Re: Manifestation is overpowerd.
Mostly Argitoth is just trying to prove something to himself, and he is suceeding.
Well, I HAVE done testing on Manifestation, and the results show that Manifestation is much more powerfull than the other two assasination spells.
Manifestation is pretty much a Thug, almost an SC because it has fear. Fortunately, it won't be fighting whole armies, so it might as well be an SC.
Infernal Disease will probably lose to a single Fiend of Darkness. Two Fiends might kill it in the first round, before the Disease Demon can act. Maybe not.
Earth Attack elemental will kill one Fiend... as it should. But five would almost, or would, knock it down to Size 5 in one round. It has to win very quickly against them, because they are doing huge damage. Unfortunately, Fiend's have a defence of 13, so the elemental is almost certainly toast. Against five Fiends of Darkness, which is a really strong bodyguard. Also, the elemental can't fly. Against creatures that can cast Gift from Heaven, you can use an anti-assasination+combat script. <Summon Earth Power><Gifts><Gifts>.. ect. If you position the mage correctly, you can point-blank the elemental from 1 to 3 squares away. And that is how I discovered that Gifts from Heaven CAN target the same square. One turn, elemental Size 6 and ready to SMASH. A casting of Gifts later, and the Earth Elemental is now Size 3, with the loss of Damage and increased action point cost of trampling that this entails. Shortly afterwards, it tends to die.
Can't use Gifts against Ashen Angel easily because it is either all the way across the screen, or it has FLOWN at you and cut you in half with it's sword. Exactly positioned bodyguards might make it work... or you miss and kill all guards and then route and die.
It was not very funny watching five Fiend's of Darkness attack an Ashen Angel for five rounds without even really hurting it. And Fiend's bypass the Angel's etheriality. Not good enough. The Ashen Angel wasn't even actually being HURT by the battle. Life for Life, or Dust to Dust is about the only way to kill it.
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