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If you're going to be building a lab and temple in that province anyway go for it. If not though, it's a pretty steep price for a 10% chance at the path you want.

I tryed that with the death tribe (no idea which one) and ended up horribly regretting it. Just couldn't get that lucky pick I was hoping for.

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but you got sacred researchers and nature casters-site searchers.

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Negative. I just got the researchers. Those guys are N1 10% chance at D1. I was dropping 100 gold a turn on 3 research. Not bad, but I could have spent the money better elsewhere.

But still, they were my chance at starting up some death magic so...

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Hobbit mages (horticulturalists) are N1 + 20%E, and they only need a lab, no temple is required. They're even allowed to wear boots! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Manuk you are right, the Bears have N1 + 10%E, but they need both a lab and a temple.

You can stick a thistle mace on any of the N1 shamen to make them more useful, or in an emergency 10 shamen casting Tangle Vines or Swarm can be a big help.

BigDis, I think if you have no death, it's worth it to try to get the wolf tribe shamen, mainly because Dark Knowledge only requires a D1 caster. Dark Knowledge can find you a Necro site, and then you're really off to the races. Maybe if you've got Acashic Record it's not a good plan. But otherwise as soon as you finally get your D1 Wolf Shaman, then just pop up a fort and start building your regular mages.

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Your slave mages will have feets if you walk on land.

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You know, I just don't care for Acashic Record. It's way too expensive for my tastes.

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Yeah, I'd much search for my primary paths with mages/searching spells, and leave my minor paths for when/if I cast Strands of Arcane Power. You usually get enough incidental gems from the primary path sites to fuel a certain amount of fun even in your minor paths.

-Max

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Even though I just argued against bear tribes cause of my bad luck, sometimes things just work I guess.
In a MP game I just got done building a temple and lab to recruit these guys cause I don't have access to nature magic either. First one had death on it.

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You know that LA rlyeh has access to nature magic on their slave mages right ?. Also the starspawns has very good chance at getting death 1-3.

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Yeah, but I'm a little off topic. I was just responding to the discussion we were having about the bear tribe. I'm not actually playing Ryleh.