Temple Marsh/Empoisoners question

[castigated]

Endoperez said:
Generally, there are no sites from which you get blood slaves, the blood equivalent of gems.

i thought this was true until i got one in the winnowing. the searcher only had 1 blood, and the site produced 1 slave/turn, but i was still really surprised. i guess that's why we use the word "Generally".

i have also never pillaged except as an experiment to see what happens

[shovah]

is that site the damned merchant?

[castigated]

ask damilano. last time i checked, he was in charge of that province.

[shovah]

lol, not for long

[DaMilano]

Yep, it's the damned merchant, +1 blood slave/turn. So I'm only 76 turns away from getting myself an Ice devil. Whoopee

[Endoperez]

There are a few Blood sites, even though the Damned Merchant might be the only one that produces Blood Slaves. Demon Gate, Blood mage may enter to summon Devils (the Fire type), and another that allows summoning of Fiends of Darkness... and of course Brigands' Lair or whatever the 0-level site is. Any mage, or even a priest, searching for sites finds it, because it's 0-level site, though.

[Oversway]

Mictlan gets a site that produces blood slaves

[how786]

Thanks for all the replies. Endo, thanks for this essay!
OK...with Awaken Vine Men/Ogre, how does that work as a monthly ritual spell? I looked in the manual and the manual mentions it as a battlefield spell. I'm not sure how one would cast this monthly if the summoned creatures go back to their 'slumbered state'.
Also, there was mention of Empowerment. I must be missing it but I don't readily find it in my manual.
Thanks

[shovah]

vinemen/orgres is a ritual spell and empowerment is a (rather expensive) way to increase a mages skill

[how786]

"vinemen/orgres is a ritual spell"

Right. But what is its use? My manual says that it is a spell used in battle. Of what use is it to have a Commander cast it monthly unless in battle?