[Aleph]

So I've been loving MA Ermor lately and I'm trying to understand how the communion spell works, since it appears to be one of the keys of their power. I'm a little lost in understanding the relationship between communion masters and communion slaves, since the game stats don't change on the caster (but the master was able to cast a Holy 4 spell while still only showing holy 3) and I'm mostly casting 0 fat spells so I can't trace the damage. Are all slaves shared between all masters, or are they divided up between them? If I have 4 masters and 8 slaves, does each master get +3 to all paths or just +1?

Post Irrelevant Aside - IIRC I'm playing dominion 6, sloth 1, order/growth 3, drain 2, death 9, earth 4 sleeping master liche. Death goes well with my natural tendencies and boosts the Vestals a bit, while Earth is there to help my communions. Make sense? I love the Shadow Vestals, but I usually have about 60 Longdead Horsemen / 10 Shadow Vestals, so I didn't want to go too heavy bless. And does anyone really use the basic troops with Ermor unless they are already dominating, or need gladiators on emergency defense?