Re: Ermor Themes
 

Stealthy priests remain stealthy while preaching in enemy territory. Friar's don't really affect high dominion however.

Re: Ermor Themes
 

THat's a twisted question I have, but here it goes...

People consider Marignon a weak-ish nation in multiplayer. While I'm not able to check this myself, I have a fun idea how to make it dangerous.

Ally with Ermor.

From what I hear, Ermor is quite dangerous and that's why people tend to gang up on it early. If Ermor is left alone, it becomes much more dangerous, right ? And it's still more dangerous to others than to you, I suppose. Once Ermor gets dangerous, crippling some of your enemies in process, you (theoreticaly) should be able to fight it reasonably. I mean, Marignon is quite nicely equipped to fight undead, right ? And stop Ermor's dominion with inquisitors. It would be like riding a tiger, but maybe - just maybe - easier to pull off than winning conventionally ?

Re: Ermor Themes
 

I like the way you think!

Ermor Theme with ALL-Death magic only?
 

Is it possible to play SG/AE with a pretender that only knows Death Magic?

I would consider it impossible, since how would one defend against e.g. against massed Flaming Arrows without Rain or a Staff of Storm?

Re: Ermor Theme with ALL-Death magic only?
 

Darkness?

Re: Ermor Theme with ALL-Death magic only?
 

or just the fact that by the time flaming arrows could actually be massed you could probably be bringing 1000+ troops to a battle (with AE) not to mention empower, since you get quite alot of gems (and dusk elders get 1 random so 30 gems to reach lvl 2 then most paths have a booster

Re: Ermor Theme with ALL-Death magic only?
 

Hah. So you are saying by turn 10 AE will have both 1000+ troops and enough gems to empower dusk elders. Let alone enough research.

Re: Ermor Theme with ALL-Death magic only?
 

no im not, im also not saying that there is a high chance of someone marching in with a ton of flaming archers. especially considering the supply problems that will either force them to be A: too small to threaten you B:take more time to forge supply items or C:too afraid to attack you anyway

Re: Ermor Theme with ALL-Death magic only?
 

Marignon crossbowman will not survive in melee combat against longdead or soulless, so it doesn't matter that much if they are diseased from starvation.

Re: Ermor Themes
 

I did not find it difficult to march into SoulGate with dozens of starved, cheap disposable 8gp shortbows and a fire mage to wreak havoc against an unexperienced player...but this is not the point!

It was just one example and I was generally wondering whether it can be considered a mistake to play undead Ermor in MP with a Death-only pretender. Death magic is pretty versatile, but is it versatile enough?

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Darkness is good advice, I forgot about that actually. It probably counters a lot except battlefield-wide destruction like Wrathing Squads. How would I counter against Darkness besides enlisting undead myself?