Mictlan Help

[ToResonanceComesDeath]

quantum_mechani said:

Sorry, I misread your question as about blood hunt.

The main things about capture slaves, don't waste priest kings time with it, and use forts with no temples or labs to spam tribal kings.

Ahh, thanks for the advice. I was using my Priest kings for it.

[shovah]

thats a complete waste of a valuable mage..... you have much to learn.

[ToResonanceComesDeath]

What exactly are the priest kings good at? I found myself only using them to craft Rings of Regeneration and Jade Knives. I had my High Priests of the Sun commanding my armies. Is there something I'm missing with the Priest kings?

[quantum_mechani]

Well, being your only national mage with nature counts for something. I always have at least one to haruspex, and you can use them to forge thistle maces and armour of the twisting thorns -> treelord staff which pretty much opens up all of nature magic. And it's not inconceivable you might use them to summon darkvines if you have some nature boosters lying around.

[Saber Cherry]

Priest King: Relief Spam in battle. Equip with a Thistle Mace, cast Relief, and you get unlimited mage energy... so a few Blood Priests can cast Summon Imps over and over without wasting slaves on Reinvigoration, Sun Priests can cast Falling Fires without going sleepy-bye, and so forth. Normally people use Druids, but you don't find Druids every game.

They also have the advantage of Eagle Eyes if you want to do Banishment or Sermon of Courage.

[Vicious Love]

Also, use 'em to summon Lamia Queens for convenient access to death, astral, and earth magic, plus a few convenient combos such as fire/death.

Re: that eagle priest hero, by the way, try to keep him alive if you get him. Storm Demons are decent summons, but what he's really good for is forging Robes of the Magi. Pricey, but more than worth it for some ubercasters and self-buffing SCs.

[Alneyan]

Vicious Love said:
Also, use 'em to summon Lamia Queens for convenient access to death, astral, and earth magic, plus a few convenient combos such as fire/death.

I don't get that part. I get the Sorcery part just fine, since Lamia Queens are all about cheap Sorcery, but how do you get Fire+Death on a Lamia Queen without empowering?

That, or you wanted to add Spectres somewhere in here.