How do I reverse a Clerical conversion?

[nuck]

Have run ino an aggressive Theocracy that is converting my cities in a fairly young game. I thought by learning the Theocracy advance myself I would just send my own Clerics in to undo the damage but they do nothing when I send them in to my own cities.

[nuck]

I am getting a few views but not responses. Maybe my question is too vague. The Clerics are invisible subversive units like spys and slavers. They become possible with the Theocracy advance. I spontaneously get a message that Clerics from a foreign nation have converted the hapless inhabitants of one of my cities to their own relgion. After this a percentage of that city's taxes get tithed to the country where the Cleric came from and a little flag appears above the city the color of the Cleric's nation. Apparently there will be problem in that city should I ever attack the Cleric's home nation.

Apparently walled cities resist Clerics just like Slavers but what can be done after the conversion? Are you stuck with the conversion? Even a change in government didn't seem to have any affect and creating and sending my own Clerics there to convert the populace back did noot work. Any ideas at all?

[Maquiladora]

You have to reform the city with a unit that can reform, which is most military ground units i think. Youll get the button to reform if that particular selected unit can reform anyway. Its basically moving it into the city under the reform command.

EDIT: The details are also in the Great Library.

[Vince278]

You should be able to fight fire with fire (ie. convert it back).

[Grandpa Troll]

I been playing this a long time and havent run across this either

maybe prevention by having temples and cathedrals

anyone have a definite answer yet?

[kstolzy]

Maquiladora basically answered the question. Military units (I think ground only, as M. said) have a "Reform City" button. Reforming a city removes the conversion at a cost of 1000 gold and a temporary -5 happiness. The button has an icon with a red circle and forward slash over the ankh symbol (a cross with a loop at the top). Hitting the button (the unit must have sufficient movement left for the button to appear) gives a targeting circle to apply to the converted city. The unit must be next to or within the city. As nuck said, walls reduce the chance of conversion, by 50%. The Gutenberg Bible wonder makes conversion impossible. My question is what is the rationale for having that effect disappear with Mass Production?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by kstolzy
Maquiladora basically answered the question. Military units (I think ground only, as M. said) have a "Reform City" button. Reforming a city removes the conversion at a cost of 1000 gold and a temporary -5 happiness. The button has an icon with a red circle and forward slash over the ankh symbol (a cross with a loop at the top). Hitting the button (the unit must have sufficient movement left for the button to appear) gives a targeting circle to apply to the converted city. The unit must be next to or within the city. As nuck said, walls reduce the chance of conversion, by 50%. The Gutenberg Bible wonder makes conversion impossible. My question is what is the rationale for having that effect disappear with Mass Production?

probably to slow a civ down fer a spell


Ill have to look next time to see this

of course..its been a while since I been converted