December 25th, 2003, 04:00 AM
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Re: Iron Dragons=Uber Unit ??
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Originally posted by apoger:
>.. so switch Thunder Bow for Ethereal Crossbow plus Boots of Quickness ...
Might as well cast soul slay which will happen twice as often and always "hits".
I like ethereal cbows, but as a way to augment an already prepared army. I wouldn't suggest them as a main defense versus ID's. I understand the allure of stacking up items on characters as an attempt to replace mages. In practice I have found that it doesn't work very well.
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One astral mage can forge several ethereal crossbows, or die once to Magic Duel.  Not everyone is a strong astral nation.
Vision's Foe is good too - armor negating, automatic eye loss on each hit. Two hits and he's blind.
Besides, there's no reason you can't put the ethereal crossbow on a mage. I suggest a Tuatha (prec 17 IIRC) with his random in water, scripted for Quickness, Eagle Eyes, Aim, fire large monsters.  (Maybe add a defensive spell or two - but Tuatha already have high defense and glamour, so he'll probably be OK without.) Or if that's too expensive for you, Sidhe Champions have about 14-15 base PREC, and can also cast Eagle Eyes and Aim (and forge themselves Eyes of Aiming if that still isn't enough).
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People do not like to be permanently transformed and would probably revolt against masters that tried to curse them with iron bodies.
Pigs, on the other hand, are not bothered, or at least they don't complain.
-- Dominions II spell manual
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