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+++ scales [2023/09/17 00:10] (current)
frontispice [Frequently Asked Questions and Common Misunderstandings]
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 Dominion scales are the representation of the effect that the belief in one’s [[pretender]] god affects not
 only the populace but the very fabric of a province. When creating a pretender, you choose the way in
-which your religious belief changes the cosmic forces in provinces where your dominion holds sway.
+which your religious belief changes the cosmic forces in provinces where your [[dominion]] holds sway.
 {{ ::screenshots:scales-screenshot-friendly.png?nolink&400|}}
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 =====Scale Effects====
-^ Scale                          ^ Effect                                                                                                         ^ Effect in hostile dominion                 ^
+^ Scale                          ^ Effect                                                                                                            ^ Effect in hostile dominion                 ^
-| {{order}} Order                | Increases [[income]] by 3%. [[Resources]] +3%. [[Recruitment]] +10%.                                           | None                                       |
+| {{order}} Order                | Increases [[income]] by 3%. [[Resources]] +3%. [[Recruitment]] +10%.                                              | None                                       |
-| :::                            | [[Unrest]] reduction +1. 2% fewer [[random events]].                                                           | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | [[Unrest]] reduction +1. 2% fewer [[random events]].†                                                             | Same                                       |
-| {{turmoil}} Turmoil            | Decreases income by 3%. Resources -3%. Recruitment -10%.                                                       | Same                                       |
+| {{turmoil}} Turmoil            | Decreases income by 3%. Resources -3%. Recruitment -10%.                                                          | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | Unrest reduction -1. 2% more random events.                                                                    | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | Unrest reduction -1. 2% more random events.†                                                                      | Same                                       |
-| {{productivity}} Productivity  | Increases income by 3% and resources by 15%.                                                                   | None                                       |
+| {{productivity}} Productivity  | Increases income by 3% and resources by 15%.                                                                      | None                                       |
-| {{sloth}} Sloth                | Decreases income by 3% and resources by 15%.                                                                   | Same                                       |
+| {{sloth}} Sloth                | Decreases income by 3% and resources by 15%.                                                                      | Same                                       |
-| {{heat}} Heat/Cold {{cold}}    | Each step of heat/cold level away from a nation's ideal level decreases income by 5% and [[supplies]] by 10%.  | Same, based on your nation's preferences.  |
+| {{heat}} Heat/Cold {{cold}}    | Each step of heat/cold level away from a nation's ideal level decreases income by 5% and [[supplies]] by 10%.     | Same, based on your nation's preferences.  |
-| {{growth}} Growth              | Increases [[population]] growth by 0.2% per month.                                                             | Same                                       |
+| {{growth}} Growth              | Increases [[population]] growth by 0.2% per month.                                                                | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | Increases supplies by 15%.                                                                                     | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | Increases supplies by 10%.                                                                                        | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | Increases income by 2%.                                                                                        | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | Increases income by 2%.                                                                                           | Same                                       |
-| {{death}} Death                | Decreases population growth by 0.2% per month.                                                                 | Same                                       |
+| {{death}} Death                | Decreases population growth by 0.2% per month.                                                                    | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | Decreases supplies by 15%.                                                                                     | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | Decreases supplies by 10%.                                                                                        | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | Decreases income by 2%.                                                                                        | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | Decreases income by 2%.                                                                                           | Same                                       |
-| {{luck}} Luck                  | 5% more random events, but this is only checked in the nation's capital.                                                                                         | Same                                       |
+| {{luck}} Luck                  | 5% more random events.                                                                                            | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | Chance of a random event being good increased by 10%.                                                          | None                                       |
+| :::                            | Chance of a random event being good increased by 10%.                                                             | None                                       |
