horror mark on pretender

SalsaDoom · #1 October 14th, 2006, 10:13 PM

Hi fellas,

My pretender got horror marked, and then got dead predictably. When I call him back to work, he's still got the horror mark.. which sucks because he's gonna randomly get dead all the time from now on, and he cannot be relied upon to survive to fight in a battle.

This sucks ;P If he didn't have the mark after he got called back (as I expected) then it would be ok, but even after he dies... thats harsh. It seems with that the only thing you need to do to permanently wreck a pretender is horror mark 'em and watch his magic skills dwindle.

There any sort of way around this at all?

BigJMoney · #2 October 14th, 2006, 10:33 PM

Hahahahahaha... oh boy...

....ahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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SalsaDoom · #3 October 14th, 2006, 10:38 PM

I hate you

BigJMoney · #4 October 14th, 2006, 10:42 PM

Okay, it wouldn't be decent of me to have my fun and not contribute. One thing you can do is gain the capability to cast horror mark yourself, and make sure you cast it every battle in which your pretender participates. It means that when a horror arrives, there is a chance it will attack someone else. This is not a guarantee, but it is better than nothing. Another thing you ought to do is arm your commander with Luck and bodyguards, to help him/her survive in case a horror actually attacks you outside of battle (much rarer, but I think it's possible).

Yeah, horror mark is a wicked spell to cast on a pretender. As far as I know, the only way to get one is by being in a battle though, so all battle-oriented pretenders risk getting one. I suggest you share the fun with the enemy pretenders.

[Edit: Also consider having a retinue of magic-weapon wielding thugs or similar remain near your commander in the battle, as well. If a horror comes to get him/her, they might engage it.]

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Wick · #5 October 14th, 2006, 11:10 PM

The Horror Seed ritual (Blood 9, b4s5, 20 slaves) can mark people in a distant province.

Taqwus · #6 October 15th, 2006, 01:01 AM

There's also at least one magic site which can horror mark units or commanders in the same province.

There are a number of magic items which can horror mark the user, but that is -normally- avoidable, assuming nobody has enough time and resources to prepare an assassin for horror marking and then casting Return.

Kristoffer O · #7 October 15th, 2006, 03:59 AM

There are some problems with horrormark that will be adressed in the patch. You will not get rid of the marks, but they will be less likely to attract horrors and the doom horrors in particular. Other changes might also appear.

Tortanick · #8 October 15th, 2006, 04:06 AM

Like pretenders loseing a horror mark through dieing?

PDF · #9 October 15th, 2006, 08:30 AM

KO, you surely have your reasons, but unremovable HM seems a bit harsh, given how it's easy to give now and the "stacking" effect.
Pretenders that can not get out vs any nations that fields S1 mages in not fun, and I fear it will soon be that.
This does not look good to me...

AMF · #10 October 15th, 2006, 09:31 AM

It does seem strange that a HM would stick around after death...but maybe that's just me.