[Yossar]

Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
Well Yossar, I suppose you'd be right. It's only bad if you casted with the bare minimum of skill. But how much skill do you need for it to match the economy of the level 3 spell?

I'm using these numbers, which are from memory:

1 frost fiend/6 slaves for the basic spell.

base of 6 frost fiends/50 slaves for force spell.

Every level above min gives 1 extra fiend
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Each fiend costs (slaves/fiends) 8.33 slaves using force at 5 blood skill.

Each fiend costs 7.14 slaves using force at 6 skill.

Each fiend costs 6.25 slaves using force at 7 skill

Each fiend costs 5.55 slaves using force at 8

You start getting more economical at 8 skill, make of it what you will...

When you use the actual numbers instead of the ones in your head, the Forces spells look a lot better.

Bind Frost Fiend - 1 Fiend / 6 slaves
Forces of Ice - 8+ / 50 slaves

At 5 blood skill it costs 6.25 slaves per fiend.

At 6 blood skill it costs 5.55 slaves per fiend.

You start getting more economical at 6 skill, make of it what you will...

Edit to add 6B2W isn't too hard to get. Say, A 2B2W Mictlan Rain priest with a blood thorn, brazen vessel, Armor of Souls, and Ring of Sorcery. 6B2F is even easier as Mictlan since the Sun King starts with 3BF2. Abysia can also easily get 6 or 7 blood and 2 in an elemental with the same equipment (possibly a ring of wizardry instead of sorcery) and a warlock with a random in the right area.

[ June 19, 2004, 02:11: Message edited by: Yossar ]