two peasants. That is a huge amount of money! Would you carry 19 years of your income around with you? That's equivalent to carrying one million dollars in cash with you.

With bodyguards I would, which a priest or any unitless noble should be able to have, but can't.

[Telrunya]

So put it in bonds, those can't get stolen.

[Draco Tanos]

My priests usually carry several hundred  gold around so I can enlarge temples at will.  Suppose I could have a templar ferry gold around...  But they are sooo slow.

[Bael]

...Only 850, huh?

I've struggled to keep around 100 gold handy with each of my characters. Even then, I tend to split some of it into bonds for an emergency stash. You more established folk need to quit walking around jingling your pockets.

Hehe, the funny thing is that this is my newest character, and he won the election for the region unopposed. 850 is gold from about two taxes. It really just depends on the situation on whether you have gold to spare.

On a different slant to getting robbed: anyone know about what size gold coins were? I would imagine 850 would need a chest to carry them. Would be quite interesting to know. I must look it up, would be interesting to see what people find also.

[Stabbity]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin_%28Italian_coin%29

The Florin is a pretty solid example to use. 1 Fl = roughly $200 USD. 850 gold is like walking around with 170000 USD. Yes, I think I'll rob your priest.

[Indirik]

Well, yes, they are worth a lot of money. But I don't think that most of them were very large.