[Wendigo]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:
In Dom I the spell was bugged for a long time and nobody knew. Then it was incorrectly fixed (IIRC) and it took a while to find that out too. It's entirely possible that it was always more feared than its actual effectiveness really justified.

True, yet my Last recollection of its use is of a pretty recent game a couple months ago (with the bug fixed). I killed around half a dozen lv1 astral mages (arch seraphs with astral pick & shamen) with a single astral2 norna in a single battle. 3 of them died in just one casting.

Do you have more chance of killing that enemy astral mage with Magic Duel, or with Soul Slay? Which one will kill *you* if you fail?

Definitely with MD, SS will target instead a size3+ critter up front, or even a lousy trooper. MD is a spell that targets specifically mages, and that's invaluable.

I usually make sure I will not fail, or the caster is expendable & I can replace him/her at a low cost compared to the return for a success...so probability is on my side anyway.

MD scripted mages also target the weakest astral mages first, so even with an astral king on your side you can suffer huge loses to an opponent with cheaper mages.

Yes, Pythium is too good, especially in astral and communions. But there are 15 other nations you will face that AREN'T PYTHIUM. Just because something doesn't work against Pythium doesn't mean it doesn't work in general.
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It's not just Pythium. R'lyeh, Arco & Utgard Jotun can also wipe the floor with Grand Thaumaturgs. That's 4 nations out of 17, are you sure you can avoid all of them?

Anyway, excellent points in all these Last Posts. I still consider Broken Ermor magically vulnerable & unflexible, but I can see a couple redeeming qualities that I had missed before.

edit: I cannot count

[ January 06, 2004, 21:00: Message edited by: Wendigo ]