Blood Slave/magic Questions

[RAF]

I'm a little confused about blood slaves and blood gems...

There's an item I wanted my mage to create, but required blood gems, so I go on a blood hunt...I find 5 virgins, and thought by sacrificing them I recieved blood gems...I'm playing Marignon, and have 2 mages with 1 in blood magic, but don't see an option to sacrifice...

After looking around this forum some, let me see if I have this right...

Can Marignon mages perform a sacrifice at all, even if they have blood magic attribute?
You can sacrifice slaves in combat for blood magic (think the answer to that is YES)?
Outside of combat, sacrificing only ups your dominion, and then only for certain Races?
Only way to find blood gems is to find a blood site/shrine/mine/whatever?

Anything I left out?

Thanks for the help....

[Karacan]

There's no such thing as blood gems. The cost of item forging and spellcasting is actually in blood slaves themselves - they're sacrificed during the creation of the item or spell. Just make sure they're in the lab instead with whoever captured them.

[RAF]

OK, looked under the magic area (where you can transfer gems to commanders) and had 5 under blood...how do I sacrifice to get blood gems?

I'm in my home province, so I have a lab present..

Thanks

[RAF]

I found it...I just transfer them to the lab, and they show up as regular gems...

Thanks for the insight...

[Sindai]

Originally posted by RAF:
I found it...I just transfer them to the lab, and they show up as regular gems...

Is English your first language? There seems to be some kind of communications barrier here. This isn't meant to be an insult, I just want to make sure you understand.

There is no such thing as "blood gems." Only "blood slaves." You cast spells using "blood slaves," you forge items using "blood slaves."

Every other type of magic uses "gems", blood magic uses "slaves."

[Norfleet]

Blood slaves *ARE* blood gems.

I do not think Marignon can perform blood sacrifices. (Maybe Diabolic Faith, but I doubt it). Only Vanheim, Jotunheim, Abysia, and Mictlan can perform sacrifices. Mictlan's sacrifices are mandatory for dominion spread. The others have optional sacrifices.