This is represented by the [[quality]] level of the special item at the center of the Holy site, and can be seen by examining it.
Power affects:
* The size of the Holy Sitesite.
* The power or effectiveness of almost all Holy site benefits, such as the quality level of goods received from it.
* Possibility of the Holy site expiring early and with no rewards, if power ever reaches 0.
** (most power effects are handled through adjusted power instead)
And Power is increased by:
* Prayers and sermons within the Holy site by followers and priests of the Holy site’s god.
* Only prayers and sermons that are valid for gaining faith may increase the site’s power.
* The prayer or sermon may be done at the Holy site’s special item, but any altar will work, as long as it is within the current borders of the Holy site.
And Power is decreased by:
* Natural decay over time once the Holy Site is activated.
* Chance for decay occurs at the same time as Pulse events.
* Amount of Power decay is randomized and may not occur at all.
<!-- ===Corruption: Malicious taint and impurity, making Holy Site less effective and possibly resulting in negative effects=== This is represented by the [[damage]] of the special item at the center of the Holy site, and can be seen by examining it.
This is represented by the Damage of the special item at the center of the Holy Site, and can be seen by examining it.
Corruption affects:
* Damage on items received from the Holy Site.* Chance of Backlash backlash effects when performing prayers or sermons to increase the Holy Site’s Powersite’s power.* Disabling of Pulse pulse effects, item improvement bonuses, and some passive bonuses if Corruption corruption is at least 40.* Possibility of the Holy Site site expiring early and with no rewards, if Corruption corruption ever reaches 100.* The effective Power power of the Holy Site site when providing benefits. Much like an item with 80 Quality Level quality level and 50 Damage damage has only 40 effective QL for most purposes, a Holy Site with 80 Power power and 50 Corruption corruption only has 40 effective Power power for most purposes.
This will not affect the size of the Holy Site.
And increased by:
Random chance when performing prayers, sermons, or special Holy Site actions within the Holy Site.
This is far more likely if current Corruption is already above 0.
Power-affecting actions (prayer/sermons) have a higher chance to corrupt the Site than special actions do.
Any Corruption from performing an action may be partially or fully resisted by a Soul Strength skill check.
Chance of Corruption over time is triggered on Pulse Events and scales with the number of players who have contributed to the Site’s Power since the last pulse.
This number also, to a small degree, increases the average amount of corruption is done.
Natural chance of Corruption over time once the Holy Site is activated.
Just like Power decay, this chance occurs at the same time as Pulse Events.
(PVP only) Desecration actions performed by followers or priests of an opposing deity, using Exorcism skill.
And is decreased by:
Purify actions performed on the Holy Site item by followers or priests of the Holy Site’s deity, using Exorcism skill.
Corruption is increased by:* Random chance when performing prayers, sermons, or special Holy site actions within the Holy Site.** This is far more likely if current Corruption is already above 0.** Power-affecting actions (prayer/sermons) have a higher chance to corrupt the site than special actions do.** Any corruption from performing an action may be partially or fully resisted by a [[soul strength]] skill check.* Chance of corruption over time is triggered on pulse events and scales with the number of players who have contributed to the site’s power since the last pulse. <!-- ** This number also, to a small degree, increases the average amount of corruption is done.(What does this mean?)-->* Natural chance of corruption over time once the Holy site is activated.** Just like Power decay, this chance occurs at the same time as Pulse Events.* (PVP only) Desecration actions performed by followers or priests of an opposing deity, using [[exorcism]] skill. Corruption is decreased by:* Purify actions performed on the Holy site item by followers or priests of the Holy site’s god, using exorcism skill. <!-- Scaling effects on decay: Chance of Corruption gain and Power decay over time is increased with the number of players who have somehow contributed to the Holy Site’s Power since the last Pulse Event. In other words, the more players contributing to the Holy Site, the greater the total effort needed to maintain it.
Rarity: Generally improves results of actions and effects, and has a significant impact on Favor granted to the deity upon expiration.
Rarity of the Holy Site is determined randomly when it spawns, and does not change.
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Holy Site types