====== Heretic ======


{{:abilities:heretic.png?nolink }} Heretic is an ability which reduces dominion in the unit's province. Heretic can reduce both friendly and enemy dominion. The check for Heretic occurs directly after [[holy|preaching]] and [[Temple|temple checks]] in the [[turn order sequence]].

Each turn, units with Heretic may lower dominion. The chance of success of this check is a percentage equal to the Heretic ability value × 20; on a success, dominion in the province is reduced by one. Nothing happens if there is zero dominion in the province. Heretic values higher than 5 (i.e. with a chance of success higher than 100%) result in one guaranteed dominion loss per 5 Heretic value, with the remainder having a chance to reduce dominion according to the previous formula.(([[http://ulm.illwinter.com/dom6/dom6manual.pdf|Dominions 6 Manual, 85]]; in-game description))

{{:abilities:insane.png?32&nolink }} {{:abilities:shattered_soul.png?32&nolink }} Commanders with the [[insane]] or [[Shattered Soul|shattered soul]] abilities will sometimes engage in Heretical activities. This is actually a lesser form of regular preaching, but it is in favor of [[r-lyeh-la|R'lyeh]] for the insane, or [[ermor-ma|Ermor]] for the shattered.

FIXME what happens if no R'lyeh or Ermor in game? Where did this information come from?