[Jasper]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:
Has anyone ever used Gifts from Heaven (Earth 3/Astral 1/Evo 5)? From the description it sounds like it could be quite nasty against heavy troops (150 damage?!, AOE 1, #effects 3) for a fatigue cost of 50-. A Shedu is probably paying no more than 25 - without communion - for a spell that can kill six Black Knights (let alone what that will do to supercombatants - few beings can survive 150 damage).

I've never gotten much millage out of Gifts from Heaven, as it's expensive and horribly inaccurate. Against small units it's overkill, and it's very difficult to get it to hit something big that the huge damage matters.

Perhaps if you boosted the mages precision a bunch it would be usefull, but I haven't seriously pursued that. A 2 earth 1 air Mystic leading a communion could work: equip an Aiming Eye, cast Aim, and have someone else cast Wind Guide; actually, I'm not sure all these bonuses stack... Plus, it's usefullness will depend greatly on whether GfH tends to target large monsters or not.

In the end I've always found the more traditional Astral evocations to be more effective, and have regretted the times I've used GfH.