On the effective early use of Pretenders in combat

[Huzurdaddi]

Near guarantee that the Wyrm will win every duel? I think not. And if the side massing low-level astrals began using communion before mind duel, I really don't know what would happen.

I have heard it said on these Boards that for purposes of mind duel communion does not raise astral level.

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I *really* hope this is true, or as I said there is no defence against Mind Duel.

Note that the risks are very slightly off

That's funny! I think that Saber Cherry has become addicted to Monte Carlo simulations! It's only 2 dice, which means that there are only 36 possibilities. It's not horribly difficult to calculate the exact odds! But the chart is good enough for most purposes.

Anyway this is why I was saying taking astral 7 on your original pretender was a good choice. Was there any other reason that you did it? Of course you are stuck since that pretender chasis has astral already built in.