[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Boron:

@ vynd what would you suggest that helps me short term more ? only real choices for ermor are a lich , a PoD or a GK right ?

Other potential choices, for the short term, are two human rainbows. The Frost Father starts with W1 and is immune to cold, meaning that a Cold-3 dominion doesn't hurt him, nor does enemy cold spells.

Great Enchantress starts with Astral 1, and generates 1 Astral gem a turn. This means that you can use her for a manual site searcher early (while it's relatively safe, as long as she has bodyguards and a small army), and helps pave the way for Akashic Records later.

Both of these let you get a _huge_ rainbow - 3 or 4 in everything as Ermor. Alternatively, drop a path or 2 in order to get a higher path, and a potential blessing, in some of the others.

The nagas are also an option, for combining combat and site searching / magic rituals. Only problem with them is that, imo, they get shafted on potential equipment and have too high a native encumbrance to be worth the 100 point cost, for any nation.