Impressive. Of course, probably not involved into an early war where you need mages, or....?
I guess your point is really not to need much money for troops (horrors doing your dirty work, sure), so you can spend it on 'locks every turn. Still, if there was a war going on, you'd have to hire "real" troops (most probably Humanbreds) which then cost money + need several mages as artillery support..
Of course you've got much more experience with that one, and I have been playing differently (without the sage, for example
), but the MA Abysia I have right now is (too) far away from Const6 for my taste. Was looking for a "what could I have done better", and the only idea I had was "more Magic Scales next time".
But you seem pretty inclined on using the Sage to compensate in the beginning, and later on use the lanterns to catch up... hm...
Another question regarding lanterns:
They're supposed to horror mark their bearers, right. And while I occasianally pick up a horror mark (really rarely, with 20 lanterns not a mark every single turn), it's not really something I'd call "frequently".
Can that be tied to Luck scales as well? From others you hear about lanterns as a "death sentence for the bearer"....?