Spell Casting Times

[calmon]

Psientist said:
Pretender: Ancient Kraken, astral 8.
Scripted: "Master Enslave" (nothing else)
Items: Eye of the Void, Amulet of the Fish, Crystal Coin. 30 astral gems.
And yes, Thaumaturgy researched to level 9.

effect: nothing. Pretender waits until about round 3 in the battle, when enemy troops make it through front line and attack (he then defends melee).

I never had any problems with astral 8 and casting master enslave (ends up with 200 fatigue). Are you sure there are non-undead and non-magic beings on the battlefield? Master enslave doesn't work with undeads and magic beings. For this 2 there are undead mastery and arcane domination.

K said:
Mages won't cast spells that take them over 200 fatigue. In the above example, the pretender would take like 800 + spellcasting endurance fatigue (assuming the final Astral score is 9). Try a Communion or more Astral.

Thats not true. They cast them and end with 200 fatigue.