10 Magic Strength Pretenders....

[Kel]

Cainehill said:

Er - how often does Wish get cast except by Astral Pretenders?

For me, the way you listed is pretty much exactly how it gets cast and is fairly normal in the late game when I play arco (I haven't played a lot of late game rlyeh/atlantis but I assume they would empower with clam generated astral). If you are lucky, you can also sometimes trade for or even hunt up a robe of the magi instead of empowering though empowering is more common.

Otoh, I rarely, if ever, take astral on a pretender (of course I don't play Ermor, either).

- Kel