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Originally Posted by MaxWilson
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Originally Posted by JimMorrison
That just seems too severe. Dropping the one present in the screenshot to 1A2E1N makes him not only not very interesting as a battlemage, but also not incredibly cost effective. Ultimately he loses all combat magic utility, and thus becomes little more than a sort of expensive, lowish HP, self buffing thug.
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E2A1 can cast Rain of Stones... and he's Ethereal.
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But with boots and summon earthpower he can cast several. Moreover, if he starts in a mountain province he can cloud trapeze without need for boosters. Do that with two or three of them in mid-game and you have an army-destroying surprise attack. And the bigger the opposing army the better.
(If he starts his turn in a mountain province, will he then have his mountainform or notmountainform in any ensuing battles?) Of course, 28 gems isn't exactly cheap, but in the right circumstances it'll be absolutely worth it.
They also have good paths to allow the forging of the not-so-easy-to-get staff of elemental mastery with some boosters. And for gargoyles.