[Humer]

Originally posted by Truper:

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I'm hoping summon Lamia's will be very impressive with the high nature and the Naga's special ability of getting more. Are Lamia's sacred or is that just my memory being hopeful?

I don't believe they are sacred, but I *am* sure they are cold-blooded. A point to consider.

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They are not sacred and are cold-blooded. So they get VERY fatigued pretty quickly. OTOH, you get +2 lamias for every point of nature magic beyond minimum, so 10N mage makes *really* good use of 5 nature gems. What was it, now... 3 lamias per casting, 3N requisite... that makes 3+2*7 = 17 lamias per casting, IIRC. Not too shabby at all!

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One of the big questions is what to mix in to the giants as small creatures can occupy the same space as a giant making up for reduced number of attacks per square. Winter wolves were great for this in Dom1 but not so easy to get with this race early.

Consider Manikins to mix with the giants. Since you're concentrating on construction anyway, they'll give you a good way to use your nature gems.

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No to Manikins, yes to Mandragoras. They're the ones that get additional units for higher nature skill, unlike Manikins (was it 10 per 10 gems?).

Point is that Jotunheim desperately needs bulk troops to mix with giants. You cannot rely on indies unless you find and fortify a decent province. I'd go for a mix of both Mandragoras and Lamias (if high-nature pretender) for mass-summons so that not all of the army is banished to oblivion. Mix in the occasional clockwork horror.

I kinda like the Ether Gate too, ethereal troops with magic weapons, but they are expensive - 90 pearls for 20-ish troops and leader (which seem to have same magics than nornas). Mix in dispossessed spirits and you have your frontline troops. BTW, do Ether Gate's troops' moon blades and -lance do double damage to magic beings as per forgable moon blade?

- Humer