-| {{misfortune}} Misfortune      | 5% more random events, but this is only checked in the nation's capital.                                                                                         | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | 1% higher chance of receiving a hero (default is 3% each turn).                                                   | None                                       |
-| :::                            | Chance of a random event being good decreased by 10%.                                                          | Same                                       |
+| {{misfortune}} Misfortune      | 5% more random events.                                                                                            | Same                                       |
-| {{magic}} Magic                | Makes spells harder to resist (-0.5 [[MR]] per scale rounded down, to all units in a province).                | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | Chance of a random event being good decreased by 10%.                                                             | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | All spellcasting generates 10% less [[fatigue]] per scale.                                                     | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | 1% lower chance of receiving a hero (default is 3% each turn).                                                    | None                                       |
-| :::                            | Gives all mages +1 research points per scale.                                                                  | None                                       |
+| {{magic}} Magic                | Makes spells harder to resist (-0.5 [[Magic Resistance|MR]] per scale rounded down, to all units in a province).  | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | +50 points of starting research per scale.                                                                     | n/a                                        |
+| :::                            | All spellcasting generates 10% less [[fatigue]] per scale.                                                        | Same                                       |
-| {{drain}} Drain                | Makes spells easier to resist (+0.5 MR per scale rounded down, to all units in a province).                    | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | Gives all mages +1 research points per scale.                                                                     | None                                       |
-| :::                            | All spellcasting generates 10% more fatigue per scale.                                                         | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | +50 points of starting research per scale.                                                                        | n/a                                        |
-| :::                            | Gives all mages -1 research points per scale.                                                                  | Same                                       |
+| {{drain}} Drain                | Makes spells easier to resist (+0.5 MR per scale rounded down, to all units in a province).                       | Same                                       |
-| :::                            | -50 points of starting research per scale.                                                                     | n/a                                        |
+| :::                            | All spellcasting generates 10% more fatigue per scale.                                                            | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | Gives all mages -1 research points per scale.                                                                     | Same                                       |
+| :::                            | -50 points of starting research per scale.                                                                        | n/a                                        |
+==== Scales and Events ====
+The Event system interacts a lot with the scales. The following interactions have been observed so far:
+  * The scales in a province **determine which events** can fire in said province. Once the game has determined that a province will experience an event, all events that meet minimum scales requirements (if any) will be added to a pool of events that the game then selects from.
+  * The **amount of random events** a nation gets (disregarding Bringers of Fortune/Misfortune) is affected only by the scales in their **capital**. These events are then doled out to random provinces the nation has, and the event that occurs is then determined by the scales in the province selected. More research has to be done to determine if this stays true while the capital is held by another nation.
+  * Luck from enemy dominion in one of your provinces **does not** increase your chance of getting positive events (just like most other positive scales). However enemy scales in your provinces **do** change the event pool available to you.
+  * //E.g. you took Misfortune 2 and conquer an enemy province with Luck 3 Magic 3. Because of your scales you get 10% more events and those events are 20% less likely to be good. If an event fires in your newly conquered province the event pool will include the events that have Luck 3 Magic 3 as requirement, and it will remove the events requiring Misfortune 2 or worse. However the chance of having a good event vs a bad event will remain the same in that province as in your other provinces since that chance is determined by your capital's scales.//
 ===== Effects of Hostile Scales =====
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 Your opponents' dominion spread their hostile scales, just as your dominion spreads yours. No difference is made in how scales came to be, be it from friendly dominion, hostile dominion, random events, magic sites, etc. However, scales affect a province differently depending on whether the current dominion is friendly or hostile, i.e. if the candles are white or black.
-A general rule of thumb is that you only get negative effects from scales in hostile dominion. The exceptions are seen in the table and screenshot above.
+A general rule of thumb is that you only get negative effects from scales in hostile dominion. The growth scale is the exception to this rule.
+=====Season changes=====
+[[Temperature]] fluctuates according to the season. In general winter will reduce temperature by 1 and summer will increase it by 1. In midwinter and midsummer temperature will decrease/increase by an additional scale. Because of these fluctuations temperature does not consistently cause its income loss effects of 5% per scale. Over a period of 12 months, you will suffer the following income loss if you are at your preferred tempature.
