Re: Penetration and cast level. Also, blood vengea
 

Wow. I've got a high level astral mage pretender for one of my games. I'll have to deck her out like that and have her cast master enslave with +6 penetration.

Jazzepi

Re: Penetration and cast level. Also, blood vengea
 

Don't forget Rune Smasher for an extra +2 penetration. And I think it's been mentioned that you can Teleport on top of large enemy armies, Master Enslave them, and cast Ritual of Returning (or whatever the version is that brings your whole army back with you). Alternately, you could just cast the spell that returns only the caster, and make sure you have commanders ready to move in and control your new army. Like, say, Disir or Eagle Kings.

-Max

Re: Penetration and cast level. Also, blood vengea
 

it is a known bug, so i can't recommend doing it in MP, but yeah, as long as theres a different item between the like misc items, they will stack.

Re: Penetration and cast level. Also, blood vengea
 

technically you will need a commander to stick around if you don't want the enslaved army to auto-route.