Commanders randomly dying?

[sfsuphysics]

Well lets see, my warlock was not controlled so he wasn't beatting on the guy with the astral shield (heck he was "unconscious" for being over 100 fatigue. I dont remember what the random pick was, but I know stellar cascades was not cast, I think they cast solar rays and banishment the entire combat (aside from flame/astral shield).

The enemy did have death magic, but again he had a low level basic priest so nothing there, none of my guys had death magic.

And I couldn't look at the replay if i wanted to, I deleted the game, as I got tired of playing that one, so moved onto another race, ironically also with demon connections.

What is it with wanting to play the "bad guys" thats so fun, undead, demons, sacrificing virgins, I mean has it just been a lack of being able to (well all expect that Last one )that sparked the interest?

[Argitoth]

Originally posted by Wendigo:
It's very unlikely for a mage to get up to 190 fatigue on his/her own, because as soon as the mage goes over 100 fatigue he goes unconscious, stops casting & starts recovering 5 fatigue/round.

Uhh my C'tis mages always summon undead a few more times after reaching 100 fatigue. They go up to about 140 before they stop casting. I have seen time and time again my mages casting spells AFTER they have 100 fatigue.

[Saber Cherry]

I may have solved it, because it just happened to me! In a multiplayer game. And it was my heroic prophet....

It's a Demonbred, in your case and in my case. Important note: Demonbreds can fly. That means, with high fatigue, they can warp around the map and end up unconsious when they land, and die instantly when attacked.

So, I watched a long battle that went nicely... and was suprised to see that my Demonbred had died! I watched 3 times, and finally realized: He was set to "cast spells", but regardless, when all the enemy routed, and there were only a couple enemy units left at the far right, he warped to the far right edge of the battlefield and ended there with 113 fatigue, and was slaughtered by a routing archer.

So, check the frame before he dies, and see if he warped to the far right end of the battlefield, and was killed by a routing enemy.

[Wendigo]

Originally posted by Argitoth:

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Originally posted by Wendigo:
It's very unlikely for a mage to get up to 190 fatigue on his/her own, because as soon as the mage goes over 100 fatigue he goes unconscious, stops casting & starts recovering 5 fatigue/round.

Uhh my C'tis mages always summon undead a few more times after reaching 100 fatigue. They go up to about 140 before they stop casting. I have seen time and time again my mages casting spells AFTER they have 100 fatigue.

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Check JO's post. Mages do not cast spells when _over_ 100 fatigue.
Both 'Raise' spells are DD-40 fat, it's pretty simple for a 90+ fatigue Marshmaster with 2D to cast one of those, suffer (40+encumbrance) fatigue and get to 140-150 fatigue in his Last casting, maybe more if in cold weather/wearing armour.

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[ December 16, 2003, 07:36: Message edited by: Wendigo ]

[HJ]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:


So, check the frame before he dies, and see if he warped to the far right end of the battlefield, and was killed by a routing enemy.

If he had 190+ fatigue, it's very likely that he couldn't have flown anywhere.

[sfsuphysics]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
So, check the frame before he dies, and see if he warped to the far right end of the battlefield, and was killed by a routing enemy.

Nah that didn't happen, the frame when he disappears is the one when the battle ends, and you hear the "ugh" death noise.

[NTJedi]

he died from old age