Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

AMA is cumulative I believe, but casting antimagic and iron will is not.

Jazzepi

Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

Did that thing ever die? I witnessed it in a couple battles and it just stood there and absorbed pain until the attacker auto-routed.

Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

I use vine shield, hydra armour, pendant of luck, and MR boosting item (can't remember name) plus an area damage weapon for Earth King (scrip to cast earthpower, iron will, invul before attacking) with good results - at least in SP. Should do quite well in MP too but may need adjustment in the misc slots to tailor against specific nations/threats.

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It died, but I didn't see how. I prepared a reverse communion with soul slay spamming but then he went south into new Sauromatia lands and I didn't get a chance to avenge my dead monkeys.

AMA is cumulative with either iron will or antimagic giving +8 MR. Petrify spamming isn't that easy - you need 5E, not every nation can do it.

Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

I'd advise that if you're facing a strong astral nation, you want at least two items with +MR. Mind Hunt is extremely cheap and fairly effective. 22MR will be decent protection from a basic S4 mage, but not an S4 mage with +3 penetration, which is easy to acquire. I'd suggest you should be looking at 25 or more MR for really important SCs.

If Earth Kings don't suffer encumbrance (I've never got round to using one) a lead shield would be cheap and do: with enough protec and regeneration a vine shield to trap attackers just isn't important.

Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

Hmmm, what's the best penetration you can get? Eye of the Void + Rune Smasher + Green Eye + Ring of Sorcery = penetration +6. Of course he's blind but that doesn't matter for Mind Hunt. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif And of course most nations don't have three slots on their S4 casters, but Ashdod does on its Talmai Elders.

-Max

Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

Actually Eye of the Void + Rune Smasher + Green Eye + Ring of Sorcery = penetration +7.
Rishis also have 3 mics slots.

Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

Ooops, you are correct.

-Max

Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

From what I see Rishis have 2 misc slots. Didn't know about the Ashdod Adon and Taimai Elder though. It can be a good bonus for spellcaster as well as for sc.

Re: Equipment for Elemental Royalty
 

Yeah. It took me a while to figure out what the line "being a King, the Adon adorns himself with enchanted jewelry" (paraphrased from memory) means but I think it's about the misc slot. Note also that Talmai Elders have Forgebonus (15).

So far I really like Ashdod. Except for the supply problems.

-Max