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		| JimMorrison said: 
 
	Odd.  When I alchemize 24F gems, I get 12A, and then only 6D gems.  Maybe I am doing it wrong?  O.o  Anyway takes me 48 of any gem type to get a Bane Lord, which is 720g, or a decent quality summons in its own right.Quote: 
	
		| Twan said: ...For 24f alchemized in death you get a bane lord, and it's far more interesting than recruiting 360g of anything.
 
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 Hum, yes.  
 
 
In fact 720 g for a bane lord is rather expensive compared to 720g of good troops, it was only interesting because I didn't have money to pay upkeep for other troops (and my capitol had too much unrest to recruit my best ones iirc).
About mages upkeep I didn't knew as I always managed to have just the gold for my upkeep cost, it's interesting to know leaders can't desert (so finally you can completely ignore upkeep when you only use summons).