Mictilian Mages

[Treebeard]

Does the Mictilian mages have special powers of any kind when sacrificing blood slaves, or their description are just fluffy text? And if not, why are they so expensive? I mean, 230-250 for a level 3 priest with four magic picks is much more than what pythium pays (150), and the fire mage is just obscenely expensive at 390 with just 5 magic picks (the arch-theug has 7 at a slight lower price).

[Gandalf Parker]

The Mictian nation doesnt pray to raise the strength of its dominion. To "spread the glow" of their god they have to sacrifice. (its based on the Aztecs)

[Treebeard]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
The Mictian nation doesnt pray to raise the strength of its dominion. To "spread the glow" of their god they have to sacrifice. (its based on the Aztecs)

That much I know, what I was asking is if the mage/priest doing the sacrifice to increase dominion has any other effect, as per their description (i.e., the rain priest and the rain for crops).

[apoger]

I suspect that the thinking behind the high costs of the Mictlan mages was due to the ease with which they can be upgraded into summoners of the big blood summons. At least that's my guess, because they are overpriced to the point that it makes life tough on the nation.

[Treebeard]

That would explain why no mage have a random magic pick (I hate the lack of versability of such mages), but that doesn't quite add up - you only need one mage to get the summons, the problem is getting enough blood slaves.

[apoger]

>the problem is getting enough blood slaves

You can use the blood-1 mages, and scouts. However, yes I agree that blood hunting is strangely hard on this blood oriented nation. Frankly I get better blood results with Abysia, and they have access to decent heavy troops (although they are very production heavy).