Best Magic Path Synergies?

[OmikronWarrior]

As a mental exercise (and maybe part of a guide), I'm compiling the best combinations of two magic paths in the game. I was curious to see if others shared my values.

1. Earth and Astral

2. Water and Nature
3. Blood and Astral

Actually, other than the first one, I'm pretty much open in almost any argument as for relative utility and importance. For example, Death and Astral is great to have on national mages, but less great on a Pretender.

[Lingchih]

I like Nature and Earth. But it only really works for Pan.

[Tifone]

Well high N and E can be good on a Pretender, for the nice globals of both but even for super-tough, very durable sacreds. Of course you plan to do the real damage with something else while they take the beating ^^

Earth (for battlefield) and Blood (for rituals) go well with pretty much everything.

[HoneyBadger]

Fire and Water are very nice, but good luck getting them together. I have trouble even imagining Mod Nations that would get a lot of those two, without trying to shoehorn a theme around them...

Possibly an Iceland/Greenland thing, with volcanoes and hot springs bursting up through glaciers, or something with genies.

[Tifone]

Mmh? Except for the high bless, with the Pretender, I don't see uses of F and W together on a mage

[Zeldor]

Tartarians bring nice path combinations

Tifone:
Rune Smashers!

[rdonj]

And elemental staves. And a few decent spells I don't entirely recall at the moment.

[HoneyBadger]

The bless ofcourse is nice, but you also get Boil, Geyser, Acid Spray, Acid Bolt, Acid Rain, and Acid Storm--not to mention Rune Smasher, Staff of Corrosion, and Staff of Elemental Mastery. Oh and the artifact 'Ember'.

Somebody mentioned, quite a while back, the thought of mass-producing Staves of Corrosion. I've yet to figure out a good way to do that early in a game, with any Nation, but it would still be a lot of fun if you could figure it out.

[Amorphous]

Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

The bless ofcourse is nice, but you also get Boil, Geyser, Acid Spray, Acid Bolt, Acid Rain, and Acid Storm--not to mention Rune Smasher, Staff of Corrosion, and Staff of Elemental Mastery. Oh and the artifact 'Ember'.

Somebody mentioned, quite a while back, the thought of mass-producing Staves of Corrosion. I've yet to figure out a good way to do that early in a game, with any Nation, but it would still be a lot of fun if you could figure it out.

EA Atlantis?

All Basalt Kings as well as a better than 1/4 of all Mages of the Deep can craft them. Additionally, Atlantis has the appropriate gem income in their capital and the ability to craft hammers - again using gems from their capital. Construction 4 and you are set to go.

[Digress]

Don't forget "Manifest Vitriol" - a nasty suprise for someone not expecting to run into a bunch of these little nasties.