Who is your favorite indy mage?

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Amazons - what, they show up everywhere.

Regards Sombre:
I unfortunately haven't found a single blood site, despite taking a blood-heavy pretender.

I have found in about 17 prewar provinces.
Tower of the Iron Order (E2S2?1)
Tower of the Silver Order (A2S2?1)
The Inverted Tower (Illusionist, glamour stealth A2)
The Underworld (steatlh, glamoured E2N2 gnome + Trogs)
Flesh Eater's Isle (ghouls)
The Ultimate Gateway (50 conjuration)
Gateward Valley (centaur chariots)

And exceptional population types:
Elephants, Crystal Amazons, Jade Amazons, Druids
Problem is affording anything.

[Edratman]

Lazy_Perfectionist said:
Regards Sombre:
I unfortunately haven't found a single blood site, despite taking a blood-heavy pretender.

Searching for blood sites is a waste of time. I counted after the lastest patch and IIRC there are 4 sites that give 1 blood slave and then there is Mictlan capitol with 3 and I think there is another capitol with a blood generator.

The only viable blood is the blood hunt.

[Evilhomer]

There is also several good blood sites. One is giving a 60% discount on all your blood rituals, basically brokenly good for a blood nation.

[Shovah32]

The 60% discount blood site and 50% discount conjuration site are insanely good. I think there's also a fairly powerful construction site(better than steel ovens anyway) but I could be wrong.

I absolutely love the ultimate gateway, and unless I was a blood nation or in a very special situation I would take it over almost any other site.
Tartarians for 5 gems, ghost riders for 3, manifestation for 2 and various cheaper mages(lamias, troll/sea kings, fairy queens ect) make the ultimate gateway good.
If a nation with good national summons in conjuration gets the ultimate gateway theres a very high chance they will win the game.
Can you imagine Pythium or Marignon getting 50% off of Seraphs and other angels or the Monkey mages getting summons like Rudras for less than 30 pearls?

This is madness!(waiting for the 300 reference)

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

I was really hoping to be able to recruit some blood mages. Playing Oni, I hoped to cast that demon strengthening spell in addition to strength of giants.

[Rytek]

High Magus. 3 randoms and 13 research.

[Lingchih]

Wizards indeed. Lots of magic paths, and incredible research. And you get that Wizard Knight.

[Edratman]

Recruitable blood mage sites are also very uncommon. I always play 75% sites and very seldom get one.

[Nikolai]

Adepts. Silver are best, but the rest very good as well.

[K]

The vast majority of blood sites are Arenas(15 gold and unrest), and even then blood is the rarest blood site type. Searching is almost useless unless you get The Summoning cicle or one of the other Blood reduction sites.


You should have have death and nature on your pretender and then summoned Lamia Queens(which get blood on randoms).

That being said, lets get to my favorite blood(or maybe death) site: the Black Tower. Circle Masters are blood and death and have a dousing bonus. If you don't do blood and death, you now do it in a major way.

PS. Edratmman you are thinking of Sauromatia's capitol (2 blood slaves a turn).