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athanaric
3.4 Temples
Luckily, the Swêboz commander has a plethora of gods at his disposal (ahem. The gods beg to differ...). You will have the choice between various interesting temples, which go beyond the boring yet practical happiness bonus.
Temple of Frouwjo (Freya) (2 stages)
Dedicated to the Goddess of Sex, it naturally bestows a population boost and a very decent happiness bonus.
The default temple in regions with Germanic culture and certainly among the most useful, all the more as it only needs one upgrade to give remarkably high boni. With a 1% population increase bonus and a 20% happiness bonus on level 2, Freya delivers the best bang for your bucks. Very useful if your towns are still small.
Recommended for homeland regions, as well as expansion regions close to Germania.
Temple of Enxwoz (Freyr) (3 stages)
Another fertility god. The Germans are a happy people. Mostly identical to the Temple of Frouwjo, except that it needs one more upgrade to display its full benefits.
Recommended for homeland regions.
Temple of Thunroz (Thor) (3 stages IIRC)
Home to the God of Badass, it provides a happiness bonus and IIRC a slight population boost. Oh yeah, and a morale bonus that doesn't work (regrettably).
Recommended for homeland regions.
Temple of Nerthuz (2 stages)
Temple of the ancient Earth Goddess. Provides a nice little trade bonus, plus some happiness and a small population boost. Perhaps one of the best for core regions, along with Frouwjo.
Recommended for homeland regions.
Temple of Deiwoz (Tyr) (3 stages)
Deiwoz is the God of War and as such a must have in RTW. Somewhat less of a raging imbecile than Mars/Ares, this is reflected by his temples being more useful than the Roman and Greek temples to their war deity. It provides a happines bonus, a morale boost (rendered useless by the engine), and a +2 experience bonus on stage 3.
Recommended for homeland regions as well as regions with powerful auxiliaries (e.g. Carrodunum in Lugouw).
Temple of Wathonoz (Wodan/Odin) (3 stages)
Wathonoz is The Boss (though slightly more reasonable than Zeus/Jupiter, thanks to his sharing most of Hermes/Mercury's traits) and consequently, his temple gives a very nice law bonus. Providing +20 law when fully upgraded, this is the perfect temple for outlying regions with high corruption such as, say, Mallorca. Or Rome.
Recommended for outlying regions, distant expansion regions, and Gawjam-Gotanoz.
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