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Frost brand isn't so great vs SCs and thugs, but man it's cheap for what it does.
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Indeed, 5w gems and requires just w1 mage to make.
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So, because death has powerful summons available it should also have powerful magic items?
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Not necessarily so. Either the items need to be toned up or the summons toned down.
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Other stuff from Amorphous
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The already stated Standard of the Damned is a better choice than Wraith Sword. And yes, I know con6 vs conj9 and possibly ench8 for demiliches does require more research (difference of path 6 vs path 9 on normal research is 3560 RP afaik), and you basically need both to fully utilize tartarians, both construction and conj9. Not to talk about figuring out how to heal those tartarians, and afford the GoR you'll want with it. Still, I wouldn't WASTE my gems on such a low quality item vs the gem cost currently. The pretty much same effect comes from slapping skullfaces on scouts and using the raise skeletons it provides. Probably better one actually. With the same gem cost. Besides, Wraith Sword, should it be used with current stats, would require HUGE strength most of the time to utilize, in addition to very big attack skill to quarantee hits, and preferably used with quickness (10-15 gems or water magic on the commander). And it doesn't let you use shield or another weapon. Only 2h weapons I can see use for are a) some of the ranged weapons b) Gate Cleaver c) Flambeau (or Holy Scourge in a pinch). And the last two again require quickness to utilize well enough.
Generally, for death gem income, it's simply not worth the effort to forge items with (with the exception of boosters, and few select items depending on the situation, which do
not include Wraith Sword), unless you have some useful national summons, such as Lankas blood summons or other monkey people astral conjurations.