AAR: The Caelum Confessional

[Calistas]

Hi all. In the popular style I thought I would write an AAR of a game as Caelum I am just about to start playing. I'm quite keen on seeing comments and criticism as I'm still learning the magic game and from mid-game on I will get quite lost

Anyway, lets start with..

Pretender creation
I went for a Vampire Queen with 4 air, 3 water, 4 earth and 3 blood. This combo was suggested to me after chats about a rough design I had with folks on IRC. I can't remember exactly why this combo was suggested.. but I do like SCs, so maybe that is why!


Scales
Order 3, Sloth 3, Cold 3, Death 3, Misfortune 2, Magic 3. In the end I understand that magic and summonings is going to be how Caelum wins wars and so population and productivity aren't particularly necesary. Once the gems come in things wil be moving quickly enough.

A watch tower was suggested as a relatively cheap way of getting bases to churn out casters as soon as possible.


Game Settings
Map, Cradle of Zen. Seven computer players on Normal. Abysia, Atlantis, Pythium, Man, Ulm, C'tis, Arc. Indie strength 9, very difficult magic research, 50% site chance.

Right, lets go!