Question on magic duel

[Wauthan]

A+ Incognito.

[Saber Cherry]

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...=000772#000000

[Norfleet]

I think a monolith is pretty safe. He ain't going anywhere, and if you have people knocking on the gates, I think you have far, far bigger issues than worrying about Magic Duel.

On the other hand, I'm also not sure what you're planning to *DO* with a mere 2 Astral stars, since Astral 2 doesn't exact cast all that many good spells.

[Taqwus]

A Star Child could assassinate the Monolith with a mind duel (already astral-1; starshine cap makes it 2, crystal coin if R'lyeh can get one makes it 3) so long as the castle's not already under siege. However, first it has to get there, and other than R'lyeh astral assassins are rare. IKerensky has it right on the danger from R'lyeh.
Other than that, mind duel is an unlikely threat. A Monolith is too big to Wind Ride, and the only remote magic-duel is from Strands of Arcane Power, which would require the caster's dominion to have overpowered your own. Again, if that happens, you've got bigger problems.
(Ok. An Elludian Moon Mage with a black heart could do it, but the Hidden Kingdom of Elludia is a rare sight, *and* for it to be found by a blood-happy nation isn't too likely.)

[Norfleet]

Even with Starchild assassins, trying to mind duel your Monolith will be no easy task: Odds are your capitol will be clogged with researchers, and more likely than not, the Star Child will wind up attempting to mind duel somebody who isn't even an astral mage! This will more likely than not give it away that he's even trying this....

And in order for him to even begin to attempt this, he'd have to have seen your monolith at least once in the first place to even realize you HAVE this weakness. This would necessitate a battle, at your capitol, that your monolith participates in. Since the monolith will always be researching or casting a ritual inside of his castle, this should never happen unless people are storming your castle!