Re: spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M
 

yes. the flag will get an extra 8AP fire attack each time his weapon hits; whether or not the initial weapon attack actually does any damage.

Re: spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M
 

Speaking about poison, I have found that blind Slayers are quite cabable of killing Mystics that have Quickened, Personal Lucked and Body Etherealed themselves. It seems the poison goes through every time. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif Has someone else noticed this or something similar?

Re: spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M
 

Yet another question about fire-9 blessing. Is the normal sword attack considered magic and can ignore ethereal? I guess it must be, because if the ethereal forces the normal sword attack to miss then the fire attack automatically misses, which would render its magicalness moot.

Re: spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M
 

New Communion question. When my Communion Master cast Body Ethereal, he became ethereal but the Communion Slaves didn't. I guess this is because Body Ethereal isn't "Area of effect: caster" ? Likewise, he could cast Personal Luck and thus help the Communion Slaves, but not Luck. Am I right?

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Yes, you are right: spells which target the caster affect the slaves too. I do not recall if Immolation worked at all, but it might be worth trying... Especially if coupled with Phoenix Pyre (if *that* works, that is http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif )! Hmm, you could get rid of fatique by Earthpower, Earth blessing and Relief... Pity the Relief-caster will probably start casting Barkskins/Protections. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Not sure about the sword, I would gave saud that only the fire damage is considered magic but it doesn't seem to work with the answers of this thread... Good point with that.

Re: spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M
 

Phoenix Pyre does indeed work on the communicants, but be warned that the results can be EXTREMELY ugly if your army is not entirely fire-immune.

Re: spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M
 

I think Phoenix pyre works.

Re: spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M
 

So what *should* work is anything with "Area of Effect: Caster", and what should not work is anything with "Area of Effect: something other than Caster". Right?

Re: spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M
 

Right.

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Phoenix Pyre affects everything, even those fire immune. So you can't protect yourself really from it except with Phoenix Pyre or high regeneration/life drain.

Exploding communicants/slaves are particularly effective against anything that spams summons of any vareity. As long as you have a relief caster you can, for the most part, tire any SC/Army out except those with life drain.