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Old July 6th, 2004, 09:42 PM

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Default Re: Cheap way to kill SCs?

Being Caelum and not having any earth on my pretender (blood fountain), living statues are not a possibility for me. I could, on the other hand, use a big stack of winter wolves that I have lying around.

As for the false horror - yeah I was attracted to that spell but wasnt sure of its power. Apparently its not really its power that is an issue but its cost - quantity vs quality. Plus I like that there is no life for his SCs to drain.

Sadly no SCs will be produced by my empire in its current state. I'm too far gone to really put the resources into not only summoning but then properly equipping one. I have every intention of making the fall of my empire and extremely painful process for Jotunhiem tho!
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Old July 6th, 2004, 10:22 PM
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Default Re: Cheap way to kill SCs?

If you have access to blood, why not skip the false horrors and try the real things? Cast horror mark on it until it sticks (maybe with retreat), then cast Summon Horror or Send Horror, lots of times. Minor Horrors are too weak. Make about 3-4 Horrors that will be attracted to the horror mark, and that would hopefully be enough to take it down. Of course pelt it with everything else you can get your hands on.
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Old July 6th, 2004, 11:43 PM

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Because actual horrors, even if you can afford them, are expensive, and do not provide that much more benefit over false ones for their cost. Real horrors require an actual mage to be there, and pay slaves, and risk being eaten myself, or ritually cast and send one, for more slave cost.

False Horrors, on the other hand, can be performed with Caelum's natural air magic, have low fatigue cost, and given that neither will effectively kill a decent SC, you can just bury him in crap.
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