[Anglachel]

The undead are the way to go. For undead archers, there is a good spell that summons a troop of undead with flaming arrows. If memory serves (I am in the office) it is a death and nature magic spell, so it is a good secondary use for the mage who casts Gift of Health.

The spell you are referring to is called Animate Archers. It is a level 6 enchantment that requries two death and one fire to cast. It's gem cost is 5 death and it summons 10 skeleton archers that shoot banefire arrows that are armor piercing and can cause decay in troops they hit. Sauromancers have 3 death, one fire, and one random for the relatively cheap price of 180 gold and are perfectly suited for raising these archers. A 10 troop for 5 death gem ritual is a bargin just on pure numbers but add in the power of the weapon they use and you have a very powerful spell for C'tis tomb theme with sauromancers.

[ May 31, 2004, 11:27: Message edited by: Anglachel ]