Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

Yes, maybe going into blood via a recruitable mage is too far a stretch thematically. But how about it giving them a conj. 5 summons that costs about 30D to get an undead Pandemoniac. The spell description could relate to the history of wars vs Pangaea and the newly discovered costum of reanimating the Pandemoniacs in ancient battle fields.

The undead Pan should get something like 3 B/D picks, or 2B+1D fixed paths.

sounds better?

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

30D means you wont have enough hunters anyway. For such price, you can just as well summon lamia queens and pray you're lucky with random picks.

>> Now, instead of mediocre, say "A nation with a number of challanging difficulties, that requires planning and thoughtful play to get the most of" Sounds a lot better doesn't it?

Lets make it 'nation with a greater-than-normal number of challenging difficulties, also known as handicap' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

Good point about price, so conj4, 15D Ctis unique summons, summon "longdead Pandemoniac", gives you 2B+1D mage.

It will present MA Ctis with an interesting mid game choice, either rush up enchantment tree for pale riders, rigor mortis, life after death and what not, or rush conj and divert a substantial amount of D gems for a future investment of blood economy.

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

There are not many ties between Pangaea and CTis, in my opinion anyway. Perhaps these summons may be some remnant of Sauromatian past?
CTis was probably contributing to Ermorian campaigns when Pythian swamps were conquered (at least its only logical that Ermor would use its lizard auxilaries in a swampy campaign). And there were these twisted death/nature mages, much like Sauromancers of old, but also skilled in blood. Perhaps their wicked souls still cling to their mortal remains in the swamps, heard by Marchmasters of Ctis.
Something like a Witch King revenant , 1d + 1B + 1?BND
And, well, Conj 4 seems a bit too low. Its comparable to Specter, after all.

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

Or you could just not give Ctis blood :]

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

Ctis is hardly underpowered. That said, they do need alligators in their swamps for thematic reasons!

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_gator_deer.htm

This is NOT a huge gator though. Only 12 foot or so. In the 1800's in Louisiana Gators reached 20 feet in length. In the times of MA Ctis, who can say how large the Gators may have grown?

Of course huge is a relative term. If you were in the water and it was staring at you, I am sure it would look enormous.

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

Crocs, people, crocs for C'tis!!!

NOT gators.

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

There are no crocs in the Miasma. New orleans is the Miasma if there ever was one. Our swamps have gators, not the wimpy crocs. Crocs are longer, but a Gator is much thicker and broader.

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

To be honest, this thread intrigued me. I think I'll try Miasma again when I can to check some ideas.

Re: C\'Tis - Miasma, Question about cold blodded
 

My work here is done. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif