Re: Horror Marking as a battle tactic for a non-Blood nation
 

Gifts From Heaven is nice, but I can't see relying on it to one-shot-kill Doom Horrors. I'm pretty sure Kurgi, for instance, has more than 150 HP in addition to his +7 Blood Vengeance (which means you have a decent chance of killing yourself with your own GfH). And Umor has three forms, one of which has True Ethereal, so you CAN'T one-shot him, and even when he's in his third form GfH has a 75% chance of doing nothing to him. I'd totally trust GfH to deal with regular horrors, but Doom Horrors are something else.

Use Shift + 'U' to insert "Eater of Gods" or "Hunter of Heroes" or "Abomination of Desolation" or "Slave to Unreason" into a battle replay and you'll see what I mean. Doom Horrors are bad news and require either a kitted-out SC or a mage with Claws of Cocytus/etc. scripted (or Returning). Regular old gemless evocations like GfH, Soul Slay and Incinerate aren't going to cut it.

-Max

Re: Horror Marking as a battle tactic for a non-Blood nation
 

Well, otoh, as long as you kill those regular horrors before they mark you, you'll probably never see doom horrors.