[MaxWilson]

I'm not sure what the goal of the above communion is--is it a linebacker communion where you're going to send the slaves in on Attack Closest while the masters fire crossbows? In that case, why aren't the masters casting different buffs? (Summon Earthpower/Invulnerability/Personal Luck/Soul Vortex/Phoenix Pyre/Fire Shield/Resist Magic/Astral Shield spring to mind.) Each slave will get every buff cast by at least one master.

The sad thing is, in my experience, whenever Phoenix Pyre is relevant in this setup (i.e. you're facing something that can actually kill ultra-buffed communion slaves) it tends to become irrelevant, in that the slaves pick up lots of nasty afflictions from their deaths without the weak fire attack doing real damage to the nasties that are killing them. I dunno, maybe if I tried this on slaves with worthwhile weapons instead of random Ktonian Necromancers with quarterstaffs it would work better. Essentially you'd be relying on Soul Vortex + magic weapons to do the actual killing, with Phoenix Pyre as simply insurance vs. failing an MR check vs. Disintegrate/Soul Slay.

-Max