Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180114010136/@comment-31763506-20180204001716

LordCraven12 wrote:  I assume that we will have a mission on Arclent (Ardford, Aram, Eustrin, Zirantian) and then a phase where we go in the Tower and travel around.

 Can we make a poll for the four Research options?

 So my opinion of them:

 The Orc research again the same as before will make the Orcs better and maybe increase the Tradesmasher profit.

 The purification magic, something like the Essence shielding that give us additional options and hints.

 The Unpeople research will give us Dari and maybe not only her?

 The Foundation will give us the 5 Sign on the wall so I think it´s not the top priority

Well, here's some info from poking around under the hood.

Orc Research: On completion, it hard sets the Orc Strength, Discipline and Intelligence to 12 and ups Tak'Kan's score by 5. The last Tradesmasher booster is still always off.

Purity: There's a scene in the Helvenna LL Temple after Purity is researched that shows Succubus missionaries preparing to use the purity magic while traveling in human lands to suppress their libidos. There may be other applications.

Unpeople Research does lead to Dari's restoration, and the scene has been written in two different versions, but can't be accessed yet. It also creates a ritual for the Ivalan Succubi in the Helvenna Cathedral so that they can feel what it means to be human.

The extradimensional foundations and the base defenses research are separate things. Both give +5 to military, but the foundations give +5 to Magic and the base defenses give +10.

It looks like the base defenses are low priority unless you are very cash poor.