The Clerics.
To convey a cleric the player can:
Pay for a letter of indulgence.
pray.
Confess your sins.
Participate in Holy Communion.
Pay tax to the Pope.
List of ideas about what we should avoid in order not to get plague:
not thinking of death is
not thinking sad thoughts
not thinking about the plague
do not eat figs
do not eat meat
not running or walking outdoor
not bathing
not sleeping on the day
not have sex
Do Not Have sinful thoughts
The player can also;
Fast or pay tax to the Pope.
Prevention of witchcraft that can cause illness and accidents.
A bottle with a specific content called a tapa Bata, hidden under ones doorstep.
A special necklace made of medicine called a tatai.
In the game has none of these ideas any impact, not even if you are caught in the act, but it is things people of the church can propose a to counteract that you get plague, or ask of the player to do.
On the other hand you can confess your sins and get absolution for them all, almost.
Ideas about the plague and cures:
The plague is the will of God, brought upon you because of your sins and therefore you must be punished.
One of the solutions is to whip yourselves, while begging for the grace of God.
Since some of the signs of witchcraft can be that you are affected by accident or seriously ill, therefore a cure for the plague is that you must be cleansed of witchcraft.
At the second stage of the game and in cooperation with the clerics and the nobles:
a group Jews have been caught and tortured to admit that they are behind the disease.
The view that the Jews are to blame for the disease spreads and leaders, governors in the cities decide to hunt down Jews and burn their houses down.
The Jews are being captured and summary executed, to stop the disease. Summary means that it is without trial or further investigation and that executed uncritically.
When this practice is widespread;
-solution get a cleric or person of authority, cleric or noble, to write and publish the letters(Booklet on church door) which condemns the eradication of Jews and demand that they are protected by the authorities.
In these letters people whom have died of plague are also promised to be forgiven and promised absolution, so that they can go to heaven.
Witch Hunt;
Witches get the same treatment as the Jews and a witch hunt begins at the same time as the hunting of the Jews.
One of the worst consequences of the pursuit of the Jews and witches are that the population gets eradicated twice as fast as if it were only the plague that killed the population.
Conversation with a cleric.
The player clicks on the cleric character to indicate that she/he wishes to speak with the cleric.
Points for action or the consequences of the choices can be seen in the section on this.
This is only the schematic presentation of the conversations and only the central. That is for example Hello, can be replaced by everything from, go away, to welcome my child, depending on the mood of the specific character etc.
In the left side is a part of the conversation that is either answered in the column below, if the column to the right is empty, or there is produced a number of response options that the player can choose from, in the column to the right.
There can be several variations, but there may also be fewer, what is represented here, is at the heart of the score type's function in the game.
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Schematic of conversations with a cleric. |
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All stages of the game: If cleric has an infection number higher than 50, then he will ask for Help |
If the Player agrees to help, he or she may ask the player to retrieve an item from the pharmacist and deliver it to the cleric after the player has paid, or ask a plague doctor, a second cleric or a witch, to help him or her by selecting the his name from a list. This counts as a service. |
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The first stage of the game: |
Players are treated like a peasant or citizen. This means that the clergy can be dismissive or rude.Unless the cleric owes the player a favor, see description under character types, kings nobles etc. below. |
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Cleric; Hello, or likewise |
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The player can respond either I need help; |
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Cleric; would you;
Confess your sins; causes three questions from the ten commandments and a demand for Ave Maria prayers and pay for a letter of indulgence.
Asking for a letter of indulgence the priest then promises to write such letter against payment.
A Council on the plague. Causes the cleric gives a council to avoid plague, from the list, such as Pay tax to the Pope or fast.
A cure for the plague instructs the player to whip themselves and beg for mercy or you will be cleaned of witchcraft. if possible a to participate in Holy Communion. (Available only at certain times)
The cleric can have items which the player needs.
Show charity, i.e. help another human being, whom have asked the player for help, if the cleric accepts this, then the player chooses whom to help from a list. |
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Or the player; I am here to offer my help. |
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Cleric; can ask whether the player wants to
Say a prayer. And then the player can pray.
Find out whom is responsible for the plague, after which the player is given a number of names to choose from. This is however to indicate any one on false premises, if the player chooses a name. Exceptions are an indication of animals, witches or Jews during periods of active Jew persecution, which gives a lower number of infidelity points.
Give an amount to church. I.e. put money in church chest.
Find an item for the cleric, if he lacks any thing.
If the cleric is ill, he may ask the player to retrieve an item from the pharmacist and deliver it, after the player have paid for that item or retrieve a plague doctor, by asking the plague doctor to visit the cleric. This counts as a service.
If the player has spoken to a witch whom in a vision have seen that some people will be sick, while others remain healthy, if you keep the sick for themselves. The player can then give the cleric a council on quarantine, if the cleric ask for an advice against the plague. A quarantine station will be created in the moment that two public figures of influence, i.e. a cleric, a noble, an officer, plague doctor or likewise, have been given the advice from the player. This applies to each city. This counts as a service.
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Stage 2 and up; |
Citizens are treated better, but favors can still be helpful. |
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If there is initiated a persecution of the Jews, which happens if ¼ of the population is dying of plague, so the player can also provide cleric with advice on mortality, namely to stop the persecution of the Jews by claiming that they are not to blame for the plague, each time this council is given, it reduces the persecution of the Jews from full strength with a 1/3 part of 100 %, so that at a time can cease completely. This applies as a service that can be claimed by the player from whom ever the player chooses.
The player can voluntarily join the persecution of the Jews, and witches. This provides 10 faith points once, but if the player chooses to kill someone the player gets infidelity points. This is because the killing is a sin, regardless of whom you kill. |