Special Items (eg Sword of Mohammed)

**Carl** · 12-06-2006, 23:59

Having had a look at the files myself, one thing to remember with the named characters is that they can be ferociously difficult to get. Mainly because they are only available to a single specific faction and only between certain turns.

Also you sometimes have to have just fought a battle against a specific faction.

The turns limitations can be nasty. For example both William Wallace and Joan of Arc give you just 8 turns in which to acquire them, and you need to be fighting England with battle odds of less than 1.

Naturally the less powerful ones are easier to get.

**dismal** · 12-07-2006, 01:13

Originally Posted by Willknott

Great work Dismal on that ancillary list. It's the most complete I've seen so far. Is it a totally complete list? Any chance you have a similar list of traits laying around?

I extracted them from the export_descr_ancillaries.txt file, so that should be all of 'em.

There are over 1000 VnVs so I'm a little hesitant to post the list.

**Willknott** · 12-07-2006, 01:43

Where do you find that file?

**Shahed** · 12-07-2006, 04:05

Here:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=73971

I have to say I like this ancillary thing a lot more than RTW. This is waaay cool. Now if I could figure how to get some....

**Realturka** · 12-26-2006, 19:55

I was fighting egypt and the byzantines at the same time when I saw 'The Sword of Mohammad' on my sultan.. I didn't fight in any special places... Dunno where he found it... But he died peacefully and it passed on to my new sultan...

**LordKhaine** · 01-04-2007, 02:33

Wouldn't it be great if it worked like Diablo 2.

For example, complete the set of Mohammed for extra bonuses. Or maybe a holy relic set for those budding Christian Kings.

You could even add trading to the mix! Just picture the King of France trading his Sword of Mohammed for a Sultans Holy Grail (since you always get the items you can't use and all that..)

(And on a slightly more serious note, "adultress_she_man"? I'll have to keep an eye out for that one)

**Slug For A Butt** · 01-04-2007, 03:51

For any D2 nuts out there, I think this would make a nice set.

Complete set Jesus' Garb :
Crown Of Thorns - +1 all miracle skills
Holy Sandals - movement points +10%, resistance to sand +30
Beard Of Preaching - Increased loyalty, 50% chance to cast conversion
Loincloth Of The Trinity - +3 when defending peacefully, +3 all attributes

Complete set bonus - 100% chance to die against Romans, 100% chance religion find, 100% chance of inspiring a hilarious Monty Python film.

Why not create your own inspiring look for this garb here http://www.jesusdressup.com/#

**dopp** · 01-04-2007, 11:21

Most relics are obtained when your general conquers a specific city. 10% chance normally, 30% if the fellow is on crusade or jihad. 60% chance of it passing down to his son, 30% chance of prying it from his cold, dead hands if you kill him in battle.