Prisoner_guide

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Converting prisoners

• You need torture tables, a population slot and a suitable prisoner to convert
• Failure chance is 50%, which means they die without converting to your dungeon

Best types of prisoners

• Cyclops make excellent fighters when fully equipped
• The Vampire Lord is a powerful spell caster
• Elven archers and driads are better archers than you can recruit, so they are often worth it
• Dwarves make excellent diggers in your mines
• Knights have melee resistance
• Human archers are the best archers.
• Most bosses are worth it, so Elf Lord, Dwarf Baron and the Duke
• Lizardmen have a speed bonus and an optional poison +8 attack unarmed
• The elementalist sucks, he can't even summon elementals, so don't bother with him
• You aren't likely to find a minotaur (sometimes they live below castles and they are powerful)
• The lizardman chief is a bit special
• Warriors from the Viking tribe are very good
• When you come up against enemy keepers, some of the minions will be better than yours if you can get them
• You can capture enemy keepers
• In endless mode, always take any prisoners you can get, because they will be buffed
• Basically, capture any powerful humanoid

Looking after prisoners

• Try not to capture more prisoners than you can look after
• Wolves are good at looking after prisoners because you can get a whole pack of them for 1 population slot