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magnate said:
1. How do you pronounce R'lyeh anyway? I've heard "Riley", "Arlee-ay", "Rulyeah" ....
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R'lyeh (pronounced Roo-lee-ah or Rill-AYE-eh)
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2. How does the void summoning work? Can only one mage enter the site at a time? If so does it matter what paths s/he has? Do more powerful mages summon better beasties and/or have less chance of getting fried? Is either of those affected by luck scales (or any other scales)?
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Only one mage a time at the site. I think they have to have Astral. Not more powerful, but Starspawn, Priest Starspawn (and the Hero) all have greatly reduced chances to go insane. The best bang for your buck is the Priestly Starspawn. I'm not 100% certain that it is affected by luck, and if it is, it seems minor at best.
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3. What scales would you take for R'lyeh? They need money so I guess you don't want turmoil. I guess you could take sloth if you went mainly for Illithids. I've never taken death with a non-undead theme - does it matter?
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Sloth 3 is pretty common. So is Cold 3, since underwater you are not affected by temperature income hits. It's really up to your playstyle. I don't really like the Illithid Soldiers, especially since the paralyzing portion of the Illithid attack really got smashed to bits with the paralyze time fix. Just not worth it IMO.
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I'm asking because I'm thinking of going for an expensive bless strategy (W9S9 or W9N9 or even F9W9N9) to get those void beasties really buzzing. So I'll need negative scales and I wondered which were tolerable and which were to be avoided.
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I'd probably avoid a strategy that relies on blessing void beasties. Some have no movement, some are aquatic only and you will have a hard time relying on them for much as far as troop support. You're probably better off using Crab Hybrids underwater only, early, and then piles of lobos and mass starspawn with star children comslaves laying down the beatings for above water and as the game progresses.