Gems and the AI

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by PhilD:
Scouts are cheaper than most priests, but Man has Monks that cost 30 and are Stealthy AND Sacred, thus costing only 1 upkeep (to a Scout's 1.33).

I don't play Marignon, though, so don't know what they have.

Marignon has stealthy Priest-2 friars that cost, mmm, 40 IIRC. Using the monks or friars (or Pangaea's dryads, also stealthy priest types but much more expensive) has the added advantage over the scouts that you have preaching ability along in the same package.