[fahdiz]

Don't forget that Blood 1 allows you to do Sabbath Master/Slave. Now, I'm certainly not saying that Vanheim/Blood = Pythium/Astral (because Pythium has Astral mages cheap and out the wazoo, not to mention Communicants, whereas - as you've stated - Vanheim doesn't have very easy access to Blood mages, and they're expensive as hell) but rather that in a pinch, it can be nice to be able to pump up your Vanadrotts with either other Vanadrotts or some Garnet Sorceresses/Priestesses.

As Cherry pointed out, being able to summon imps very early on in the game can help with some expansion issues, too.

[ March 09, 2004, 15:52: Message edited by: fahdiz ]