Missionary

Missionary
	4
	200 Faith
Abilities	May spread Religion and enter rival territory
Notes	Loses conversion power when trespassing

The Missionary is a Civilian unit available through Faith purchase.

Overview

Missionaries are members of a religious group or sect sent abroad to spread the message of their chosen religion. While their primary goal is to share their religious views and hopefully gain new followers, missionaries typically provide other beneficial services to the areas they visit. By setting up clinics, schools, and other social welfare programs, missionaries help those in need while also serving in their evangelical role.

Strategy

The Missionary is the basic way to spread your religion beyond the automatic city spread function. Once adjacent to a city, they can spread their religion to it (expending the Missionary after the second use). If Missionaries enter the territory of another civilization without an Open Borders treaty, their Religious Strength is reduced by 250 each turn. When their Religious Strength reaches zero, they are "destroyed."

Note that each Missionary represents the Religion of the city where he was born (purchased)! Be careful not to spread the wrong religion inadvertently by purchasing a Missionary in a city which has been recently converted to another religion.

Unique Unit Replacements

Icon	Unit	Civilization	Abilities
	Ansar	Rashidun (Umar)	Cannot spread religion When near cities, can expend charges to replenish the Movement and Health Points of nearby units
	Cikawasay	The Amis	Has no visibility penalty Costs slightly less Faith Heals units around it at the end of each turn
	Houngan	Haiti (Toussaint Louverture)	Starts with the Medic promotion Does not suffer from attrition
	Lotsawa	Guge (Yeshe-Ö)	May be trained with Production If expended in foreign territory, provides Great Writer points for each Trade Route you own
	Maehtom	The Yaqui (Cajemé)	Does not take attrition damage while in the borders of a larger civilization. May retreat from melee attacks while in a city where your main religion is present.
	Marabout	Sokoto (Usman dan Fodio)	May be expended on an owned Fort or Citadel for a burst of Faith and Science
	Nuncio	Vatican City (John Paul II)	May conduct a Concert Tour or Trade Mission with Civilizations and City-States (respectively) following your Religion.
	Nyau Cultist	Maravi (Kalonga Mazula)	Invisible when on roads, improvements, or the same tile as another unit. Can perform a "Gule Wamkulu" on city ruins, which expend the unit to build a city.
	Piagnoni	Florence (Savonarola)	Steals Cultural Great People and Culture from enemy civilizations when starting next to their cities, but this unit takes 50 damage when doing so.
	Sening	The Ket (Olgit)	+10% Combat Strength to adjacent units If expended in a friendly city, claims a random unowned tile workable by that city
	Shisetsudan	Otomo (Otomo Sorin)	Gains additional sight and Movement while embarked. Yields Science when expended.
	Sisqeno	Tiwanaku (Huyustus)	May perform a Challa Ritual on Great Person improvements and Chatallatas, increasing their yields by 2
	Soldadera	The Cristeros (Enrique Gorostieta)	Yields a burst of Faith and Great General points upon entering war. Heals adjacent units when fully expended.