Best ways to poach mages...

[Nikelaos]

Originally Posted by sum1lost

I used astral corruption to great effect by casting it the turn after declaring war. When someone starts a war, players generally respond by having their mages pump out various summons, magic items, and rituals in an attempt to pump up their power. I believe that I took out a huge number of mages with this, since the magnitude of rituals cast at me dropped sharply after that turn, and stayed down even after AC was dispelled.

Thus, it can work wonders if timed to do maximum damage.

Dude that's evil. I love it so much, taking advantage of you're enemies reactions - now that's real strategy.

I salute you.