Uses for Skratti?

[Nick_K]

Regular werewolves can use the 'summon allies' command to call wolves. I don't know if the giant werewolves have the same ability. If you haven't been able to do it, they probably don't.

Calling werewolves with a skratti seems a bit wasteful anyway... there must be loads of better things to do

[Aleph]

Such as...

[Blitz]

Aleph said:
Such as...

Blood hunt, research, search for magic sites, take a province...

[Huzurdaddi]

I blood hunt with enough of them to get a decent blood economy going, this means a decent sized map maybe 6 to 8.

After that I use them entirely as thugs. I use them, generally in the following configuration:



I find them to be excellent thugs. I find that their strengths are:

- excellent mobility on the battlefield
- great damage
- decent skills
- cold resistance
- regen
- can cast quicken self

their only weak point seems to be
- terrible MR, which is fixed by Armor of Souls.

Overall I think that they are excellent for 250 gold, and recruitable everywhere.

The Eye shield is a little pricey. However it really does complete the package and makes it unlikely that the unit will get crushed by hoards of chaff ( of course it will eventually succumb due to it's non-zero encumberance ( the boots help but they are not enough, other items are difficult and/or pricey for Jot to get ).

[Graeme Dice]

Have you tried a vine shield instead of an eye shield? It wouldn't boost survivability quite as much, but would greatly aid the Skratti in killing high defense troops. I might also use the antimagic amulet or starshine skullcap instead of the armour of souls for MR, but that would mostly depend on my astral gem income relative to blood slaves.

[Huzurdaddi]

Have you tried a vine shield instead of an eye shield ... but would greatly aid the Skratti in killing high defense troops

I have not had the chance to try it yet. I'll keep it in mind if I run against troops that cause these thing to wiff a lot. However with the new Dom3 rules wrt. defence reduction ( 2 points per attack ) and these things having 6 attacks/round I think that something will need a very high defence to get away unscathed.

but would greatly aid the Skratti in killing high defense troops ... but that would mostly depend on my astral gem income relative to blood slaves

I totally agree. It really comes down to how many gems you have vs. how many blood slaves, but this seems to be a moderatly high return on investment for bloodslaves.

Overall for 250 gold + 30 gems + 40 slaves this is ( I think ) a pretty decent use for Skratti.

[Meglobob]

How about adding heart of life or amulet of resilience for extra reinvigoration?

Do you think horror helmet would complete him?

[Huzurdaddi]

Do you think horror helmet would complete him?

When I do use a helmet that is one of those that I commonly use since the Jots generally have a good number of death gems. The above equipment is the "base configuration" that I use. After that I can add in resistances, more reinvigoration, and/or other abilities ( like fear as you mentioned ).

The items I listed are the ones that I *think* have the best bang per gem ( as I said the only possible question is the shield, but it really does help them from getting killed ).

[Aleph]

Yay! Actual responses not about anti-aging exploits!

[Actuarian]

Actuarian said:
A werewolf can call wolves as an action. It's not a ritual spell. The Skratti werewolf form starts out with no magic paths, at least mine never have.

I'm sorry about the bad information. That's what I get for posting both from memory of a November game and from work. I'll try to do better next time.