Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

A hail of fire evocations is really powerful I think.

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

Astral is overall my favorite. R'Lyeh is my favorite nation so it's a natural path for me to like. It's hard to put in an exact order, but Astral, Water, Death, and Earth are my favorites overall.

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

Death for me, then earth, followed by nature.

Death has the greatest versatility. Earth is best for forging and I always need the regeneration and supply boosts that are nature based. I cannot make any further distinction among the others (I don't use blood).

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

I vote for astral.

My favos in order:
astral
air
nature/earth
fire/water/death/blood

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

My faves:
Air/Astral/Fire
Water/Death
Earth/Nature/Blood

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

Aw, come on, who can top:

Banish to Inferno, Life for a Life, Leech, Hellbind Heart, Bloodletting, Blood Vengence, more unique summons than all other paths combined, some of the best troop summons, ability to form a sabbath, rejuvination (youth boots), Hoard from Hell, Rain of Toads, Infernal Disease, blood stones, robe of the magi, blood thorn, Astral Corruption....oh, and did I mention cheap blood slaves?

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

None of the above. While certainly some paths are stronger than others, all paths have at least a viable strategy to pursue.

And typically the race's weakness in magic paths can be alleviated to some degree by a wise pretender selection.

Blood is a powerful magic, but i avoid it if at possible because while i like micromanagement with setting up battles, I find maintaining a blood slave trade to be boring.

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

Blood's my favorite. Definitely not the most versatile, but fun non-the-less (unless you hate the micromanagement aspect of it...understandable)

The Blood must flow.

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

I like blood, not for the combat spells, but because I always was a bit satanic at heart, and it lets me summon all sorts of nasty demons from the underworld and all that. Plus, I love the heartseeker axe

Re: Your Favorite Magic Path
 

Air for me.