Roasted rats

[Metathron]

Are they worth it? I remember in my previous games I gobbled them up without thinking about it, but now I'm wondering if the +2 to mana and rage is worth the 50 leadership decrease.

Any thoughts?

[dainbramage]

It's half a level's worth each of rage and mana for a tiny fraction of a level's worth of leadership.


Alternatively, if there was a shrine which would give you +16 rage and +16 mana or +400 leadership, which would you choose?

[Metathron]

That's an interesting take on the matter, I'll have to think about the 7 rats in my backpack now.

[LupineDream]

I'd take the +400 leadership because I base my strategy as much off of strength of troops as the chest of rage

[loreangelicus]

400 leadership is more important at the early part of the game, but is less significant once you hit 10,000+ leadership. After that, the +16 rage/mana is more important.

I myself did not immediately use the rats. Midway into the dwarven lands, and when my paladin was getting 700+ leadership gains during level-ups, that's the time I used up the rats. I actually timed it during a level-up at level 14 wherein I got 700 leadership. So that ended up like +300 leadership/+16 rage/+16 mana.

[BB Shockwave]

Just to add - after you kill Baron Ahey, the dwarves get different text to tell you, but they still sell rats - it just becomes less and less frequent. Park next to one and left click/ESCAPE on them until you see a text that has two lines... had to do it a lot before getting rats.

Oh and funny thing, in Armored Princess found my first roasted rat on the Scarlet Wind island - tavern owner sells it for 6000 gold!!! Guess we had a real bargain with the dwarves, no?