Re: Blood?
As a GREAT fan of blood magic, I promise you that none of the 'boss' demons are so tremendously powerful in combat. They're more useful for leading other demons around, or because they can summon for free.
Demon knights, on the other hand, darned near rule the battlefield. Hard to dispel, stats equivilant to practically anything that can be bought, fear to disperse most of the enemies that can beat them... very, very fine units. And can they conquer independents? Mow them down like WHEAT. Not perfect, of course, nothing is.
How you run blood magic depends a lot on what race you are. I find Mictlan tough, personally. Their troops are so feeble, it's hard to make those early conquests so vital to getting your blood economy going. And if you pick a Mictlan god (haven't tried Mictlan with a regular god, don't know if it's consistent to them) you have to funnel a huge number of blood slaves into maintaining even minimal dominion.
One thing baffles me. I was under the impression it was patrolling and not the blood hunt itself that lowered population. Yet when I drop tax rates down to zero in a hunted province so I don't have to bother with patrollers, I still lose population! Anybody understand that? I was under the impression lowering taxes would cause growth.
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