[rabelais]

Tien Chi is great, but the themes need to be played very differently

Default -- Red guards and/or imperial crossbowmen kick butt the former esp. if you like a bless effect versatile race.


Spring and Autumn-- Flying Ubermages. Ridiculously fast site searching. My favorite.

Don't use the demons of heavenly fire, they take too much mage time to summon to be useful.

Demons of heavenly rivers are fine, (especially if you disapprove of clam hoarding) but only from cheap masters of the way with a random astral.


Barbarian Kings- Be a Mongol! Wheeeeee!

Not terribly effective in MP with the required turmoil2, but as much fun as you'll have with cavalry in this game. (Still not that much, IMHO, Maybe if the horsemen spawned like Ermorian fodder?)

The death priests having the 15 paralyzing spirit for 4 death gem spell from the beginning is nice too.


Celestial Rabe, Master of Spring and Autumn