[Wauthan]

1. Nothing. They are sort of summoned. Come to think of it... I'm not sure any of the animated dead spells will fail to function if there are no corpses. You just get less zombie for the voodoo.

2. There's no peace in this game. Just preparations for war. Since there's no "allied victory" condition the only reason for diplomacy is to strengthen the enemy of your enemy. I tend to make a beeline towards my closest opponent with scouts and then strike at his capital as soon as I get enough troops.

3. It works the other way as well. The attacker don't know where the defender will be. It can be a pain at times to get attacked by swift but strong armies. But since they are continually advancing you can just recruit a small force that walks in behind them and reclaims the provinces.

Defend your important sites with strong armies while breaking his supplyline and you'll beat any rushing invader.

Blitzkrieg manouvers don't work that well in Dominions since it's hard to get a good "infrastructure" up fast. At most I managed to pull three waves of attack before having to pause and rebuild my forces.

4. I'm not sure I understand your question. Schools just represent the kind of magic you want to be good at. Depending on what magic your faction is good at this will vary a lot. The pretender is actually less of a concern, if you're not running nines and want to rush to a highend enchantment. It's the commanders that will be out in the thick of it so the spells they use are the most important.

[ January 20, 2004, 19:55: Message edited by: Wauthan ]