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Spell: Telestic Animation
Just curious if anyone uses this spell that summons a 2H statue. Its cheap and the 2H abilty might be useful to increase dominion or give your PD Sermon of Courage but even still, not sure its worth 5 astral gems.
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Re: Spell: Telestic Animation
Also, you have to have a lab in the province, and if your dominions gets fairly high, and you expand beyond the province, it becomes pretty useless. I, ofr one, never use it. Not that that says much, though.
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Re: Spell: Telestic Animation
In other words, it has interesting limitations which are logical for what it is. It's one of my favorites, personally, from a thematic perspective, and is sometimes pretty useful in specific situations, i.e. for reinforcing dominion in provinces that already have a lab for whatever reason, site searching, an alternative to using H2 priests which not everyone always has handy.
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Re: Spell: Telestic Animation
Is it any good for skelly-summoning for Ermor?
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June 4th, 2008, 05:07 AM
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Re: Spell: Telestic Animation
I've had good use for is as EA R'lyeh holding back a coastline of blood sacrifices from Sauromatia. Since you'd have to build a fortress to get an immobile H2 as EA R'lyeh, the spell certainly has a use there.
Also - they have a headslot, with a spirit helmet they can add nicely to whatever defence is in the province.
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Re: Spell: Telestic Animation
I find them useful for MA Ermor. Or at least I used them in Dominions 2.
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June 4th, 2008, 08:05 AM
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Re: Spell: Telestic Animation
It should probably be slightly discounted, but then again if it's got some way it can be abused, that can't happen.
Spirit helming one is a real waste of gems and time, but it is at least interesting and fun.
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June 5th, 2008, 02:16 AM
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Re: Spell: Telestic Animation
It can also be a quick defense against undead hordes, and the H2 is more powerful than your typical H1 preist. Also, if those hordes are backed by frighten or terror, the Sermon of Courage is handy. It can be used against MA Ermor, as well as by MA Ermor.
Like so many spells in the game, it has a place, but it is not for every nation and every game.
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