Spell: Raven Feast
 

For any players consider a casting of this spell, here is a data point. I cast it with CBM 1.21 where it costs 1 air gem. The province had 78 corpses and I received 3 air gems.

IMHO the spell is not a great use of a caster unless you have a dire need for a couple more death gems and nothing better to do. Then again, it might be useful with more corpses or if you just want to clean up all the dead bodies laying around.

Re: Spell: Raven Feast
 

It's not useful with more corpses. You get about 5 death gems at the 250 corpse mark.

Re: Spell: Raven Feast
 

In one mp game i had a nice "combination" running with casting black death and one turn later Raven Feast. You get enough (or nearly enough) gems for recasting every turn when using it on high pop provinces so you just need the air gems. However it was more a fun option but my opponent really hate it!

Re: Spell: Raven Feast
 

The return on that spell is pitiful. I have blackplagued a capital province, and I still think the return was not worth it.

Re: Spell: Raven Feast
 

The thing to remember is that it is not so much of a "gem producing spell", but a "corpse removing" spell.

If you were fighting MA Ermor or Lanka for example, and you wanted to nix his hordes of Souless then this is a god option.

Re: Spell: Raven Feast
 

It is a "convert air gems into death gems" spell, most of the time. Which usually is better than using Alchemy twice.

Re: Spell: Raven Feast
 

IMHO it has a very niche application.. and most of the time isn't worth it.. then again.. most of the spells in this game are like that really