Iron Dragons=Uber Unit ??

[Chris Byler]

Originally posted by apoger:
>.. so switch Thunder Bow for Ethereal Crossbow plus Boots of Quickness ...

Might as well cast soul slay which will happen twice as often and always "hits".

I like ethereal cbows, but as a way to augment an already prepared army. I wouldn't suggest them as a main defense versus ID's. I understand the allure of stacking up items on characters as an attempt to replace mages. In practice I have found that it doesn't work very well.

One astral mage can forge several ethereal crossbows, or die once to Magic Duel. Not everyone is a strong astral nation.

Vision's Foe is good too - armor negating, automatic eye loss on each hit. Two hits and he's blind.

Besides, there's no reason you can't put the ethereal crossbow on a mage. I suggest a Tuatha (prec 17 IIRC) with his random in water, scripted for Quickness, Eagle Eyes, Aim, fire large monsters. (Maybe add a defensive spell or two - but Tuatha already have high defense and glamour, so he'll probably be OK without.) Or if that's too expensive for you, Sidhe Champions have about 14-15 base PREC, and can also cast Eagle Eyes and Aim (and forge themselves Eyes of Aiming if that still isn't enough).