[PhilD]

Originally posted by rabelais:

The problem (if any) is... Man has very few nation points to play with. The sidhe theme is mostly about bless effects. It also forces you to take magic/luck+1 and 1/1/1

While certainly not an expert, I have played a lot of Man, mostly with the Tuatha theme, and without bless effects. I use the Glamour of the Daoine Sidhe to help protect them from the arrows of Longbowmen, so they are ordered to throw their javelins and close in.

Plus, the Tuatha mages may be expensive, but I like them as battlemages. Research is done by Bards, of course.

I doubt anyone would play the sidhe theme over the default man, just because the without the bless effects (crunch courtesy of the luck 1) the sacreds aren't that interesting, and the sidhe mages are a *bit* more expensive.

The part where I agree is that I usually don't have a good bless effect with Sidhe (sometimes Earth 4, for the Mage reinvigoration)...