+^ Nation preference  | {{cold}}3  | {{cold}}2  | {{cold}}1  | {{heat}}0  | {{heat}}1  | {{heat}}2  | {{heat}}3  |
+^ Base income loss   | 1.67%      | 2.92%      | 3.33%      | 3.33%      | 3.33%      | 2.92%      | 1.67%      |
+These seasonal changes also causes the amount of income you lose per scale taken to be inconsistent. You can find the approximate amount of income you lose by inspecting the table below. If you choose the column that corresponds to your nation's heat preference you can see the income you lose from going up or down a single scale. For example, a nation with a {{heat}}1 preference going from {{heat}}1 to {{heat}}2 will lose about 2.08% income, and an additional 2.92% for going from {{heat}}2 to {{heat}}3
+|                    || Nation Preference                                                                          |||||||
+| :::                | :::        ^ {{cold}}3          ^ {{cold}}2  ^ {{cold}}1  ^ {{heat}}0  ^ {{heat}}1  ^ {{heat}}2  ^ {{heat}}3  ^
+| Scale  ^ {{cold}}3  | Base               | -1.25%     | -2.92%     | -3.75%     | -4.50%     | -3.75%     | -3.75%     |
+| :::    ^ {{cold}}2  | -3.75%             | Base       | -2.08%     | -3.75%     | -4.58%     | -4.58%     | -4.58%     |
+| :::    ^ {{cold}}1  | -4.58%             | -2.92%     | Base       | -2.50%     | -4.17%     | -5.00%     | -5.00%     |
+| :::    ^ {{heat}}0  | -5.00%             | -4.17%     | -2.50%     | Base       | -2.50%     | -4.17%     | -5.00%     |
+| :::    ^ {{heat}}1  | -5.00%             | -5.00%     | -4.17%     | -2.50%     | Base       | -2.92%     | -4.58%     |
+| :::    ^ {{heat}}2  | -4.58%             | -4.58%     | -4.58%     | -3.75%     | -2.08%     | Base       | -3.75%     |
+| :::    ^ {{heat}}3  | -3.75%             | -3.75%     | -4.50%     | -3.75%     | -2.92%     | -1.25%     | Base       |
+Note that because scales are multiplicative, not additive, this table is just an approximation(See the FAQ below for more details)
 =====Other Effects=====
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 The chosen scales also affect the game in a few other ways:
-  * The local scales in a province governs which random events are available.
+  * The local scales in a province govern which random [[events]] are available.
   * The local temperature governs whether [[rivers]] and [[mountain passes]] can be crossed. Provinces with cold scales suffer [[snow]], which increases movement costs.
   * Some [[blesses]] require certain scale choices.
-  * The chosen Luck/Misfortune scale governs the chances of [[heroes]] showing up at your capital. (FIXME or is it the scale in the cap that decides this?)
+  * The chosen Luck/Misfortune scale governs the chances of [[heroes]] showing up at your capital.
+  * Some [[unit-abilities|units have abilities]] that mean they are stronger and fight better in provinces with certain scales, and possibly weaker and fight worse in provinces with opposite scales. Some nations have many units that prefer, for example cold, turmoil or magic scales.
 =====Tipping Scales=====
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   * **Do you get the income boost from Growth if there are black candles in your province?**
     * Yes! You don't get the income boosts from Order or Productivity scales, though.
+  * **How do multiple scales interact?  The Pretender Screen adds them together**
+    * This is false.  Scales are actually multiplied in the following way : Base Value*(1+Order/Turmoil mod)*(1+Prod/Sloth mod)...etc. (See for example [[province-attributes|the income calculation formula]]). Thus, taking Order 1 and Production 1 doesn't give a 6% bonus to income as shown, but instead, it's a 6.09% boost.  When Sloth and Order interact, it doesn't zero out, but instead you gain 99.9% of the income you excepted.  The end result is that multiplying negative scales won't be a drastic as it appears while multiplying positive scales will be slightly better than it seems. The biggest change is that that negative and positive scales will result in slightly worse income (or Production) than it appears.

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