Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

Your own Oracle pretender is very good for a tripple bless strategy with astral 9 included. The Oracle costs 0, has a high dominion and 3 astral to start. Make him imprisoned, give him 9x40 points from scales and you've 600 + 9x40 = 960 points enough for Water/Fire/Astral bless 9.

To take a good amount of troops out is possible as well. You can have Sloth/Heat/Death 3 for all tripple bless points and drain/misfortune 1-2 for a good dominion. You could even boost your order slightly or let it on neutral setting for enough money.

If you play a little with blood sacrifice you can've a good amount of neutral scales instead of bad ones. But even then the bad scales are the longterm disadvantages of such a tactic.


Its even possible to create a Quadro Bless 9 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

It makes no sence but its possible. Take the mictlan smoking mirror pretender, imprison him, take all scales to maxim bad and give him fire/death/blood 9 + 1 additional 9 bless.

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

A 'rainbow' oracle is a quite unusual pretender, and not efficient for points (each new path costs 40). You can't really do very much with it, why not take a human pretender instead?

Luck is not that important for Pythium, it has a huge gem income to start with and its heroes are not that great.

If you had awesome scales you could have hired mercenaries and indy troops to augment your forces. Arch Theurgs are very expensive and more than one or two isn't worth it for the start of the game, IMO. If your experience with Pythium is anything like mine, you'll probably find that hiring lots of indy commanders is a good idea, since their native leaders are not that good.

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

Any news on turn 11?

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

Turn 11 is coming now.

What about the coming Holidays. I think i will host daily to the 23. then wait over christmas, turn again the 27 -29 then i will be away shortly and will host again from the 2nd. If i dont get the turns, i will wait until i got enough.

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

Assuming my nation is still kicking around by then, I am happy with the holiday schedule. I will be away from a computer from the 23rd to the 26th, so your break time suits me well.

Thanks all for the helpful suggestions btw!

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

i will epsent from 28 to 3...

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

Pythuim will make a fine winter palace. I don't know what all the unrest is about!
-yc

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

MAchaka's last turn of the Christmas season will be tomorrow the 20th...the next time I can do a turn will be the night of the 27th.

Therefore I will be unavailable for the 21-26th.

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

Pythium will be computer controlled from here on out. This makes 2/2 that I was the 1st eliminated nation in a mp game. I am either unluckily terrible or terribly unlucky. I can potentially stand up against a multi-blessed nation, or a nation with huge sacred armies, or a nation with enough money to get all the mercenaries, but put all three together, and I just can't hang.

Peace out fellas, enjoy the rest of the game.

Re: Faerun MA PBEM (mail pretenders)
 

Nice to meet you Stryke11

-Yc