Spell: Telestic Animation

Folket · #1 June 4th, 2008, 07:59 AM

I find them useful for MA Ermor. Or at least I used them in Dominions 2.

Sombre · #2 June 4th, 2008, 08:05 AM

It should probably be slightly discounted, but then again if it's got some way it can be abused, that can't happen.

Spirit helming one is a real waste of gems and time, but it is at least interesting and fun.

Ewierl · #3 June 4th, 2008, 01:34 PM

I find them a niche summon; rarely useful, but not never.

When on the offensive with some nations, it's quite possible to end up with mages but not priests. Telestic Animation converts from mage to priest, so you can slap a temple into that newly-conquered fortress that already has a lab. With that temple, you can then start recruiting actual priests if you need them.

Oh, it indeed requires a nation with no bless strategy, no priest-mages, and no priests worth recruiting into your armies normally... like I said, rarely useful. But it happens.

Still possibly overpriced, though.

Jazzepi · #4 June 4th, 2008, 01:39 PM

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Sombre said:
It should probably be slightly discounted, but then again if it's got some way it can be abused, that can't happen.

Spirit helming one is a real waste of gems and time, but it is at least interesting and fun.

Yeah I really wish the cost on those helms was reduced. The effect is okay, but not worth the 20+ gems it costs right now.

I have heard of people using those statues to good effect for summoning undead with Ermor or some of the nations that get undead summons normally. I think LA Pangea might be able to use them to summon manakins, I'm not sure.

Jazzepi

DonCorazon · #5 June 4th, 2008, 02:01 PM

Shhh - no advice that helps LA Pangea please.
Cleveland - move along, nothing to see here.

Edratman · #6 June 4th, 2008, 02:02 PM

I will use it on occasion, but only in coastal provinces adjacent to a water nation capital. Usually only when I'm playing Bandar Log with its weak priests and astral available. And maybe one or two coastal provinces away if the water nations domain is quite high. Other than that quite limited niche, it doesn't appear to have any real value that I can see.

Amhazair · #7 June 5th, 2008, 05:29 AM

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Jazzepi said:
I have heard of people using those statues to good effect for summoning undead with Ermor or some of the nations that get undead summons normally. I think LA Pangea might be able to use them to summon manakins, I'm not sure.

I don't think they will. Ermor and other undead nations can summon undead with all their priests, so yes, it'll work for them. Pangaea though needs undead priests to summone manikins, their regular priests can't.