Uses of Indie Soldiers?

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Arryn:
Vine Ogres can be summoned 2x with an Ivy Crown, 3x by Crown of the Ivy King, and 4x by an Ivy King himself. That's 4 ogres for just a single gem. A real bargain.

What about an Ivy King wearing a Crown of the Ivy King? Does an Ivy King have a head slot? Do the bonii stack?

[Tricon]

Isn't it a staff of the ivy king? Could be wrong. I just remember that an ivy crown combined with the staff gave like 3 vine ogre's at a time (for 1 gem a pretty good deal)

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
What about an Ivy King wearing a Crown of the Ivy King? Does an Ivy King have a head slot?

Alas, the King has no head. ("Off wit 'is 'ead!") So no Ogre-summoning abuse is possible ...

[Tricon]

Wait, it's the treelords staff. +one ogre or vineman (+2 nature magic , too of course).

[ March 17, 2004, 22:10: Message edited by: Tricon ]

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Tricon:
Isn't it a staff of the ivy king? Could be wrong. I just remember that an ivy crown combined with the staff gave like 3 vine ogre's at a time (for 1 gem a pretty good deal)

You are confusing "Treelord's Staff", which is a +1 Ogre item. If you give a Treelord's Staff and an Ivy King's Crown to a nature mage they can summon 4 Ogres, just as an Ivy King can. OTOH, it's cheaper to just summon an Ivy King.

[Norfleet]

Can you give an Ivy King a Treelord's staff, and abuse THAT? I haven't had the opportunity to play around with Vine Creatures much. None of the nations I've played so far were really strong in Nature magic.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
Can you give an Ivy King a Treelord's staff, and abuse THAT?

I don't see why not. That should boost the Ogres to 5/turn (I've not tried it yet, but it ought to work). I already have had plans to do just that in my AAR.