[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
I actually found the Damned Merchant in the same game. I will probably make a sanguine dousing rod then hunt enough slaves to empower a smith. That should do the trick.

It is incredible. I am ulm...with drain 3...and I lead the world in magic research. Can you beleive it? I haven't even found sages yet. Just using smiths. One of my tricks is to make them get a small amount of combat experience before becoming researchers.

Keep in mind that you have to empower units before they can use dousing rods (no blood magic = no effect). And I also find Ulm Smiths to be very good researchers - pretty cheap, and unaffected by drain... I often take drain no matter what nation I choose. Too bad they can't forge any +research items.