[CharonJr]

Yup, Starspawns (I prefer the priests here due to them being cheaper and having the same chance for successful summons/getting feebleminded) are the way to go.

Only mages with a point in astral can try summons, but non starspawns have a 75% chance to become feebleminded. Starspawns have a 5% chance and Cthugul the Stargazer (R'lyeh hero) has a 2% chance.

Unless you are unlucky a starspawn priest should be perfect (on average you get a summon each 2-3 turns and most likely will be able to cure your summoner when he gets feebleminded).

When you get Cthugul VERY early in the game you should use him, but I wouldn't waste more than 1-2 points in summon skill (you get a point for each successful summon) in order to replace a starspawn with Cthugul.

The higher your summoning skill is, the more power the summons will have on average (I once got a Vastness with a summoning skill of around 9 IIRC). At 10+ you often get Greater Otherness and other pretty nice summons.

The Illithid mind attacks can be resisted, but aren't effected by range or visibility.

CharonJr

[ February 16, 2004, 07:59: Message edited by: CharonJr ]