The Way of Mount Shinuyama

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Sombre said:
Why use a ghost general as a thug base instead of a bane, or better yet a bane lord?

Cost (slightly lower), research (need conj4 instead of 5), stealth and base etherealness. If your oponent has very easy access to magic weapons (like F9 bless, or a basic troop with a magic weapon as default), that's worthless. If it's not, it is much better imho.

Banelords make for better "main battle thugs", the ghost general is a better raider imho