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					Originally Posted by shunwick  I have only had the game for a couple of weeks and I am having fun and still learning.  
 I am struggling with designing my pretenders though.  The whole magic versus order scales thing has me confused.  Could someone give me a general idea of the kind of things I need to think about when it comes to marrying a nation with a pretender?
 
 Best wishes,
 Steve
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 Since you're just starting... I recommend using positive scales and a pretender with 30 hitpoints or more.  As you improve your gameplay you can identify which nations can use bless strategies which use magic paths of 4 and higher.