Request for assistance

[Arker]

Yeah, Graeme understood me properly.

I know Auspex, also Augury, you have to have a land lab to cast from. And Voice of Tiamat, you have to have a water one. But I was thinking I'd heard that Death AND Blood sites were land only. If it's just blood then my memory was wrong, so good that I asked.

Still and all, you lose so many months of researcher spells searching with the smaller spells, I think Acashic Record might well be worth it if you have a good astral income to do it with.

[NTJedi]

Arker said:
Yeah, Graeme understood me properly.

I know Auspex, also Augury, you have to have a land lab to cast from. And Voice of Tiamat, you have to have a water one. But I was thinking I'd heard that Death AND Blood sites were land only. If it's just blood then my memory was wrong, so good that I asked.

You can find death sites underwater.

Arker said:
Still and all, you lose so many months of researcher spells searching with the smaller spells, I think Acashic Record might well be worth it if you have a good astral income to do it with.

Depends... lots of variables to consider on whether or not casting the spell is useful. Variables such as current nearby opponent threats, should/can the gems be used to summon Juggernauts instead, how many magic sites are currently known for the province, should the astral gems be saved to dispell a possible future/existing bad global spell, the list goes on and on.

[Frostmourne27]

Personally, I like Acashic record, but I usually play with a high site frequency. Usually I cast several single path site searches, but if I can't find any sites in a province I often use acashic record to see if i've missed something. Also, when site searching, check province unrest and scales. A high unrest often indicates a death/blood site and weird scales can indicate other sites (i.e. hot provinces might have plains of perpetual drought)

[Arker]

Isn't there a limit to how many sites there can be? So that if you find that number, you can know to quit searching for more?

[Frostmourne27]

Yes, no province can have more than four sites, and many sites are terain limited (most underwater ones are underwater only, and vice versa, though many have other weirder restrictions)

P.S. Can you get the Caspar of the cave event (adds E1 site) in a province w/ 4 sites? wouldn't think so but you never know... hard to prove a negative.

[NTJedi]

Arker said:
Isn't there a limit to how many sites there can be? So that if you find that number, you can know to quit searching for more?

Yes within Dominions_2 no province can have more than 4 magic sites... which is why I listed that as one of the variables.
High site frequency would be another variable to consider when making this decision.

[Ironhawk]

4 sites per province

[Arker]

I'm sure I've seen a lot more than 4 sites in a province, I'm guessing some of them 'don't count.' Mines, for instance?

[Daynarr]

No, domes don't count. They appear just under sites and may seem like province has more then 4 sites on a first glance.