Newbish question

[sansanjuan]

GrudgeBringer said:
I have read Baalz's Excellent Guide to Summoning but it seems it is directed to those that have a basic knowledge of the subject.

I think you are referring to Baalz excellent guide to communions. If so I recommend setting up a hot seat SP game where you control both players. Choose a nation with astral mages and the other with blood mages. Experiment. Sometimes it is useful to save the savedgames directory pre-battle, play the battle, check results, copy savedgames backup over the current savedgames, try new spells, formations, replay battle, rinse, repeat. Try those nine astral mages casting solo and then with an 8:1 communion (leveraging those more powerfuls spells they would not normally be able to cast because of fatigue and/or level.

-SSJ