Chei not giving piety on ally kills

[kroki]

Why? i just splatted a cool VSSu of chei who managed to find and cast monstrous menagerie before lair but i noticed that chei doesnt grant piety on ally kills. could that be changed?

[nago]

Can't find the commit, but in trunk all gods take piety from allies' kills, so what you're asking for (without adding any reason btw) will be present in the game - unless it will be changed again in the future.

[jejorda2]

Should Chei slow allies? Should their HD be raised to compensate?

[kroki]

Should Chei slow allies? Should their HD be raised to compensate?

applying slow status would be too harsh, because that would halve their attack speed. slow + might would be more reasonable (i think a monster that is both slowed and mightied does same damage per turn as monster that is neither). i think status quo is best, even though it goes against flavour (summoning fast monsters).

[jejorda2]

Piety gain is proportional to speed difference, right? So can you only gain piety if your ally is slower than your enemy?

I don't think might would help with ranged attacks from lightning spires or demons, which was why I suggested boosted HD- it's a lot like stat gain.

You're probably right that it's too complicated and mostly adds flavor.

Being able to use slouch behind a wall of cannon fodder that is immune because they are as slow as you would be quite powerful, though.