Forgive me... Noob question

[Barronosod]

Sorry guys, but I couldn't find this in the "Noobs Look Here" post.

How the heck does the communion/slave spell work, and what are the advantages? I saw the crystal slave magic items, and assume they perform the spell as well.

Thanks everyone. LOVE the newer fan maps.

Communion/Sabbath Works as such.

Communion Master's are boosted in ALL magical paths (including Holy/Unholy) based on the number of Communion Slave's are on the battlefield.

The Modifier for this is:
2 Slaves = +1 Path
4 Slaves = +2 Path
8 Slaves = +3 Path
16 Slaves = +4 Path
etc.

Also, all spells cast by the Master have their fatigue attributed evenly among the slaves. So a Master casts a 100 Fatigue Spell, and they have 4 Slaves. The Slaves each get 25 Fatigue and the Master does not gain any.

Any single Buff type spells cast by a Master affect current Slaves. So if you cast Quickness as a Communion Master, the Master + all Communion Slaves would be buffed with Quickness, even though it is a single self-target buff.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Zen:
The Slaves each get 25 Fatigue and the Master does not gain any.

I thought that the master also gained a share of the fatigue, but modified by his skill in the relevant path. Does he actually only gain the fatigue from his spellcasting encumbrance?

Last I checked (Nearly a week ago) when I was looking specifically at it. The Master seemed to only gain the fatigue from enc. But this may be an error and the fatigue is distributed with the Master. And it may not have been an incredibly accurate test, because I was watching it with spells that were dramatically overpathed so the fatigue was minimal.

If I was at a computer I could check I would double check.

Edit. It is innacurrate. The Master takes a share of the fatigue, but the rounding seems somewhat hokey.

Where the confusion may lie, is if the Fatigue he is alloted is taken off only his 'share' or from the initial casting of the spell. I believe it's off the initial casting then is distributed with applied enc. It would be logical to me if the Path Fatigue for casting the spell would be applied first then distributed among both master and slave. But I will need to test it when I get home then sticky it to the newbie FAQ.

[ June 03, 2004, 21:29: Message edited by: Zen ]

[Stormbinder]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by Zen:
The Slaves each get 25 Fatigue and the Master does not gain any.

I thought that the master also gained a share of the fatigue, but modified by his skill in the relevant path. Does he actually only gain the fatigue from his spellcasting encumbrance?

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Hmm, that was my understanding as well.

[JJ_Colorado]

Hi,

I'm a newbie too and have been frankly too intimidated by the (possibly imagined) complexities of communion spell to try it yet so this discussion is a great help. I have other questions.

What happens if there are two slaves and one passes out? Does master lose empowerment? Does all fatigue go to the "awake" one and the "sleeping" one gets none?

What happens if there are two slaves and both pass out? Does master lose +1 path empowerment?

What happens if 4 mages cast communion slave and 2 cast communion master? are both masters empowered by +2 path?


Thanks,
John