[Arryn]

Originally posted by Pillin:
Yes thats basicly it, you have to set mages with nature of atleast 3 to summon them, thats pretty high magics compared to the creature you get. Those mages could instead be emplyed to search for sites, do research or perhaps support your armies.

They do need N3 to summon. That's my N2 Norna with a Thistle Mace (plus the Ivy Crown to get the extra Ogre). Or any of my Seithkonas with the Mace and another (expensive) item I'll need Construction-6 to get. I plan to get the Norna to N5, eventually, for GoH, so making a Thistle Mace is a necessary step towards that anyway. Taking one of my 3 Norns out of RP isn't so bad, given my constant addition of new Seithkonas each turn.

I almost never send mages out site-searching. That's what I use Acashic for. And I think that I have enough mages to both support my research and my one army. At least for now. The mages supporting troops would be much more important if I had decent offensive spells.

The biggest hit I take is the loss of half my meager N gem income.

Thoughts?

I need massive amounts of N gems to be able to make items and empower to get to the 5N (from 2N) I'll need for GoH. So Enchantment, for now, isn't a real good choice of study I think.

There are many nice L6 construction items I'd like to have, but my gem income is a tad weak to support the amount of items I'd like to make.

That pretty well narrows the field between Conjuration and Evocation ...