blood sites?

[onomastikon]

I saw a mention of "blood sites" in the manual (forget where) -- I have never reserached the blood school and have ignored blood up till now because I dont want to upset my people searching for slaves and havent played a race with blood magic yet, but think -- hey, if there is a magic blood site you can find that puts blood slaves in your lab like gems, that must be ok. Can they be found like other sites? But then again, how does that work?

Also, I am playing Pangaia now and liking it, and was wondering whether to experiment with that Pandemonic guy (forget his name, nature 3 and blood 2 or something) -- can he find blood sites? Or just blood slaves? And is there any info on how this blood slaves work? Do you put them in your personal gems stack like jewels?

thanks

[Gandalf Parker]

I love blood Pangaea.

Yes the slaves appear as little people in your gem stack. But in combat they come out and be ladies in white robes which means they can be killed.

The Pandemoniac can find sites. Especially search anywhere that has rotten unrest you cant explain. He can make interesting blood items if you research construction.

My favorite tactic is to make the heart that turns him into an assassin. Then give him slaves, position him way up to the front, and tell him to cast "Hellbind Heart" during attacks.
If he converts the enemy commander then you will get a combat also where the commander attacks his own troops. Keep doing assasinations until the Last commander and watch the troops rout for being leaderless.

[Endoperez]

Originally posted by onomastikon:
I saw a mention of "blood sites" in the manual (forget where) -- I have never reserached the blood school and have ignored blood up till now because I dont want to upset my people searching for slaves and havent played a race with blood magic yet, but think -- hey, if there is a magic blood site you can find that puts blood slaves in your lab like gems, that must be ok. Can they be found like other sites? But then again, how does that work?

Blood sites don't nomrally give free blood slaves, but there ARE few that do give. Don' count on them, though, if you want to use blood magic you have to hunt for the slaves. But remember, the sites are worth looking for! Few let a blood mage summon 1 FREE demon or fiend per turn! Only one mage, though, and as he must be entering the province he can do nothing else, but it has no risks and you get excellent fliers.

Blood sites are found as normal sites, by searching the province with a mage with skill in blood. Quite often they cause extra unrest, so you might want to check that if you are interested.

Also, I am playing Pangaia now and liking it, and was wondering whether to experiment with that Pandemonic guy (forget his name, nature 3 and blood 2 or something) -- can he find blood sites? Or just blood slaves? And is there any info on how this blood slaves work? Do you put them in your personal gems stack like jewels?
thanks

The guy you mean is Pandemoniac. He can both hunt for blood slaves and search for magic sites, but not at the same time. After caught, outside battle blood slaves work just as gems. The biggest difference is that caught slaves are in the catchers inventory, press 'Z' to put them to lab.

In battle, blood slaves are around the guy who had the guy instead of staying in his pocket. They have low protection, so they tend to die in missile fire.