Re: I hate horrors
 

Well, kind of. With enough pearls you can Wish yourself a replacement pretender, Gift of Reason him, and Empower his magic levels up to whatever level. :) Plus, then you no longer lose hit points and MR and enemy Dominion, unless you prophetize your new "pretender."

Yeah, I know, not very cost-effective. But if MY liege lord got horror-marked badly enough I would overthrow him.

-Max

Re: I hate horrors
 

Damn, we totally need a Doomie with this name :shock:

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Totally unrequested opinion - I totally love the whole Horrors thing.
Totally.

Re: I hate horrors
 

I actually have such a unit, and such a commander in my Yomi mod...

Re: I hate horrors
 

Let's see...new doom horror names...

The Doom-Banger
The Skull Emulsifier
The Pain Dimension
It Who Must Not Be Described
Whuppass, Juicer of Worlds
Hell's Garden Service
10-Pin Nation-Bowler
The 9 eyed, 9 horned, Shiny Happy People Eater

Re: I hate horrors
 

Hmmm... The Cindesuckerella One ?

Hooooooooooooooooooo, yes, I confess : I love Horrors :angel

Re: I hate horrors
 

Yeah! Me too! Think, my ex-gf was called the Maker of Ruins. That's what she made of our relationship :D

Re: I hate horrors
 

I am unsure why this thread is so long. If I understand correctly:

If

1. the Pretender scripts Returning
2. and has two astral gems on hand
3. and is not at his home province (so keep him elsewhere)

Then

as defender he gets to cast Returning first, and no horror (or any other assassination attempt) can touch him under any circumstances. So no death, additional horror marks, or any other negative consequence. There is the one turn penalty of having to move back out of the home province next turn, after restocking Astral gems.

Is this correct? If so, then problem solved, so I can't understand why one would worry about bodyguards or any other less effective method of protection or evasion. If not, can someone enlighten me?

Re: I hate horrors
 

Well, it does mean you can't use him on the battlefield: scripted Returning isn't very helpful in battle.

Though your solution is fine if you just want him casting rituals/forging etc.
In fact, it's even easier. IIRC, special battles, like assassinations & horror attacks take place in a special province, so Returning works even if you leave him at home.

Re: I hate horrors
 

You can get attacked by horrors more than once in the same month, if AC is up and you are horror marked or are in the HoF, and you cast/forge non-blood.

But most of the time if you are forging/casting rituals, and you god/mage has astral, it's safe to script returning. That's what I do usually, because you never know when something really nasty will show up.

Re: I hate horrors
 

This is a very old thread you unburried... there's plenty of very long threads which are dead.


Your suggestion works if the pretender has astral magic... not all pretenders will have astral. Second problem is your suggestion permanently prevents the pretender from being available for any battle on the map or even on the border for pushing dominion.